Swedish Institute | Sharing Sweden with the world

The Swedish Institute (SI) Leadership programs bring more than 100 young future leaders to the YES Summit 2010. The leaders are all alumnus from SI leadership and management programs and are all leaders and change makers in the fields of media, business and culture. The SI alumnus represent over 18 countries covering three continents.

The Swedish Institute Leadership programs aim to create new relations and lasting, active networks with potential new leaders throughout the world. SI currently has two leadership programs — a Management program for leaders in the business and private sectors in Europe, China and India, and one program for young opinion leaders in the Middle East and North Africa. The Swedish Institute (SI) is a public agency which is a part of the Swedish ministry of foreign affairs. The Swedish institute promotes interest and confidence in Sweden around the world. SI seeks to establish cooperation and lasting relations with other countries through strategic communication and exchange in the fields of culture, education, science and business.

The International Labour Organization is the world's only tripartite multilateral UN agency that brings together governments, employers and workers of its 183 member states in common action to promote decent work for women and men throughout the world. The ILO offers an unmatched store of 'real world' knowledge about the world of work such as job creation, employment policies, youth entrepreneurship and green jobs. The ILO promotes the development of independent employers and workers organizations by providing relevant training and advisory services that helps advance the creation of decent jobs and the kinds of economic and working conditions that give working people and business people a stake in lasting peace, prosperity and progress.

www.ilo.org

The New Library of Alexandria, the New Bibliotheca Alexandrina is dedicated to recapture the spirit of openness and scholarship of the original Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Its mission is to be a center of excellence for the production and dissemination of knowledge, and to be a place of dialogue and understanding between cultures and peoples.

CONNECT links entrepreneurs with the financial, technical and business development resources they need in order to create and developknowledge based companies. CONNECT teaches entrepreneurs how to communicate investors language.

CONNECT is a non-profit organization with six regional networks that assists entrepreneurs throughout Sweden in creating and developing new high-growth companies. Some of the activities of CONNECT Sweden are meetings between investors and entrepreneurs, coaching sessions, springboards, financial forums, partnership forums, Business Angel Networks Seminars and Educational courses. CONNECT is the link to capital and competence!

BiD Network contributes to sustainable economic growth by stimulating entrepreneurship in emerging markets. BiD Network supports entrepreneurs in getting ready for investors. Coaching is offered to support them on writing their business plans and the best entrepreneurs gain access to investors in our network. Since 2005 BiD Network has helped start over 300 businesses and has matched them with over 5 million Euros from investors.

www.bidnetwork.org

TakingITGlobal envisions youth everywhere actively engaged and connected in shaping a more inclusive, peaceful and sustainable world. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, this international charitable organization enhances youth participation in global social movements through a vibrant collaborative online community: TIGweb.org. Young people in every country are harnessing the Internet to become inspired, informed and involved in global opportunities and cross-cultural connections. Along with global partners that include UN agencies, youth organizations and private companies, TakingITGlobal builds the capacity of youth and strengthens collaboration networks through a series of innovative programs and projects.

www.tigweb.org

Our mission:

Generate businesses and adding value employment which are sustainable in time, through state-of-the art programs and inter-institutional, inter-sectorial and inter-generational, and multi cultural cooperation.

TechnoServe is leading a movement that empowers people in the developing world to build businesses that break the cycle of poverty. TechnoServe has been supporting youth enrepreneurship and enterprise development in Africa and Latin America through youth-focused programs, including business plan competitions and practical entrepreneurship support. Its growing number of green initiatives include development of the bamboo sector, eco-tourism enterprises, and development of rural energy business models.

www.tns.org

Riksteatern, Sweden’s National Touring Theatre, creates mental collisions in many languages to get you thinking and feeling. Some 42,000 members build this theatre of possibilities, and create Sweden’s largest meeting place for culture. Riksteatern is set firmly in the tradition, yet at the same time seeks new expressions, a new public and new artists. Södra Teatern is our venue in Stockholm.

www.riksteatern.se

The main goals of the SEED Initiative are to build support for social and environmental entrepreneurs, to integrate them into the green economy, and to promote their role as contributors to the wider development process. Through a competition, SEED every year selects the most promising start-up social and environmental entrepreneurs around the globe and provides them with tailored capacity building packages to meet their most urgent needs. The experiences of these entrepreneurs are analysed in the SEED research programme which compiles an evidence base for policy and decision-makers. This information will encourage the development of frameworks, instruments and measures that allow small, micro and medium sized enterprises to contribute to sustainable development and the green economy.

www.seedinit.org

Femina HIP is a multimedia platform and a civil society initiative working with youth, communities and strategic partners across Tanzania. For the past 10 years, our aim has been to promote healthy lifestyles, sexual health, HIV/AIDS prevention, gender equality and citizen engagement. We are now also developing our agenda around entrepreneurship, financial literacy and livelihoods.

www.feminahip.or.tz

Generation Europe Foundation (GEF) is an ngo created in 1995 and based in Brussels. Besides printing and distributing a secondary school diary, Europa Diary, to 3.5 million students (15-18 year olds) in 23,000 schools in each EU member state, GEF also provides a communication platform for young adults, between 19-29 years of age, to engage with both the public and private sectors. Activities include surveys, polls, debates and competitions.

http://www.generation-europe.eu.com/

Youth Employment Center STAR, YEC STAR, Moldova:
"By building capacities of over 150 businesses and empowering over 5000 youth initiatives at the local level, we will reduce the poverty and promote new values in the society."Youth Employment Center STAR from Moldova is a Youth Platform designed to work for small business promotion as well as to support the ideas and initiatives development, by empowering young people, especially in rural areas to take action by themselves. YEC STAR is working with over 18 NGOs from all over the country and more than 150 small businesses. It is a recognized institution and a strong supporter at the governmental level for both our members and partners.

www.youthemployment.md

PlanetCall is an initiative aimed at mobilizing youth in the action against climate change. PlanetCall’s main feature is the website http://www.planetcall.org/, where young people can add their voice to a global unified call to action. PlanetCall highlights the facts that an abundance of sustainable solutions are available and that world leaders are responsible for providing a framework - based on a binding treaty - to encourage a shift from present old-world technologies to the sustainable solutions of the future.

African Leadership Academy (ALA) seeks to transform Africa by developing and supporting future generations of African leaders. ALA brings together the most promising 16-19 year old leaders from all 54 African nations for an innovative two-year program designed to prepare each student for a lifetime of leadership on the continent. Students are selected to attend the Academy based on merit alone and complete an innovative curriculum with a unique focus on leadership, entrepreneurship, and African studies.

www.africanleadershipacademy.org

The Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship is recognised around the world as a leading academic facility in the area of innovation and entrepreneurship.The school utilises the exciting and diverse academic environments of its member institutions (KI, KTH, SSE, Stockholm University and Konstfack), gathering their innovative and entrepreneurial competencies all under one roof in a joint education programme.Above all, SSES takes pride in offering something a little extra to students who demand a whole lot more than just a diploma at the end of their studies. Our education and training focuses on preparing you for real life.Students who excel may even get the opportunity to represent SSES in competitions against other international schools, and much more. And who knows? With a little help, the ideas you come up with while studying with SSES might well go on to form the next Spotify or H&M!

www.sses.se

Venture Cup is a business plan competition with the objective to stimulate entrepreneurship and to increase the founding of new companies in Sweden. Venture Cup is, through a broad program of activities and services, more than just a competition. We offer all participants inspiring events where entrepreneurs and venture capitalists meet, specially adapted educational programs , a competition handbook, mentorship and jury evaluation with feedback. 
http://www.venturecup.se/sw18484.asp

WWF is one of the world's largest and most respected independent conservation organizations, with almost 5 million supporters and a global network active in over 100 countries.  WWF's mission is to stop the degradation of the earth's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, by conserving the world's biological diversity, ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable, and promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption.