Tuesday 9 December Swedish Ambassador in Lithuania Cecilia Ruthström-Ruin will visit Kaunas University of Technology (KTU). The ambassador will open the exhibition ‘Encounter with Climate’ and will participate in the meeting of students and business representatives interested in Swedish speakers.
Funny Way to Raise Awareness on Serious Issues
The exposition will feature caricatures of Swedish and Lithuanian artists exposition of caricatures on the climate change. Initiated by Swedish Embassy it includes four works by Lithuanian caricature artists, members of Humor Sapiens association.
‘In Sweden we are adopting a sustainable view towards the environment, we are building windmills and recycling. Also, we are trying to spread the information across people, including Lithuanian society. This exposition is an extraordinary, not traditional means to talk about climate change problems’, said Swedish Ambassador in Lithuania Cecilia Ruthström-Ruin.
The caricatures by Swedish artists have been created after Copenhagen conference on climate change in 2009 and is a part of the Swedish Institute initiative ‘Encounter with the Future: Swedish Way Toward the Sustainability’. The initiative aims to develop the sustainable society raising human awareness while encountering damage to the environment.
Meeting With Business Representatives
Swedish Embassy has been collaborating with Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) for several years, as KTU students can learn Swedish language, choosing it as an additional module to their curriculum. Although many companies face the problem of lack of employees who speak Swedish, the students are not motivated enough to learn this language.
The first meeting between students and enterprises will give the opportunity to students to find out why it is important to learn Swedish. The representatives of the company will talk about their business, about Swedish business culture and ethics. Students already studying Swedish and those interested in it are invited.
The workshop of companies and students and the opening of the exhibition will take place 9 December in room 202 at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts (A. Mickevičiaus str. 37):
Workshop: 2 pm
Opening of the exhibition: 3 pm
The exhibition space will take place in the corridors of the ground floor and the first floor of the building. After the opening everyone will be invited to taste traditional Swedish ginger cookies and to informal get together.
The companies present at the meeting:
Alliance for Recruitment
Lina Zalpyte
tel.: +370 611 26953
Mėnulio st. 7, LT- 04326 Vilnius
Norian Accounting
Inesa Norkute
Tel.: +370 670 89022, +370 5 233 90 07
Gedimino pr. 35, 01109 Vilnius
inesa@norian.lt, www.norian.lt
SuperOffice
Stein Sektnan
Managing Director
Mobile: +370 618 74 075
sos@superoffice.co.uk, www.superoffice.com
