The 2023 Global Hepatitis Webinar "One life, one liver" will feature WHO leaders and high-profile speakers in a multi-stakeholder discussion to share country examples and solutions that highlight the importance of the liver for a healthy life and the need to scale up viral hepatitis prevention, testing and treatment to optimize liver health, prevent liver disease and achieve the 2030 hepatitis elimination.
Collaboration between the Afghan Embassy in Oslo, the Oslo Center & Youth Activists
On May 7
th, the Embassy of Afghanistan and Oslo Center initiated a joint discussion with young activists in a virtual meeting. The purpose of the discussion was for the Oslo Center to hear perspectives from the youth on their activities as well as identifying areas of future collaboration.
The Center was established by former Norwegian Prime Minister, Kjell Magne Bondevik in 2006, as an independent organization. The Center’s main area of focus is on democracy, peace and human rights, while initiating various projects focused on youth and women’s groups.
Ambassador Ghafoorzai Met with Executive Chair & Executive Director of Oslo Center for Start of Joint Collaboration
On Wednesday the 10
th of March, the Embassy held a first virtual meeting with the Oslo Center, a Norwegian peace, democracy and human rights institution, to exchange information on the Afghan peace process and to identify possible areas of collaboration. The virtual meeting was attended by the Executive Chair of the Center and former Norwegian Prime Minister, Kjell Magne Bondevik, Ambassador Ghafoorzai, Executive Director of the Center, Finn Jarle Rode and Senior Advisor Bjarte Tørå.
The Oslo Center was founded in 2006 by former PM Kjell Bondevik and former Cabinet Minister Einar Steensnæs as an “independent, non-partisan, non-governmental organisation.” The organisation is focused on United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 16: “peace, justice and strong institutions,” particularly on the functioning, strength and stability of institutions.