| BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
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| Chairman
Marianne Andersson
Politician |
Previous politician of the
Centre Party of Sweden for 17 years, actively involved in
the Committee of Foreign Affairs for 8 years. Today Deputy
Chairman of the Board at United Nations Association of Sweden
and board member and Jury member of Right Livelihood Award
Foundation. Engaged in cultural and tourism issues at the
community level, and rural development programs at the regional
level financed by EU. |
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| Deputy Chairman
Nils G Rosenberg
Ambassador |
Ambassador at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Department for Migration and Asylum Policy. |
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| Board member
Conny Fredriksson
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Fil. Lic. in Political Science.
Engaged in international politics at the Swedish Social Democratic
Party. |
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Board member
Lage Elgstrand |
Previously employed by the Ministry
of Industry Commerce and the Ministry of the Environment,
working in the areas of technical research and development,
IT-service, IT procurement co-ordination and environmental
criteria in public procurements. Has also been engaged by
the Swedish Agency for Public Management (Statskontoret) and
at the public procurement department of the National Agency
for services to universities and university colleges. During
the period of 2002 to 2007, worked at Sida as procurement
adviser. |
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Board member
Lisbeth Olofsdotter-Arvidsson
Editor |
Editor, university graduate,
union representative for the Swedish Television. Have been
active in some 20 years in Kurdish issues as chairman for
the Kurdish Association for human rights of the Kurdish people. |
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| Board member
Birger Carl Forsberg
Sr. Public Health Specialist |
Worked in international health
for 25 years in some 30 countries. Staff member, adviser and
consultant to WHO, Sida, World Bank. Former Managing Director,
InDevelop Uppsala AB. Currently senior public health specialist
at the Stockholm County Council and researcher at Karolinska
Institute. |
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Board member
Gösta Persson
Politician |
Former Deputy Director General
of Geological Survey of Sweden. Currently Chairman of Municipal
Board, Heby Municipality in Sweden. |
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Suppleant
Helena Svantesson
Pediatrician |
Pediatrician with specialisation
in rehabilitation diseases. Development worker in Northern
Iraq since 1992 at Helena Center in Erbil. Previously politician
at the community level. |
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Suppleant
Gustaf von Essen
Government Councillor |
Previous politician of the Swedish Conservative Party for
11 years. Member of the Migration Board. Today Chairman of the
Swedish Christian Democrats at Uppsala Municipality and Government
Councillor. |
