Norwegian
Conference: The voluntary sector in the Nordic countries - Change agents and contract partners?
Programme
| Wednesday 18 May | |
| 9.30 | Registration |
| 10.30 | Opening of the conference |
| 10.45 | The changing relationship between the public sector and nonprofit welfare providers, Steven Rathgeb Smith, Georgetown University |
| 12.00 | Lunch |
| 13.00 | Parallel paper sessions |
| 14.30 | Coffee break |
| 15.00 | Parallel paper sessions |
| 19.00 | Reception by the city of Bergen |
| Thursday 19 May | |
| 9.00 | Presentation of the book project: Handbook of Nordic Civil Society, Per Selle, Lars Skov Henriksen and Lars Trägårdh |
| 10.00 | Parallel paper sessions |
| Changes in voluntary sector policy in the Scandinavian countries | |
| Open for participants working with voluntary organisations. Presentations in Scandinavian languages: | |
| 12.00 | Lunch |
| 13.00 |
Opening speech Lubna Jaffery, State Secretary, Ministry of Culture |
| 13.10 |
Differences in voluntary sector policy among the Nordic countries, Karl Henrik Sivesind, Centre for Research on Voluntary Sector and Civil Society |
| 13.30 |
Interaction between voluntary organization and the public sector in Denmark, Terkel Andersen, Sekretariatschef, Frivilligrådet |
| 13.50 | Short break |
| 14.05 |
The compact between the Swedish Government and idea-based organisations, Malin Gawell, Forskningsansvarig, Överenskommelsen |
| 14.25 |
Voluntary sector policy: Where are we, where are we going? Svein Harberg, Stortingsrepresentant (Høyre) Oddny Miljeteig, Kommunalråd i Bergen (SV) |
| 14.45 | Coffee break |
| 15.10 |
The relationship between public and voluntary welfare contract partners Terje Steen Edvardsen, Adm. dir., Stiftelsen Bergen Diakonissehjem Borghild Lekve, Direktør, Bufetat region vest |
| 15.30-16.30 | Panel discussion and questions |
| 20.00 | Conference Dinner. We go by funicular to Fløyen, one of seven mountains surrounding Bergen. |
| Friday 20 May | |
| 9.00 | Parallel paper sessions |
| 10.30 | Coffee break |
| 11.00 | The changing role of voluntary organizations as part of civil society and as welfare providers, Adalbert Evers, Universität Gießen |
| 12.00 | Comments from a Nordic panel: Bernard Enjolras, Steinunn Hrafnsdóttir, Lasse Svedberg and Thomas Boje |
| 13.00 | Lunch |