Writer of the month

Learning Human Rights by Heart

Mon, 10 May 2010 04:24:36 GMT

By Njal Hostmaelingen, Director, International Law and Policy Institute

Writer of the month, Ivar Schou from Gateway College in Jimbaran

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:35:30 GMT

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.

A Humanitarian Trip with a Very Human Minister

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:41:57 GMT

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...

Whose Culture? Whose Property?

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:57:22 GMT

Writer of the month, Knut D. Asplund, Programme Director at the Indonesia Programme, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights

INDONESIA’S 2009 ELECTIONS

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:31:44 GMT

Writer of the Month, Rizal Sukma, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta.

UN-REDD. Indonesia – In the hot seat on climate change.

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:31:55 GMT

Writer of the Month, Mr. Haakan Björkman is Country Director, UNDP Indonesia.

Combating Forced Labour and Trafficking

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:07:11 GMT

Writer of the month, Mrs Lotte Kejser, is Chief Technical Adviser, Combating Forced Labour and Trafficking, ILO, Jakarta

Reflections on Tsunami Reconstruction

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:07:21 GMT

Writer of the Month Dr Kuntoro Mangkusubroto is the Director of Aceh-Nias Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Executing Agency (BRR).

Reflections on Tsunami Reconstruction

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:11:03 GMT

Writer of the Month Dr Kuntoro Mangkusubroto is the Director of Aceh-Nias Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Executing Agency (BRR).

Welcome to the Norwegian House in Yogyakarta

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:07:04 GMT

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.

Innovation Norway gives local ideas global opportunities

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:06:49 GMT

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.

Solving congestion: What could Jakarta and other Indonesian cities learn from Norway?

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:07:31 GMT

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 least mitigate these impacts.

Contradictory fruits of democracy: Identity, politics, women and the re-imagining of the Nation

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:06:54 GMT

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"

Indonesian democracy: Advances, setbacks, options

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:06:45 GMT

"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.

Reflections from the first Indonesia-Norway Human Rights Dialogue

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:06:58 GMT

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.

A Busy and Fruitful Indonesia - Norway Relation: What More Needs To Be Done?

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:07:15 GMT

"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.

Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre on climate change

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:07:24 GMT

Indonesian-Norwegian relations are blooming. Never before have the two countries had so many common projects, visits, and business relations as today.