Events/Conferences

September 21st-22nd 2019 seven organisations co-created a conference on post-growth futures with 180 participants from the whole of Sweden attending the conference in The City of Umeå. Those organisations were The Transition Network Sweden, Expression Umeå, Study Promotion Association, Swedish Church, Rural Sweden, Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics, Umeå University and Another Development Foundation. The conference explored possible futures beyond growth measured by Gross National Product (GNP) which has become the dominant mode of measuring development. The conference

Ingvar Rönnbäck, Founder of Another Development Foundation, and Dr. Anne Ouma, Advisor to the foundation were invited to attend and contribute to ICLD Local Democracy Academy in Umeå, June 10th-14th 2019. The title for the academy was "Global Challenges and Local Governments: Towards Transformative Policy and Practice". The academy was divided into the following sessions: training sessions, writing workshops, local policy labs and thematic streams on various issues. The academy brought together an international group of leading scholars, researchers, local

At a special seminar at Umeå University Ingvar Rönnbäck, founder of and chair of Another Development Foundation facilitated a dialogue on food sovereignity, power and food, with special focus on female farmers, with panelist from South Africa, India and Equador. The panelists were Lila Naidoo, Director of East Cape Agriculture Research Project (ECARP), South Africa, P.M Mohan, President of Center for Improved Health and Environmental Protection (CIRHEP), India and Maria Angélita Loja Cabrera, small-scale farmer and indigenous leader from Quimsakocha,

Unizon (http://unizon.se), Sweden and the Centre for Response-Based Practice (www.responsebasedpractice.com), Canada are the hosts for the international event Dignity 2018, September 28th-30th in Stockholm, Sweden - an event which is supported by The Canadian Embassy. Through Peter Söderström, Co-Founder member of the board for Another Development Foundation, the foundation was invited to be a partner and part of the organizing team. Dignity have travelled from Canada, New Zeeland and Australia to finally be brought to Sweden by Unizon 2018. The

Peter Söderström, one of the founders of Another Development Foundation, was invited to Helsingfors September 7th-9th 2018 by Unizon to speak at the annual Nordic Women Against Violence Conference, this year arranged by the Women Shelter Movement in Finland. Representatives gathered from Faroe Islands, Greenland, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Iceland and Sweden. The theme of the conference 2018 was ”Talking about gender perspective after #metoo”. Peter Söderström held a keynote speech together with Olga Persson, General Secretary at Unizon, focusing on ”Mens accountability

Another Development Foundation and its partner Hard Rain Project have now - August 22nd-23rd 2018 - participated at the Development Research Conference (DEVRES 2018) Rethinking Development in Gothenburg, Sweden.  The conference was organized by the School of Global Studies (SGS) and the Centre on Global Migration (CGM) at the University of Gothenburg in co-operation with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), the Swedish Research Council (VR), and the Gothenburg Centre of Globalization and Development (GCGD) at the University of

Among many invited experts and organizations, Another Development Foundation participated at the national conference on education for sustainable development (ESD) hosted by Swedish International Centre on Education for Sustainable Development (SWEDESD) and Swedish Council for Higher Education at Uppsala University February 8th.  Together with approximately 120 participants from different organizations, Another Development Foundation, through its members of the board, contributed to the dialogue on how different actors in the field of ESD can work with education and learning in relation

Another Development Foundation will participate at Rethinking Development at Gothenburg University August 22nd-23rd, 2018 together with Hard Rain Project. The conference is arranged by School of Global Studies (SGS), Centre on Global Migration (CGM) in co-operation with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), the Swedish Research Council (VR), and the Gothenburg Centre of Globalization and Development (GCGD). Another Development Foundation and Hard Rain Project will be responsible for the following session in the program: Searching for Another Development through Nonviolence

Peter Söderström, one of the founders of Another Development Foundation and founder of Gender Equality Vision, was commissioned November 30th 2017 by The Embassy of Sweden and Resource Centre Marta to be a Keynote speaker at the international conference "Effective Solutions for Preventing Domestic Violence and Violence against Women" in Riga, Latvia. Peter Söderström talked about the development of the gender transformative violence prevention field internationally, and how it is connected to the Swedish context and experiences of working with different kinds

November 22nd-24th 2017 an important international conference on pacifism, revolution, security and politics will be held at University of Otago, New Zeeland. Our chair Ingvar Rönnbäck will participate at this conference with the paper ”Beyond Marginalization of Pacifism and Nonviolence” together with other scholars and activists who are equally committed to nonviolence. The conference is organized by The National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies and supported by Marsden Fund.