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? ...
DRUK JOURNAL: DEMOCRACY IN BHUTAN?
May 21, 2018
The Druk Journal started in 2015, as a non-partisan publication, with the purpose of serving the national interest through the development of serious conversation on issues from every possible constructive point of view. In this issue, I write about the challenges presently facing political parties globally, and what needs to be done in Bhutan to avoid ending in the same situation. ...
DEMOCRACY AND THE SDGs – IN NEPAL
May 20, 2018
During my recent visit to Nepal, I had the opportunity to meet with the Steering Committee of JOMPOPS, a platform of all the parties that today play a role in the country. In addition to their normal SC business, they had asked me to make a presentation on the way in which issues of democracy are covered by the UN Sustainable Development Goals....
ON THE WELFARE STATE – IN NEPAL
May 20, 2018
A seminar organized by the Maoist Party on 6 May was more modest in numbers than the big meeting on 4 May, but actually very interesting from a substantive point of view. Local academics spoke about how to analyse class and caste developments in Nepal, and how to address the key challenges. I had been asked to contribute with a perspective on the Nordic [Danish] welfare state....
TALKING ABOUT GLOBALIZATION IN NEPAL
May 16, 2018
I was invited to speak at a conference organised by the Communist and Maoist parties in Kathmandu around the 5 May celebration of the 200 year anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx, to speak about the challenges of globalisation and global democracy....
DANMARKSINDSAMLING 2018?
May 15, 2018
Skal vi have endnu en Danmarksindsamling i 2018? Jeg synes det ikke, medmindre der laves dramatiske ændringer i konceptet....
ZIMBABWE 25 YEARS LATER
April 24, 2018
The cover of the collection of stories from Zimbabwe is a painting I bought from the National Gallery, painted by a promising Zimbabwean artist, Benjamin Furawu. It is simply called "His Excellency". Believe it or not, Mugabe is now in exile in an apartment building in downtown Copenhagen! ...
ZIMBABWE 25 YEARS LATER [20]
April 8, 2018
We lived in Zimbabwe 1992-95, working for the Danish Association for International Cooperation. These were some of the best years of our lives. We now return, to visit people and places we got to know 25 years ago....