Vita sene libertate nihil
I really like how Swedish government works, taking care of all branches of citizens life. Analyzing current problems and discussing solutions Swedes don’t try to change lifestyles and mentality of people – they are changing the things that cause troubles. Here come a few examples from different spheres. If speaking about education – Swedes receive free and high quality education. As usual there are like 15 pupils in the class and everyone receives laptop from school for free. Studying in university is also free (despite some private schools) and there are lots of possibilities to receive part-funded or full scholarship. Comparing to Ukraine, where most of the roads are old and destroyed - Sweden has perfect one. Many years ago government’s task was to decrease car accidents to minimum (and make their amount 0 in near future). They realized that high penalties won’t change the situation, so they decided to make road system perfect, not people. They started to build “2+1” roads, which means that road lines has two opposite ways and 1 extra which changes direction due to traffic capacity. Moreover, there were created thousands of new road crossings; put many lights; built separate and safe bike roads. Additionally, the strict program against drunk driving was implemented (by the way Sweden is famous for anti-alcohol policy, which also works). Speed limit was also increased and lots of road cameras started being used. Finally, there were built lots of barriers between road lines. All of that decreased death caused by road accidents to the lowest in the world (3 deaths per 100 thousand people, while in Ukraine this indicator is four times bigger). Library, I had visited recently is also amazing. Divided into two parts (Swedish and international) it offers huge number of books and magazines. Speaking about Ukraine, where you should ask library worker to find a book, here you can do it online. Add free Wi-fi, comfortable sofas for reading and you won’t be surprised why libraries here, in our modern era, are crowded all day long. Finally, one more thing, which I really liked, is culture houses or Kulturhusets. Place for a good leisure opened for everyone. It is the place where youth can come and enjoy lots of activities for free. For instance, the one which I have visited recently is really huge and 6 floors. Music studio, study circles, open discussions and debates, concerts, poetry evenings and many-many other interesting events.
This is how government works in this country. But as old Chinese proverb says “citizens have the government they deserve”. So, maybe problems in Ukraine are connected not only with it?
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AuthorMyhailo Skrypchuk's blog. EVS volunteer in AUE (2016-2017). Stockholm, Sweden Archives
Декабрь 2016
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