Posted by student ASHLEY DAVIS – Greetings from Sweden! As many of you know, I left in April (about a month earlier than my classmates) for my International Public Service Project with the Tällberg Foundation in Stockholm. Because I left early, I will also be done early. My project culminates with the Tällberg Forum, a gathering of more than 450 leaders from around the world in the village of Tällberg, about 3.5 hours northwest of Stockholm. The forum is next week: June 24 – 28.
For my project, I am working with the forum team to plan and implement the workshops which will take place throughout the week. We are planning more than 50 workshop sessions. The workshops are actually quite important to the overall result of Tällberg because it is in these smaller settings that new thinking and ideas are cultivated, innovative partnerships are formed and difficult questions are asked. CLICK HERE to download a copy of the programme.
Some of the topics that are being covered include forestry, regional governance in the Nile Basin, human and ecological regeneration, petro-politics in the Middle East and how to create climate-conscious citizens. These are just five of the issues that will be addressed in the workshop program at the Forum. I have learned so much already during my time working with the Tallberg Foundation, and I am so excited to see the team’s hard work pay off next week.
I am incredibly grateful to both the Clinton School and the Tällberg Foundation for giving me the opportunity to come to Sweden and work on this important event. Additionally, the staff of the Tällberg Foundation has gone above and beyond to make me feel at home in Sweden. I truly feel like part of the team and part of the community.
You can follow the Forum yourself with streaming video on www.tallbergfoundation.org or follow @tallberg on Twitter for updates during the Forum or #tallberg.
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