Norway Report

IRTA Global Board Participates

Norway Philosophy of Money Festival

Following the IRTA Global Board meeting of June 5 2009 in Kragero Norway, Global Board members M. Sırrı Şimşek Dr Lee, Dariusz, David Wallach, Mary Ellen Rosinski and Executive Director Ron Whitney played a significant role in the Norway Philosophy of Money Festival held in the same scenic Norway village from June 5-7 2009.

The two and half  day festival featured Socratic dialogues, friendly confrontations and facilitated discussions on philosophy and money, interest and complementary currencies, profit and ethics.

The event attracted participants and observers and from around the world, including leading economists, educators, monetary visionaries and complimentary currency advocates and network operators. Speakers and presenters included Thomas Hylland Eriksen vice President Norwegian Central Bank; Margrit Kennedy author and educator; monetary philosophers Christel Fricke and Carola Von Villiez; monetary reformists Jose Luis Ramos, Lars Hektoen and educator and university professor Declan Kennedy.

IRTA Global Board members participated as presenters: Sirri Simsek delivered an excellent and detailed explanation of Islamic no interest banking. Dr Oi Kum Lee explained how her network in Singapore is providing directly to government owned facilities with outstanding success. Dariusz Brzozowiec gave a moving account of how Polish business is coping with aggressive capitalism in a down economy. Mary Ellen Rosinski presented an interesting and easily understandable session on how modern Trade and Barter companies function to the benefit of small businesses. David Wallach described how the Modern Trade and Barter industry is funding and providing capital for small business that is leading to significant increases in worldwide employment.

Executive Director Ron Whitney facilitated a Festival segment that highlighted various points of view regarding how to make the best of our current global financial crisis.

The Festival was hosted and directed by Edger Kampers a noted monetary reformist and Rob Van Hilton a well known musician that co-own and direct Qoin Norge a community currency network.