Helsinki Policy Forum – Internship Forward Thinking is a London based NGO working in conflict resolution, and political dialogue in the Middle East and North Africa. We have an exciting internship opportunity to support the delivery...
The Helsinki Policy Forum Women Parliamentarians Network (WPN) met 30th November – 1st December in Turku, Finland. The meeting brought together women parliamentarians and officials from 15 countries across the Gulf-MENA region and Europe....
Over two days in late November Harry Higginson and Kimmo Laukkanen, Special Envoy for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs to the Helsinki Policy Forum visited the UAE and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This provided...
Members of Forward Thinking travelled to Helsinki for meetings with Finnish Foreign Ministry. The 2023 plans for the Helsinki Policy Forum were discussed, including how to respond to recent developments in Europe and the...
On the 7th of September the first physical meeting of the HPF’s Health Working Group (HWG) was held in Helsinki, hosted by the Ministry of Health & Social Affairs of Finland. Representatives from eleven...
The Helsinki Policy Forum met in Helsinki on the 21st of June to discuss developments in the Gulf-MENA region and Europe. Participants included government officials and foreign policy experts from Finland, Germany, Italy, Iran,...
On the 19th of May, Forward Thinking organized a private roundtable discussion on developments in the Gulf-MENA region with Dr Ibrahim Fraihat, Associate Professor in International Conflict Resolution at the Doha Institute for Graduate...
On the 28th of April, Forward Thinking and Baroness Helena Kennedy met with Katrina Fotovat and other officials from the US Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues to discuss the Helsinki Policy Forum Women...
On the 24th of February, Julian Weinberg and Harry Higginson met with the Foreign Minister of Oman, H.E. Sayyid Badr Albusaidi. The meeting was organised in cooperation with the German Embassy in Muscat. Further...
On the 23rd of February, Forward Thinking visited Oman for meetings with the Ministry of Health of Oman, including with H.E. the Minister of Health of Oman, Dr Ahmed Al Saeedi. The purpose of...