The Olof Palme International Center is a Swedish non-governmental organization with ties to the national labour movement, working with international development, co-operation and the forming of public opinion surrounding international political and security issues. The centre's areas of interest include democracy, human rights and peace resolution.

The centre is named after the late Swedish Prime Minister

Prime Minister of Sweden

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 Olof Palme

Olof Palme

Sven Olof Joachim Palme was a Swedish politician. A long-time protegé of Prime Minister Tage Erlander, Palme led the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969 to his assassination, and was a two-term Prime Minister of Sweden, heading a Privy Council Government from 1969 to 1976 and a cabinet...

. It was established in 1992 by the Swedish Social Democratic Party

Swedish Social Democratic Party

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, the Swedish Trade Union Confederation

Swedish Trade Union Confederation

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 and the Swedish Cooperative Union

Swedish Cooperative Union

Swedish Cooperative Union is a utility cooperative with 60 member organisations and a total of over 2.9 million members. The organisation was formed 1899 and has its headquarter in Stockholm, Sweden....

. , the Palme Center has 26 member organizations within the Swedish labour movement.

The centre works with international development co-operation in the Balkans

Balkans

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, the Baltic states and Russia

Russia

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, Central America

Central America

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, the Middle East

Middle East

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, Maghreb

Maghreb

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, Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia

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 and southern Africa

Africa

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. Most projects are carried out directly by the member organisations, and are financed by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

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 (SIDA) through a framework agreement. The Palme Center also provides information and organize campaigns concerning international development and international relations.

The board of the Palme Center is chaired by former Minister for Foreign Affairs

Minister for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)

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 Lena Hjelm-Wallén

Lena Hjelm-Wallén

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. The Secretary General is Jens Orback.