Annual Activity Report 2013 The Olof Palme International Center Sveavägen 68 Box 836 SE-101 36 Stockholm Sweden Tel: +46 (0)8 677 57 70 Fax: +46 (0)8 677 57 71 www.palmecenter.se Email:
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[email protected] Contents A message from our Chairperson 4 Wanting to be involved! 6 Our mission 7 Our work around the world 8 Southern Africa 10 Middle East and North Africa 12 Asia 13 Latin America 16 Western Balkans 17 Turkey 18 Eastern Europe 19 Thematic work 20 Party-oriented democracy support 21 The year that was How we work 24 The Palme Center’s work in networks 27 Communication and advocacy Publications 28 Online guide to running a party: howtorunaparty.org 30 Website and social media 30 Seminars 31 Media 34 Fundraising for the Palme Center’s Solidarity Fund 36 Major events Syria conference 39 Anna Lindh Seminar 40 Congress seminar 41 Progressive Alliance 41 The Palme Day 2013 42 External events 43 Member organisations 44 Board and auditors 46 THE OLOF PALME INTERNATIONAL CENTER – ANNUAL ACTIVITY REPORT 2013 3 A message from our Chairperson For a few years during the 1990s, I was a board member of the Palme Center while serving as Deputy Chairperson of LO (Swedish Trade Union Confeder- ation) What I remember most from this time is how our board and employees worked together to try to respond to the endless need for assistance to democracy development around the world. At that time, this largely concerned the Balkans and other parts of Eastern Europe.