Reception for Challenges Forum Partners and Host Country Ambassadors

On Tuesday 12 November 2019 the Challenges Forum hosted a reception for Challenges Forum partners and host country ambassadors in Stockholm.

The Challenges Forum International Secretariat, led by Dr. Björn Holmberg, Director of the Challenges Forum International Secretariat together with Mr. Sven-Eric Söder, Director-General of the Folke Bernadotte Academy and Chair of the International Steering Committee of the Challenges Forum invited Challenges Forum partners and host country ambassadors in Stockholm to strengthen cooperation and increase the knowledge of the work carried out by the partnership.

At the reception, the partnership’s recent successes, including briefing the UN Security Council, and the Special Committee on Peace Operations (C-34), as well as the work undertaken by the partnership to strengthen ties to key stakeholders of peace operations was presented. After the presentations, the attendees had an informal mingle to exchange thoughts and reflections, strengthening cooperation and synergies among actors in the field of peace operations.