Development Sweden #17. Meet the Most Influential Swedes in the United Nations
A newsletter on Swedish development cooperation and policy
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Swedish development cooperation is undergoing major changes, something we have written a lot about here in Development Sweden during the year. After the government decided to abandon the one per cent target and implemented a comprehensive focus on Ukraine and the Swedish neighborhood, a stronger link between aid and trade is now expected, something we write about in this issue of Development Sweden.
Aid is also increasingly becoming a domestic political tool, as was clearly demonstrated when Sweden chose to pause its development cooperation with Palestine.
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Editor, Development Sweden
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This is our headlines:
Meet the Most Influential Swedes in the United Nations
Government Suspends Aid to Palestine
Palestine: Where Swedish Aid Goes
Aid and Trade: Are There Good Examples?
New at work
Jenny Ohlsson, New Ambassador to Eritrea
Jenny Ohlsson will be stationed in Stockholm. Jenny Ohlsson currently works at the Unit for Consular and Civil Law Affairs at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. She has previously served as an ambassador in Kigali and as the State Secretary for Development Cooperation in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
Erik Sedig, New Grant Manager at Läkarmissionen
Erik Sedig brings several years of experience working with Swedish institutional donors and in the field of development aid in Eastern and Southern Africa. He has a background as a regional manager in Eastern Africa for PMU InterLife and has previously served as a political rapporteur at the Swedish Embassy in Nairobi.
Fredrik Florén, New Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates
Fredrik Florén is currently a part of the Management Division of the Europe and North America Unit at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, where he is responsible for the region’s trade, investments, and promoting Sweden. He has previously served as an ambassador in Tunis and as a resident envoy for Tunisia and Libya, based in Stockholm.
Anna Block Mazoyer, New Special Envoy for Sudan
Anna Block Mazoyer has been appointed as the Special Envoy for Sudan and the Head of Mission for the Swedish Embassy in Khartoum, based in Stockholm. Anna Block Mazoyer currently serves as the Head of Group for the Middle East and North Africa Unit at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. She has previously held positions as an ambassador in Tunis, director of the Swedish Institute in Alexandria, and Deputy Chief of Protocol at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. She has also served at the embassies in, among others, Rabat, Paris, Buenos Aires, and Algiers.