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The Ålands Islands Peace Institute can offer courses, lectures and work shops, seminars and conferences, locally or internationally, for adults or youngsters, to schools and to different organizations and groups, on the following topics:
Corses are arranged within projects and partnerships and/or on demand. Courses are customized to the wishes of the particular group. Any courses that are open for public application from individuals are advertised specifically on this home page, with instructions on how to apply to the particular course. Staff from the ÅIPI can also be engaged as lecturers in courses arranged by other actors. For further information, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it phone: +358 18 23238. Please find below news about current courses and some examples of acivities we have previously engaged in. More information about activities related to the Åland example can be found here, while information about our seminars can be found here. Courses held 2009-2011: During 2011 lectures about gender equality have been held in Ålands lyceum, an upper secondary school on Åland. During 2010 and boy and girl group leaders were educated on Åland and in Latvia, within the project Challenging Gender Roles for Prevention of Trafficking. During 2009 lectures about human rights, democracy and the Åland example were held in Ålands lyceum, an upper secondary school on Åland. |
The Red Cross organizes a Course for Youth Delegates
22-27 May the Red Cross is organizing a course for youth delegates in Heinola, Finland. The course will provide an overall picture of the Red Cross activities and skills to work as a youth delegate in various projects in the international associations. Participation is free of charge, the course is held in English. More information and the application form can be found here.
Experiences from Living Bridges
The "Living bridges" training project was based upon three cornerstones: feminism, intercultural dialogue and conflict resolution. Young women from Sweden and Finland (mainland and Åland) and Azerbaijan and Armenia came together on the Åland Islands between the 17th and the 22nd of August 2009 to discuss these issues in the light of the Åland example. Sarah Stephan, who was the project manager of this event has now summarized the main experiences from the project. Her article can be downloaded (in pfd) here.
Love does not start with fighting
The Åland Islands Peace Institute, in cooperation with Folkhälsan på Åland, participates in the project "Kärlek börjar inte med bråk" - "Love does not start with fighting". The project aims at triggering the discussion about sexual harrasment in schools and strengthening the students' respect for their own and their fellow students' physical integrity. The concept of the course has been developed by Malin Gustavsson. In 2008-2009 the course is offered to all 7-grade classes on Åland. The course comprises two seminars held by educated trainers from Folkhälsan på Åland and the Åland Islands Peace Institute. Within the courses trainers and students discuss what is ment by sexual harassment and sexualised mobbing, which appearances it can take and which consequences sexualised insults and actions can have. The students reflect on situations in their school-life and thereby increase their consciousness and learn how to handle these issues. The courses are funded by the school department of the Government of Åland within the framework of the project "Skolfreden på Åland" - "Peace in Schools on Åland". Thus far Justina Donielaite from the Åland Islands Peace Institute and Petra Berg from Folkhälsan på Åland have held courses in schools in Strandnäs and Kyrkby. In February 2009 they will visit the elementary schools on Föglö, Kumlinge and Brändö. Media and Democratic Participation, February 2008, Åland
The course in Media and Democratic Participation for young journalists from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, the UK, Sweden and Åland took place in February 2008. The course focused on minorities, freedom of expression, local media and democratic participation. The course was partially funded by the EU youth programme. Contributing were among others Gunnar Jansson (the European Council), Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark (the Åland Islands Peace Institute), Barbro Teir (editor of Hufvudstadsbladet and Volt), Rhodri Williams (guest researcher, the Åland Islands Peace Institute), Salla Nazarenko (project leader, IWPR), Robert Hårdh (human rights lawyer and secretary general, Swedish Helsinki Committee), as well as Ålandic journalists, politicians and civil servants.
Journalist training in Abkhazia
During 2007 to 2009 the Åland Islands Peace Institute is involved in the Institute for War and Peace Reporting's (IWPR) training programme for journalists from Caucasus. The Åland Islands Peace Institute contributes with training in minority issues and international law.
50 journalists and 24 newspapers take part in the project, which is financed mainly by the EU. The participants come from from Abkhazia, Dagestan, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.11 Dec 2007. December 3rd-6th 2007, Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark, Director of the Åland Islands Peace Institute, conducted a training session for journalists from Caucasus. The training was held in Abkhazia/Georgia, and focused on freedom of expression and its limits, and war propaganda.
The training was organized in cooperation with the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR). The Åland Islands Peace Institute contributes to IWPRs three-year long training programme for journalists from Caucasus with training in minority issues and international law.
50 journalists and 24 newspapers take part in the project, which is financed mainly by the EU. The participants at the training in Sukhumi in Abkhazia came from Abkhazia, Dagestan, Armenia and Azerbaijan. Journalists from Georgia could not take part in the training due to restrictions by the Abkhazian authorities.
Abkhazia is a disputed area between the Caucasus Mountains and the Black Sea. The status of the area has been under change since the war in the 1990s
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| The border between Georgia and Abkhazia. |