Category: Leadership programmes

His latest film The Losing Side got awarded as Best Human Rights film in Cannes World Film Festival earlier this year. We asked SI alumni Jawad Sharif about film-making, his celebrated TED talk, and what his participation in a SI leadership programme has meant to him.

A head shot photo of a man waring a black shirt and a white scarf holding his hands together in front of his chest. — Jawad Sharif during the TED talk. Photo: Jawad Sharif Films

Alumni, Leadership programmes, SI alumni stories

“The learnings I gained in the programme helped me shape my views and outlook on the world.”

His latest film The Losing Side got awarded as Best Human Rights film in Cannes World Film Festival earlier this year. We asked SI alumni Jawad Sharif about film-making, his…

Leadership programmes

Over 200 leaders selected to the Swedish Institute’s leadership programmes 2023

Every year around 700 changemakers from countries in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia are selected to join SI Leadership Programmes. The application round for three of our…

Alumni, Leadership programmes

SIMP Alumna wins prestigious GLOMO award for mobile health service mWell

Chaye Cabal-Revilla is an alumna from Swedish Institute Management Programme (SIMP) and works at Metro Pacific Investment corps in the Philippines. Through her mobile health innovation project, mWell, she helps…

Alumni, Leadership programmes, SI alumni stories, SISGP stories

Alumni organise Ukrainian meet-up in Sweden

What makes Sweden so Swedish? What is Fika and what does the concept Lagom mean? These were some of the questions discussed when 50 Ukrainians gathered in Stockholm, one year…

Baltic Sea region cooperation, Leadership programmes

Six higher education institutions granted support for the implementation of SAYP 2023

The Swedish Institute Academy for Young Professionals (SAYP) is a program aimed to strengthen capacity in public administration in two regions: the Baltic Sea region and the EU’s Eastern Partnership…