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Annual Report 2019 ANNUAL REPORT Continuing to develop Thor Heyerdahl’s cultural legacy CONTENTS 1. Members of the Board in 2019 4 1.1. Management of the Institute 4 1.2. Auditor 4 2. The Thor Heyerdahl Institute continues to develop the cultural legacy of Thor Heyerdahl 5 2.1. The work of the Board 7 3. Project reports: What happened in 2019? Project overview 8 3.1. Thor Heyerdahl Scholarships 2016-2019: A gift from the Norwegian Government 10 3.2. The Thor Heyerdahl International Day 2019: Tribute to the Ocean - A conference on a global theme. The ocean and environmental challenges 10 3.3. The Institute and international co-operation with universities in Scotland, the USA and England. Cultural collaboration with Andora/Italy and the Italian Embassy in Oslo 13 3.4. Pilot project, a Thor Heyerdahl Centre in Larvik 13 3.5. Larvik Open to the World – lectures in Thor Heyerdahl’s childhood home 16 4. The Institute’s book collection at Larvik Library 18 5. Organisational development 19 6. Future areas of focus (2020-2022) 21 7. Financial status 23 8. Financial statements and notes 2019 24 8.1. Profit and Loss Account 26 8.2. Balance Sheet 27 8.3. Notes 30 8.4. The Thor Heyerdahl Institute, operations 32 8.5. The Thor Heyerdahl Memorial Fund, project accounts 33 8.6. Master’s degree scholarship scheme 33 8.7. Thor Heyerdahl concerts 34 8.8. The Thor Heyerdahl International Day 2019 34 9. Directors’ statement 2019 36 Information about the type of activities and how the Institute operates 36 Organisational development in 2019 36 The financial basis for operations 37 Statement regarding the assumption of continued operations 38 The working environment 38 The external environment 39 Explanation of the annual financial statements 39 Summary of the long-term strategies and plans for 2020-2021 39 Statement regarding the basis for evaluating the future development of the Institute 40 10. Auditor’s report 2019 44 11. Appendix 1 – The man who decided to change history 46 12. Appendix 2 – Thor Heyerdahl Scholarship and International Day 2016-2019 62 Front page: Håkon Wium Lie Pictures in the report: 13. Appendix 3 – Scholarship announcement 2019 69 Walter Leonardi, Bengt Jonsson, Sebra Film 14. Appendix 4 – PPT – The Thor Heyerdahl Institute 70 2 1. Members of the Board in 2019 4 1.1. Management of the Institute 4 1.2. Auditor 4 2. The Thor Heyerdahl Institute continues to develop the cultural legacy of Thor Heyerdahl 5 2.1. The work of the Board 7 3. Project reports: What happened in 2019? Project overview 8 3.1. Thor Heyerdahl Scholarships 2016-2019: A gift from the Norwegian Government 10 3.2. The Thor Heyerdahl International Day 2019: Tribute to the Ocean - A conference on a global theme. The ocean and environmental challenges 10 3.3. The Institute and international co-operation with universities in Scotland, the USA and England. Cultural collaboration with Andora/Italy and the Italian Embassy in Oslo 13 3.4. Pilot project, a Thor Heyerdahl Centre in Larvik 13 3.5. Larvik Open to the World – lectures in Thor Heyerdahl’s childhood home 16 4. The Institute’s book collection at Larvik Library 18 5. Organisational development 19 6. Future areas of focus (2020-2022) 21 7. Financial status 23 8. Financial statements and notes 2019 24 8.1. Profit and Loss Account 26 8.2. Balance Sheet 27 8.3. Notes 30 8.4. The Thor Heyerdahl Institute, operations 32 8.5. The Thor Heyerdahl Memorial Fund, project accounts 33 8.6. Master’s degree scholarship scheme 33 8.7. Thor Heyerdahl concerts 34 8.8. The Thor Heyerdahl International Day 2019 34 9. Directors’ statement 2019 36 Information about the type of activities and how the Institute operates 36 Organisational development in 2019 36 The financial basis for operations 37 Statement regarding the assumption of continued operations 38 The working environment 38 The external environment 39 Explanation of the annual financial statements 39 Summary of the long-term strategies and plans for 2020-2021 39 Statement regarding the basis for evaluating the future development of the Institute 40 10. Auditor’s report 2019 44 11. Appendix 1 – The man who decided to change history 46 12. Appendix 2 – Thor Heyerdahl Scholarship and International Day 2016-2019 62 13. Appendix 3 – Scholarship announcement 2019 69 14. Appendix 4 – PPT – The Thor Heyerdahl Institute 70 1. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD IN 2019 Knut Pihl siviløkonom Chair Willy Østreng professor emeritus Centre for Advanced Studies at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters 1.1. Management of the Institute Board Member Beate Bjørge MM Liv Arnesen Managing director expedition leader / author / teacher Board Member Eirik Lia MSc / graphic designer Dag Hareide Project manager (until 1.6.2019) special advisor Rainforest Foundation Norway Board Member 1.2. Revisor Tor Buaas Thomas Alfheim teacher Authorised public accountant Board Member KPMG AS 4 2. THE THOR HEYERDAHL INSTITUTE CONTINUES TO DEVELOP THE CULTURAL LEGACY OF THOR HEYERDAHL The objective of the Institute is to promote principal objective of the Heyerdahl Institute is to knowledge about and to continue to develop Thor help building bridges between my native country and Heyerdahl’s research and development ideas within the world community. interdisciplinary research, international dialogue/ multi-cultural collaboration and protection of the I am naturally glad that its headquarter is located in global environment (www.heyerdahl-institute.no). the very place where I was lucky to be born- where my parents chose to let their only child grow up. From 2002-2020, the Institute has initiated and They settled in Larvik to start Vestfold Bryggeri carried out a series of national, international, (brewery), with the happy outcome that their son regional and local projects. It has accumulated a grew up in a setting where nature and history had project portfolio over the course of many years and combined to produce some giants of creative has gained experience from a variety of endeavour in the past. interdisciplinary activities in co-operation with universities, public administration departments and I have neither the desire nor the right to set working other organisations in Norway and abroad. rules and plans for The Heyerdahl Institute, merely because it bears my name. But there must be a Key areas of focus are Thor Heyerdahl’s global reason why the founders decided to acknowledge efforts to protect and conserve the environment, his my life`s work in this way. I hope and believe that the understanding for and ability to engage in dialogue basic reason is common belief in the unity of between people from different cultures, his mankind. To achieve such unity, there is an urgent dissemination of information about global need for building bridges across ethnic diversity, challenges, and his strong will to challenge people national borders and political and religious factions. to debate across established scientific boundaries. Any scientist, thinker and wise person with a global The Institute was founded in 1999 by Vestfold vision, who seeks to contribute towards County Council and is located in Larvik, the disentangling this explosive situation, should be birthplace of Thor Heyerdahl. The Institute’s vision is encouraged to speak out. Indeed, the new institute to contribute with projects and activities that can represents another forum for expressing such views. stimulate and disseminate knowledge at the same time as they reflect contemporary global challenges. What about the religious leaders who stir up The projects and activities implemented by the murderous hatred between Jews and Muslims in the Institute aim to be challenging, boundary breaking Middle East? Between Muslims and Christians in and bridge building. Pakistan and Europe, or between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland? Is it so difficult to The concept of a Heyerdahl Institute was teach the congregations in the synagogues, the presented to Thor Heyerdahl (1914-2002) in 1999, churches and the mosques that “the God of love and and he wrote the following message to Vestfold creation” they all worship is the God of Abraham? County Council: Is it too difficult to say that Christians and Muslims «A great deal has happened since our dialogue alike in the Old Testament of the Jews accepted started, and it goes without saying that I am these moral laws, which they all claim God gave to honoured by the fact that the new institute has Moses as the Ten Commandments? Who has the chosen to bear my name and have adopted right to tell us to kill, and still claim to be faithful objectives so akin to the above precept. The servants of any of these? 5 As a new forum for international exchange and Heyerdahl, where his deep interest for pre-historic debate about such critical issues, I wish the sea voyages was transformed into a fight for the Heyerdahl Institute every success and many years future of the oceans. The great belt of oil slicks that of creative work for the benefit of mankind globally. I the crew of the Ra discovered when they crossed applaud your interdisciplinary working philosophy, the Atlantic, and that they described in a letter to and endorse your emphasis on cross-cultural the UN, was the cause of this transformation. For understanding, reciprocity and mutual respect.” Heyerdahl, the letter marked the beginning of a (Source: letter from Thor Heyerdahl, Tenerife, life-long passion for human beings to think about 10.9.2001) the sustainability of the world and to reduce pollution. The fight to protect the world’s oceans THOR HEYERDAHL’S ARCHIVES was a key reason for his archives to be included in INCLUDED IN UNESCO’S WORLD UNESCO’s World Heritage List (Source: Thor HERITAGE LIST FROM 2011 Heyerdahl on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, The Kon-Tiki Museum).
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