Why not a journey where work and social life could be combined? This time me and my family made field-trips in Tanzania and Kenya for the purpose of learning. During these days I also used time for follow-up on ongoing projects, discussion and planning for future ones. This journey has been very memorable since the whole family had the chance - and with good guides - to see the society from "within". For sure, the need for "another development" is there.
At a special event in Umeå, ADEP recevied a special price as the entrepeneur of the year! I am thankful for the price, and inspired for future tasks and further development!
In this mission I prepared and facilitated a special excercise on negotiation for Vilhelmina northern sami village, and in collaboration with researchers from Umeå University and Swedish University of Agriculture Science.
Together with collegues at the Department of Political Science, Umeå University, I visited Cambridge University for talks and learning on political science, peace- and conflict studies and Cambridge University in itself.
With funding from Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, me and Nicholas Nzioka from Machakos Municipality coordinated a conference on sustainable development for local authorities in Kenya, development partners and specially invited guests. The week were organized by Machakos municipality, Robertsfors Municipality, Association of Local Government Authorities of Kenya (ALGAK) and Sida. The dates for the week was April 17-20th, 2011.
ADEP contributed with an analysis on social sustainability and human development in relation to international political economy at the development days for the consultants at Esam AB - a committed group of professionals for sustainable development with decades of collective experience.