December 8, 2015 edition

As the Swedish minister for strategic development and Nordic cooperation, Kristina Persson feels it is important to identify future challenges and assist other institutions to devise policies in response to those challenges. She has had more than 40 years of experience in the public sector. She spent the late 1970s in the Swedish Trade Union Confederation before moving to the Council of Nordic Trade Unions in 1982.
Understandably, she is passionate about developments affecting the workforce in her home country. Persson said Sweden today faced a major challenge with the advent of digitalization and automation that could replace a large number of jobs, especially in the manufacturing and service sectors.

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November 24, 2015 edition

According to Prasada Rao, ignorance has been the biggest barrier in dealing with the decades-old HIV/AIDS epidemic. This is why he speaks openly about the disease, freely discussing such topics as sex and sex education, which most Asians see as taboo, so that the social stigma attached to its victims can be erased, a first step in the prevention and treatment of the disease.
Rao truly believes that an open discussion of the subject would be the best protection against the disease, yet the biggest challenge in addressing this global epidemic. "For Asians, sex is taboo. It's in your bedroom, not on the road. So there's always that challenge," he told Tempo.

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November 10, 2015 edition

The 2015 Frankfurt Book Fair ended in mid-October. As the guest of honor at the world's largest book fair, Indonesia chose the slogan '17,000 Islands of Imagination' to lead its presentation.
It was a huge success, although the team only had two years to prepare for the event, compared to the five to six years other countries had.

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October 27, 2015 edition

Born in Strasbourg, capital city of Alsace in northern France, Philippe Lacoste, 57, has spent more than 20 years dealing with climate issues. To Lacoste, who grew up in an industrial city, the environment was not a big part of his life. But the holder of a master's degree in environmental science from the National School for Public Infrastructures (ENTPE) decided that he wanted to save the planet. "I saw the damage caused by the waste of industrial revolution," he said.
This year, Lacoste was appointed as the special representative for the climate conference (COP21) in Paris, which will be held between November 30 and December 11. It has been a daunting task for him, given that all 196 signatories in the upcoming conference are expected to come to a consensus on climate change. Nevertheless, Lacoste remains hopeful. He believes that people's mindset toward the issue has begun to change. "People are more aware of it now," he added.

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