The government has presented the largest development assistance budget to date, with increased investments in, among other things, humanitarian aid. How do we ensure that we work for long-term solutions at the same time? And what are the plans for Agenda 2030? Listen to Ulrika Modéer, State Secretary for International Development Cooperation, when she presents and answers questions about the development assistance budget for 2018. The seminar took place on 27 September 2017.
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September 28, 2017, FUF pods
Non-violent resistance, sanctions, dialogue and mediation are all important tools in the work to resolve violent conflicts, but from the debate in the media it is easy to get the impression that military means are the only ones available. When are peaceful means effective and not? Is there room for non-military solutions to conflicts in an arming world? Ambassador Lena Sundh, peace and conflict researcher Peter Wallensteen and Christian Peace Movement Secretary General Lotta Sjöström Becker visited FUF's seminar on 19 September 2017.
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September 20, 2017, FUF pods
Of: Annie Sturinge (f. Sturesson) and Måns Nilsson
When decision-makers invest in schooling for girls, it affects gender equality and the level of education as well as poverty and health. In order to better implement the global goals in Agenda 2030, we therefore need to map out how the different goals are connected to each other, write Måns Nilsson and Annie Sturesson at the research institute SEI.
September 18, 2017, Debate
A large part of the world's oil, gas and mining production takes place in countries with weak control systems, a lack of democracy and extensive corruption. How can corruption be prevented in the extractive industry? Can transparency lead to accountability and reforms? Fredrik Reinfeldt, EITI; John Howchin, AP Fund Ethics Council; and Magnus Ericsson, LTU, attended FUF and Transparency International Sweden's seminar on 13 September 2017.
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September 14, 2017, FUF pods
Of: Gunilla Källenius and Olle Stendahl
To fight the diseases of poverty is to fight poverty. Today, people in the world's poorest countries fall ill and die mainly from diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, HIV, respiratory infections and diarrheal diseases. The declining support for research on global health is therefore unacceptable, write Gunilla Källenius and Olle Stendahl.
September 13, 2017, Debate
Of: Malin Nilsson
On Sunday, we woke up to the news that North Korea had tested another hydrogen bomb, ten times more powerful than the bombs dropped by the United States on Japan in 1945. The rising tensions call for counter-strategies. A first step is for Sweden to sign the UN agreement on a ban on nuclear weapons, writes Malin Nilsson at the International Women's Union for Peace and Freedom.
September 7, 2017, Debate
