FYI, the call with Sida will be with the following persons:

Madeleine Jönsson, Program manager, Specialist (Agriculture and Forestry, Land rights, Environment and Climate). She is the account manager for the SD=HS project.

Eva Ohlsen is senior research advisor with the Sida division for research and policy. It looks like she has been with Sida for a long time; she also worked at the Swedish embassy in Bolivia, and there worked with SNV. She has also been head of the division for Natural Sciences for Sustainable development (doesn't exist anymore). Google also told me she is / was lecturer at the Swedish University for Agricultural Science, and her names pops up in a couple of publications. Currently, she is also the Swedish representative to the CGIAR System Council.

Esse Nilsson is senior policy advisor on agriculture and food security. Also her names pops up in a couple of publications. She seems to be (one of the) Swedish representatives working with FAO.

So no direct connection to those in charge of patent law in Sweden but we will ask them to share our findings and recommendations (for national and EPO level changes) with their colleagues and mention the possibility to have another call with a bigger group of people.

Best regards, Bram

Bram de Jonge | Seed Policy Advisor Sowing Diversity=Harvesting Security (SD=HS) Program Oxfam Novib | The Hague, The Netherlands | +31 (0)70 342 1 717 skype: BramDeJonge | http://www.sdhsprogram.org/