Press release
25 April 2012
Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Minister for International Development Cooperation visits Östergötland

Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson will visit Bergska skolan in Finspång and Hagagymnasiet in Norrköping on Friday 27 April. She will speak to upper secondary school pupils about sustainable development, how Sweden can assist in resolving global environmental and poverty-related problems, and Rio+20, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro.

Ahead of Rio+20, Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson has announced an essay contest for upper secondary school pupils in Sweden. The winner of the contest will accompany Ms Carlsson to Rio+20 in June. For more information see www.ud.se/rio+20.

Gunilla Carlsson will also participate in a fundraising project, Bullhjälpen, at Bergvallaskolan in Borensberg.

Time and place

Bergska skolan
Time: Friday 27 April, 10.30
Place: Ekmans väg 12, Finspång

Hagagymnasiet
Time: Friday 27 April, 13.15
Place: Hagagatan 36, Norrköping

Bergvallaskolan's Bullhjälpen
Time: Friday 27 April, 16.00
Place: Borensberg town centre, Borensberg

The media are welcome at all the events.

Contact

Daniel Emilsson
Press secretary to Gunilla Carlsson
work +46 8 405 28 04
cell +46 73 312 78 17
email to Daniel Emilsson

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