Press release
28 January 2010
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Finance
Ministers Bildt, Borg and Carlsson to Davos
Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt, Minister for Finance Anders Borg and Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson will travel this week to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to take part in seminars and meet political and business leaders.
On Friday 29 January, Mr Bildt will take part in the 'Interactive Dinner Session: Meet the Peacemakers', where Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai of Zimbabwe will also be participating. Together with Ms Carlsson, Carl Bildt will also be taking part in the 'Food Security, Nutrition and Sustainable Agriculture' seminar and they will both be meeting President of the International Red Cross, Jakob Kellenberger. On Saturday 30 January, Mr Bildt will be taking part in the session 'Climate Change: From Copenhagen to Mexico'. During his stay, Mr Bildt will also hold several bilateral meetings including one with Colombia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jaime Bermudez Merizalde.
On Saturday 30 January, Minister for Finance Anders Borg and Mr Bildt will take part in the 'Interactive Lunch Session: Informal Gathering of World Economic Leaders: Avoiding a Jobless Economic Recovery'.
Mr Borg will also be a panel speaker at the session 'Post-Crisis Identity: Defining the Role of Financial Services in Society' on Thursday 28 January. The following day, 29 January, he will participate in the session 'Redesigning Government Exits' where he will lead the discussions, and in the session 'Informal Gathering of World Economic Leaders: The Mutual Assessment Process - A Major Step Forward for Global Economic Governance?' together with Pravin Gordhan, Mario Draghi and others.
On Saturday 30 January, he will take part in the session 'Informal Gathering of World Economic Leaders: Global Financial Regulatory Reform: Translating Principles into Effective Policies' with Christine Lagarde, Alistair Darling, Lawrence Summers and others.
Apart from the regular programme, Mr Borg will hold other meetings with political and business leaders, including Stanley Fischer, CEO of the Bank of Israel.
Apart from participating in the above programme items, Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson will also meet the Head of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), Josette Sheeran, who is now playing a key role in assistance to Haiti. On Friday evening, 29 January, Ms Carlsson will be participating in a dinner discussion on the theme of 'Europe's role on the Global Stage', where British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs David Miliband will also participate. Ms Carlsson will also meet the Head of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Sadako Ogata, and give the opening speech at a seminar entitled 'New Models of Collaboration for Economic Development'. She will also meet representatives of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the British aid organisation OXFAM GB.
Contact
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Anna Charlotta Johansson
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