By Faiza Mardzoeki, Director of Institut Ungu, Producer, Translator and Playwright of a new Indonesian adaptation of Ibsen’s Doll’s House Read more
By Ole Johan Sandvær, the Regional Director for Innovation Norway in South and Southeast Asia. Read more
This months guest writer is Ajit Joy, Country Manager, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Indonesia. In the following he shares his thoughts on how weak law enforcement and corruption poses risks to REDD. Read more
By Njal Hostmaelingen, Director, International Law and Policy Institute Read more
This month's writer, Ivar Schou, is Program Director for Humanities and Social Sciences at Gateway College in Bali. During his six years in Bali he has given lectures for several thousand Norwegian students. Read more
By journalist in Kompas Brigitta Isworo It was a three day trip full of unique memories. It was an assignment for me to cover the trip of Environment and International Development Minister Erik Solheim on 23 rd to 25 th November this year. The destinations are Banda Aceh the capital of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Province and Padang the capital of Sumatra Barat Province - both located in Read more
Writer of the month, Knut D. Asplund, Programme Director at the Indonesia Programme, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights Read more
Writer of the Month, Rizal Sukma, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta. Read more
Writer of the Month, Mr. Haakan Björkman is Country Director, UNDP Indonesia. Read more
Writer of the month, Mrs Lotte Kejser, is Chief Technical Adviser, Combating Forced Labour and Trafficking, ILO, Jakarta Read more
Writer of the Month Dr Kuntoro Mangkusubroto is the Director of Aceh-Nias Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Executing Agency (BRR). Read more
Writer of the Month, Mr. Stein Kristiansen, is Professor of Development Studies at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway, and Visiting Professor at Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta. Read more
Writer of the Month, Mr. Ole Johan Sandvær, is the Regional Director South & Southeast Asia of Innovation Norway. Before joining the organisation in 2000, he had held management positions in a number of Norwegian companies in Norway and internationally. In this article, Mr. Sandvær provides a brief overview of the role of Innovation Norway in general and of focus areas in this region. Read more
Anyone visiting Jakarta for the first time is immediately struck by the level of traffic. Millions of motorcycles, passenger cars and trucks result in all-network traffic jams, pollution and noise which result in a range of negative effects for the city and its inhabitants. This unsustainable situation has naturally sparked a discussion on what measures that should be used to solve or at le Read more
Writer of the Month, Ms Kamala Chandrakirana, has the following reflections concering the introduction of sharia laws in Aceh: "In this ‘new’ Aceh, policy-making is focused on regulating women’s dress and behavior rather than on ensuring that Acehnese women who have been victims of the decades-long armed conflict can receive the kind of support and assistance they need" Read more
"Ten years ago, Soeharto's New Order began to be replaced by the world's largest New Democracy. It is time for an evaluation", professor Olle Törnquist writes in the May version of this column. Read more
In April 2008, the 7th Human Rights Dialogue meeting between Indonesia and Norway will be held in Jakarta. Participants from government, civil society and NGOs from both countries will meet to discuss various human rights issues. In this article, Dr Hafid Abbas, Director General of the Agency of Research and Development on Human Rights, is reminiscent about how it all started. Read more
"Indonesia and Norway have had a very intensive relationship in the last couple of years. What makes this relationship to appear so busy and fruitful, and what should we anticipate in the future?", Ambassador Retno Marsudi ponders in the first edition of Writer of the month column in 2008. Read more
Indonesian-Norwegian relations are blooming. Never before have the two countries had so many common projects, visits, and business relations as today. Read more