Nyheter 2004 / Latest News 2004
2004-12-17
Study Tour – International Roots Meeting
The International Roots Meeting took place in Nairobi 15-20 of November.
Due to the security around UN Security Council Conference taking place at the same time, our program at the UN had to be changed. In waiting for the final report we will update this site continuously with material both in Swedish and English.
The International Roots Meeting is an answer to the Children’s Declaration, which was composed and declared at the Inauguration of the Children’s Meeting Place in September 2001.
“A tree without roots will not stand – cannot grow”.
The International Roots Meeting took place in Nairobi 15-20 of November.
Due to the security around UN Security Council Conference taking place at the same time, our program at the UN had to be changed. In waiting for the final report we will update this site continuously with material both in Swedish and English.
The International Roots Meeting is an answer to the Children’s Declaration, which was composed and declared at the Inauguration of the Children’s Meeting Place in September 2001.
“A tree without roots will not stand – cannot grow”.
2004-11-01
Globeday
The Globe Day is the annual meeting, mainly with the Swedish Globetree network. The issues of this year were:
• WorldCiC in Kampala 2008. Preparations for Swedish participants.
• Exchange program between municipalities of Sweden and Kenya/Uganda
• Study Tour to Kenya and Uganda in December 2007.
• Planning for the theme weeks in Swedish municipalities in 2008: “We in the World and the World among us”
2004-09-04
Protocol of Cooperation
The President of LVRLAC, H.W. the Mayor of Entebbe, Mr. Stephen Kabuye and
the President of Globetree Kajsa B. Dahlström signed the cooperation agreement promoting children and youth networking in Lake Victoria Region and the Baltic Sea Region.
2004-05-30
Exchange program – mayors and teachers to Sweden
In order to strengthen the twining between cities of the Lake Victoria Region and the municipalities of the Baltic Sea, Globetree hosted a 14 days program in April/May. Except for the main event of inaugurating the Children’s Meeting Place of Strängnäs, the exchange program covered 8 cities/municipalities of Sweden with the aim to find ways of implementing the content of the Rights of Child and Agenda 21.
The inauguration of the Children’s Meeting Place in Strängnäs was in conjunction with the building of a Future Vessel at Multeum in Strängnäs.
2004-02-24
Inauguration of the Children’s Meeting Place Homa Bay, Kenya
Globetree was invited to Homa Bay in February when H.W. the Mayor of Homa Bay Dr. Stephen Agullo Peter, handed over a large area in the Jamhuri Park to be the Children’s Meeting Place. As a complement a Naboom tree was inaugrated close to the City Hall, Homa Bay as the Children’s Meeting Place.
