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February 5th 2019 I was invited to lecture on another development and development discourse at the course "Global Perspectives on Social Change and Digital Media", Department for Informatics and Media, Uppsala University. The students attending came from various parts of the world, studying jointly at a Mastersprogram for international students. The outline for the lecture was: 1) the roots, origin and meaning of another development, 2) another development and development discourse, and 3) trends "pushing" for development alternatives.

Assigned by the Government of Åland, me and Peter Söderström, Gender Equality Vision and Co-founder of Another Development Foundation were invited to facilitate two trainings January 28th and 29th on gender-based violence  with a focus on sexualized violence and men´s responsibility to counter this violence. Participants were staff and people in mostly public organisations who is working with children and youth. We were also invited to lecture on the same topic for the citizens of Åland. During this stay we

Assigned by The Global School - an operation within Higher Education Council, Sweden funded by Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) I lectured December 5th 2018 on Peace Education and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) for teachers and trainers working in The City of Umeå. The lecture adressed the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Goal No.4 on quality education for all and Goal No.16 on peaceful and inclusive societies as well as on Global Action Program on Education for Sustainable Development

Once again Robertsfors Municipality is in Machakos County working together with the county government on gender equality within the framework of Municipal Partnership Program (MPP) funded by Swedish International Centre for Local Democracy (ICLD). Once again Robertsfors Municipality is impressed by the partners progressive work - this time for gender equality and gender-based violence in particular. The focus is on governance and capacity building with representatives for the whole society involved through established committees. Robertsfors Municipality will also push their

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

October 14th-18th, 2018 the City of Umeå and its waste and water company (VAKIN) visited Kajiado County, Kenya for collaboration with the county government on integrated environmental systems for waste and water. The visit was very successful in terms of how the partners analyzed and communicated on necessary investigations, policies and plans for developing sustainable waste and water management in Kajiado County which demands partnership between stakeholders representing different parts of the society. The visit also included meetings with community