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