Press release by Finald Times
The World NGO Day 2014 Forum will begin at Scandic Marina Congress Center in Helsinki on Thursday marking the first World NGO Day.
The International Development Minister, Pekka Haavisto is scheduled to open the two-day event.
The forum is being organised by the World NGO Day Initiative – supported by European Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs – in recognition for the need of a new international calendar day dedicated to NGOs, the important work they do locally, nationally and internationally, and all the individuals behind them worldwide.
The newly elected secretary general of the Secretariat to the Nordic Council, Britt Bohlin, and other UN agencies’ executives including UNOPS Executive Director Jan Mattsson and UNESCO Assistant Director-General Eric Falt are also expected to speak at the international forum.