On the 6th of December I was invited by Umeå United Nation Association and the student organisation Nordplus for a talk about my work within international development cooperation. The venue for the event was Lindellhallen at Umeå University. I was honored to being invited to speak about my thoughts and experience of being a practitioner. I focused mostly on my work with partners in Kenya but covered other partnerships as well - not only partners in Kenya and Africa but
On October 27th-November 1st representatives for Local Governments in South Africa, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia and Sweden met for a training on climate action organised by the funder Swedish International Centre for Local Democracy (ICLD). The Local Governments represented were The City of Cape Town, Saldahna Bay Municipality, Entebbe Municipality, Kisumu County, Mombasa County, Machakos County, Karlskoga Municipality, Strängnäs Municipality, Region Västerbotten, Umeå Municipality and Lidköping Municipality. The training included lectures, dialogues, study visits and peer learning activities. The content of
Once again a program on governance for waste and water management in Homa Bay County, Kenya. This time our program included meeting at the Swedish Embassy in Nairobi, participation at the Innovate4WASH in Kisumu and study visits and workshops in Homa Bay County as well as discussion with representatives for Homa Bay County Government and Department of Environment who is the partner to Lycksele Municipality and Lavab Ltd. The program was comprehensive and complex and with a special interest of
A team of practioners in the field of youth support and mental health from Region Västerbotten visited Homa Bay County, Kenya in mid-September 2024. The learnings from this exchange were important. A team of practioners from the health sector in Homa Bay County have also been provided with an opportunity to learn about the Swedish system and about how different categories of practioners work for youth health and mental health. The program includes visits and conversations in Umeå, Lycksele and
On September 25th-27th Local Governments from Sweden, Kenya and Uganda met for learning on local democracy and democratisation in relation to health, and for exchange on experiences from working in projects between local governments in these countries. The meeting was carried out in Nairobi, Kenya. The partners who met were: Region Stockholm, Sweden - Jinja Municipality, Uganda who are working together for improved children health care, Region Norrbotten, Sweden - Kajiado County, Kenya who are working together for women´s health
August 24th 2024 the gender based violence recovery center in Machakos, Kenya was officially opened. The center was developed within the framework of the project "Action for Gender Equality" - a project that was a collaboration between Robertsfors Municipality, Sweden and Machakos County Government, Kenya. The project was funded by Swedish International Centre for Local Democracy (ICLD) and was carried out during 2017-2021. The project was delayed due to the Corona pandemic, but was finalized with a dissemination conference in