The following article was written by Kristinn Már Ársælsson, a member of our board. openDemocracy published the article on their website on the 12th of November 2012 (see here). After the crash that destroyed Iceland’s economy, Icelanders started to take an interest in new forms of political and economic governance. So – what can we…

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What follows are questions and answers regarding The Constitutional Council’s proposals, which were submitted to Althing on the 29th of July, 2012. The questions were posed by a Spanish journalist and answered by Kristinn Már Ársælsson, a member of Alda’s board. There was some editing, most of which are indicated by brackets [ ]. ***…

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Alda has recently started a program with the aim of shortening working hours in Iceland. The short-term aim is to bring the average number of working hours per week down to 30-32 hours, in a period of two years. The long-term aim is to make sure that increases in productivity directly contribute to shorter working…

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There is a pretty interesting conference starting tomorrow and Alda encourages all to attend. It´s held at the University of Iceland at Askja and starts around 9 am. Among the lecturers are world renowned scholars for example James S. Fishkin. Alda takes part in the conference on Saturday at a discussion panel from 10-12 pm…

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Alda – Association for Sustainability and Democracy handed the following proposals over The Constitutional Council in May 2011. Each proposal is followed by a summary and precedent if available and applicable. There are twelve proposals, and they regard the presidency, election-system, judges, citizen assemblies, corporations, constitutional changes, referendums, direct democracy and more. The Presidency Althingi…

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