Another Development Foundation is an organizer of events of conferences as well as co-organizer and participant. Events and conferences gathers many people and organsations from various parts of the world.
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 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 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 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
On March 24th 2026, Another Development Foundation participated at an event when The Swedish Institute for Human Rights released their annual report. The Swedish Institute for Human Rights is Sweden’s National Human Rights Institute . The institute is an independent authority with a broad mandate to promote and safeguard the respect and protection of human rights in Sweden. For more information about the institute, see: https://mrinstitutet.se/choose-languagee/english The participants were provided with a broad overview of the report through presentations and
In early March 2026, Another Development Foundation's Meg Donevan attended the 70th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70) in New York , one of the UN's most significant annual forums for advancing gender equality, human rights, and freedom from violence. The Equality Model 2.0: Women for Sale in the Digital Era Meg spoke at a parallel side event organised by the Swedish Women's Lobby (Sveriges Kvinnoorganisationer), Unizon, ROKS, and Svenska Kvinnors Vänsterförbund. The event opened with a keynote by
Another Development Foundation is an organization who advocates for peace by peaceful means and a world beyond war. We are also part of the movement for the abolishment of nuclear weapons. For this reason, we are happy to participate in events that highlights the threats of nuclear war and on how to counter nuclearization and militarism. Below you find information on the special session Reversing nuclearization: From nuclear weapons in Belarus to a European-Nuclear-Weapon Free Zone in which Another Development
On February 25th Another Development Foundation participated in a special session on how to build climate-resilient food systems in the Global South, organized by the Centre for Renewable Energy and Action on Climate Change (CREACC-NG). The session started with a question: "Is your food system shock-proof? " Besides of economic, political and social determinants, the session also discussed in what way climate change impacts on food systems and food production. Climate change isn't just an environmental hurdle; it’s a direct