Sweden and South Africa – looking back and moving forward: Together for tomorrow - 27 November 2014
Embassy of Sweden in cooperation with the Southern African Liaison Office (SALO)
Sweden and South Africa – looking back and moving forward:Together for tomorrow
Can old fashioned solidarity still play a role in foreign policy? Examples from history and today.
Date: Thursday 27 November 2014
PROGRAMME:
9.30 SESSION 1: LOOKING BACK…
SALO moderator, Ms Molly Dhlamini: Welcome and introduction
9.40 Amb Anders Hagelberg: Introductory Remarks
9.45 Amb Bengt Säve-Söderbergh: Looking back – Swedish foreign policy based on solidarity
9.55 Amb Birgitta Karlström-Dorph: A personal story of practical diplomacy in South Africa 1981-88
10.15 Mr Aziz Pahad: Commentary by former Minister for Foreign Affairs - A South Africa perspective
10:25 Discussion and questions
10.45 TEA BREAK
11.15 SESSION 2: MOVING FORWARD
Amb Bengt Säve-Söderbergh: Liberating a country – liberating people. Dialogue and international exchange as part of building a society based on solidarity
South African speakers include:
Mr Khulekani Skosana, The Gauteng Provincial Secretary of the Congress of South African Students (COSAS): The role of young people in building a society based on solidarity
12.00 Discussion, questions
Conclusion by moderator
12.30 LUNCH