Event

Almedalsveckan 2016

We will be hosting six events together with partners at the annual Almedalsveckan in Visby, Gotland.

Event details

Date:4 July 2016 – 6 July 2016

 

If you are taking part in Almedalsveckan we hope you will join us at Sverige i Världen where together with partners we will host a series of events.

The Refugee Crisis – A regional and global challenge
4 July, 3pm (event in Swedish)

Panelists: Kristof Tamas, Director, The Migration Studies Delegation (Delmi); Karolina Lindholm Billing, Deputy Regional Representative, UNHCR; Lars Johan Lönnback, Senior Migration Policy Advisor, International Organization for Migration (IOM); Pieter Jan van Eggermont,Humanitarian Advisor, MSF Sweden; Anna-Karin Johansson, Secretary General, Swedish Committee for Afghanistan.

Moderator: Henrik Hammargren, Executive Director, Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation

New Secretary-General, New World Order Future of the United Nations
5 July, 9am (event in Swedish)

Panelists: Anders Kompass, Field Operations Director, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR); Annika Söder, State Secretary, Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs ; Camilla Brückner, Director, UNDP Nordic Office; Linda Nordin, Chief Executive Officer, United Nations Association of Sweden.

Moderator: Henrik Hammargren, Executive Director, Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation

Agenda 2030 – Sweden a leading example? Global perspectives
5 July, 11am (event in Swedish)

Panelists: Ulrika Modéer, State Secretary, Swedish Ministry for International Development Cooperation, Parul Sharma, Chairperson for delegation for Sweden’s implementation of 2030 Agenda, Head of CSR Compliance at Vinge law firm; Berith Granath, Administrator, United Nations Association of Sweden, representative for CONCORD Sweden’s working group on Agenda 2030.

Moderator: Caroline Åberg, Communications and Liaison Specialist, UNDP

Agenda 2030 – Sweden a leading example? National perspectives
5 July, 12pm (event in Swedish)

Panelists: Romiana Bikasha, Swedish Youth Representative to the United Nations HLPF for Sustainable Development 2016; Kenneth G Forslund, Spokesperson on foreign aid and foreign policy, Social Democratic Party; Niklas Gustafsson, Chief Sustainability Officer, Volvo Group Headquarters; Johan Kuylenstierna, Executive Directore, SEI

Moderator: Linda Nordin, Chief Executive Officer, United Nations Association of Sweden.

Antimicrobial Resistance – A growing threat to the Global Sustainable Development Goals
July 5, 4pm (event in Swedish)

Panelists: Otto Cars, ReAct – Action on Antibiotic Reaction; Annika Söder, State Secretary, Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs; Anna Sjöblom, Medical Humanitarian Advisor at MSF, Doctors without Borders; Jenny Lundström, Veterinarian, ReAct Uppsala University

Moderator: Olivia Taghioff, Programme Manager, Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation

Inclusive societies – a universal challenge, from Nairobi to Tensta
6 July, 8am (event in English)

Panelists: Mohamed Yahya, Regional Programme Coordinator, UNDP Regional Service Centre in Addis Ababa; Tomas Amanuel, Interpeace Local Facilitator in Tensta, Sweden

Moderator: Sigrid Gruener, Programme Manager, Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation

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