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A mostly sunny Roskilde Festival will in all likelihood be remembered for thunderstorms and a tragic death NEWS
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LAD MAD is the name of an innovative culinary school for people with physical and mental disabilities. The name is Danish for ‘happy food’ – not an English description of emotional extremes – though creative outbursts are encouraged. The culinary school is part of a remarkable organisation called TV-Glad that began in 1999 as the world’s first television station by and for mentally and physically-disabled people, and with the guiding principle of fostering freedom of expression for everyone. “Up the arse with correctness. LET THE CREATIVITY FLOW,” proclaims a whiteboard message on the organisation’s main website. Glad Mad’s leader, Søren Gericke, is a Danish chef and TV personality, known as much for his wildman antics and outbursts on camera, as for whipping up delicious, healthy meals. At Glad Mad and TV-Glad, people with physical and mental disabilities are trained to do interesting jobs they are passion-
Jonas Koch Culinary students at Glad Mad prepare fresh daily menus at Café Glad, a designer café serving organic food
ate about; jobs that allow them to express their individuality; jobs in the arts, media, design and gourmet kitchens; and jobs that people without handicaps would drool for. “Everyone, including people with disabilities, wants to have a meaningful job and to live a meaningful life,” TV-Glad project manager Dorte Justesen told The Copenhagen Post. “So instead of focusing on care, we focus on developing skills that
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build self-confidence and create opportunities.” One thing all Glad Mad and TV-Glad students have in common is a disability that makes learning and working more challenging. But the similarities end there. Some are challenged with physical disabilities such as cerebral palsy, deafness or blindness – like Güler Köcökkartal, a cooking student who cannot see. Others have learning disabilities like autism or Down’s syndrome.
In addition to education and skill development, the TV-Glad Foundation focuses on creating revenue-generating business areas for physically and mentally disabled people through innovative social enterprises – businesses that use capitalist strategies to achieve specific social or environmental goals. The foundation’s newest social enterprise is Café Glad, a designer cafe that serves up Café Glad continues on page 5
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N LESS than three hours on Saturday, Copenhagen received as much rain as the area normally gets in two months and 18,602 lightning strikes were recorded. The capital region was hardest hit. The tracks at Copenhagen’s central train station were totally submerged and Tivoli amusement park had to be evacuated. The City Council has already said the cost of damage will exceed 100 million kroner. “There is just one word to describe it, and that is ‘chaos’,” said public broadcaster DR reporter Preben Lund from Hellerup Station on Saturday, describing exit tunnels filled with rain and sewage water and commuters running across the train tracks to avoid using them. On Sunday morning, city residents and shopkeepers were still pumping out flooded basements, mopping floors and hauling ruined possessions to bins. Piles of drowned rats, washed out of overflowing basements and sewage pipes, were a common sight around the city. On Monday morning, the chaos continued as train and bus services were delayed in all directions. However, by Tuesday, most transportation problems had been resolved. (JB)
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New immigration rules in effect - what do they mean for you? By Peter Stanners Many receive exemptions from the new and more difficult immigration test, but fees and deposits rise
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ew immigration rules came into effect on July 1 that make it both easier and more difficult to achieve residency in Denmark – depending on where you are from. Unlike previous immigration reforms, the new rules have not been retroactively applied, meaning applications handed in before the July 1 deadline were treated according to rules at the time. “We have been quite busy trying to make as many applications as possible to the immigration service,” Åge Kramp from Cityadvokaterne, a law firm that provides legal aid in the area of immigration law, told The Copenhagen Post. “People don’t even know how much more difficult the rules have become,” he said, adding that they handed in 26 applications the day before the rules changed.
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People don’t even know how much more difficult the rules have become Some examples of the stricter rules for family reunification include increasing the compulsory four-year bank deposit from 63,000 to 100,000 kroner, while the fee per application has been raised from 5,975 to 7,775 kroner. Furthermore, spouses wishing to join their family in Denmark now need to make two visits before being allowed to stay, while the compulsory immigration test has been made more difficult and applicants have to use their own resources to learn the material. Kramp outlined a list of other details that have made the process of moving to Denmark more expensive and difficult, but highlighted the increased difficulty of the tests as the main stumbling block facing foreign-
ers wishing to bring their families to the country. “They are politically motivated tests designed to prohibit people coming to the country,” he said. The tightening of immigration rules by the government has already had an effect, with only 300 family reunification applications being made per month since the new year, compared with up to 600 per month last year. But with only 300 applications from immiPeter Stanners grants to bring their foreign spouses to Denmark Immigration lawyer Åge Kramp was busy trying to get family reunification being approved last year applications in before the rules change – against about 3,000 apThe spouses of economicalplications from Danes – some Citizens of Australia, Canada, wonder whether the new regula- Israel, Japan, New Zealand, ly-active Turkish citizens living Switzerland, South Korea and in Denmark were previously tions are even necessary. “With such low numbers it’s the USA are now exempt from exempt from taking the test due hard for us to see what the seri- taking the immigration test to an agreement between the EU ous problem is that the govern- when bringing their families to and Turkey from 1963. But after a recent case last ment is trying to tackle,” Mette the country. This means all member December in the EU courts, the Blauenfeldt from Dansk Flygtning Hjælp (Danish Refugee countries of the OECD are no Danish government decided longer expected to take the test, they could now be required to Help) told Politiken. Not all the rules make fam- with the exception of Chile and take the test, though they do not have to pay the fee. ily reunification more difficult. Turkey.
A mostly sunny Roskilde marred by tragic death By Peter Stanners Sold-out festival turned a 10 million kroner profit that will go to charity, but event more likely to be remembered for death
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oskilde Festival experienced a civilised start this year, when the thousands of queuing guests were let in before they broke down the fence – as has been the case the past six years. To combat the worrying tendency and to take the pressure off the two main entrances, the festival had set up an additional three festival entrances where guests could reserve a place ahead of time. An estimated 130,000 visitors, volunteers and artists attended this year’s sold-out festival, and while the music programme was heavily criticised for its lack of big names, the camping was its usual hive of activity, boasting camps such as ‘Camp Whatdot Punani Collaboration’, ‘Baywatch Boy Camp,’ and ‘Camp Crazy Legs’. Unlike most major music festivals in Europe, Roskilde Festival is a charity whose profits are distributed to a wide range of causes. Homelessness and poverty were the main themes this year and several initiatives – such as the Poor City in the eastern camping area where guests could stay the night in a homeless hostel or hear the views of those living on the street – were established to raise awareness. Despite a sunny start to the week, some light rain drifted
Scanpix Roskilde Festival organisers estimate that 130,000 visitors, volunteers, and artists attended the four days of music (and mixed weather)
through on Thursday when the music began in earnest. And the storm that flooded thousands of basements in Copenhagen on Saturday skimmed the festival before American indie band The Strokes played on the main Orange Stage, soaking the long queues of devoted fans that had waited hours to get a prime position for the show. But for many it was the highlight of the festival, as the group took the audience through its long list of hits while lead singer Julian Casablancas spoke in Danish
about his ‘mormor’ (grandmother). The 14mm of rain that fell in 30 minutes left vast mud patches, though nothing compared to the scenes of 2007’s wash-out, and by Sunday almost 200 cubic metres of woodchips had been distributed over the sloppiest areas. A scorching Sunday saw the final of the 163 acts play to the remaining festival-goers after thousands went home that morning after sleeping in tents flooded by the downpour.
But while the festival’s music programme was panned, the sold-out festival managed to make a profit of at least 10 million kroner – 400,000 kroner of which had been raised as of Friday by 1,350 volunteers from DanChurchAid, the Danish Refugee Council and the Red Cross Youth from collecting refundable bottles and cans. Refundable bottles were also used as payment for this year’s most iconic, and tragic, attraction – the 500-metre zipline from the camping to the
festival area. Despite high security and a ban on the visibly intoxicated, a 35-year-old German woman died on Sunday after falling from the 31 metre tower, which was the starting point of the attraction. She had apparently scaled the security fence while the zip-line was closed due to bad weather, then proceeded to climb naked to the top of the tower before falling to her death. The incident is still being investigated, but police have said the fall was probably an unfortunate accident.
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Border controls passed despite objections on Saturday with the message that the commission would carefully investigate every detail of the plan to ensure that Denmark is not breaking EU rules regarding the right to free movement of people and goods within the EU. Germany’s foreign minister, Guido Westerwelle, also repeated his call that the government should drop the new border controls. Westerwelle feared the agreement would endanger EU co-operation and solidarity. The Danish tax minister, Peter Christensen, however, insisted that the new border controls would only inconvenience criminals. “It’s been proven that illegal merchandise is being smuggled into Denmark. Cross-border criminality should not enjoy freedom of movement, but people should,” Christensen told public broadcaster DR. PM Lars Løkke Rasmussen assured EU leaders in Brussels last week that Denmark would consult the European Commission and would comply with the EU rules regarding open borders. The opposition, as well as Denmark’s neighbours and the European Commission, have objected particularly to parts of the agreement that call for funnelling traffic into separate lanes, video surveillance, and four new border customs houses. While the additional border customs agents start work this week, the
By Jennifer Buley European Commission vows to hold Denmark to its EU agreements on border controls
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The light bulb’s invented - now all you have to do is sell it By Jennifer Buley University of Copenhagen offering free intellectual property right licences
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EARCHING for an idea to turn into a billion? Because pricey intellectual property rights could be a thing of the past, thanks to a new initiative from the University of Copenhagen (KU) that lets entrepreneurs acquire the licensing rights to inventions for free. The university announced last week on Thursday that it will give away the licensing rights to certain inventions (including both products and techniques) developed by its researchers. All you have to do is demonstrate that you have a credible plan for turning the invention into a commercial product within three years – plus the capital to cover any future patent costs. The programme is ‘Easy Access IP’ and was started by Glasgow University’s Tech Transfer Office. Today three British universities – plus KU – are offering “free licences” to private companies or individuals for intellectual properties (IPs) developed by the universities’ researchers. KU hopes the programme will encourage new collaborations with companies, whilst spreading the word – and potential wealth – of its IPs. “Inventions that are in their early phase of development, or whose prospects are less certain, might not have a market yet,” said Karen Laigaard, the leader of KU’s Tech Transfer Unit. “It is these inventions we want to use Easy Access IP to offer free licensing for - in the hope that companies or individuals might see some potential in them.” An invention for making cold-temperature, lactose-free foods – think lactose-free ice cream – and a potential treat-
ment for cocaine addiction are just a couple of the freebies currently being offered on KU’s Tech Transfer Unit webpage. Despite the offer of free licences, business experts underscore that the right to use the ‘free’ inventions still comes at a cost. “They call them free, but that’s not exactly true,” John Strand, the CEO of Strand Consult, which specialises in ventures and investments, told The Copenhagen Post. “Yes, the licence is free, but you still have to invest in developing the intellectual property.” However, he believed that the benefits outweigh the costs. “What is very cool is that it makes these intellectual properties more accessible. It lowers the entrance barrier,” he continued. “The big companies already know it, but it shows the small and medium-sized companies that universities can be partners.” Gorm Boe Petersen of the Danish Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (DVCA) called KU’s involvement in the Easy Access IP programme “a positive step”. “Whether it will have any commercial significance is a totally different question that depends on the quality of the individual cases – but that is always the question,” Petersen told The Copenhagen Post. “Most significant for our members is that there could be a hidden jewel there,” he added. “It could be that a venture capitalist will come along and say ‘that’ combined with ‘this’ is exactly what I need for my business.” Petersen explained that Easy Access IP would be of most interest to DVCA’s venture capitalists and “business angels”, which together represent some 20-25 billion kroner in potential investment capital.
He offered a couple of suggestions that would make the programme more attractive for venture capitalists. Keeping the paperwork requirements to a bare minimum is one of them. Lengthening the free licensing period is another. “Three years seems like a rather short licence period for me, depending on the product. The University of Copenhagen says that if the recipient of the licence has not developed or commercialised the product within three years, then the rights go back to the university,” Petersen said. “If you’re talking about a life sciences product, it can take ten years to develop and commercialise it. So that is something that should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.” Reservations aside, Petersen gave KU “a thumbs up” for joining Easy Access IP and expressed hope that other Danish research universities would follow suit. Strand also sees potential in the programme for encouraging new kinds of venture collaboration. “For small and mediumsized companies this is a fantastic thing to do,” Strand said. “And from a venture perspective, I think this is interesting because it can encourage a new type of investment that is not just about a few people with a good idea, but one that involves university researchers too.” That vision is shared by KU pro-rector Thomas Bjørnholm, who said that creative relationships with a wider range of businesses were exactly what the new IP-sharing programme was about. “We are always prepared to try new initiatives,” said Bjørnholm. “I hope that Easy Access IP becomes one of a number of channels we can use to establish relationships with an increasing number of companies.”
HE STRICTER border controls are a reality. As early as Tuesday this week, 50 more customs agents were expected at Denmark’s borders, carrying out more ‘controls’ and spot checks on vehicles arriving from neighbouring EU countries. The move is part of the government’s ‘permanent border control’ agreement, which passed parliament on Friday and was immediately approved for funding by the Finance Ministry. The agreement was passed by a single vote – with 90 MPs supporting and 89 opposing. Some 30 of the new customs agents are to be stationed at the Danish-German land border; ten are assigned to ferry terminals at Rødby and Gedser, and another ten will be on the Øresund Bridge and the ferry at Helsingør, both connecting to Sweden. The border controls continue to come under strong criticism from the European Commission, Germany, the Confederation of Danish Industry, and opposition parties, as well as several members of the governing Liberal and Conservative parties. European Commissioner Cecilia Malmström reacted quickly
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other initiatives are to be put in place by 2014. The vice chairman of the opposition Social Liberals, Morten Østergaard, doubted that those parts of the agreement would ever see the light of day. “I am convinced that both the EU rules and the upcoming election will prevent the agreement from ever being carried out in reality,” Østergaard told Berlingske newspaper. He added, however, that the border agreement had hurt Denmark’s image internationally. “It’s going to take a long time to put that right again,” he said. Nearly as soon as the agreement passed on Friday, the Liberal Alliance party (LA) – which generally supports the right-ofcentre government – was already talking about dismantling it after the election. “The proposal for toll gates is useless, expensive and plain political symbolism. It’s a waste of taxpayers’ money and an obstruction to Danish businesses,” LA leader Anders Samuelsen said in a press release. “We therefore want to change the agreement if we get the chance after the election.”
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Ruling keeps gunrunner out of Indian prison By Kevin McGwin Justice officials reconsidering extradition order after second court rules he risks mistreatment
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unanimous panel of five judges ruled last week that admitted gunrunner Niels Holck cannot be extradited on charges of delivering four tonnes of weapons to Bengali separatists in 1995. The ruling upholds a November 2010 decision by a lower court in Hillerød overturning a 2009 Justice Ministry order to hand over Holck, alias Kim Davy, to the Indian authorities for his role in an airdrop that also saw the capture and eight-year imprisonment of a British national named Peter Bleach. Both the original ruling, as well as last week’s decision by the Eastern High Court, concluded that the 48-year-old faced a “real risk” of mistreatment if incarcerated in India. After the trial, Holck said he was relieved, but was preparing for the prosecution to appeal the decision. “I didn’t dare hope for this decision,” he said. “I felt like I was on my way to death row when I was heading for court.” If extradited, Holck would be the second ever Dane handed over to a country outside Europe
for trial. In 2009 Camilla Broe was extradited to the US to face drug trafficking charges. An extraordinary five-justice panel had been seated to hear the case. Typically, three judges hear cases before the High Court, but the special bench was ordered because of the precedent-setting nature of the case. During the trial, public prosecutor Jørgen Jensen told the court that Holck should be held responsible for his role in the arms drop. After last week’s decision, he said the Justice Ministry would review the two previous decisions before deciding whether to appeal. “This was a judgment call. And now, two courts have ruled differently from the Justice Ministry and the public prosecutor. We’re going to have to think about this.” Indian officials have been trying to bring Holck to trial since 2002 when new anti-terror legislation made it easier to extradite Danes for trial abroad. In April 2010 it appeared Holck was on his way to India to stand trial after that country’s authorities issued what are known as ‘diplomatic assurances’ to the Justice Ministry that it would meet a number of stipulations ensuring his safe treatment in the country’s prison system. Among the stipulations were that he would not face the death
Lundbeck to block ‘misuse’ of drug in US executions Company will ask distributors to declare they will not sell anti-epilepsy drug to death row prisons
Scanpix Niels Holck after learning he will not be extradited to India
penalty, even though his crime is a capital offence. The Justice Ministry also required that Holck be permitted to serve his sentence in a Danish prison, that he be treated humanely, and that the case be tried as quickly as possible. However, Holck had been fighting the order out of fear that Indian officials were not capable of living up to the assurances. Human rights organisations such as Amnesty International supported those claims, saying that the government was fully aware that torture and corruption were commonplace in India’s prison system. Human rights advocates said the decision emphasised that diplomatic assurances did not give the government grounds for setting aside the country’s law against handing over suspects to countries where they face torture. “This was important, because it was a matter of Niels
Holck’s safety,” Karin Verland, the head of the Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims (RCT), said in a press release. “If there’s even the slightest risk that a person could be tortured, then authorities need to abide by the absolute ban on extradition.” According to India’s The Telegraph newspaper, that country’s Justice Ministry will ask the Danish government to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court. Legal expert Gorm Toftegaard Nielsen, of Aarhus University, said that as a precedentsetting case, it was one the Supreme Court normally would hear. However, he pointed out that with two courts already handing down decisions, the “Danish state had already done as much as India could expect”. The prosecution has until July 14 to decide whether to ask the Supreme Court to hear an appeal.
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n an effort to prevent US prisons from carrying out executions using one of their drugs, the Copenhagen-based pharmaceutical company Lundbeck has announced it will force its distributors to sign contracts preventing them from supplying drugs to prisons in states that use capital punishment, reports Berlingske newspaper. The decision comes after Lundbeck in April announced it was powerless to force distributors to sign ‘end user agreements’ in order to block its antiepilepsy drug Nembutal from being used in executions. “We can’t guarantee anything, but we are convinced that our new distribution programme will significantly limit prisons’ misuse of Nembutal in executions, while at the same time ensuring that patients continue to have access to a life-saving drug,” Ulf Wiinberg, Lundbeck’s managing director, said. generically Nembutal, known as pentobarbital, is widely used in the US as an antiepileptic medication, but is now being used by correctional au-
thorities in 14 states to execute prisoners after exports from Europe of their first-choice drug, sodium thiopental, were stopped in protest. Despite initially concluding that it was not able to stop Nembutal from being used in executions, Lundbeck announced last month it was talking with Reprieve, a UK-based group working to abolish the death penalty, about ways to do so. Last week’s announcement drew praise from the organisation. “This is a big step they have taken, and if the rest of the industry followed suit it would have a significant impact on the use of capital punishment in the US,” Reprieve investigator Maya Foa said. Even with the praise from a former critic, the backtracking could wind up hurting Lundbeck’s image in the end. “It doesn’t help their credibility when they’ve said for months that their hands were tied, and then it winds up that they actually had effective measures at hand. It gives the impression that they are only acting as a response to public pressure,” said Steen Vallentin, a corporate social responsibility expert with the Copenhagen Business School. (KM)
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Colourbox Nudists say people’s rejection of their lifestyle is grounded in society’s fixation on sexuality
Not as nude as reputed Despite lenient nakedness laws, underneath it all most Danes are anti-nudist at heart Photographer Jorgen Nøhr presents over 250 of his pictures from recent years Rebild celebrations in northern Jutland. The exhibition is open during office hours (10-16) until 15th of July and admission is free.
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here are no laws in Denmark to stop men or women from taking off all their clothes and sunbathing, swimming or strolling naked on the public beaches, but far from everybody is grateful for it. According to a new YouGov/24timer opinion poll, a majority of Danes think public swimming and sunbathing in the nude is rude. Just 32 percent of young Danes between the ages of 1829 said they thought men should be allowed to swim and sunbathe naked at public beaches.
Just slightly more – 40 percent – supported a woman’s right to swim and sunbathe in the buff, while over 50 percent of this age group think it should be completely outlawed. For the population at large, just 24 percent approved of nudity for both sexes at public beaches. According to Kim Bindesbøll Andersen, the co-chairman of The Danish Naturist Association (DN), a national nudist organisation, the reason so few Danes approve of nudity at the beach – even though it is legal – is because society is too focused on sexuality. “Nudity is almost entirely used as a signal for something sexual in the media and adver-
tising,” Andersen told 24timer newspaper. “That can lead to people saying ‘no’ to being fed even more sexual hints and suggestions than they already are.” Rules about where people can go naked or not would be overkill, according to Andersen, but he agreed that a little self-selecting signage could spare the clothed from being disturbed by unwelcome sights of bare bums and such. “On beaches in Denmark where there is very little space, it’s a good idea for councils to signpost the nudists to use one end of the beach. That way, anyone who has a problem with nude sunbathers can go to the other end,” Andersen suggested. (JB)
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Glad Mad graduate Jacob Linding Andersen cooks up a feast at Café Glad in Bispebjerg NV’s Biblioteket. The cultural centre features art by HuskMitNavn and is part of an effort to turn ‘2400 Unhappiness’ into ‘2400 Creative’
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healthy, organic food and where everything from bread to sauces to desserts is made from scratch. The menu changes daily, based on what’s fresh at the farmers’ market, but always features seasonal soups and sandwiches, a lunch/brunch buffet with organic meats, fish and vegetables, a hand-crafted daily dinner special, and a ‘Daily Gericke’ – a special delicacy from Chef Gericke’s personal cookery book. Homemade desserts and muffins satisfy sweet tooths. Café Glad is staffed by a mixed team of learning disabled students from Glad Mad and non-disabled and disabled professionals. It’s a regular business that provides the community with a high-quality product and service, but all the profits go back into the school. Over the course of the threeyear culinary programme, the students develop the skills they need for careers in restaurants, cafes, confectioneries, bakeries, catering and more. They braise, grill, roast and steam; chop, season and combine veggies and fruits; and learn how to choose the freshest and tastiest raw ingredients to prepare great food – always with an emphasis on what is fresh, local and eco-friendly. The vocational programme also covers presentation, tablesetting and service – the whole caboodle. Finally, there is a special focus and certification in professional hygiene and safety. Café Glad is located at Biblioteket (‘The Library’) – the brand new cultural centre, library and municipal service centre (‘borgerservicecenter’) that recently opened in Copenhagen’s Bispebjerg Nordvest neighbourhood. It’s an area of Copenhagen that is more often associated
with social problems than soufflés, and poverty than panini, but the new cultural centre and Café Glad are in the process of changing that. The building itself is an exciting redesign of a 19th century soap factory by the architectural firm COBE (Copenhagen Berlin), which claims to specialise in architectural solutions for “complex urban conditions”. That’s an accurate description of Bispebjerg NV, because the old working class neighbourhood has long been plagued by poverty and social problems, which earned it the sad post code nickname ‘2400 Unhappiness’. The city aims to see its nickname changed to ‘2400 Creative’ through an ambitious initiative covering everything from new green spaces to world-class cultural attractions. Biblioteket is the keystone in the holistic concept that integrates municipal services with cultural facilities to foster neighbourhood renewal. “It’s a truly interesting area, with the opportunity for creative projects and businesses in the old factories and the emergence of a kind of new latin quarter – like we already see today in Vesterbro and Nørrebro and parts of Sundby,” Jan Lindboe, the leader of Kulturdiagonalen, the city’s initiative to stimulate and support Bispebjerg NV’s revitalisation, told The Copenhagen Post. The area’s abundance of old factory buildings, small and cheap apartments suitable for students and singles, ethnic diversity, and more young people per capita than any other part of Copenhagen make up “the very cocktail” for a neighbourhood renaissance driven by creativity and culture, according to Lindboe. Indeed, the city blocks around Biblioteket are home to a growing number of small, creative companies, artists and socially-minded organisations – Glad Mad and TV-Glad
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Everyone, including people with disabilities, wants to have a meaningful job and to live a meaningful life
among them. The stunning new Biblioteket has a soaring, light-filled interior with interesting and intimate, stacked and cantilevered spaces, including a stateof-the-art performance theatre, a library with quiet study areas, sewing and screenprinting workshops, rooms for local council meetings, and a children’s ‘Book Cave’ that will tempt the most serious adult to start climbing the stacks. Lindboe calls the multi-purpose Biblioteket a “democratic laboratory”, and at its centre is the appealing Café Glad, nourishing the neighbourhood’s body and soul. Ahead of Biblioteket’s opening, there were other bidders interested in running the centre’s food outlet, but Café Glad proved to the city it was the best vendor to run the concession. A strong business plan and reputation for excellent food were necessary, but Justesen assumes that Cafe Glad’s philanthropic core helped tip the scales in its favour. “I think they chose us because of who we are,” she said. Lindboe confirmed her suspicion. “They make delicious food, while giving Biblioteket a specific kind of social inclusivity,” he said. “It’s a good fit for the social profile we want to have.” “At Café Glad physically and mentally-disabled people play a prominent and distinctive role in the everyday running of the cultural centre,” Lindboe
added. “It sends out a signal of diversity and inclusion – which is what we are all about.” Marianne Kofod Hansen, the manager of Café Glad who is a Glad Mad cooking instructor, says the disabled students themselves play a big role in engaging neighbourhood residents in the new community dialogue that is cropping up in Bispebjerg NV. “A lot of our guests are the library’s patrons - others are
people who just come in from the neighbourhood looking for a good conversation. They definitely find it in here. Our students love to tell stories.” It’s more than just professional skills the students learn at Café Glad, according to Hansen. “It’s really demanding work. But they gain self-confidence from it and they grow a lot. Their perception of the world changes – they become very
outgoing, confident and direct.” On June 23, Jacob Linding Andersen, who has Down’s syndrome, became Glad Mad’s first professional culinary graduate. On graduation day, he had two different job offers – an enviable situation for any new graduate. Ultimately, Andersen decided to accept a job offer from Café Glad itself, where he is now busy serving up glad fare to glad guests.
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Average weather and music, but once again Roskilde’s revellers shone By Daniel van der Noon unless otherwise stated
Andy Swain the manager of the popular Leedsbased vintage shop, Blue Rinse, who had a stall in Roskilde Festival’s busy Culture Zone “because Scandinavian women like the flabby English.”
Upon the discovery of only my fifth Brit of the festival, east-Londoner Matthew Dining with Danish priest Asser Skude is festival-goer Emile Zinck, who was learning Belmoh (right) insisted he be quoted slurring “Denmark’s the best country in the more about a unique project run by Udenfor, an organisation which aims to raise world!” awareness about homelessness in Denmark.
Some girls get down in a synchronised dancing event held during the warm-up. Photo: Peter To think underneath all this was a beard. Stanners
TopGunn gets the party started at a gig in the skatepark in the camping area. Photo: Peter Stanners
Only at Roskilde can you expect to see The fly-man definitely buzzzzed out this when you hear Spandau Ballet’s during Roskilde. Photo: Aviaja Bebe ’Gold’ echoing in the distance.
It was the best of weather and the worst of weather at Roskilde 2011. Pictured here is the crowd enjoying the sun at the front of t he Orange Stage on the final day of the festival. Photo: Jimmy Fyfe
Referring to themselves as Fritz and Marco ‘The Cherokee Indian’ lost his pants Paul, this Danish-duo win the award but found a friend. Photo: Aviaja Bebe for the most entertaining parody of the British upper-middle classes at this year’s Roskilde.
Spotting a couple of Manchester United shirts with ’Rooney’ and ’Chícharito’ printed on the reverse, I found out that Mads (aka Santa) hits that air guitar. Hjalti and Jokul were actually from Reykjavik, Iceland. Photo: Aviaja Bebe
What’s a festival without a bit of mud? Photo: Peter Stanners
Brendan and Hurley from Australia were on their way to find magic mushrooms when they ran into Amanda Knoll, who wasn’t. Photo: Jimmy Fyfe
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PHOTOS BY HASSE FERROLD (UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED)
The third round of the 2011 women’s rugby season saw Exiles women play at Speed Rugby Club in Amager. In their first match, they faced their hosts in what was expected to be a close-fought and physical encounter, and it didn’t disappoint. Exiles got off to the better start, defending solidly and taking advantage of opposition handling errors to counter attack (offloading in the photo is Hildur Ragnarsdottir), with both Ane Avlund and Sophie Rosgaard going over to take a 17-0 lead half-time lead. However, a tactical substitution by Speed changed the dynamic of the game in the second half, as Speed reverted to their traditional kick and chase approach. In the dying seconds Speed scored under the posts to sneak home winners 19-17. Photo: Margaret Fulham
However, Exiles bounced back in their second game, beating a young side from Grenaa 19-0 thanks to tries by Liv Nordby, Fanny Le Reste and Rosgaard once again, who is pictured here being tackled against Speed.
Fun Run Copenhagen saw hundreds tearing around the lakes to mark the 400-day countdown to the 2010 Olympics.
The 99th Rebild Festval was celebrated with US Congress member Steny Hamilton Hoyer, US ambassador Laurie S Fulton, Danish prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Rebild Society president Karl K Nielsen with his wife, Martha Braüner Nielsen.
British ambassador Nick Archer was at hand to start the claxon and begin the race.
And in case you didn’t see them, the 18 and 19-year-old students have been out in force, celebrating the end of their exams. According to their sign, they’ll empty their glasses if you honk once, steam up your glasses if you honk twice and introduce us to their Kyber passes if you honk three times. What a hoot!
BRITISH CHAMBER OF OF BRITISH CHAMBER COMMERCE INDENMARK DENMARK COMMERCE Cloud Computing This “on the way home” event features presentations from two Danish-founded companies, Tradeshift and e-conomic, that have embraced “cloud technologies” and are offering their Software as a Service (SaaS). This event will give you the chance to learn: • •
How e-conomic’s strategy has put them on a strong course to become the biggest accounting system for small businesses in Denmark. How the emergence of Cloud technologies allowed the founders of Tradeshift to start a high growth company in the middle of the financial crisis and how their new disruptive business model lets them offer their services at a fraction of the price of traditional e-invoicing & supply chain management software.
is a social network for business that allows anyone to exchange invoices for free. Tradeshift was founded 18 months ago and now employs nearly 50 people with 18 different nationalities. The company has been funded by PayPal and Notion Capital and offers large enterprises the ability to connect to their entire supply chain with electronic invoicing. Customers include TDC, COOP, Stark, DSV and the National Health Service in England. is one of the fastest growing online accounting systems and was one of the first companies to succeed with Software as a Service. e-conomic is a web-based innovative accounting system that exploits the opportunities of the Internet for easy-to-use, flexible and secure accounting solutions. e-conomic constantly endeavours to develop, improve and adapt the application to match technological development as well as the individual client’s needs – regardless of the size and industry of the business.
Programme 16:00 Registration 16:30 Cloud technologies and social media – changing the way we do business 16:50 Building the world’s largest business network – e-invoicing and more with Tradeshift 17:10 From e-invoicing to online accounting – lowering barriers for SMEs with e-conomic 17.30 Panel Discussion Location: Tradeshift, Nørregade 36B, 3rd floor, 1165 Copenhagen K Directions: 50 meters from Nørreport Station on the left side of Nørregade. Look for the neon sign for Sømods Bolcher (famous Candy factory appointed by the Royal Court) Parking: Use the parking garage at Israels Plads You can sign up via the website, send an email to event@bccd.dk or phone 31 18 75 58. This event is free of charge for members / 125 DKK inc MOMS for Nonmembers. • official media partner
FACILITY MANAGER The American Embassy is hiring a Facility Manager (FM) to serve as a key member of the management team. The FM is required to manage all aspects of Embassy Copenhagen’s real property assets to include budget planning, facility operation and maintenance, work management and personnel administration. The FM will ensure that the facilities are well maintained and kept in a safe condition. The applicant is required to hold a 4 year university degree in any major engineering discipline or facility management, plus a minimum of three years work experience in facility management, and a driver’s license. The applicant must be a US citizen having the required work and/or residence permits for Denmark. Please check our website http://denmark.usembassy.gov/ for full details regarding the position and application process, before you submit your application to: CopenhagenHRVacancy@state.gov Closing date for applications: July 14, 2011.
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SPOUSE: Heike Mehlhase FROM: Berlin, Tyskland SEEKING WORK IN: A job opportunity in Copenhagen (administrative position, research assistant or psychosocial care) QUALIFICATION: MPH, Master degree in Psychology, Lerntherapeutin;. EXPERIENCE: Five years experience in psychological research andchild psychology LOOKING FOR: Looking for: a position to expand my experience where I can use my excellent organisational, social and communication skills LANGUAGE SKILLS: German (mother tongue), English (fluent), Danish (Module 2) IT EXPERIENCE: I am proficient in software such as word processing, spreadsheet, presentation software and basicgraphic editing programs (Microsoft Office, Open Office) plus statistical software (SPSS). CONTACT: heike@mehlhase.info SPOUSE: Kamali Ganesan SEEKING WORK IN: Jylland, Denmark QUALIFICATION: IT engineer EXPERIENCE: LEGO systems LOOKING FOR: IT and Multimedia jobs LANGUAGE SKILLS: Tamil, English and Danish IT EXPERIENCE: 3 Years in LEGO systems. CONTACT: anbukamali@gmail.com
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SPOUSE: Lorena Augusta Moreira FROM: Brazil SEEKING WORK IN: Great Copenhagen QUALIFICATION: Interior Designer EXPERIENCE: + 3 of experience with interior design and sales of furniture and decoration products. LOOKING FOR: Position in an Organization/Company in the fields of: Interior design, lay-out and organization of vitrines, sales and assistance management IT EXPERIENCE:Microsoft office (word, excel, outlook, access and power-point) access to internet LANGUAGE SKILLS: English (fluent), Portuguese (native) and Spanish (pre-intermediate) CONTACT: lorena-augusta@hotmail.com, + 45 52177084 SPOUSE: Suheir Sharkas FROM: Syria SEEKING WORK IN: Copenhagen, Odense, Aarhus and the nearby areas of the mentioned cities. QUALIFICATION: MBA–International Management, Bachelor in English Literature. LOOKING FOR: Positions in Organizations/Companies in the fields of: Administration and organization, Event & Project Management, and Assistance Management. LANGUAGE SKILLS: : Arabic: Native speaker, English: Fluent (understanding, speaking and writing), German: Fluent (understanding, speaking and writing), Danish: Basic 3.3 (understanding, speaking and writing) IT EXPERIENCE: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Access, Power Point) and web publishing. CONTACT: ssouheir@gmail.com, Tel: 533 721 20 SPOUSE: Katarzyna Szkaradek FROM: Poland SEEKING WORK IN: Mental hospitals, voluntary(Ngo) organisations, kindergartens, nurseries, babysitting QUALIFICATION: Ma in Psychology (2008), post graduate studies in psychotherapy (4th year/ 5 year). EXPERIENCE: I am a highly motivated and creative individual with excellent communication skills. From January 2010 till August 2010 I worked independly in private practice. For the last 2 years (January ,2009 -October, 2010) I worked with children (also with special needs -Autism, Asperger, Down syndrome etc) and their families as a psychologist. My duties included organizing games, monitoring children’s development , consulting teachers and parents where appropriate and providing individual therapy. For the last 10 years I was member of NGO organisation and I was a volunteer in Israel, Italy, Portugal and Romania. LOOKING FOR: internship in mental hospitals, part –time or full time jobs in kindergartens, nurseries, job as a babysitter , voluntary job in hospitals. LANGUAGE SKILLS: English–advance level (C1), Danish – (module 3 /module 5), Polish-native speaker IT EXPERIENCE: MS Windows, basic MS Office, Internet CONTACT: szkasienka@gmail.com tlf. 508 288 02 SPOUSE: Christina Koch FROM: Australia SEEKING WORK IN: Copenhagen QUALIFICATION: Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics and Drama, 1997 University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Experienced actor and voice coach for speakers, with parallel high level experience in written communications. LOOKING FOR: Voice coaching for corporate presenters and speakers, Writing and Communications work, work in theatre organisations. IT EXPERIENCE:Microsoft Office, Office for Mac. LANGUAGE SKILLS: English - Native speaker, excellent written and oral expression. German – good reading and listening skills. Spanish – fluent oral communication, good reading and listening skills. Danish – beginners level speaking and writing skills. CONTACT: Tel: +45 52 77 30 93 Christina@hermionesvoice.com, www.hermionesvoice.com. SPOUSE: Lillian Liu FROM: Taiwan SEEKING WORK IN: Marketing/Public Relations QUALIFICATION: Bachelor of Foreign Language and Literature (Major in English, and minor in French) EXPERIENCE: 5+ years of professional experiences in Marketing and PR. I am a dynamic and creative marketing communications talent with substantial international working experience in large corporation and in agencies, possessing Integrated Marketing Communication ability. Proficient in analyzing market trends to provide critical inputs for decision-making and formulating marketing communication strategies. Familiar with brand image build-up, channel marketing, media communication, issue management, etc. Possess in-depth understanding/knowledge of APAC market and Chinese culture. LOOKING FOR: Marketing jobs in Jylland LANGUAGE SKILLS: Mandarin Chinese, English, Danish, French IT EXPERIENCE: Familiar with Windows O/S and MS Office CONTACT: sugarex@hotmail.com
Make the most of your foreign employees – help their spouses find jobs Companies that hire foreign employees often find that it can be difficult for them to settle in if their family doesn’t feel at home here. A job for an accompanying spouse can be a decisive factor in whether that happens. Workindenmark partners with companies ranging in size from major global companies to small companies hiring their first foreign employee. We try to make it easier for public and private sector employers to find the right candidate for the job – and to make sure that they make the most of their new employees. We offer new employees a welcome packet that includes information relating to their stay. We can often provide assistance in the employee’s native language. We also invite companies to participate in Partner Link, our nationwide job bank for spouses. Partner Link’s goal is to help companies retain foreign employees by helping their spouses find career opportunities here.
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SPOUSE: DANIEL JONES FROM: UNITED KINGDOM SEEKING WORK IN: Greater Copenhagen QUALIFICATION: Qualified Teacher Status, UK; Bachelor of Science Degree (1st Class), UK EXPERIENCE: Enthusiastic , hands on teacher with 8 years teaching experience of Mathematics and Science in UK and International Schools. IB, GCSE and A-Level, including as Head of Department with excellent feedback from pupils, parents and teaching colleagues. LOOKING FOR: Teaching positions in secondary schools; Private tuition; Education related roles LANGUAGE SKILLS: Mother tongue English, fluent in Italian IT EXPERIENCE: MS-office. CONTACT: daniel_glyn_jones@hotmail.com SPOUSE: IEUAN JONES FROM: UNITED KINGDOM SEEKING WORK IN: Copenhagen (Will travel if needed) QUALIFICATION: BA Hons and Professional Diploma, Town & Country Planning (Urban Design & 3rd World Development) EXPERIENCE: Over 7 years experience working as a Development Manager for one of the UK’s leading health and socialcare infrastructure companies, developing new health and community buildings. LOOKING FOR: Opportunities to transfer and develop my skills and knowledge in Denmark. Ideally a full time position but I remain realistic and my options are open. I am more than happy to take on a part time role or work placement while I continue with my Danish course. LANGUAGE SKILLS: English (Mother Tongue), learning Danish at Studieskolen, Borgergade IT EXPERIENCE: MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint), Promap CONTACT: ieuandhjones@gmail.com Tel: +45 52 40 07 85 SPOUSE: Simon Rigby FROM: United Kingdom (originally Scotland) SEEKING WORK IN: Jylland, Fyn or Sjælland (anywhere in Denmark) QUALIFICATION: Secondary High School - 8 ‘Ordinary’ levels & 3 ‘Advanced’ levels achieved. EXPERIENCE: Business Development, Sales & Marketing and Client Relationship Management specialist. 15+ years experience in securing ‘insurance and lifestyle benefits’ contracts with high volume and high consumer numbers within the Affinity Group Marketing sector from a wide variety of distribution channels including banks, financial institutions, large membership affinity groups and employers, credit card issuers and insurers. Highly accomplished and skilled at ‘low cost, high perceived value’ large scale marketing to B2B and B2C target audiences through both on-line and other direct marketing channels. Entire career spent in the banking, finance and insurance sectors the latter of which I have spent in the UK employment of 3 of the top 4 global insurance brokers. A team player and a ‘people person’ with the skills and abilities to easily and comfortably interact with individuals at all levels. Natural problem solver who sees opportunities rather than obstacles. Simplistic and structured approach to finding straightforward and practical solutions to problems. LOOKING FOR: A job within an organisation (financial services or otherwise) where my Sales & Marketing and Key Account managerial skills and experience are fully utilised and where I can provide a sustainable and tangible long term contribution to my new employer as well as to my new country within which I have chosen to permanently live. LANGUAGE SKILLS: English (mother tongue) ; German (very good) ; French (good) ; Danish (basic, but currently enrolled on a ‘Danskuddannelse 3’ language course). IT EXPERIENCE: Word - Advanced user. Powerpoint - Proficient user. Excel - Basic. CONTACT: simon040561@hotmail.co.uk or mobile +45 60 16 80 40. SPOUSE: TEJA PRIYANKA FROM: INDIA SEEKING WORK IN: Copenhagen QUALIFICATION: MBA in Finance and marketing , bachelor in Biotechnology LANGUAGE SKILLS: Telugu(mother tounge), Hindi, English, Danish(biggnier) IT EXPERIENCE: Familier with Microsoft office(word, excel,powerpoint,access, ), photoshop. CONTACT: teja.priyanka.n@gmail.com SPOUSE: Hugo Ludbrook FROM: New Zealand SEEKING WORK IN: Copenhagen QUALIFICATION: BA (1st Class Honours) in International Relations + BA in History and Religious Studies EXPERIENCE: Have worked in a wide variety of organisations with focus ranging from the organics sector, to international development, to company directors, to work with the United Nations. LOOKING FOR: Research, writing, editing and/or communication work LANGUAGE SKILLS: English (Fluent), French (Good), Danish (Basic) IT EXPERIENCE: Strong MS Office, Outlook and Excel Skills. CONTACT: hugo.ludbrook@hotmail.com SPOUSE: Jawon Yun-Werner FROM: South Korea, (have Danish CPR and work permit) SEEKING WORK IN: Healthcare, Hospitals, Elderly/Child Care (in Greater Copenhagen Area) QUALIFICATION: B.A. in Nursing, Masters in Public Health. I am AUTHORIZED to work as a Nurse in Denmark EXPERIENCE: 1O years of experience as a nurse and midwife from the prominent hospitals LOOKING FOR: Any healthcare related jobs (hospitals, clinics, elderly/childcare places). I am open to any shift or day. LANGUAGE SKILLS: ENGLISH, KOREAN, DANISH (Intermediate, in progress, Module 3) IT EXPERIENCE: MS Office, SASS Statistical Software CONTACT: cuteago@yahoo.com +45 30 95 20 53 SPOUSE: Malgorzata Tujakowska FROM: Poland SEEKING WORK IN: Aarhus and the surrounding area QUALIFICATION: Masters in Ethnolinguistics with major in Chinese and English, Chinese HSK and Business Chinese Test certificates, 2-year long studies at Shanghai International Studies University and National Cheng Kung University,Taiwan LOOKING FOR: Working for companies hiring Polish and Chinese employees, teaching Chinese, Polish, Business English, linguistics, translation and interpretation, proofreading, Chinese business and culture consulting, administrative work LANGUAGE SKILLS: Polish (native speaker), Chinese – simplified and traditional (fluent), English (fluent), German(intermediate), Danish (intermediate-currently learning) IT EXPERIENCE: MS Office CONTACT: Tel:+45 28702377, m.tujakowska@gmail.com
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SPOUSE: Rita Paulo FROM: Portugal SEEKING WORK IN: Great Copenhagen QUALIFICATION: Architect EXPERIENCE: I am an architect and I have experience in Project and in Construction Supervision. In the past 7 years, I have worked mainly in housing, masterplanning and social facilities buildings. My last employer was a Project and Construction company where I had the opportunity to complement my experience in projects together with construction related tasks, developing myself as a professional. LOOKING FOR: Job in Architecture or Construction Company LANGUAGE SKILLS: Native Portuguese, Proficiency in English, Basic user of Spanish and Danish IT EXPERIENCE: Strong knowledge of AutoCad and ArchiCad. Experience in Studio Max, CorelDraw, Photoshop, Office tools. CONTACT: rita.vaz.paulo@gmail.com +45 2961 9694 SPOUSE: Kaewkarn Kanchanavipu FROM: Thailand SEEKING WORK IN: Sales, marketing, project management, business processes, supply chain, HR and general management functions QUALIFICATION: M.Sc. International Business and Trade , School of Business Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, Sweden; Bachelor of Economics, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand; Certificate of Exchange Studies in Business Administration Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria; Certificate of Completion in STEPS, Saitama University, Japan EXPERIENCE: Three-year professional experience in sales, marketing, business development and project management. Proven record of achieving high performance in multiple markets: Norway, Sweden, Japan and Thailand in various industries. Able to devise and implement coherent organization strategies whilst improving internal process and procedures within a demanding environment, project deadlines and budgets. Area of expertise & experience: Operational management, sales, marketing, business development, project management, recruitment, customer service and administration. LOOKING FOR: A challenging position that will utilize my skills and offer opportunities for future development as well as wish to make a significant contribution to the organization. LANGUAGE SKILLS: English, Japanese, Thai and novice Danish IT EXPERIENCE: MS Office CONTACT: Tel: +45 50 398 555 Email: kaew.crystal@gmail.com SPOUSE: Lena Schulz zur Wiesch FROM: Berlin, Germany SEEKING WORK IN: Copenhagen and Capital Region QUALIFICATION: Cand. scient. pol. from the Humboldt-University Berlin and London School of Economics. EXPERIENCE: Seven years work experience from the German Parliament (EU-consultant) and as distinguished research associate at the Humboldt-University (urban planning). Strong analytical and inter-cultural skills. Team-worker. LOOKING FOR: Jobs in consulting, public administration, politics, NGOs, international institutions or companies LANGUAGE SKILLS: German (mother tongue), English, Spanish, French, Danish (all fluently) IT EXPERIENCE: Microsoft Office, CMS CONTACT: lenaszw@web.de SPOUSE: Debasmita Ghosh FROM: India SEEKING WORK IN: Copenhagen QUALIFICATION: Master of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharmachemistry specialization) EXPERIENCE: 4 years in Clinical Research (Pharmacovigilance/Safety and Medical Coding) in a leading CRO (Quintiles) and 6 months experience as a lecturer for bachelor degree students in Pharmacy College. LOOKING FOR: Job in pharmaceutical industry, CRO or any vocation suitable per qualification and experience. LANGUAGE SKILLS: English (fluent written and spoken), enrolled for Danish language classes, Indian Languages (Hindi, Bengali, Kannada). IT EXPERIENCE: MS Office Applications i:e Microsoft office word, excel, outlook, power point and tools, lotus notes, medical and drug softwares like micromedex and ISIS draw. CDM systems like ds Navigator-Medical coding tool and AERS database. CONTACT: ghoshdebasmita@gmail.com, Mobile No. +4571488438 SPOUSE: Megan Rothrock FROM: California-USA,Via SEEKING WORK IN: Toy Design, Games Design, or Photography (Syd Denmark Jutland) QUALIFICATION: Associate Arts Degree: Corporate Communication, Design, and Commercial Illustration, with a background in animation. EXPERIENCE: Former LEGO Product Designer, LEGO Universe: Level Designer, European Bureau Editor Brick Journal Magazine. I have a strong knowledge of Toy and Gaming Markets. I am driven, enjoy solving daily challenges and I’m a strong communicator wanting to join a creative team of colleagues. LOOKING FOR: Part/Full time work in an innovative and creative LANGUAGE SKILLS: English: native- Dutch: Excellent- Danish (currently in): Danskuddannelse 3, modul 3. IT EXPERIENCE: PC and Mac- Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash, Dream Weaver, Director, Maya, 3D Studio Max, ML Cad, LDD CONTACT: megzter1@yahoo.com +4535140779 SPOUSE: Miss Marta Guerrero FROM: Spain SEEKING WORK IN: Great Copenhagen QUALIFICATION: Bachelor of English teacher for Primary Education. Bachelor of Psychologist for Education. EXPERIENCE: Over the past five years I have worked in a Primary School in Barcelona as English teacher for children from 6 to 11 years old. Moreover, last year I gained experience teaching Spanish, as a foreign language, in the UK. I also have some experience teaching adults. LOOKING FOR: Full time position as Spanish or English teacher in a Kindergarden, a Primary School or in a High School. LANGUAGE SKILLS: Spanish and Catalan (mother tongue). English (fluent speaking and writing). IT EXPERIENCE: A good user of all the basic computer knowledge (Word, Excel, Power Point,...) as well as blog and web publication and maintenance. CONTACT: martaguerrero13@gmail.com
THE COPENHAGEN POST SPOUSE EMPLOYMENT PAGE WHY: The Copenhagen Post wishes to help spouses looking for jobs in Denmark. We have on our own initiative started a weekly spouse job page in The Copenhagen Post, with the aim to show that there are already within Denmark many highly educated international candidates looking for jobs. If you are a spouse to an international employee in Denmark looking for new career opportunities, you are welcome to send a profile to The Copenhagen Post at aviaja@cphpost.dk and we will post your profile on the spouse job page when possible.