My perosonal favourite quote is ‘Nothing is impossible’. I know this is true.The impossible just takes a bit longer to achieve. There are many stories to tell about people achieving the impossible. It is all about people. People change the world. Here is another great story for you. The girl on the left is …
They all have names. Zlstan Ibrahimovic supports the World Food Programme. 805 million people are suffering from hunger today. They all have names. The world needs us, it needs your help. Let us feed the world. It is time for change. Link to Ibra and the 805millilnnames campaign
When I was born I was the 32 61 459 054th person on Earth and 77 110 430 412 people have lived on Earth until today. My dear Bangladeshan friend Etheshamul Hoque has directed me towards a very interesting article and campaign at BBC in UK. It is a very interesting initiative about the …
In 1977 Bruce Springsteen wrote the best song ever written amd it became the title song of his 1978 4th album. Here is the amazing lyrics to ‘Darkness on the Edge if Town’, my favourite song of all times. They’re still racing out at the Trestles, But that blood it never burned in her veins, Now …
I have worked with borders all my life. I have probably visited more than 1000 border posts over the last 30 years. Whenever we hear ’state boarder’ we normally imagine guards, armed to the teeth, well-trained dogs, barbed wire and strict passport and Customs comtrols. Well it isn’t always so! Apparently, a border between …
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic has signed ror Manchester United. Ibra is known for his winning mentality, that is what United new manager Jose Mourinho is looking for. Mourinho and Ibra are old mates. They camped together in Inter Milan, where Ibrahimovic lead a club without tiles for 50 years to 3 league titles in a row. …
I have been working with capacity building for a long time. I have also worked in many countries over the years. You learn a lot from meeting people all around the world and from every day facing new challenges, developing new solutions and addressing new problems that needs to be solved. Sometimes I feel …
Tonight it is the final of the Eurocup 2016. It has not been one of the best football/soccer tournaments ever, but there have been some great games. We have seen small countries with strong team spirit, like Iceland and Wales do really well. We have seen new stars born like and we have seen …
So now it is over – UEFA EuroCup 2016. This was a tournament where Sweden were desided to play in a tough group and most people didn’t have too high hopes for this team. However, football is a strange game so you never know. Our chance was to win the first game against Ireland. …
Which is the world’s most innovative country? Answering this question is the aim of the annual Global Innovation Index and a related report, which were published this morning by Cornell University, INSEAD, a business school, and the World Intellectual Property Organisation. The report presents a ranking of 140 countries and economies around the world, …
This Sunday I was in Dubai for meetings with Dubai Customs and different agencies here. We are helping Dubai Customs with the design, development and implementation of AEO UAE, and its pilot in Dubai. We are in the middle of the pilot phase right now. It is an exiting project, that will be the …
This week I am in Brasilia working on AEO Brazil Phase III. Today we had an amazing workshop between Customs, Tax, Agriculture & Tax to start the development of one of the first fully integrated ‘Single Government AEO Status’ models in the world, connecting the AEO programme & the Single Window.This means that AEO …
Yesterday evening my second home country France opened the UEFA EuroCup 2016 tournament by beating Romania 2-1 at Stade de France in Paris. It was a great success for the hosts in difficult forst game against a smartly playing Romania. Today France is happy. The decisive goal was scored by the ‘Man-of-the-Match’, Dimitri Payet …
My colleague and friend, Dr. Mikhail Kashubsky has just released his book about Oil & Gas, under the name “Offshore Oil and Gas Installations Security – An International Perspective”. The book The launch was done in a proper setting during the 23rd Caspian Oil and Gas Exhibition in Baku, Azerbaijan last week. Mikhail at …
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It is great days for us football fans. Copa Americana has started and on Friday 10 June, the 2016 EuroCup in France starts. Sweden is one of the 24 countries in the playoffs. We play in a very difficult group with Belgium, Ireland and Italy. The Swedish team isn’t the best in Europe for …
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven invites world leaders to a global refugee summit with President Barack Obama in September. “There is a recognition internationally of the Swedish strategy in this field”, says Prime Minister Stefan Löfven in a press release today. Other co-organizers of the Refugee Summit will be the Heads of State from …
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Another Monday, another week. After a great weekend with summer weather in the South of Sweden it is time for another week in the service of the society. A new week with new opportunities, an open page in the book of life. Interesting meetings in different places of the world on the agenda. Starting …
I want to send my greetings, congratulations and best wishes to all Nowegian friends on greatest of Norweigian holiday – the national day, 17 May! I hope that you have a great day.
HE Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Dubai Ports World Chairman and CEO and Chairman of Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation (PCFC) announced a platform of six new innovative and pioneering Customs initiatives driven by the cores of government excellence, at the Dubai International Government Achievements Exhibition (DIGEA) 2016 recently, namely; The Virtual Corridor, Smart …
Today Zlatan Ibrahimovic played his last home game in Paris Saint-Germain. The legend will leave his club after four seasons breaking all records in French football. He ended in style. Zlatan entered the pitch on his own to standing ovation at Parc des Princes. In the 10th minute – Ibras PSG number – the …
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