Sweden

Göteborg University, School of global studies

National Network
Sweden
Address

Konstepidemins väg 2D
413 14 Göteborg
Sweden

Telephone
+46-31-7861380; +46-705300147
Telephone (other)
+46 31 786 00 00 (vxl)
E-Mail
michael.schulz@globalstudies.gu.se
Organisation Type
Public Institution
Fields of Activity
  1. Research
  2. Youth and education
General Information
http://www.globalstudies.gu.se/
Mission and Objectives

http://www.globalstudies.gu.se/

Main Projects / Activities

http://www.globalstudies.gu.se/

Contact (1) Full Name
Michael Schulz

Göteborgs Interreligiösa Centret / Gothenburg Inter-religious Center

National Network
Sweden
Address

Kyrkogatan 25, 3 tr.
41115 Göteborg
Sweden

Telephone
+46 76-82 91 300
E-Mail
berit.bornecrantz@interreligiosacentret.se
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2007
Fields of Activity
  1. Religion
General Information

Interfaith Center is a place where faith and religious dialogue is central. The center's primary objective is to offer a gateway and a context for civic and social engagement for Gothenburg Interfaith Council, the city´s religious ngo´s and the city's citizens. The center is also a resource for the city and the public on issues such as religion, diversity and community and offer knowledge, skills and experience in these matters.

Mission and Objectives

Centre activities will be shaped and built on the catchwords "learn, share, and act." Learning through that we learn from and about each other. The center is a place for sharing, where people can meet and share their heart's sense of trust in each other. And together, we act for a good society for all.

Main Projects / Activities

An interreligious women's dialogue group is the core of women's activities and is part of the city's women's network. Youth activities take place together with the interreligious project Tillsammans för Sverige at Fryshuset.

Contact (1) Full Name
Berit Bornecrantz
Job Title
coordinator and secretary general
Head of the organisation
Peter Borenstein

Handbook for Youth Workers: The How’s and why’s for Cultural and Creative Entrepreneurship

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The Swedish network member, SwIdeas will launch a new Handbook for Youth Workers: The How’s and why’s for Cultural and Creative Entrepreneurship

The Handbook includes:

a) an in-depth analysis of current trends in cultural and creative entrepreneurship in Europe, providing examples with emphasis on youth initiatives as well as summing the conclusions and recommendations on the described topic.

b) methods that can be used to activate young people by channeling their youth cultures into entrepreneurship and collaborative clusters.

c) a compilation of best practices which summarise what has been pursued at the national policy level in terms of cultural and creative entrepreneurship.

d) non-formal education activities which we will put into practice during the seminar.

SwIdeas is inviting youth workers, practitioners and interested people in the field of Cultural and Creative Entrepreneurship to attend an online info seminar on the handbook. 

The main goal of this event is to familiarize and educate youth workers and practitioners with the content of the Handbook for Youth Workers: The How’s and why’s for Cultural and Creative Entrepreneurship.

When? 5 December 09.30 - 12.00 CET

Where: online via Zoom (sign-up is required)

Language: English

The handbook is published in the framework of Young Cultenterpreneurs, an Erasmus+ funded project aiming to create a non-formal learning ecosystem to entice, engage and equip NEETs with skills to enter the cultural and creative economy, and to allow their creativity, entrepreneurial and business skills to bloom.

Contact person: Marina Codorniu marina.codorniu@swides.se

REGISTER HERE

Hanna Ryden (Journalist)

National Network
Sweden
Address

Norra Skolgatan 19211 52
Malmö
Sweden

Telephone
+46-703 78 05 44 (Sweden)
Telephone (other)
+91 99 53 301 068 (India)
E-Mail
h.m.ryden@gmail.co
Organisation Type
Private Company
Year of Establishment
2012
Fields of Activity
  1. Human rights
  2. International/Cultural relations
  3. Media
General Information
Hanna M Rydén has been working as a journalist in Sweden for more than ten years for different media outlets, like Sydsvenskan, Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå (TT) and Sveriges Televison (SVT). She has also been freelancing from Middle East from time to time. She is also a passionate yogi and teaching yoga. Recently she moved to New Delhi, India where she works as a freelance journalist and yoga teacher. Skype: hanna.ryden
Mission and Objectives

To offer a non-stereotype journalism about the Middle East in Western media. And a journalism that facilitates intercultural understanding and dialogues. Concerning the yoga, the mission is to help people to raise their awareness of themselves and others.

Main Projects / Activities

Freelance works for different Swedish media outlets. A documentary movie for the Swedish Television. Yoga lessons in Arabic for different institutions and organizations, like shelters, youth prison and human rights organizations.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

I'm able to join meetings, as an audience or a moderator. I've a lot of ideas about how the network can reach out to new groups. As a journalist I can help with contacts and give advices on how the network can reach out with its message more easily. And as I've been living in the Middle East a lot, I can be a link between the network in my country and for example people in Syria.

Contact (1) Full Name
Hanna Rydén
Job Title
Journalist
Head of the organisation
Hanna Ryden

Her Melody

National Network
Sweden
Address

Hästholmsvägen 29
13171 Nacka
Sweden

Telephone
+46707742880
E-Mail
cecilia@hermelody.org
E-Mail (2)
info@hermelody.org
Mobile Phone
+46707742880
Organisation Type
Public/Private Non-Profit Foundation
Year of Establishment
2022
Fields of Activity
  1. International/Cultural relations
General Information

Her Melody is a newly established non-profit organisation registered in Sweden and with a mission to support women as creators and producers in the music and art industry.

Her Melody works with international trainers and mentors with a unique background in the music and performing arts industry, based in Stockholm, London and New York.

Initially we are focusing our activities in Egypt and later on the Middle East and North Africa region.

We also work with academia and professors’ in social sciences focusing on resilience, gender, body, agency and sound studies. We offer trainings in music production techniques, project management, marketing and leadership and can offer tailored trainings on demand.

We also offer study trips and co-creation camps, performances and studio recording opportunities.

Her Melody is open to all members who are interested to join in. We are currently seeking partnerships, sponsors and funding through governmental organisations, international organisations and private enterprises. We have a partner in London through PTR Strategic and Aref Studios in Egypt.

 

Mission and Objectives

We are working for equal opportunities for women producers and creators in the music and art industry. We want to push young women to own their creative processes from idea to reality, to have the skills and know-how to realise their talents and dreams.

Our goal is to contribute to an increased number of women producers and creators in music, film and arts. We want women’s stories to be told and listened to. We want her story about success, struggle and challenge to be an inspiration for generations to come. Women’s equality and empowerment is one of the Sustainable Development Goals and an integral to all dimensions of inclusive and sustainable development.

Her Melody is working to contribute to gender equality and development. At the outset we believe that musical and artistic expressions are human rights and contribute to welfare, peace, prosperity and resilience in our societies.

Main Projects / Activities

We offer professional trainings & workshops tailored to your needs.

Music production techniques

- from basic to more advanced trainings. Learn how to work with your DAW and write, edit, mix and produce music that sounds professional and ready for the world to hear. We can also tailor the training to your needs or the groups’ specific needs. Studio Recording techniques -Training focusing on recording techniques for instruments and vocals. Plan, set-up, and perform recording sessions. Select appropriate hardware such microphones, direct boxes, audio interface and pre-amps for recording a variety of instruments and vocals. Edit and mix music recordings and use plug-ins to produce professional productions. Critically listen to mixed and unmixed music to develop an understanding arrangements, productions and how to get the sound you want and remedy sonic problems etc.

Legal rights training

- PTR Strategic is a specialist provider of legal and business affairs services to the international music sector. We focus on three core areas: Industry & Institutional Support, Commercial & Advisory Services and Creative/Community support.

Project management

-when you take your creative process from idea to final product it can be helpful to master a few project management techniques. We can help you find strategies to manage your creative process in an effective and structured way.

Marketing

- marketing strategies and doing your pitch right are key to take your creations to an audience. We can help you identify a plan and steps to get there. The creative industry is requiring you to constantly be on top of the opportunities that are available. We help you identify what’s unique about you, brand and package your creations.

Leadership

- we can help you develop you leadership skills and give you tools and strategies to be an inclusive leader. Inclusive leadership is the ability to manage and lead a heterogeneous group of people efficiently, while respecting their uniqueness in an empathetic, bias-free way.

How to counter resistance

- being a woman and particularly a young woman in a male dominated industry can be challenging. It can be important to learn how to manage domination techniques. We have mentors and trainers with experience in this field and we use evidence based techniques and methods in our trainings, seminars and workshops. We will focus on gendering practices as lived experience rather than as fixed subject positions, which means paying attention to women’s subjectivities and agency. The notion of experience has been problematic for feminist theory, which has assumed a ‘unity’ between women as women, and viewed experience as a source of ‘true’ knowledge while neglecting its relation to locally constructed knowledge. An awareness of the disarray between women as women and the heterogeneity of women’s experiences in relation to class, ethnicity, and age for example is crucial when discussing women’s role in patriarchal spaces.

Work life balance

- Having a healthy work-life balance is one of the most important factors in maintaining a positive physical, emotional and mental wellbeing. Finding time to produce, create or make music when you are either working a full-time job, studying full-time, being a parent, or just simply attempting to balance all of life’s demands can be challenging. We help you take the steps to improve your work-life balance. It will have huge benefits on your career, mental health, relationships and creative processes.

Coaching & Mentoring

- are two different methods that can dramatically improve individual performance. Coaching is often a short-term conversation and is non-directive which means that it is about asking the right questions, providing trust, confidence and space for the individual to set goals and objectives, find strength and capabilities within themselves. Our coaching sessions follows a structure and can be helpful for individuals or organisations seeking to improve individual and organisational performance. Mentoring is often longer-term and a lot more directive. It is about the mentor sharing their knowledge, experience and skills, telling the mentee how to deal with issues and guiding them through direction. The mentee is the driver of the relationship and decide what they wish to achieve and which goals they have for their mentoring relationships. Her Melody have access to mentors who are well known music producers, professional artists and creators who can share their insights and guide you in your creative process.

Specialised trainings

- Gender and Sound Across Cultures, Sound and Listening: Gendered Bodies, Spaces and Places Studio recordings, co-creation camps and study trips - will also be part of Her Melody’s activities to achieve the objective of the organisation.

 

Contact (1) Full Name
Cecilia Sternemo
Job Title
Chair of Board, Her Melody and Senior Specialist Governance
Head of the organisation
Cecilia Sternemo
Contact (2) Full Name
Maria Frederika Malmström
Job Title (2)
Associate Professor

Her Melody

National Network
Sweden
Address

Hästholmsvägen 29
13171 Nacka
Sweden

Telephone
+46707742880
E-Mail
cecilia@hermelody.org
E-Mail (2)
info@hermelody.org
Mobile Phone
+46707742880
Organisation Type
Public/Private Non-Profit Foundation
Year of Establishment
2022
Fields of Activity
  1. International/Cultural relations
General Information

Her Melody is a newly established non-profit organisation registered in Sweden and with a mission to support women as creators and producers in the music and art industry. Her Melody works with international trainers and mentors with a unique background in the music and performing arts industry, based in Stockholm, London and New York. Initially we are focusing our activities in Egypt and later on the Middle East and North Africa region. We also work with academia and professors’ in social sciences focusing on resilience, gender, body, agency and sound studies. We offer trainings in music production techniques, project management, marketing and leadership and can offer tailored trainings on demand. We also offer study trips and co-creation camps, performances and studio recording opportunities. Her Melody is open to all members who are interested to join in. We are currently seeking partnerships, sponsors and funding through governmental organisations, international organisations and private enterprises. We have a partner in London through PTR Strategic and Aref Studios in Egypt.

Mission and Objectives

We are working for equal opportunities for women producers and creators in the music and art industry. We want to push young women to own their creative processes from idea to reality, to have the skills and know-how to realise their talents and dreams. Our goal is to contribute to an increased number of women producers and creators in music, film and arts. We want women’s stories to be told and listened to. We want her story about success, struggle and challenge to be an inspiration for generations to come.
Women’s equality and empowerment is one of the Sustainable Development Goals and an integral to all dimensions of inclusive and sustainable development. Her Melody is working to contribute to gender equality and development. At the outset we believe that musical and artistic expressions are human rights and contribute to welfare, peace, prosperity and resilience in our societies.

Main Projects / Activities

We offer professional trainings & workshops tailored to your needs.

Music production techniques - from basic to more advanced trainings. Learn how to work with your DAW and write, edit, mix and produce music that sounds professional and ready for the world to hear. We can also tailor the training to your needs or the groups’ specific needs.

Studio Recording techniques -Training focusing on recording techniques for instruments and vocals. Plan, set-up, and perform recording sessions. Select appropriate hardware such microphones, direct boxes, audio interface and pre-amps for recording a variety of instruments and vocals. Edit and mix music recordings and use plug-ins to produce professional productions. Critically listen to mixed and unmixed music to develop an understanding arrangements, productions and how to get the sound you want and remedy sonic problems etc.

Legal rights training -
PTR Strategic is a specialist provider of legal and business affairs services to the international music sector. We focus on three core areas: Industry & Institutional Support, Commercial & Advisory Services and Creative/Community support.
Project management -when you take your creative process from idea to final product it can be helpful to master a few project management techniques. We can help you find strategies to manage your creative process in an effective and structured way.

Marketing- marketing strategies and doing your pitch right are key to take your creations to an audience. We can help you identify a plan and steps to get there. The creative industry is requiring you to constantly be on top of the opportunities that are available. We help you identify what’s unique about you, brand and package your creations.

Leadership - we can help you develop you leadership skills and give you tools and strategies to be an inclusive leader. Inclusive leadership is the ability to manage and lead a heterogeneous group of people efficiently, while respecting their uniqueness in an empathetic, bias-free way.

How to counter resistance - being a woman and particularly a young woman in a male dominated industry can be challenging. It can be important to learn how to manage domination techniques. We have mentors and trainers with experience in this field and we use evidence based techniques and methods in our trainings, seminars and workshops. We will focus on gendering practices as lived experience rather than as fixed subject positions, which means paying attention to women’s subjectivities and agency. The notion of experience has been problematic for feminist theory, which has assumed a ‘unity’ between women as women, and viewed experience as a source of ‘true’ knowledge while neglecting its relation to locally constructed knowledge. An awareness of the disarray between women as women and the heterogeneity of women’s experiences in relation to class, ethnicity, and age for example is crucial when discussing women’s role in patriarchal spaces.

Work life balance - Having a healthy work-life balance is one of the most important factors in maintaining a positive physical, emotional and mental wellbeing. Finding time to produce, create or make music when you are either working a full-time job, studying full-time, being a parent, or just simply attempting to balance all of life’s demands can be challenging. We help you take the steps to improve your work-life balance. It will have huge benefits on your career, mental health, relationships and creative processes.

Coaching & Mentoring - are two different methods that can dramatically improve individual performance.
Coaching is often a short-term conversation and is non-directive which means that it is about asking the right questions, providing trust, confidence and space for the individual to set goals and objectives, find strength and capabilities within themselves. Our coaching sessions follows a structure and can be helpful for individuals or organisations seeking to improve individual and organisational performance. Mentoring is often longer-term and a lot more directive. It is about the mentor sharing their knowledge, experience and skills, telling the mentee how to deal with issues and guiding them through direction. The mentee is the driver of the relationship and decide what they wish to achieve and which goals they have for their mentoring relationships.
Her Melody have access to mentors who are well known music producers, professional artists and creators who can share their insights and guide you in your creative process.
Specialised trainings - Gender and Sound Across Cultures, Sound and Listening: Gendered Bodies, Spaces and Places

Studio recordings, co-creation camps and study trips - will also be part of Her Melody’s activities to achieve the objective of the organisation.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

Women’s equality and empowerment is one of the Sustainable Development Goals and also integral to all dimensions of inclusive and sustainable development. Her Melody is working to contribute to gender equality and development. At the outset we believe that musical and artistic expressions are human rights and contribute to welfare, peace, prosperity and resilience in our societies. We believe that we can contribute to the network with our unique competences and experiences from academia, civil society and government affairs, our collaborative and participatory approach to training and our broad and holistic perspective of gender equality, human rights and creative arts. We also hope to contribute with our contacts and networks nationally and internationally.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

We believe that being part of the ALF network will give our organisation an opportunity to learn from other organisations, individuals and actors with shared values and ambitions to contribute to development, equality and resilience in our societies. Being part of the network will give us possibilities to partner with other organisations with whom we share goals. We will be able to develop our organisation and find true, long-term and sustainable partnerships. We believe that by joining the ALF network, we will be able to do more, better and reach out with lasting results.

Contact (1) Full Name
Cecilia Sternemo
Job Title
Chair of Board, Her Melody and Senior Specialist Governance
Head of the organisation
Cecilia Sternemo
Contact (2) Full Name
Maria Frederika Malmström
Job Title (2)
Associate Professor

Hero To Be

National Network
Sweden
Address

Kammakargatan 19, lgh 1404
11160 Stockholm
Sweden

Telephone
0765883381
E-Mail
imad@hero2b.org
E-Mail (2)
info@hero2b.org
Organisation Type
Public/Private Non-Profit Foundation
Year of Establishment
2017
Fields of Activity
  1. Youth and education
General Information

Hero2B is a non-profit organization working for improving the mental health and social capacity of children and families with challenges. - Our board members are experts in the fields of: Intercultural communication, psychology, pedagogy, sociology, media production and social entrepreneurship. - Our source of funding is public sector, grants and foundations. - We created digital school programs for mental support for schools in Sweden and EU, Psychosocial support programs for children and families from refugee background, we produced animation movies and digital program for increasing tolerance and intercultural communication at schools in Sweden, as well as refugee family integration and development program (ongoing project). Our main partners are: Karolinska institutet, Free university of Berlin, Norrsken, Impact Hub, Magic bean innovation labs, Gålö Stiftelse and Reach for change.

Mission and Objectives

Improving the mental health and social capacity of children and families with challenges. We use innovation and digital assets to deliver the outcome of the best scientific research results and psychosocial support tools to put them in the hands of families and children in need.

Main Projects / Activities

- Social emotional education school platform in Sweden. We won the Royal prize of entrepreneurship by His Majesty King of Sweden. - Sarahs Resa, an animation movie about tolerance, diversity and inclusion together with a digital educational program for schools. - Family support during corona pandemic, We won the UNHCR NGO Global Innovation Award 2020. - at the moment, we are working on a new intercultural and psychosocial project to bridge the gap between kids from refugee background and their parents in Sweden.

Contact (1) Full Name
Imad Elabdala
Job Title
Founder and CEO
Head of the organisation
Imad Elabdala
Contact (2) Full Name
Hiba Alabdullah
Job Title (2)
Projects manager

Hvitfeldtska gymnasiet

National Network
Sweden
Address

Rektorsgatan 2
411 33 Göteborg
Sweden

Telephone
+46-31-367 06 00
Telephone (other)
+46 31 367 06 88
E-Mail
james.du.priest@educ.goteborg.se
E-Mail (2)
krista.baker@educ.goteborg.se
Mobile Phone
+46 703 765 622
Organisation Type
Local/Regional Authority
Year of Establishment
2008
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Heritage
  3. Human rights
  4. International/Cultural relations
  5. Others
  6. Youth and education
General Information

We are a knowledge-oriented Upper Secondary school with a great international perspective. Here is a wide selection of educations with great opportunities for advanced courses in, for example, music and mathematics. 

We have nearly 1900 students and 250 teachers.

- Exchange of ideas concerning teaching theory and practise as well as culture.

 

Mission and Objectives

Our aim is to increase the opportunities of cultural understanding and acceptance for our different approaches to schools’ curricula regarding Science, Art and Music.

Exchange of pedagogical and methodological ideas and discussions about perspectives with respect to teaching approaches to the subjects and thorough comparison between theories of curricula gives a foundation for the analytical part of the exchange program.

Main Projects / Activities

We were part of a workshop at The World Culture Museum in Gothenburg. Principals and teachers from all partner schools were invited. Then, we had an exhibition in Alexandria and we organised a concert. 

 

The economics program is a university preparatory program with a focus on studies in mainly economics, law and other social science areas.

With our aesthetic program, you get the best of both worlds: a study preparation education with university qualifications that simultaneously develops you musically. It opens up many choices for the future.

The sales and service program is a new program at Hvitfeldtska Gymnasium that starts in the autumn of 2022 and replaces the Trade and Administration program. This is a vocational program for those who are interested in working in the trading industry with sales, marketing, leadership and service.

International Bachelor: Founded in the 1960s, the IBO grew out of international schools’ efforts to establish a common curriculum and university entry credential for geographically mobile students.

The social sciences program is a university preparatory program. After graduating from the program, students must have knowledge for university studies in a broad field of social sciences.

The science program at Hvitfeldtska Gymnasium has both breadth and excellence and is a very stimulating education.

Contact (1) Full Name
James Du Priest
Job Title
IB Coordinator
Head of the organisation
Mikael O Karlsson, verksamhetschef
Contact (2) Full Name
Krista Baker
Job Title (2)
Principal