According to the council decision, the plans aim to help Malmö City employees better understand how various forms of racism manifest in the city and strengthen the knowledge of employees and politicians. The work will be done together with Malmö residents, associations, organizations, and other actors, with dialogue that began during development set to continue. All committees and wholly-owned companies in Malmö City are covered by the plans, and by June 30, 2027 at the latest, they must develop action plans for how the work will be carried out in their own operations, based on the plans' directional goals and result goals and adapted to each operation.
The City Executive Board will coordinate, support, and follow up on the work, while other committees and wholly-owned companies must carry out the work within the ordinary budget. 5 million kronor per year for each of the plans during the years 2026 to 2029, and the Primary Education Committee receives 2 million kronor per year during the same period to strengthen the work for children and young people. Children and young people are a particularly prioritized target group, with research studies on how afrophobia/anti-black racism and islamophobia/anti-Muslim racism appear in Malmö to be presented during the summer of 2026.
The plans are based on an intersectional perspective focusing on understanding how different types of oppression can affect Malmö residents simultaneously. Malmö is Sweden's third largest city, a young, global, and growing city where the population has increased steadily over the past 30 years to over 365,000 people today, with half under 35 years old and roots in over 180 countries. Powerful investments are ongoing across the entire city, and Malmö City is helping to lead the climate transition in Europe with eight other Swedish cities, having signed the Climate Contract 2030, which should function as a tool to enable investments in climate and sustainability measures aligned with the EU's upcoming calls for climate-neutral cities.