Links on Intercultural Work Environment

Sweden

 

1. Links to organizations working with intercultural issues

 

1.1 Governmental

Migrationsverket Authority for residence permits, asylum and citizenship
Diskrimineringsombudsmannen Ombudsman against discrimination

 

1.2 Non-governmental

Amnesty International The Swedisch section of Amnesty
Immigrant-institutet Center of documentation on migration, interculturality and discrimination
Swedish Red Cross  
Caritas  
Flyktinggruppernas och Asylkommittérnas Riksråd  
Swedish Refugee Advice Centre  
Save the Children Sweden  
Sociala Missionen Carity organisation for people in a difficult situation
Swedish Refugee Aid  
Rosengrenska Provides medical assistance for hidden refugees

 

2. Links to organizations concerned with employment

Arbetsmarknadsstyrelsen Swedish Employment Office
Utländska tekniker och ingenjörer Project on validation of foreign diplomas, engineers
Sweden.se The official gateway to Sweden - working and living
Sweden Abroad The official gateway to countries outside Sweden - working and living for Swedish citizens

 

3. Links to educational sites for guest students and immigrants

Skolverket The Swedish School Authority
The Swedish National Agency for Higher Education The Swedish National Agency for Higher Education is a central agency responsible for matters relating to institutions of higher education.

 

4. Legislation

Swedish Government - Law The official page of the Ministry of Justice for all the laws.
Lag (2003:307) om förbud mot diskriminering Swedish law against discrimination.
Lag (1999:130) om åtgärder mot etnisk diskriminering i arbetslivet Swedish law against discrimination in the working life.
Mänskliga rättigheter Swedish official page on human rights.

 

5. Culture

The Swedish National Council for Cultural Affairs The Swedish National Council for Cultural Affairs is a government authority whose principal task is to implement national cultural policy determined by the Parliament.
Kulturnät Sverige A webbpage with links to all kinds of cultural organisations in Sweden
Sweden.se Celebrating the Swedish way - traditions and festivities
Smorgasbord - the shortcut to Sweden The Sweden Information Smorgasbord is the web's largest single source of info in English on Sweden, Swedish provinces, nature, culture, lifestyle, society and industry.
Visit Sweden The Swedish official website for travel and tourism information.

 

6. Academic research

The Immigrant Institute A resource of links to research on migration in Sweden and Europe.
SSKKII, Center for interdisciplinary research at Göteborg University Interdisciplinary research in the intersection of the concepts Language, Semantics, Cognition, Communication, Information and Interaction.
The Swedish National Agency for Higher Education The Swedish National Agency for Higher Education is a central agency responsible for matters relating to institutions of higher education.

 

7. Journals

Journal of Intercultural Communication  

 

Other publications

Prof Jens Allwood List of publications

 

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