Report on reasons for promoting the Åland example on the international arena
This years’ second report in the series Rapport från Ålands fredsinstitut-Report from the Åland Islands Peace Institute, 2-2010 is launched on the Åland Autonomy Day, 9th of June 2010. The report that is written in Swedish by Mr. John Granlund is titled “The International Card” – Altruism and self-interest as reasons for promoting the Åland example” and deals with Åland as an norm entrepeneur focusing on the motivational factors underlying Ålandic attempts to promote the Åland example on the international arena. The report, that includes a brief English summary, can be ordered from the Åland Islands Peace Institute and can be downloaded in pdf here.
The director of the Peace Institute receives grant for research on the Åland example
On the Autonomy Day the 9th of June the Director of the Åland Islands Peace Institute Sia Spiliopoulou-Åkermark will be receiving a €15,000 research grant from the Jubilee Fund of the Åland Autonomy. The grant is awarded annually, and is this year awarded to Docent Spiliopoulou-Åkermark for a research project concerning the viability and international significance of the Åland example in conflict solution.