Suède

Almost there (formerly Changemaker AB)

National Network
Suède
Address

Järntorget 3
9b
41304 Göteborg
Suède

Telephone
+46 70 969 24 52
E-Mail
per@changemaker.nu
E-Mail (2)
anne@changemaker.nu
E-Mail (3)
diba@changemaker.nu
E-Mail (4)
francesca.olivier@changemaker.nu
Organisation Type
Private Company
Year of Establishment
1998
Fields of Activity
  1. Innovation and Entrepreneurship
General Information

Rethinking regional development. Fueling circular business models. Accelerating impact startups. Attempting to solve world problems over dinner with friends and foes. We are almost there. Or are we just almost starting?

Founded in 1998 by Tom Løyche and Per Myrén, Almost there (formerly Changemaker) was born as a consultancy agency aimed to stir things up and facilitate change management. More than twenty-five years and hundreds of scribbled notebooks later, things have evolved. From Zero to One, we continue to seek situations where we can help people, organizations or societies take the first step from nothing to something. Learning is always at the center of the process; no one has all the answers, but we are smarter together.

We’ve established, run and sold the higher vocational educational schools Changemaker Educations and Futuregames. From this we bring with us the legacy of helping thousands of students enter and make a mark on the labour market. As well as helping companies grow with new ideas and talent. Several large European and EU-funded projects have been entered to make a sustainable impact on local societies. We continue to work with a strong focus on regional development in the North of Sweden and other remote locations around the world. We’ve also bought and reimagined a 17th century farm in Boden; now acting as a testbed for our circular methodology.

We are Almost There. We are consultants in regional development and change management. Project leaders and partners in collaborative global projects. And an Accelerator for impact startups; supporting people, organizations or societies with either big or small ambitions to make the world better.

Mission and Objectives

Everything we do revolves around change and development; be it for ideas, products, schools or businesses.

We help our clients to change themselves or aspects of their businesses successfully, by implementing our long knowledge of change methods, leadership and project leading, as well as a deeper understanding of the change process and its different phases.

Main Projects / Activities

https://www.almostthere.se/projects

We run and engage in national and international projects to drive sustainable change. From regional development and European learning projects to fast paced explorational journeys in the intersection of arts and technology, and the crafting of hand-made board games. Take part of our learnings from ongoing and completed projects. Or reach out for a digital fika to explore new opportunities.

In the last few years, Almost There has been involved in several Erasmus+ projects dealing with the circular economy and more in general with environmental sustainability.

In the SCRCE project, in particular, the partnership developed “The Circular Economy Manual” which aims to help the reader see how he can change his consumer behaviour with small, simple steps in order to make it more eco-responsible and in accordance with circular economy principles.

In the Circular Skills project, we developed different training programmes in “Circular economy for SME”, “Circular Economy for unemployed” and “Circular economy for the social cooperative sector”.

Almost There is the owner of Peetgården, a 400-year-old building, which is used for conferences and meetings and which Changemaker aspires to transform into a centre for sustainable development in Northern Sweden.

Contact (1) Full Name
Francesca Olivier
Job Title
EU-project leader
Head of the organisation
Tom Løyche (CEO)
Contact (2) Full Name
Anne Franze-Jordanov
Job Title (2)
EU Projects Coordinator
Publication
Media
Culture
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An Icy Heaven: Arab Migration on Contemporary Nordic Stages

At the height of the 2015–16 ‘refugee crisis’, how were immigrants and refugees portrayed and self-portrayed on Finnish and Swedish stages? The production and reception of two plays translated from Arabic – Karim Rashed's I Came to See You (2015)...

Angeredsgymnasiet

National Network
Suède
Address

Box 53 Grepgatan
Angered
Gothenburg
Suède

Telephone
+46 72-554 65 03
E-Mail
nina.larsson@educ.goteborg.se
Organisation Type
Public Institution
Year of Establishment
2007
Fields of Activity
  1. Youth and education
General Information
At our school we work with an approach in which students must take considerable responsibility for their studies and work on projects that are taken from reality. Therefore, we collaborate with researchers and companies outside the school and included in international projects. We have many years experience of providing support for students with different needs. Our way of working is the most developed in the entire Gothenburg region and inspire other schools.  
Mission and Objectives

We hope to form a project that would focus on defining and overcoming national stereotypes of all the countries involved in the project.
We also hope to improve the understanding among young people and encourage communication between students of various nationalities.

Main Projects / Activities

The activities will be on-line discussions, research, work-shops during students’ exchange, discussions and study visits.
Angeredsgymnasiet is the initiator, along with companies in and outside Angered, to something called Angered challenge.
Angered challenge has only one goal: more young people from the suburbs to get out of work or go on after high school to other educational programs. We do this with both small and large companies.
Anyone who has something positive to contribute can be Angered challenge. Right now include Estrella with the challenge and has adopted ekonomiprogrammet. Students at Ekonomiprogrammet will then come to the Estrella several times during their training to see how different parts of a company works.

Contact (1) Full Name
Nina Larsson
Head of the organisation
Patrick Gladh (Rektor)

APLLY NOW: Young Cultentrepreneurs Course (online)

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The Young Cultentrepreneurs course - to Engage, Inspire and Unleash the youth potential for the Cultural and Creative Economy

Are you a young person interested in becoming an entrepreneur in the Cultural and Creative Industry?

SwIdeas is providing a free training course that aims to support youngsters between 18 and 29 years old to become entrepreneurs within the Cultural and Creative Industry. 

The training will consist of 4 online sessions which will be conducted in 2 days (2 sessions per day). Each of the online sessions will last around 1 to 1.5 hours. Hence, each online day will last approximately 3 hours. The online sessions will take place on the 24th and 25th of October

Besides, on the 30th of October, there will be a final hybrid session of 4 hours (from 4pm to 8pm CET) through which the learners will set the basis for building their business plan. As this final session will be hybrid, the learners will be able to attend it either online or in person (STPLN, Malmö). 

The timing for the online sessions and further information will be provided via email to all those who register. This training course is part of thYoungCultentrepreneurs Erasmus Plus project, co-funded by the European Union.

Language: English. 

If you would like to join us, please register via this form

To get to know more about the course, visit our website.

For more information, please contact: marina.codorniu@swideas.se

 

APPLY NOW: Nordic Thematic Seminar: A closer look on quality in Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps projects

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Nordic Thematic Seminar: A closer look on quality in Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps projects.

When? 29 January - 1 February 2024
Where? Quality Hotel Globe, Stockholm, Sweden

Participants profile: beneficiaries of one or more ongoing Erasmus+ Youth and/or European Solidarity Corps project granted by a Nordic National Agency.

This Seminar is for 125 participants from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

Objective of the seminar:

- To provide you with a better understanding of how to raise the quality of the Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps projects within the different stages of the project life cycle (as stated above).
- To explore and exchange good practices regarding quality in the planning, implementation and follow-up of a project.
- To encourage you to learn from and build relationships with other beneficiaries across the Nordic countries. 

Programme

The programme wil be a mix of  inputs from external experts, workshops on relevant topics, presentations of some projects, and sessions where you yourselves will share practices and tools from your work and projects. Parts of the programme will be organised with parallel sessions, where you can choose the ones who are most relevant for your organisation. Most sessions will be interactive and many tools can be transferred into your own work.

Monday 29th of January: Arrival day
Tuesday 30th of January: Full programme 
Wednesday 31th of January: Full programme 
Thursday 1st of Febuary: Departure day

Organised by: MUCF - Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society

Applications are open until 27 November

https://www.salto-youth.net/tools/european-training-calendar/training/nordic-thematic-seminar-a-closer-look-on-quality-in-erasmus-and-european-solidarity-corps-projects.11651/

Arab-European Center of Human Rights and International Law

National Network
Suède
Address

Dindar Mado, Östergatan 202 A, 26151 Landskrona
Landskrona
Suède

Telephone
+46-704-085287
Fax
004735091351
E-Mail
esvni2@hotmail.com
E-Mail (3)
aihanjaf@aihanjaf.com
E-Mail (4)
ghazi@aechril.org
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2006
Fields of Activity
  1. Human rights
General Information
. Number of staff: 21 . Contributions of members of their own funds Modalities of action: - A forum dialogue of cultures. - Project to protect the rights of minorities
Mission and Objectives

see attachment

Main Projects / Activities

see attachment

Contact (1) Full Name
Dindar Mado

Are you ready for 2024? encounter

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larolika are you ready for 2024

In the framework of Actions for Diversity initiative, the Swedish network member LärOlika organised on 10 February 2024 in Nacka, Stockholm a full-day discussion about the year that has passed, the present and the year ahead. One of the goals of this encounter is to help participants gain new perspectives from others who think in quite different ways. 

The program of the day consisted of different interactive exercises and conversations in small groups, that in different form promote networking, learning across cultures and exchange of experiences.

This intercultural encounter was attended by 35 participants. 

Partners: Växt, Self and Soul, NAV and Tillsammans är vi starka

This meeting was organised thanks to the support of the Anna Lindh Foundation and the European Commission. 

 

Art poster competition "Engage for the Planet"

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changemaker poster competition

Call for Posters

The ALF Swedish network member Changemaker is looking for talents to share their vision or revendication on climate crisis on these topics:

- climate justice,

- energy,

- mobility,

- food production.

The winning posters will be displayed as part of the EU 24 - Engage for the Planet project.

 

Entry Submission:

Participants must complete one of the two official entry methods provided by the contest organizers.

1. Participants must fill in the registration form : https://forms.gle/A6qcuWuBR3fMWqvX6 Publish your poster (A3size) on your social media account*(IG, FB, LinkedIn) and tag partner organizations (ALDA, CRN, EGEA Alumni, Changemaker, Otwarty Plan) and the following hashtags: #eu24fortheplanet #EU24postercampaign #ClimateChange #GreenTransition

2. If you do not want to submit via social media, you may enter via our website: https://engage4theplanet.com/art-poster-competition/

Up to four entries per person are allowed, one per theme.

Individual as well as group works are allowed.

Posters may be in any language(s).

The submitted poster/s must be original and created solely by the participant.

The posters must not contain unlicensed, copy righted content.

Plagiarism or any form of copyright infringement will result in immediate disqualification.

For any additional questions, please contact: eu24planet@aldaintranet.org

 

Theme and Format:

• Participants must adhere to the given theme.

• The poster must be submitted in a digital format, preferably in a high-resolution JPEG or PDF file.

• The maximum file size for submission is 10 MB. Selection Criteria: The selected posters will be evaluated based on visual aesthetic, creativity, and impact of the message.

 

Award:

Selected winners will be invited to our Final Event in June 2024 in Brussels.

For the winners below 18 and groups, a “cultural prize” will be gifted depending on the opportunities and locations of the winner.

 

For more information, please check the competition's page https://engage4theplanet.com/art-poster-competition/

 

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About EU 24 - Engage for the Planet project

In a world grappling with the urgent challenges of climate change, the EU 24 – Engage for the Planet project emerges as a sign of empowerment. Spanning five European countries – Sweden, Poland, Germany, Netherlands, and France – this ambitious initiative will bring together domestic and mobile union citizens to foster dialogue and action in the realms of climate justice, climate change, and sustainability. Over the course of 20 months, gender-balanced blended exchange events will serve as catalysts for democratic engagement and bridge the participation gap among young citizens, individuals from diverse backgrounds, and mobile union citizens. 

ArtAgent

National Network
Suède
Address

Maria Prästgårdsgata 12
118 52 Stockholm
Suède

Telephone
0046-70-305 87 07
E-Mail
lott@lottalfreds.com
E-Mail (2)
artagentorg@gmail.com
Mobile Phone
0046-70-305 87 07
Organisation Type
Public/Private Non-Profit Foundation
Year of Establishment
2012
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
General Information

ArtAgent is an art organisation in Stockholm, Sweden. It was founded in September 2012 by. The structure of the organization: Lott Alfreds, president, Charlotte Åberg, secretary, Fredrik Nielsen, accounter, Lott Alfreds and Charlotte Åberg responsible attesters and caucus.

ArtAgent is an art organisation in Stockholm, Sweden. It was founded in September 2012 is run by Lott Alfreds and Charlotte Åberg. Through participatory and situation-specific art in the public realm, ArtAgent works to develop an increased awareness of the potential and capacity of art to impact society. ArtAgent runs projects at various locations: in neighborhoods, schools, social institutions, workplaces, public squares and art institutions, both in Sweden and internationally.

The members of ArtAgent have a long experience in the field both in Sweden and internationally. The artists in ArtAgent share their knowledge through art practice, meetings and art workshops.

Facebook #artagent_stockholm

Instagram@ artagent–stockholm

Mission and Objectives

ArtAgents mission is to initiate and organize art projects together with excluded and vulnerable groups in Balkan and Sweden. ArtAgent focuses on participatory art projects at schools, orphan-houses prisons, elder cares, hospitals and at residential areas in segregated municipalities. Art can be extended to the invisible materials used by everyone, the invisible materials of speech, thought and discussion in order to shape our society.

From the ArtAgent members long experience in the field they have identified positive outcomes from participation in the arts in Sweden and Europe. ArtAgent promotes the value of arts activity as being both intrinsic and instrumental, with the intrinsic being personal and individual, and the instrumental delivering a broad realm of benefits to society and civil life.

Main Projects / Activities

Documentary video and photos from participatory working process in communities made by artists and staff active in prisons, orphan houses, elder cares and other social institutions. Evaluation reports made by each partners about participatory art projects in Sweden, Albania, FYRO Macedonia, Kosovo and Croatia. Facebook and Instagram sites with blogs, photo documentary and texts about the on-going working process.

Art books with pictures from the participatory art projects; from the working process with people in communities and pictures by the work made by people in communities, prisoners, orphans, elder people and people from other institutions, texts by researchers about participatory art projects. An overview text by about the whole project.
Video films; art-video and documentary, performances, music and sculptures at participatory workshops in Sweden, Balkan and Egypt.

Contact (1) Full Name
Lott Alfreds
Job Title
Founder and co-director
Head of the organisation
Lott Alfreds
Contact (2) Full Name
Charlotte Åberg
Job Title (2)
Founder and co-director

Assyrian Monitor for Human Rights

National Network
Suède
Address

Nedre Radmansgatan 10
59126 Motala
Suède

Telephone
0046739558092
E-Mail
omidoyo@gmail.com
E-Mail (2)
assyrianmonitor@gmail.com
Mobile Phone
0046739558092
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2014
Fields of Activity
  1. Human rights
General Information

The Assyrian Monitor for Human Rights is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, founded in 2014, with its headquarters in Sweden.
It has a number of representatives in Germany, France, Canada, Australia and Austria. Observers and jurists in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Turkey and Egypt.
The Assyrian Monitor for Human Rights depends for its funding on donations, member contributions, and grants for projects.
The Assyrian Monitor has a number of companies with institutions inside and outside Sweden.

Mission and Objectives

The purpose of the organization is to work for: a - To monitor, review and report violations of human rights against Assyrians due to their ethnic, religious, cultural and linguistic minority rights in the Middle East. b- To raise awareness and knowledge of human rights among Assyrians and the general public. c - To anchor and consolidate the values ​​of democracy and diversity among different ethnic groups in the area with a focus on young people. d - To encourage dialogue and cooperation with other ethnic and religious groups in the Middle East and internationally. e - To be available as a reliable source of information on the state of human rights violations and human rights violations against Assyrians and other minorities in the region.

Main Projects / Activities

The Assyrian Monitor works on four axes
1. Monitor and document violations of the Christian communities in the Middle East and North Africa, through the issuance of human rights statements, reports, and legal studies.
2. Consolidating the values ​​of democracy and diversity among the various ethnic and religious groups in the Middle East as a means of promoting constructive participation and tolerance, through holding workshops, trainings, conferences, dialogue tables, lectures, and participating in television programs.
3. Working on integration issues for immigrants from Middle Eastern countries into European societies.
4. International observation of the elections in a number of countries in the Middle East.
5- Working to support women's and children's issues
6. Publishing books and brochures related to human rights and minority rights issues

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

We can contribute through the exchange of experiences with other partner organizations, and work to find partnerships between us and other organizations, and then cooperate in projects that achieve the main goals of the network.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

We are always looking for companies with organizations that are similar to us, in order to increase our expertise in our field of work, and to open new horizons that would develop our work.

Contact (1) Full Name
‪Jamil Diarbakerli‬‏
Job Title
Executive Director
Head of the organisation
‪Jamil Diarbakerli‬‏
Contact (2) Full Name
Gabreela Gharibo
Job Title (2)
Public relations