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The Hardanger Academy for Peace, Development and the Environment is a non-profit organization that has held its annual summer symposia in Jondal since 2000. Under its former name, the Nordic Peace Academy, work has been done here on peace issues and the possibilities for solving small and large conflicts through human meetings and dialogue work.
Johan Galtung's research work and long international experience in conflict management and peace building at all levels are the basis for the symposia where he has given his "State of the world" lecture all these years. Galtung's family name has its roots in Jondal, and his cabin in Jondal eventually became his Norwegian base. Based on, and inspired by, Galtung and the peace symposia, the Hardanger Academy in Jondal was established.
Hardanger Academy's primary goal is peace work on all levels. We see how our planet's climate situation and the apparently stuck economic growth ideology are closely intertwined and can easily lead to armed conflict situations and unrest. Therefore, the expansion of our objectives to the three areas of peace, development and the environment is a logical process that opens up greater perspectives.
The world is facing great challenges, the earth's inhabitants at perhaps the most important choice of all time. The world peace organization the UN has focused on the most central problems and has designated three major goals. Investing in peace, development and the environment is an obvious way to go in the situation the world is in now. Peaceful conflict solutions, fair development and sustainable use of nature are values that are existentially necessary for our future.
With https://hardangerakademiet.no