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2014 Press release 14 May 2014 Ministry for Foreign Affairs Press invitation: Stockholm Internet Forum This year's Stockholm Internet Forum (SIF14) will take place at the Brewery Conference Centre (Münchenbryggeriet) on 27-28 May. Some 450 participants from 90 countries will meet to discuss the theme 'The internet: privacy, transparency, surveillance and control'. Time and place 27-28 May Brewery Conference Centre (Münchenbryggeriet) Freedom and security on the internet is one of the major global issues of the future and one of the highest priorities of Swedish foreign policy. SIF is a unique forum for in-depth discussions on how freedom and openness on the internet promote human rights and development in the world. Decision-makers, civil society, businesses, academia and the technical community will be represented. Half of the participants will be from low-and middle-income countries - often from places where internet freedom is restricted and efforts to promote it can be downright dangerous. The many participants will include: Jillian York from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Shahzad Ahmad from the Pakistani internet freedom organisation Bytes4All, Anja Kovacs from the Internet Democracy Project in New Delhi, and OSCE media representative Dunja Mijatovic. See the link below for the complete list of participants. SIF is arranged by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sida and .SE. All panel sessions will be broadcast live on stockholminternetforum.se. Those not attending in person can put questions to the panels via Twitter using the hashtag #SIF14. Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt will host the conference, but Minister for International Development Cooperation Hillevi Engström and Minister for Information Technology Anna-Karin Hatt will also attend. The whole event will be open to the media. Apply for accreditation via the link below. The deadline for accreditation is 25 May. The programme for the Stockholm Internet Forum contains both panel sessions and a section arranged by participants called Unconference - a concept in which the participants themselves propose ideas for sessions that are then voted on. The ideas that receive the most votes are then implemented by the participants themselves during the SIF conference. Agenda Participants Accreditation Contact Erik Wirkensjö Desk Officer +46 8 405 51 13 Email to Erik Wirkensjö Press release 13 January 2014 Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications The Swedish government supports the Internet Governance Forum The Swedish government has decided to support the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) with a financial contribution of SEK 300 000. - The Internet Governance Forum is a very important platform for civil society, business, academia and governments to discuss how the global Internet will continue to develop. By providing a support to the IGF Sweden wants to emphasise that we find the IGF an important forum and that Sweden considers issues concerning the development of the Internet very important, say's Anna-Karin Hatt, Minister for information technology and energy. The Internet Governance Forum is a forum for dialogue on the Internet and the development of policy issues relating to the internet. The conference started in 2006 by an agreement in the World Summit on the Information Society, WSIS. The next IGF will take place on 2-5 September 2014, in Istanbul, Turkey. Contact Jonas Johansson Press Secretary to Anna-Karin Hatt +46 8 405 24 11 +46 72 208 22 71 email to Jonas Johansson 2013 Press release 22 May 2013 Ministry for Foreign Affairs Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications Carl Bildt, Gunilla Carlsson and Anna-Karin Hatt involved in Stockholm Internet Forum 2013 Starting today until 23 May, Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt, Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson and Minister for Information Technology Anna-Karin Hatt will take part in the Stockholm Internet Forum on Internet Freedom for Global Development at Münchenbryggeriet in central Stockholm. Time and place Related Ms Carlsson and Ms Hatt will be available to answer questions from the media when they attend the More about freedom on the conference on 23 May. Ms Carlsson will take part in the concluding panel debate on 'Internet freedom for Internet global development - making progress?' between 14.00 and 15.30. Ms Hatt will take part in the panel debate on 'Free and open internet for global inclusive growth' between 09.00 and 10.30. External links The Stockholm Internet Forum (SIF), which is being held the second year running, will bring together over Stockholm Internet Forum 400 activists, experts, politicians and representatives of business and society from more than 90 countries. Web site More than half of this year's participants are from middle- or low-income countries. They are coming to SIF to discuss how internet freedom and openness can promote human rights and social development worldwide. Internet freedom is one of the top priorities of Swedish foreign policy. It concerns respecting human rights, both online and offline. Everyone should be free to think and say what they want - on the internet too. This may seem obvious to us in Sweden, but it is far from the reality in many other countries. Stockholm Internet Forum online Digital curators will be at the conference to enable people to participate in the conference online. The digital curators will monitor and pick up on conference-related content to share on the conference website, making it participator-generated. The Stockholm Internet Forum will be webcast live in its entirety on the Forum website. It will also be possible to interact with the conference via Twitter at #sif13. Contact Erik Zsiga Press Secretary to Carl Bildt +46 72 573 91 30 email to Erik Zsiga Sebastian Tham Press Secretary to Hillevi Engström +46 72 212 74 72 email to Sebastian Tham Jonas Johansson Press Secretary to Anna-Karin Hatt +46 8 405 24 11 +46 72 208 22 71 email to Jonas Johansson 2012 Press release 14 May 2012 Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications Sweden launches global network for sustainable urban development Minister for Information Technology and Energy Anna-Karin Hatt is in London today where she is taking part in launching The Global Sustainable Cities Network (GSCN), an initiative to promote renewable energy and sustainable urban development. The initiative, coordinated within the framework of the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM), is a cooperation between Sweden, Denmark, China and the United Arab Emirates. "Sustainable urban development, clean energy technology and renewable energy are areas of enormous importance to climate change and areas in which Sweden and Swedish cities are at the forefront," says Ms Hatt. "The GSCN will provide us with even better opportunities for international collaboration in this important area. Sweden is home to many innovative practices that I know are very interesting for other countries to study, such as the city planning projects that received grants through the Delegation for Sustainable Cities. We will now invite Swedish cities, companies and government agencies to join in and develop cooperation on sustainable cities within the Clean Energy Ministerial," says Ms Hatt. The Clean Energy Ministerial is a high level global forum initiated by the USA to facilitate and stimulate the advancement and spread of renewable energy and energy efficient solutions in which energy ministers from the G20 countries and the Nordic countries participate. The work of the CEM is conducted through a number of technical initiatives in which Sweden is participating in a smart grids programme, electric vehicles and energy-effective products. The new cooperation for sustainable cities was an initiative of the Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications and the Ministry of the Environment as yet another way to address the global climate challenge and produce added value for Swedish expertise in clean energy technology and sustainable urban planning. Press release 24 April 2012 Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications Anna-Karin Hatt participates in Clean Energy Ministerial Minister for Information Technology and Energy Anna-Karin Hatt is participating in the Clean Energy Ministerial in London on 25-26 April. Energy ministers from the G20 countries and the Nordic countries are gathering at the meeting to discuss the energy transition. The Clean Energy Ministerial is a high-level political process initiated by US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu in 2010 aimed at promoting international cooperation and sharing lessons learned to bypass economic, legal and other barriers to advance the adoption of climate-friendly energy technologies. The meeting in London is the third Clean Energy Ministerial to be organised. "That Sweden has been invited to participate in this process is proof that we are seen as a leader in clean energy technologies. The Clean Energy Ministerial provides us with opportunities to share and influence others. At the same time, Sweden has much to learn from what is being done in other countries to promote the development and spread of climate-friendly energy technologies," says Ms Hatt. A smart grids programme, wind and solar power, electric vehicles and energy efficiency in industry are among the areas in which the member countries cooperate. Representatives of a number of companies are also invited to the meeting to discuss the development and spread of climate- friendly energy technologies. Contact Jonas Johansson Press Secretary to Anna-Karin Hatt +46 8 405 24 11 +46 72 208 22 71 email to Jonas Johansson Press release 18 April 2012 Ministry for Foreign Affairs Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications Carl Bildt, Gunilla Carlsson and Anna-Karin Hatt attend international Internet conference On Wednesday 18 April Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt, Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson and Minister for Information Technology Anna-Karin Hatt will take part in the international Internet conference Stockholm Internet Forum on Internet Freedom for Global Development at Radisson Blu Park Hotel in Solna, just north of Stockholm.