On March 30, 2022, it is time for the Kastelholm Talks 2022. It will be the eight such event in a row and the title is: Breakthrough or Breakdown? About Building Trust and Enhancing Disarmament Today What risks and opportunities do we see in front of us? How can we
Which are the global megatrends of today? Wednesday 27.10.2021 at 11.30 am in hotel Arkipelag’s restaurant What are the greatest challenges for humanity today and in the years to come? Climate change, environmental degradation, population growth, urbanisation, increasing inequality, migration, our growing cyber-dependence, the increasing debt of the world economy
On the International day of democracy which was on 15 September, an event was organised at Alandica with the intention to draw attention to and discuss democracy. The event consisted of talks, thought workshops and a book launch and was organised by the Åland Islands Peace Institute in broad cooperation
Managing the word – The importance of keeping a good tone. This year’s panelists Jan Eliasson, Swedish ambassador, former Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and current Chairman of the Board of SIPRI and Björn Vikström, Professor of Theology at Åbo Akademi University, former bishop and Chairman of the Board of the Anders Chydenius Foundation discussed this year’s theme with the patron
The second seminar in the series “25 years in the EU: experiences of Åland” takes place on 25th November 2020. The seminar is organized by the Statistics Åland and is held in Swedish. The speakers, Jouko Kinnunen and Kenth Häggblom from Åland Statistics and Johanna Fogelström-Duns from the Office of
On Åland’s demilitarisation day, Monday 30 March 2020, the Åland Islands Peace Institute organized – for the sixth time – the Kastelholm Talks on Peace, with the theme War, Peace and the Environment. Due to the coronavirus and the measures to stop its spread, this year’s Kastelholm Talks could not
In a seminar series given during autumn 2020 and spring 2021 the Åland Islands Peace Institute and Statistics Åland will present results from an evaluation of what the EU-membership has meant for Åland during 25 years. The evaluation has been commissioned by the Åland Government. The first seminar in the
Date: Wednesday 9 October 2019 Time: 11.30-12.30 Location: Restaurant, Hotel Arkipelag Language: Swedish In a time when the cities grow and the digital development advances with giant steps, small societies get into trouble. In the light of such trends and from an economic perspective, what are the prospects for the
Paradiplomacy has become a strategy for autonomous regions to get their voices heard in international contexts. Paradiplomacy means that the autonomous regions have their own representatives abroad and conduct their own foreign policy although they are subordinated to the countries they belong to. Occasionally some regions like the Faroe Islands
When the Åland Islands Peace Institute organises Kastelholm talks on peace for the fifth time, the theme was “Democracy, Participation and the Role of Civil Society”. The Kastelholm talks are recurring discussions about peace, under the patronage of the former President of Finland, Tarja Halonen. The talks are always held
