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The Threat of Polarization: How to Advance Development in a Divided World

The Threat of Polarization: How to Advance Development in a Divided World

Join us at the Sweden launch of this year's UNDP Human Development Report. Sida will participate with other prominent speakers and explore the roots of polarization, democratic backsliding and its devastating impact on sustainable development. The seminar offer a platform for discussion on how to advance human development and safeguard human security in a divided world.

  • When: Thursday 25 april 2024, 16.30 -17.45
  • Where: Event venue 'Annie' at Fotografiska, Stadsgårdshamnen 22 in Stockholm. The event is also livestreamed, see link below
  • Organizer: United Nations Development Programme Sweden (UNDP)

Participants

Guest of Honor

The launch event is taking place in the presence of UNDP Goodwill Ambassador H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden.

Speakers

  • Diana Janse, State Secretary to the Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade in Sweden
  • Jakob Granit, Director-General, Sida
  • Åsa Wikforss, Professor in Theoretical Philosophy, Stockholm University and member of the Swedish Academy
  • Kevin Casas-Zamora, Secretary-General, International IDEA
  • Pedro Conceição, Director, UNDP Human Development Report Office

Moderator: Josefin Pasanen, Research and Partnership Specialist, UNDP Human Development Report Office

Uppdaterad: 13 maj 2024