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World Village Festival drew in 49,000 visitors – spotlight on influencing for a better world for everyone

World Village Festival attracted a crowd of 27,000 on Saturday and 22,000 on Sunday to Suvilahti, Helsinki. Organised for the first time at the Suvilahti site, the civic influence festival was a great success and boasted a sunny and laid-back atmosphere. This year’s theme – Force for Change! – was seen and heard throughout the programme and in encounters with the exhibitors, performers and festivalgoers.

World Village Festival this weekend

World Village Festival goes live this weekend (27–28 May) in Suvilahti, Helsinki. The free-admission event will bring you concerts, dozens of talks and discussions, kids’ programme and 200 exhibitors from CSOs to authorities and food and bazaar vendors. The programme also features Street Art Area performances, workshops, a photo exhibition, evening clubs and pre-festival events. Organised by Fingo, the festival is expected to attract around 50,000 festivalgoers. This year’s theme is Force for Change!

World Village Festival will be full of flavours from dozens of countries

Organised in a few weeks’ time on 27–28 May, World Village Festival will be filled with street food kitchens from a variety of countries, dozens of stands of CSOs and other organisations campaigning for a better world as well as bazaar vendors with their unique products.

Full programme now released

Organised in just over a month on 27–28 May in Suvilahti, Helsinki, World Village Festival has now released its full programme. In addition to music, talks and discussions, there will be plenty to see and do for the entire family and more than 200 exhibitors from CSOs to food vendors. This year’s theme is Force for Change!

Who will be the Global Philanthropist of the year 2023? – Nominate a person

The search for the Global Philanthropist of the year is underway again. The activity of the award recipient has been significant, selfless and has actively improved the world. The winner gets a €1,000 award. Anyone can nominate someone for the award until 30 April. The award is given by Fingo, the umbrella organization of Finnish development organizations, and it is awarded for the third time this year.

Force for change discussed at World Village Festival

World Village Festival will bring individuals and communities interested in the Earth’s future together for solutions and actions in Suvilahti, Helsinki, during the last weekend of May (27–28 May 2023). There will be almost 30 factual programme items featuring changemakers from around the world discussing issues including the relationship between food production and climate change, access of minorities to influence, and the role of policy as a force for change.

Music changing the world – World Village Festival’s music programme released

Opening Helsinki’s festival summer in Suvilahti, World Village Festival has released its entire music lineup and some of the key speakers. This year, the free festival is themed on a Force for Change. How music can be a force for change is shown by the likes of Israeli-Persian singer Liraz and Ukrainian-Canadian Balaklava Blues. Big Finnish names taking the stage are Von Hertzen Brothers, Jesse Markin, Yeboyah, Ilta and Megasakki. Key speakers include activists Helena Gualinga and Winnie Masai.

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 lined up for World Village Festival

The first programme releases are now available for the spring 2023 World Village Festival that takes place during the last weekend of May (27–28 May 2023). The lineup for the festival in Suvilahti, Helsinki, includes the superstars of African music: Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 and Toya Delazy. These promoters of pan-African culture and strong human rights influencers will take the stage at the festival themed on Force for Change and bringing people together to seek solutions for a more sustainable future.

Become an exhibitor at World Village Festival – registration now open

The spring 2023 World Village Festival takes place during the last weekend of May (27–28 May 2023) at Suvilahti, Helsinki. This time the theme is Force for Change! After a long wait, this major sustainable development event will be back in its full form and scale: a diverse, two-day festival for everyone, bringing together hundreds of exhibitors and vendors, dozens of programme items from talks to music and tens of thousands of people for a weekend of unique festival atmosphere.

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Agency and authentic inclusion of persons with disabilities must be strengthen in climate action, argues panellists at COP27 side-event

The rights of persons with disabilities are disproportionately affected by the climate crisis. At the same time, they face multiple barriers to participate in the formulation of climate policies. How can this be changed? The Nordic Pavilion hosted a side-event on the inclusion of persons with disabilities in climate action.

African climate activists: We are tired of waiting for climate justice, stronger action is needed now 

Fingo organized a webinar ‘Amplifying voices of African youth ahead of COP27: focus on Loss and Damage’ where young African climate justice activists gathered to share their messages ahead of the UN climate change negotiations conference, COP 27.