Another Development Foundation works with and within projects funded by different organisations. These projects could be local, national and international depending on orientation and agreements with partners.
We are happy to announce that an application has been approved by Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society June 7th 2023 that will increase the opportunities for civil society organisations in Umeå to work for antiracism in Umeå. Another Development Foundation is one of the organizers behind this initiative that started with a manifestion for antiracism in Umeå, right after the results of the election in Sweden was announced September 2022. Civil society in Umeå now mobilizes for antiracism,
With support from the organisation People´s Education Council (Folkbildningsrådet), Another Development Foundation collaborates with the Study Association Bilda, Swedish Felloship of Reconcilliation and Härnösand People´s High School (Härnösands folkhögskola) on a project aimed at capacity building, collaboration and development of methods for collective civil courage. The project is connected to partnership between Another Development Foundation, the above mentioned organisations, Women´s International League for Peace and Freedeom, Department of Political Science, Umeå University, Centre for Sami Research (Varduoo), Umeå University, Umeå
Another Development Foundation has launched an initiative April 2021 that will invite people and organisations to a dialogue on how to work for sustainable development from a systemic approach and practical point of view. We call this initiative ”Sustainable Development in the 21st Century - Beyond Silos and Fragmentation” since it is a challenge for everyone to work practically and result-oriented from the basis of systemic and comprehensive approaches. We know, and recognize, that such efforts and initiative have existed
Another Development Foundation has, in cooperation with Unizon, Swedish Women’s Lobby, Talita and SNAF, been granted funding by Allmänna Arvsfonden (The Swedish Inheritance Fund) to conduct a six-month pilot study aimed at examining the conditions and need for a digital platform developed and run by young women with a focus on the harms of pornography. The intention is that this platform would collect, analyze and document unique knowledge on the harmful effects of pornography. It could serve as a platform
Another Development Foundation are proud that we were invited to be a cooperating partner during 2020 in the project ”International collaboration to strength democracy and gender justice in Kurdish Iraq”, financed by the Swedish Institute. The project owner and coordination organization was The International Committee for Women´s Rights (IKKR) in collaboration with People´s Development Organization (PDO). The Chief Director of IKKR, Halala Rafi and the Senior Advisor and Project Manager Maria Pilar Reyes led and coordinated the whole project. Peter Söderström, Co-founder and
Our partnership with WANA Institute, Jordan continues. During October 14th-17th 2019 a team representing Another Development Foundation travelled to Amman and Salt City for working with youth on gender equality, peace and social inclusion. The youth have produced films on these matters which will be used in communication with different organsations and partners. Besides of the filmevent at Salt Film Center, the team from Another Development Foundation also visited WANA Institute, Arab Women Organisation, Mercy Corps and IM Swedish Development
Another Development Foundation and WANA Institute, Amman, Jordan have been granted funds from Swedish Institute for a youth empowerment project on peace, gender equality and resilient human settlements (goal 16, 5 and 11 in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development). This is funded within the Creative Force Program - a funding program for international projects who works for democracy, human rights and freedom of expression through media or the arts. The project is in its beginning. More information will be
Another Development Foundation and ADEP - Another Development Perspective Ltd are working in collaboration with The Swedish Fellowship of Reconciliation with an inquiry on nonviolence, how knowledge on nonviolence can be communicated and used by civil society for the purpose of social change. The partners have started this exploration through dialogue in earlier collaborations – partly organized by Another Development Foundation which invited Lotta Sjöström Becker, the general secretary for The Swedish Fellowship of Reconciliation, Stellan Vinthagen, professor at University
The international campaign ”Not Our Story – Change It!” has now been launched. The day decided for the launch was The Day of the African Child, June 16th 2019 which emphasized the need of putting the rights of children first. As mentioned earlier in the flow of news from Another Development Foundation, this campaign is developed in the framework of an eigh-country partnership with a commitment for working against gender-based violence through creative media, and with special attention of working
The team working against gender-based violence and for freedom from violence through creative media funded by the Swedish Institute is happy to be invited by The Government of Tunisia, UNDP and UN Women to Tunis Forum on Gender Equality April 24th-26th 2019. The Creative Force Project team will be represented by Ingvar Rönnbäck, Founder of Another Development Foundation and ADEP - Another Development Perspective, Yvonne Anyango, Director of CASDA - Cooperation Arena for Sustainable Development in Africa, Samba Yonga, Founder
Our work with African partners on gender based violence and freedom from violence is moving forward. The representatives for African organizations - Yvonne Anyango, CASDA, Kenya, Nancy Mundu, Jireh Women and Youth Self-help Association, Uganda, Clint Ouma, The Binti Project, Tanzania, Berhanu Demissie, DEC, Ethiopia, Nafisa Yusuf, NAGAAD Network, Somaliland, Peace Hillary, Family Magazine, Rwanda and Samba Yonga, Ku-atenga Media, Zambia - participated at a program in Sweden including meetings at Swedish Institute, Swedish International Cooperation Agency (Sida) and the
Through funding from Swedish Institute in the framework of Creative Force Program, Another Development Foundation and WANA Institute were able to meet in Sweden October 4th-8th 2018 for a dialogue on the future collaboration on Citizen Journalism and Community Based Media Organisations. The delegation from WANA Institute, with base in Amman, Jordan, were also able to meet various actors and organisations in Sweden who works for youth empowerment, integration/inclusion, against violent extremism, sustainable development and research internationally, nationally and locally.