“Nordic Voices for Global Solidarity” was a six month project funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers’ funding programme Demos.
The project is being implemented by Finnish Development NGOs Fingo, Forum for Utvikling and Miljø and Globalt Fokus.
What was the focus of the project?
The aim of the project was to support Nordic civil society actors, particularly those working on international development, to reimagine and realign. The reimagining was targeted at the meaning of global solidarity as part of Nordic social sustainability and a fair transition. The realigning meant getting out of siloes and enhancing knowledge exchange beyond our bubbles.
What were the key activities of the project?
The key activities of the project included:
- a broad stakeholder analysis to identify civil society stakeholders in Nordic Countries interested in global solidarity and to ask about their views on global solidarity. A main component of this activity was an online electronic survey conducted on Voxit-platform.
- a Nordic conference on radical imagination and futures thinking. The aim of the conference was to develop a civil society vision of Nordic global solidarity. The imagination responded to the question: Considering the megatrends and changing operating environment, where does Nordic global solidarity need to evolve? What is the work civil society wants to do for a sustainable Nordic 2030 and beyond?
- workshops with development organisations to develop solutions for how to take forward the Nordic vision of global solidarity.
On the basis of all the activities outlined above, the project produced a Nordic Voices for Global Solidarity Vision Paper (pdf) and Toolkit (pdf). The Toolkit includes resources and practices any actor wanting to deepen their work on global solidarity can experiment with.
Navigating Global Solidarity in a Shifting Global Landscape
The world presents a grim picture of solidarity at the moment. At the same time, many civil society actors remain committed and keep working relentlessly to address global development challenges through different means.
Forum for utvikling and miljø, Finnish Development NGOs Fingo and Globalt Fokus, who collaborated as partners in the Nordic Voices for Global Solidarity project wanted to learn more about how people in the Nordic countries view global solidarity.
A total of 186 respondents participated via the online survey platform Voxit, casting over 5 000 votes in the process. Read the blog to find out what unites and divides Nordic voices on global development and solidarity.
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