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Ukrainian Culture Center in Stockholm presents "The Womanly Face of War" art exhibition

The Ukrainian Culture Center in Stockholm (UCCS) is proud to present the exhibition "The Womanly Face of War", featuring poster art by Ukrainian female artists and the Sunseed Art project. The exhibition will run from April 5th to April 27th at the center of Stockholm.Through their artwork, the Ukrainian female artists attempt to explore the womanly face of war, and challenge the notion that war is solely a man's concern. The visitors will see many different female faces during the war, from vulnerable women to brave warriors, from homeless persons to mothers taking their children to safety

The Ukrainian Culture Center in Stockholm is proud to present the exhibition "Reflections and Vulnerability"

The Ukrainian Culture Center in Stockholm opens a week-long exhibition featuring the works of five talented Ukrainian artists. The exhibition will run from March 24 to April 1 2023 at the Ukrainian Culture Center's temporary gallery in Sergelgången next to Kulturhuset in Stockholm.The exhibition will showcase a variety of mediums, including ceramics, sculptures, paintings, and mixed media installations. The artists, Usenko Anastasiia, Uliaba Balan, Liuba Babichenko, Oksana Khyzhniak, and Angela Ursol, have all explored new aspects of life through their art and will be sharing their personal

After President Niinistö and Mrs. Jenni Haukios state visit to Sweden - Ukrainian Children Activity Center opens in Helsinki

The activity center aims to give children between the ages of 6-12 a safe start in Finland and to get to know Finnish society in an organized way. The center is financed through donations from the Finnish and Swedish business community with companies like Stora Enso, Wärtsilä, Roschier, StaffPoint and Novare and all employees come from Ukraine.On 17-18 May 2022, a historic state visit was made by President Niinistö and Mrs. Jenni Haukio to Sweden. During the visit, Mrs. Haukio together with H.M. Queen Silvia of Sweden, visited an activity center for Ukrainian children at the Nordic Museum

Afghanistan National Institute of Music on solid ground in Portugal with help from a Swedish initiative

In 2018, Dr. Ahmad Naser Sarmast was awarded the Polar Music Prize for his work with the Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM). He is also the founder of Zohra, Afghanistan’s first all-female orchestra comprised of women between the ages of 13 and 22. The return of the Taliban to power, placed the lives of students, faculty, and staff of ANIM at extreme and direct risk.The school and its community have always been a target of the Taliban which has only been magnified after the takeover of the Taliban forcing members of the Zohra Orchestra and ANIM community to flee from Afghanistan.

Fryshuset and Novare partner to create Skill Shift Initiative Summer providing 1000 summer jobs for Stockholm youth

Several thousand summer jobs have disappeared as a result of the coronavirus crisis. Against this background, the City of Stockholm announced a procurement process open to organizations that are able to offer summer jobs. Fryshuset and Novare entered a bid together. Their bid was successful and now their task is to provide 1000 young people with meaningful employment during the summer of 2020.– As the result of the successful procurement process we can now partner with Fryshuset and Novare to provide 1000 summer jobs for Stockholm area youth. This spring has been a hard one for many young

Skill Shift Initiative contribues support to preschools in Lidingö

Skill Shift Initiative, Lidingö municipality and SJ launch a collaborative effort to provide staff support to preschools.Skill Shift Initiative’s previous fast tracks have mobilized temporarily available human resources to support healthcare, elderly care and forest management. Preschools are also in urgent need of support maintaining staffing levels as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. SJ has a number of employees who are temporarily without work because of the prevailing circumstances. Now, after introductory training, some of SJ’s employees will be able to step in and help Lidingö

Skill Shift Initiative launches the second round of forest management training for unemployed people – this time in Östersund and in collaboration with SCA

Skill Shift Initiative mobilizes temporarily available human resources in Sweden to support sectors that are under pressure or in need of urgent assistance as a result of the Coronavirus crisis.Foreign labor plays an important role in Swedish agriculture and forestry today. In recent weeks there has been great debate about the lack of seasonal workers to the green sector, agriculture, and the forest as a result of countries in Europe closing their borders due to the global Coronavirus pandemic. Two weeks ago, 25 people took part in Skill Shift Initiative’s pilot round in forest history,

Skill Shift Initiative launches a fast track for new arrivals to Sweden and young people with functional diversity to work with tree-planting

The forest management company Svensk Skogsservice/Dalslands Skogsskola and privately owned holding company FAM together with the Skill Shift Initiative launches a fast track for tree-planting.Skill Shift Initiative mobilizes temporarily available human resources in Sweden to support sectors that are under pressure or in need of urgent assistance as a result of the Coronavirus crisis. The first three fast tracks focused on healthcare, elderly care and primary schools. The fourth fast track will focus on forest management. Every year over 300 million seedlings are planted in Swedish

Skill Shift Initiative launches a third fast track to increase school staffing levels

In collaboration with SAS Scandinavian Airlines, Internationella Engelska Skolan (IES), Fryshuset Primary Schools in Stockholm and Kista International School, Skill Shift Initiative has launched a third fast track to provide support to primary schools during the coronavirus crisis.Skill Shift Initiative uses personnel who are available on a temporary basis to support Swedish workplaces that are under pressure or in need of urgent assistance as a result of the coronavirus crisis. The first two fast-tracks focused on healthcare, but the coronavirus is also affecting primary schools. Most

Skill Shift Initiative: Grand Hôtel, McDonald’s and the City of Stockholm join forces to increase staffing to healthcare and help combat the coronavirus crisis

The hotel and restaurant industries are among those hit hardest by the coronavirus crisis. Skill Shift Initiative in collaboration with Grand Hôtel Stockholm is adding additional fast-track intensive training to take advantage of the available expertise in the hotel and restaurant industries with the aim of relieving the pressure on healthcare in the Stockholm area.The 3-day training starts on April 7. The pilot round is being offered to 25 employees from Grand Hôtel Stockholm and Courtyard by Marriott Hotel. In the next round McDonald’s employees will also be offered places. Those who have

From 30 to 300 – Skill Shift Initiative “Beredskapslyftet” fast track medical training scales up

On March 30, 30 cabin crew from SAS will take part in the pilot round of 3-day fast track medical training at Sophiahemmet University. After training, all will be offered work at a number of municipal and private healthcare providers in the Stockholm area.Thanks to an increased grant of SEK 6 million from the Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation, the training can be scaled up from 30 to at least 300 places starting April 6. We will also open the program for applications from laid-off cabin crew from other airlines and other personnel who have previous medical training.Sophiahemmet

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