Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation
Övre Slottsgatan 2
SE-753 10 Uppsala
Sweden

Tel: +46-18-410 10 00
Fax: +46-18-12 20 72
secretariat@dhf.uu.se

	Mission Statement Work Methods Work Areas

	Dag Hammarskjöld would have been delighted with the very effective and innovative work the Foundation does, especially in two areas that greatly concerned him – international organisation and the problems of developing countries More voices... Brian Urquhart, former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations

	The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation provides a forum for open discussions, free and frank debate and independent policy formulation. With its flexibility, the Foundation is able to explore new areas, develop concrete policy recommendations, and formulate strategies for change. Network – where ideas are born While the Foundation has limited resources, it has been able to build up and draw on a large network of experts and practitioners in international institutions, governments, the academic community and, increasingly, civil society organisations and social movements. The ideas and suggestions provided through this network is an important source of knowledge, experience and inspiration. The Foundation plays a major role as a catalyst by assisting individuals and organisations to connect across disciplines and movements. Seminars – where ideas are tried out Since the 1960s, the Foundation has organised more than 200 seminars, workshops and conferences. The meetings, limited in size, generally lasting three to five days, allow for in-depth discussion. Participants from government, academia, business, media, civil society organisations and social movements are invited in their personal capacity, thereby stimulating an open and creative exchange of views intended to achieve concrete results. Some seminars are conducted in an exploratory manner with the aim to examine new areas, while others are specifically focused on the formulation of detailed policy recommendations. Publications – where ideas reach out Development Dialogue, with a circulation of 12,000, distributed in equal numbers in the South and in the North, is the main publication of the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation. The Journal reflects the outcomes of the Foundation’s seminars, but is also a forum for individual contributions to the ongoing debate. Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation also publishes books and reports, related to its seminar activities. Over 150 publications have been published since the establishment of the Foundation (for details, visit the Foundation’s web site, www.dhf.uu.se) Recent and ongoing projects

Another Development

	Between continuity and innovation The Foundation’s original projects were seminars of a training character and lasted several weeks. Young civil servants from newly independent countries participated. Since the early 1970s, however, the seminars have become more policy-oriented, shorter and with more experienced participants. In 1975, an extensive project was carried out which resulted in the report What Now: Another Development, an independent contribution to the Seventh Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly. The report, which was printed in over 100,000 copies in six languages, argued convincingly for the necessity of alternative and innovative development policies so as to tackle more effectively the problems that governments and people encounter, particularly in the South. ‘Another Development is people-centred, geared to the satisfaction of basic human needs – both material and, in its broadest sense, political; it is self-reliant, endogenous, ecologically sound and based on democratic, political, social and economic transformations, which alone will make possible the attainment of the other goals. Another Development also encompasses the search for societies overcoming discrimination of any kind – whether social, sexual, ethnic or economic. It is a participatory process.’ Linking ideas to action Since then, ‘Another Development’ has been at the core of the Foundation’s activities, serving as the intellectual basis of all its work. Aiming to be at the cutting edge of the development debate, the Foundation is always searching for new issues of crucial importance for the South and the whole world. The idea is to arrange seminars around such burning issues, across disciplines and borders, and with a mix of experiences and different points of view – and then look for common ground as a starting-point for action. ‘Meetings may seem frail weapons to use against poverty, ignorance, and injustice, but properly done they have power to clarify issues and mobilize people.’ (Ted Trzyna) Read the whole article by Trzyna pdf-file of the article by Trzyna

	The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation was established in 1962 in memory of the second Secretary-General of the United Nations. According to the charter the broad purpose of the Foundation is to promote, in the spirit of Dag Hammarskjöld, social, political, economic, environmental and cultural development in the South and globally. The Foundation is an autonomous institution which carries out its own work programmes. It is not giving grants. The Foundation is governed by an autonomous Board of Trustees, including persons associated with the United Nations, the international research community, Civil Society, Uppsala University, the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Hammarskjöld family. The Dag Hammarskjöld Centre is located in a historic mansion in the heart of the academic town of Uppsala, where Dag Hammarskjöld spent most of his young life. It houses the secretariat and also provides the premises for seminars organised in Sweden.