In response to the global challenges, the United Nations introduced Agenda 2030 as a globalaction plan to work towards sustainable development and a sustainable future. TheSustainable Development Goals of Agenda 2030 are universal and require both global andlocal efforts in order to be achieved. Education, and particularly Education for SustainableDevelopment (ESD), is considered a cornerstone in this work.Kenya is a country facing challenges in achieving the goals due to deeply rooted corruption.The corruption in the country is not only regarded as an economic issue, but also contributesto severe social challenges. ESD can therefore be considered especially important in thiscontext.The aim of this study is to examine teachers? perceived impacts of the ESD-inspirededucational material YesWeAre in schools in Nairobi.

This paper intends to provide a better understanding of how to rebuild a crisis affected area and how to plan for the inhabitants of a wounded city. It will also examine the landscape architect's tasks in this work to provide a planning perspective. The discussion of reconstruction is significant because the insight and knowledge in the subject is needed in order to help Nations after a disaster. Bosnia-Herzegovina's capital Sarajevo is a city recovering from a civil war where the city's situation was complicated by an ethnic conflict that has been segregating it. The restoration of the city's structure can free people from their tragedy and make them live again.

The representative democracy has become weakened during the last decades. At the same time the United Nations declared at the Rio de Janeiro meeting in 1992 that environmental problems can best be solved by involvement of all concerned citizens in decision-making. The main purpose of this study has been to examine if citizens panels is a possible way to involve citizens in environmental decision-making and what the outcomes can be. Furthermore the study has investigated what the participation has contributed to environmental politics and how representative the results have been. This has been carried out by investigating the Piteåpanel in the municipality of Piteå by conducting interviews.The result of the study shows that the involvement of the citizens in the decision-making influenced the environmental politics of the municipality.

Problem: The authors have, during the process of development of this thesis, tried to create an understanding of how a number of organizations, all working with different approaches around the ?brand Sweden?, perceive the efficiency and benefits of using extended concept around embassies as a tool in their strategic work. The embassies in question have an evolved concept in the sense that they don not only hold a traditional political and legal role. The problem facing us authors was the issue whether theses embassies are efficient arenas to coordinate the forces and resources of the organizations concerned, in the mission to enhance the visibility and awareness of Sweden abroad.Purpose: The purpose is to describe the strategic work with marketing Sweden to be able to look in to whether the evolved concept behind the embassies in question are used as a tool in within the work of the organizations. We wish to research this to be able to evaluate if this arena is perceived as efficient for the organizations concerned.Method: In order to get a background to which one establish and communicate a Nations brand the authors have studied literature within the subject.

The purpose of this paper is to provide clarity into the poorly understood topic of mandatory fencing in the Swedish education system. Sweden, like many other European Nations, was subject to strong nationalistic winds during the 19th century, from which the idea of a citizen soldier arose. By making fencing part of the school curriculum the Swedish state hoped to invigorate its male population, with the ultimate goal of reclaiming the nation's status as a military superpower. This paper explores the topic by using qualitative research methods to observe the internal debate in the official journal for physical education teachers between the years 1874 and 1920. What status did fencing as a school subject have? How was it implemented and what was taught? What obstacles did it face? How did it vary between the bourgeoisie and the peasantry? How did it vary over time?The findings show a school subject that was heavily regulated and propped up by both the state and conservative gymnasts of the Swedish Ling tradition.

The transformation of the Swedish Armed Forces is bringing about major changes in many areas. Indirect fire is one capability affected by these changes. Financial savings, a shrinking organization and higher eligibility requirements mean that fewer soldiers will gain access to exclusive high-tech support resources such as the JAS 39 Gripen aircraft and the ARCHER artillery system. This thesis aims to examine whether access to indirect fire capability can be increased through the use of civilian products and communication networks. Technology development in the civilian mobile communications area is exponential and Nations such as the USA, facing challenges similar to those of the Swedish Armed Forces, devote substantial resources to research and development.

Due to the forest industry downsizing, many communities in rural forest regions in Canada and Sweden are facing problems to survive. In order to create community sustainability, resilience and well-being in remote forest regions, the view on the forest resources has shifted towards multiple use, through the concept of sustainable forest management (SFM). Beside the economic and ecological elements of sustainability, the social forest values are needed, contributing to the human well-being, local participation, stakeholder collaboration, human rights and cultural connection. In this thesis the embodiment of the social component of SFM within Prince Albert Model Forest (Canada), and Vilhelmina Model Forest (Sweden) will be examined. Being partners and facing similar challenges as rural boreal forest regions, the two model forests are compared through analysis of projects and activities, conducted interviews and organization documents. Looking at projects mentioned as successful by the interviewees, they all have elements from the social values of SFM. The direction can be explained by the introduction of the Forest Communities Program in Canada, demanding the Model Forests to work towards community stability and resilience, the Model Forest organization concept itself and the way global focus are increasing around social forest values. In the future, it may be important that the role of the MFs enable some kind of political authorization and legitimacy in order to improve conflict solving and indigenous rights equality.

Even though Sweden is a small country which has a low rate of inhabitants is it one of the worlds leading Nations of exporting products from the forest industries. The Importance of a sustainable use of the Swedish forests has been known for many years. In 1903 the first law of forestry were establish. Today the National Board of Forestry carry out inventories of regeneration result. The result of the latest inventory showed that especially the non-industrial private forest owners did not full fill the regeneration work after a clear cut.

Under de två senaste decennierna har regionernas roll i den ekonomiska utvecklingen vuxit och idag talas det till och med om regionernas renässans. Länge har den regionala utvecklingen dock setts som ett resultat av det som sker på de nationella och internationella marknaderna. I takt med utvecklingen av en teori om endogen tillväxt har förståelsen att se regionen som en storhet i utvecklingen vuxit. En Nations ekonomiska utveckling bör idag ses som summan av regionernas utveckling och inte behandlas som en exogent given faktor. Den regionalekonomiska utvecklingen beror på förutsättningarna inne i en region.

The purpose of this essay is to illustrate the debate of water politics and privatisation of water distribution. My method is debate analysis and qualitative idea analysis and for my essay I used three books that try to persuade the reader that his or her idea is the best for this water crisis. My main question is to illustrate the debate concerning water privatisations. I will also look at the arguments for or against privatisations and finally determine how the authors think the state should act towards this subject. The first book I used was Vandana Shivas ?Water Wars? that when published started an international discussion about the water privatisations.

Att styra en ideell organisation föranleder många utmaningar. Många gånger skiljer sig målet för en ideell sammanslutning markant från exempelvis ett aktieägt företag där utdelning till aktieägare och vinst är i fokus. Den ideella organisationen håller oftast mindre konkret mätbara sociala värden för viktigare. Personer som jobbar ideellt har inte heller som främsta incitament att tjäna pengar, vilket gör styrningsfrågor, belöningar och påföljder extra intressanta. Författarna har i sin studie sökt belysa dessa särskilda förutsättningar genom att studera två studentnationer vid Uppsala universitet, nämligen Uplands och Västgöta nation.

Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur insatsen/kriget i Afghanistan framställs på fotografisk bild i dagstidningarna Dagens Nyheter (Sverige), The Times (Storbritannien) och Politiken (Danmark). Tidningarna är ledande i respektive land och bilderna de publicerar når många läsare. För att närma oss en förståelse för hur insatsen/kriget framställs på bild i respektive tidning har vi använt oss av delfrågor som: I vilken omfattning har bilder från insatsen/kriget i Afghanistan publicerats i de tre tidningarna? Vilka teman, aktörer, källor och nationaliteter går att finna till bilderna i respektive tidning? Hur framställs soldater/civilbefolkning/elitpersoner på bild i de tre tidningarna? Finns det likheter och skillnader mellan de tre tidningarna.Undersökningen är en kombinerad kvantitativ och kvalitativ studie. Som grund har vi den kvantitativa delen för att inventera och ge en överblick över det publicerade materialet. Det visar bland annat vilka aspekter av kriget/insatsen och aktörer som förekommer och i vilken frekvens och omfattning.

The increasing importance of human rights within the international community over the past fifteen years has raised the issue of humanitarian intervention. This concept is a complex one, and in the debate surrounding this issue can be heard arguments from and within legal, political and ethical standpoints. There is not yet a unified definition or agreement as to the nature of humanitarian intervention but it is clear that it is an important issue internationally and it is therefore interesting to see how this has affected the debate within individual countries. This study will thus examine the international development surrounding humanitarian intervention in relation to the official position taken by the Swedish government. The developments and discussion surrounding humanitarian intervention internationally and two central difficulties within this concept, legality vs.

Background: The latest development within the business world has been characterized by deregulation and globalization which has made the company bigger and even more influential. The increased power has resulted in a shift of responsibility for the community from the public to the private sector. (Steinholtz och Löhman, 2003) There have been many trends regarding what accountability includes and how financial accounting can be complimented in a useful and reliable way. Some trends have come to stay whilst others have shown to be less successful or the world has not been ready for them. (Larsson, a, 2002) Purpose: The purpose with this paper is to look at the historical development towards accounting for sustainability and to investigate what factors that might have hade an impact on this development.

During 2008 we experienced an expansion of large scale investments in foreign farmland. This increasing trend has become a political hot-spot, but there is not much research available within the field. Due to a lack of research it remains a vital task to outline the potential effects of this trend. Drawing on existing ideas from some of the main actors within the field, The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), The World Bank, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the latest G8 summit on agriculture, four main purposes are set out for this paper. First, to outline some of the underlying mechanisms behind the trend is considered crucial for the understanding of the nature of these investments.