Doctors Without Borders and Sweco form partnership

Doctors Without Borders and Sweco form partnership

Sweco has been chosen as Doctors Without Borders' first cooperation partner.
Within the framework of the partnership, Sweco's engineers will assist the
organisation in its international humanitarian efforts.


“The partnership will give our employees a chance to use their engineering
skills in various humanitarian projects conducted by Doctors Without
Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). As an international consulting company
with projects in more than 80 countries, we see the experience gained by Sweco's
employees as a valuable asset for our future business,” says Eva Nygren,
President of Sweco Sweden.

In addition to assisting MSF with personnel, Sweco will make a sizeable annual
donation. Every year, some 100 Swedes participate in MSF's overseas programs as
field staff or volunteers. MSF recruits not only doctors and healthcare
personnel - around one third of those working in the field are administrators,
engineers and other clerical staff. 

“This is the first time MSF Sweden has proactively contacted a company that we
are eager to enter into a deeper and more long-term partnership with. We are
very pleased that Sweco sees the value of field experience for its employees,”
says Therese Engström, Fundraising Coordinator at MSF Sweden. 
MSF's activities in war zones give field workers experience of far-reaching
staff management responsibility in a challenging and multicultural context. One
of Sweco's employees has already been given a leave of absence to work with MSF
and has been stationed in Sudan since November 2008. Sweco employees must
undergo the same recruitment process as all other MSF applicants.


For additional information contact:
Frida Lagerholm, Press Secretary, MSF Sweden,, phone +46 708-33 77 40
Rebecka Gunner, Head of Communications, Sweco Sweden, phone +46 734-12 66 75



Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international
medical humanitarian organization working in more than 60 countries to assist
people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe
regardless of race, religion, or political affiliation.

Sweco is a provider of international consulting engineering services with
combined expertise in engineering, environmental technology and architecture.
The Group has annual sales of approximately SEK 4.6 billion and 5,500 employees
in ten countries. The company has projects currently underway in some 80
countries worldwide. Sweco is listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB.

The information contained herein may be subject to the disclosure requirements
in the Swedish Securities Exchange and Clearing Operations Act and/or the
Financial Instruments Trading Act.