Previously the Head of Secretariat at DR ultra:bit (an award-winning project focused on youth and technology), Camilla Laudrup will be the new CEO for Foreningen Folkemødet; the association behind Folkemødet. She will take over the post as CEO on the 15th August and today visited the offices in Allinge to meet the secretariatet and the local press.
The association behind Folkemødet, Foreningen Folkemødet and the Danish brewery Tuborg have made a new three-year agreement: From 2021, reusable cups will be introduced as part of limiting the amount of disposable plastic and creating a more sustainable festival. It was announced today at a press conference at the Folkemøde offices in Allinge.
Mads Akselbo Holm has resigned as CEO at Foreningen Folkemødet, the association that organizes the Danish democracy festival, Folkemødet. Foreningen Folkemødet is therefore looking for a new CEO who is passionate about developing democratic dialogue, leading to democratic solutions that support and are supported by the community in Denmark.
Today the association behind Folkemødet, Foreningen Folkemødet, announced that Folkemødet 2020 is canceled due to the current Corona-crisis. See you on the 17th-20th of June 2021!
On Wednesday February the 5th, 100 Folkemøde-participants and -organizers gathered on Teaterøen in Copenhagen for an afternoon of inspiration and knowledge-sharing. The focus of the afternoon: how to create events and debates for the democratic festival, Folkemødet, and strengthen democratic dialogue. Read more about the seminar here.
On Tuesday December 10th, Foreningen Folkemødet (the association behind Folkemødet) presented 222 ideas from the citizens to the Danish Parliament’s Cross-party Network for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's). The many ideas were gathered in an idea-catalogue about how we can fulfil the 17 SDG's. The presentation was the culmination of five public hearings organized by Foreningen Folkemødet together with CHORA2030 and five Danish municipalities.
Tuesday the 22nd of October the kick-off seminar for Folkemødet 2020 took place. Approximately 250 organizers participated in the event at Nørrebro Theater. The event included an introduction of new initiatives at Folkemødet 2020, a presentation of the Folkemøde-analysis 2019 and loads of questions from the participants.
Folkemødet 2019 was a record year in many ways: more visitors than ever before, the first overarching theme of the SDG’s for the festival time and changeable weather with sun, thunder and heavy rain.
