MP Pekka Haavisto is coming to speak of the importance of internationalization and starts the international week of Mosaic at Design Factory on Monday 10.11. 15.00
Some snacks will also be served.

Pekka Haavisto is a renowned Finnish politician from the Green Party and member of Finnish parliament. In 2012 he was the first candidate from the Green Party to make it to the final round of the presidential elections.

From 1999 to 2005, Haavisto worked for the United Nations in various tasks. He led the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) research groups in Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Liberia, Palestine and Sudan. He also coordinated the UN investigation in the effects of depleted uranium in Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Haavisto also represented the UNEP in the investigations in the Baia Mare mining accident in Romania. In 2005 he was appointed as the special representative of the European Union in Sudan where he participated in the Darfur peace talks.

The speech will be held in English and there also be some time reserved for open discussion. Come hear the wise thoughts of a true cosmopolitan!