The Swedish Social Protection System

1. Introduction to the Swedish Welfare System

After active participation in this four-part webinar, you will be able to:

- Describe the common principles of the Swedish public administration

- Exemplify historical reform processes which have influenced the social protection system in Sweden today

Part 1: The Administrative Development in Sweden and the Growth of the Civil Servant

Part 2: Swedish Economic Development from 1830 to the present day 

Part 3: The Social Protection Development in Sweden 

Part 4: Gender Equality

2. The Swedish social protection system today

After viewing the below given videos (please click on the title to open each video), you will be able to describe the basic structure of the Swedish social protection system.

About the Swedish Social Insurance Agency / Försäkringskassan 

About the Swedish Pension Agency/Pensionsmyndigheten

About the Swedish Tax Agency/Skatteverket: Part 1/Part 2/Part 3

About the Swedish Public Employment Service, Arbetsförmedlingen

Part 1: About the Swedish Public Employment Service and the active labour market policy

Part 2: Unemployment benefits in Sweden 

Part 3: Labour market programmes

3. Good governance, transparency and well-functioning public administration

After viewing this webinar, you will be able to: 

• Describe the common principles of the Swedish public administration
  
• Identify challenges in the practical implementation of principles such as good governance, transparency and integrity both in Sweden and in your own country
  

Speakers: John Schumann & Anders Stridh, The Swedish Tax Agency

Webinar Presentation

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4. Gender equality and gender mainstreaming

After viewing this webinar, you will be able to: 

• Exemplify ways in which government agencies as well as civil society organisations can mainstream gender in their day-to-day work
  
• Advocate for the importance of gender mainstreaming in projects and programmes
  
• Identify activities of gender mainstreaming that could be implemented in your change programme
  

5. Communication in Social protection

After viewing this webinar, you will be able to: 

• Distinguish different ways of communicating with citizens and stakeholders in the area of social protection
  
• Discuss potential challenges in the implementation of communication strategies in Sweden and in your own country
  

6. Population Registration in Sweden

Webinar Speaker(s): Henrik Westman (The Swedish Tax Agency)

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