On July 11th, Another Development Foundation participated online at the NATO Peace Counter Summit organized by the No To War - No to NATO Network. Information on the summit is copied from the homepage of International Peace Burea (IPB) who is supporting the network. Minor editing has been made for the sake of clarity of the participants. First part What does the NATO summit mean for our vision and our movement? How do we build alternatives to NATO and war
On July 3rd, Another Development Foundation participated online at the NATO Peace Counter Summit, organized by the No to War - No to NATO Network. Information on the summit is copied from the homepage of International Peace Burea (IPB) who is supporting the network. As NATO faces its deepest ever crisis, this counter-summit will focus on the impact of the dramatically changing global situation, and the opportunities this presents for change. The decades-long ideological and political relationship between Europe and
Nonviolence 2026 is the seventh annual event on and for nonviolence. Once again, the organizers, invites activists, movements, organizations and scholars for a discussion on how to organized movements for social change, based on nonviolence, this time on October 16th-17th. The organizers are: Another Development Foundation The Study Association Bilda Womens´s International League for Peace and Freedoom (WILP) Swedish Fellowship of Reconciliation The event is done in collaboration with: Umeå Sami Association (Såhkie) The Umeå Sami Cultural Centre (Trahppie) Centre
On June 2nd 2026, Another Development Foundation organized a paneldiscussion from the basis of Abby Martins film "Earth´s Greatest Enemy". About the filmEarth’s Greatest Enemy is a groundbreaking environmental documentary highlighting the fact that the U.S. military is exempt from international climate agreements. It emits carbon dioxide, pollutes water, and destroys landscapes around the world. By combining investigative journalism, striking visuals, and stories from affected communities, the film challenges the audience to reconsider the hidden costs of a global military
On May 19th 2026, Another Development Foundation participated at the Per Anger Prize Webinar on Enforced and Involutary Disappearances organized by Diakonia. The Per Anger Prize is an international prize, established in 2004 by the Swedish Government to promote initiatives supporting human rights and democracy. The Government has commissioned the Living History Forum to manage the nominations, appoint a jury and organise all the various aspects of the prize. This years prize was awared to Brito Fernando, the Founder and
On May 16th 2026 - UN International Day of Living Together in Peace - a number of civil society organizations gathered for a manifestation for peace, climate justice and human rights. The manifestation contained a speech by representatives for the Peace, Climate and Human Rights Network. The manifestation also contained music and poems as well as a walk through the city by the participants in this manifestation. Another Development Foundation is one of the organizers together with the peace group
On May 10th, Another Development Foundation and Umeå Transformation Research Initiative organized an event with scholars from Umeå University analyzing and discussion about Ecocide Law as potential tool for Sustainable Transformations. Participants in the panel were: Peder Karlsson, Board Member of End Ecocide Sweden and Honorary Professor, Aarhus University Ulf Vannebäck, Associate Professor, Department of Law Heidi Burdett, Associate Professor, Department of Ecology, Environment and Geoscience Erland Mårald, Professor, Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies Jon Moen, Professor, Department
On Wednesday, April 29, Another Development Foundation participated in the Women in Conflict Zones webinar focused on the widening war in the SWANA/Middle East region launched by the U.S. and Israel against Iran. Featuring women’s voices from Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, and the West Bank. This webinar aimed to create a space for examining the gendered impacts of war and violent conflict for all people who experience gender-based oppression. The webinar provided an opportunity for a number of speakers to raise their
What is “Let’s Change The Rules”? “Let’s Change The Rules” is a 60-minute concert program featuring specially composed music about humanity’s relationship with nature. Its purpose is to raise awareness of the need for an international law against large-scale environmental destruction — an ecocide law. So far, this concert has been performed in Helsinki, Aalborg, Zaragoza, Istanbul, Sandefjord, Luxembourg, and Stockholm. On May 10th, the concert was performed at Umeå People´s House by a number of different choirs. The concert
On April 28th 2026, an open event at Umeå People´s House on women and freedom from violence was carried out due to the indisputable need to create change, to stop and prevent violence against women and girls, and to support victims of violence. The event was introduced by Ingvar Rönnbäck, Founder and Chair of the Board of Another Development Foundation who quoted the american actress Angelina Jolie who said the following at the African Union Summit in Johannesburg June 12th
On April 20th, Another Development Foundation participated at a highly interesting seminar on a new book written by researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology; Per Högselius, David Nilsson and Hanna Wikström. The seminar and bookrelease were well visited by scholars and an interested audience at Salongen, KTH Royal Institute of Technology. The book mapped Sweden’s role in the world, focusing on Swedish activities in colonial and postcolonial arenas from the late 19th century to the present day. The book
On March 30th 2026, Swedish Fellowship of Reconciliation hosted a Webinar on Nuclear Weapon due to ongoing discussion on and normalization of nuclear weapons as mean for security. Another Development Foundation has listened to this conversation from the basis of being an organization for the abolition of nuclear weapons, and being active within the peace movement. This is how the webinar was communicated before the event happened: What does the nuclear threat mean today? And what happens when nuclear weapons