“MAN BLIVER ALDRIG DEN SAMME”
January 24, 2019
I dag - den 24. januar 2019 - udkommer "Man bliver aldrig den sammen", som er en samling fortællinger og samtaler om Mellemfolkeligt Samvirkes historie gennem 75 år....
ECONOMIST ON DEMOCRACY IN 2018
January 12, 2019
The Economist Democracy Index for 2018 shows that political participation has increased, and this is mostly thanks to the increased participation of women in many countries around the world. At least som light in darkness!...
WORKING IN NEPAL 2014-2017
October 31, 2018
A new report called FRIENDSHIP, PARTNERSHIP, OWNERSHIP offers a detailed overview of the many activities that have taken place during four years of cooperation between the Danish Institute for Parties and Democracy and political parties in Nepal....
KNOWLEDGE ABOUT GLOBAL MINORITIES
July 15, 2018
The 2018 edition of "The Indigenous World", published by the Copenhagen-based IWGIA is a 640 page publication of high quality information of the situation of indigenous people's around the world. Amazing!...
People’s Meeting Bornholm – June 2018
July 10, 2018
Starting in 2011, the small Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea has been the host of what we call the "People's Meeting". This is a place for politicians and citizens to meet face to face....
VISITING NEPAL – MAY 2018
July 10, 2018
I visited Nepal in May of 2018, having been invited by some of the political parties to speak on the occasion of the 200 year birthday of Karl Marx, and to visit old friends in the political parties on the multiparty platform JOMPOPS....
TRAVELLING ZIMBABWE – MAY 2018
July 5, 2018
In May 2018 I drove 3.500 km through Zimbabwe with my wife, visiting friends and partners that I used to work with in the early 90s, when Zimbabwewas a very different country....
STORIES FROM FURUKOLLEN – 2017
July 1, 2018
During our time at our house "Furukollen" in the valley of Gudbrandsdalen during the sumer of 2017, I wrote a series of stories about the place. These are the photos used....
NIMD ANNUAL REPORT 2017
June 7, 2018
The Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy [NIMD] has recently released the 2017 Annual Report, which offers the reader a good overview of the challenges facing democracy programmes....
SUPPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION?
May 22, 2018
For decades, the Danes have been asked about their support - or the opposite - for development cooperation. In general, a majority of the population has been supportive. In March, a selection of 1001 persons were asked their opinion about the impact of development cooperation, i.e. if people think that it works or helps? ...