Päiväys ja aika
09/08/2024 - 11/08/2024
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Welcome to Åland Islands, Mariehamn, where NPA organizes a Nordic Peace conference and its second yearly meeting.

The accommodation at Strandnäs Hotell, Godbyvägen 21, Mariehamn, about 2,8 km from the ferry harbour.
The conference itself will be held in Strandnäs school which is about 400 m from the hotel towards the center of Mariehamn (Nabbvägen 12).

Participation in the conference including meals and hotel (two nights) costs €254 per person for a single room, €215 per person for a double room and €180 per person for rooms for 3–6 persons. The participation fee without hotel reservation is €110 per person.

Sign up as soon as possible to guarantee your place! Use this link to the registration form.

Draft program:

Friday 9 August

15.00 (or 16.00) Opening of the conference
Words of welcome
Greetings to the conference. NCM, NC, Åland Provincial Government, Mariehamn City,
Åland Islands Peace Institute
16.00 (or 17.00)
Lecture I: Challenges for the international Peace Movement Sean Connor, Executive director of IPB Discussion
17.30 or 18.30 Dinner
19.30 Participation in the cultural night in the center of Mariehamn (own program ?).
Or eventual working groups

Saturday 10 August

8.00 Morning meal
9.00 Lecture II: Feminist peace in turbulent times. Sylvie Jacqueline Ndongmo, President of WILPF
Discussion
10.30–12.00 Working groups
12.30–13.30 Lunch
14.00 Lecture III: Climate and peace activists share common goals.  Rolf Lindahl, Executive Director of Greenpeace Nordic
Discussion
15.30–16.30 Working groups
17.00 Demonstration outside the Russian Consulate
18.30 dinner
20.00 Conclusions of Conference, or on Sunday morning

Sunday 11 August

8.00 Morning meal
9.00 Conclusions of Conference?
10.00–12.00 Nordic Peace Alliance meeting for member organisations