On may 9th 2008 at 10.00-13.30 the Aland Islands Peace Institute and the Crisis Management Center Finland held a seminar about civil crisis management at Ålands lagting in Mariehamn. Among the topics discussed were the civil crisis management at the Aland Islands, internally displaced persons and crisis management, experiences from field work in the Western Balkans and civil-military coordination, and Crisis Management Centre and Finland in the context of EU and United Nation civilian crisis management activities.
The speakers from the Aland Islands were county governor Peter Lindbäck, minister Roger Eriksson, director of the Aland Islands Peace Institute Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark and researcher Rhodri Williams, also from the Aland Islands Peace Institute. Participants from the Crisis Management Center Finland were director Ari Kerkkänen, research director Kirsi Henriksson and senior researcher Jari Mustonen.