Västmanland Association of Local Authorities and County Council (VKL) is a non-profit making association which was formed in September 2005. The association is a result of the reorganisation of Västmanland Association of Local Authorities, and our members are the municipalities of Västmanland County and the County Council of Västmanland.

Through VKL the county’s municipalities and County Council have together created a co-operation platform for a joint dialogue in the county. Each member/responsible authority does however handle its own issues based on a democratic decision-making process where VKL acts as a catalyst.
VKL works to develop municipal self-government with plenty of latitude and strong civil support. We shall form a political arena for municipal and county council politics and promote and develop co-operation between the members.

VKL’s director, Monika Eriksson-Bertilsson, can be reached on
+46 21 39 79 47 or monika.eriksson-bertilsson@vkl.se.

Social welfare and healthcare
Ann Tjernberg, development strategist, +46 21 39 79 61,
ann.tjernberg@vkl.se

Learning and employment market
Ove Svenson, development strategist, +46 21 39 79 45,
ove.svenson@vkl.se

Child and youth issues
Ove Svenson, development strategist, +46 21 39 79 45,
ove.svenson@vkl.se

Social planning and infrastructure
Håkan Johansson, planning manager, +46 21 39 79 44, hakan.johansson@vkl.se

County tourism
Henrik Wester, tourism developer, +46 21 39 79 59,
henrik.wester@vkl.se

Talking newspaper
Johan Lunner, chief editor, +46 21 39 46 38, johan.lunner@vkl.se

Local Authority Meeting
The local authority meeting is the local authority’s highest decision-making body. Ordinary local authority meetings are held once a year, no later than the month of May. The representative for the local authority meeting is appointed by the members’ local and county councillors.

The Board
The board exercises leadership of the association’s operations, has supervision of its other bodies and manages the association’s property. The board is elected at the ordinary local authority meeting which takes place the year following the general election for the municipal and county councils.

The board’s executive committee is composed of Ulla Persson (the Swedish Social Democratic Party) chairperson, Elisabeth Unell (the Moderate Party ) deputy chairperson, Torsten Källberg (the Liberal Party of Sweden) deputy chairperson, Elizabeth Salomonsson (the Swedish Social Democratic Party), deputy chairperson, Juha Rundgren (The Left Party of Sweden) deputy chairperson.

Committees
VKL has four committees which are composed of leading politicians from the members within each committee area. A prerequisite for the committees’ work is mutual information between the board and the committees. Each committee has eleven councillors, one elected by each member – municipality or county council. The four committees are:
• The Social Welfare Committee
• The Learning and Employment Market Committee
• The Child and Youth Committee
• The Personnel Committee

The committees draw up proposals for their own plans of action which the board decides upon, and the board can continually give the committees assignments on current issues. The committees report back to the board. Co-operation between committees is essential since many matters cross boundaries within, for example, maintenance support, learning, the employment market and immigrant issues.
Every year the committees carry out one or two executive committee conferences within their subject-field.

Contact us!
Västmanlands Kommuner och Landsting
Norra Källgatan 22, SE-722 11 Västerås, SWEDEN
Phone +46 21 39 79 40, Fax +46 21 41 66 84
info@vkl.se, www.vkl.se