WaterAid Sverige (Sweden) officially launched [on 8 June 2009] at a prestigious event hosted by the UK Ambassador to Sweden, Andrew Mitchell. WaterAid Sweden’s distinguished chair is Jan Eliasson, the former United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Darfur and President of the United Nations General Assembly.
WaterAid Sverige has been in development since late 2007, when Per Stenbeck, then UNICEF’s International Fundraising Director, floated the idea to Andrew Cook. In his original concept paper, put forward to the WaterAid Board in March 2008, Per commented that he had for many years been impressed by the WaterAid concept, believing it had “potential way beyond the shores of the UK”.
Per Stenbeck’s appointment as General Secretary of WaterAid Sweden was confirmed in March 2009, and a Board of eight members recruited, drawing expertise from the fields of health, development, the environment, the Swedish water industry, and the media.
The focus for WaterAid Sverige will be on fundraising, awareness building and development education.
Source: WaterAid, 09 Jun 2009
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