Topics from the City of Trollhättan
Evaluation of "safety rounds"
In the City of Trollhättan, systematic “trygghetsronder” (roughly “safety rounds”) have been carried out since 2017. By the end of 2022, all neighborhoods and small towns in Trollhättan municipality will have been reviewed. The municipality now wants these to be evaluated. What have the safety rounds resulted in? Should they be continued or reworked in some way? Or should they cease altogether?
Focus of the essay
Evaluate the 22 safety rounds carried out in Trollhättan.
Thematic areas
Citizen influence, security, democracy, co-determination, crime prevention work
Greener preschools
The City of Trollhättan has granted a project called Grönare skolgårdar, where 10 preschools received perennial plantings, insect hotels and educational materials. The municipality is interested in an essay on biological diversity in preschools. The essay could describe what the curriculum says about the theme as well as follow up on the investment in the participating preschools, including collecting opinions from them and information on how this can be used in the pedagogical work.
It should also be mentioned that Trollhättan has a new framework program for municipal buildings stating that biodiversity must be included in the planning whenever new construction is done.
Focus of the essay
Review the investment in Greener schoolyards in the City of Trollhättan and monitor the effects on students and the pedagogical work at participating preschools in the municipality.
Thematic areas
School issues, pedagogy, biological diversity, nature conservation