The Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA) ( Swedish : Folke Bernadotteakademin ) is the Swedish government agency for peace, security and development. FBA conducts training, research and method development in order to strengthen peacebuilding and statebuilding in conflict and post-conflict countries. The agency also recruits civilian personnel and expertise for peace operations and election observation missions led by the EU , UN and OSCE . The agency is named after Count Folke Bernadotte , the first UN mediator.
5-615: FBA is under the authority of the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs . The agency was established in 2002 and has two offices; in Stockholm and at Sandö in Sweden. Apart from the somewhat 100 employees at the two offices, FBA has about 80 deployed employees around the world. The General-Director of FBA since 2012 is Sven-Eric Söder. FBA works with various parts of the peace process: FBA is part of Sweden's development aid within
10-456: A digital archive with documentation of Sweden’s contribution to international peace operations. In addition, the international secretariat of Challenges Forum is hosted by the FBA. Challenges Forum is a worldwide network of organizations dedicated to strengthening UN peace operations. Minister for Foreign Affairs (Sweden) The Minister for Foreign Affairs ( Swedish : utrikesminister )
15-607: Is the foreign minister of Sweden and the head of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs . The current Minister for Foreign Affairs is Maria Malmer Stenergard of the Moderate Party . The office was instituted in 1809 as a result of the constitutional Instrument of Government promulgated in the same year. Until 1876 the office was called Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs ( Swedish : statsminister för utrikes ärendena , commonly known as utrikesstatsminister ), similar to
20-537: The field of peace and security. The agency is commissioned by the Swedish government to work with the Swedish development cooperation strategies with a number of conflict affected countries and regions. Moreover, FBA administers two Swedish government grants. The Peace Million, that finances projects that focus on peace and security, and the so called 1325 Grants for organizations working with issues concerning women, peace and security. FBA also manages The Peace Archive,
25-589: The office of Prime Minister for Justice ( Swedish : justitiestatsminister ). The Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs initially served as head of the Cabinet of Foreign Mail Exchange at the Royal Office . Following the ministry reform in 1840, the Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs became head of the newly instituted Ministry for Foreign Affairs . In 1876 the office proper of Prime Minister of Sweden
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