Green governance - how do we go from word to deed?
May 12, 2019, External activity, Calendar
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Month: May
Risk management in development assistance
May 12, 2019, External activity, Calendar
Harish - with a brilliant idea
Harish Nishad built his own lamp from recycled materials he found in his village.
Of: Isabell Carlsson and Sofia Brännstrom
One of the solutions to India's waste and energy challenges is solar energy. FUF correspondents Sofia Brännström and Isabell Carlsson have interviewed Harish Nishad, whose homemade lamp has enabled him to work on making solar energy available to most people.
May 10, 2019, FUF-correspondents
Global challenges and the role of aid
What are the government's plans for development assistance in the future? Can Sweden, through development aid policy, contribute to meeting the global challenges we face? FUF and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs invited to a seminar with the State Secretary for International Development Cooperation, Per Olsson Fridh, on today's challenges and the role of development assistance. Moderated and asked questions were Lennart Wohlgemuth and Anna Sjöberg Tibblin, board member […]
May 8, 2019, FUF pods
The climate issue takes place in the debate ahead of the EU elections
Is nuclear power a solution for sustaining growth and reducing emissions? It was discussed this week between M and MP. Pixabay photo
Of: Erica Fahlström
How can the EU lead the global climate and environmental work forward? Over the past week, there has been a discussion on, among other things, growth policy versus sustainability, the relationship of climate change to public health, the loss of biodiversity and freedom of the press - and debaters have particularly emphasized the importance of prioritizing these issues in the EU.
May 8, 2019, Current debate
Journalists' vulnerability - a threat to democracy
Date and time: 14 May, 18:00 - 19:30
The number of countries where journalists can work in security is decreasing. In the last decade, more than a thousand journalists have been murdered, and Reporters Without Borders 'Press Freedom Index 2019 shows that political leaders' increased hostility towards the media has led to fear and self-censorship. At the same time, Ethiopia has released all its imprisoned journalists and climbs as many as 40 places compared to last year's […]
The development aid debate will be Utvecklingsmagasinet
Of: The Chancellery
The development aid debate has long been an active platform for discussion and debate on global development issues. Last year, the Aid Debate moved to fuf.se and became part of a digital magazine. Now we change the name to Utvecklingsmagasinet.
May 7, 2019, News
The conversation is the key to neat and efficient assistance
When RFSU chooses partners, they must have a feminist foundation. At the same time, it is not RFSU that will control their struggle, writes Julia Schalk. Here Argentines demonstrate for abortion. Photo: Dianela Jael Gahn (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Of: Julia Schalk
How can we provide assistance on the terms of the recipients and at the same time be driven by a commitment to change? For RFSU, long-term cooperation must be based on a common feminist will to change, but it is our partners who can best concretize what this means in practice. The key is the conversation, writes Julia Schalk.
May 6, 2019, Guest chronicle