Flemming Møller Mortensen
Flemming Møller Mortensen was appointed Minister for Development Cooperation and Minister for Nordic Cooperation of Denmark on 19 November 2020. He is a Member of the Danish Parliament for the Social Democratic Party since 2007 where he has served as chair and vice chair of several parliamentary committees as well a member of The Public Accounts Committee (2019-2020).
Flemming Møller Mortensen started his political career in the municipal council of Skørping Municipality from 2001 to 2007, and then sat in the newly formed Rebild Municipality’s municipal council in 2007, where he was also elected into the Danish Parliament. Flemming Møller Mortensen is a trained nurse (1988) and an anesthesia nurse (1996). He has worked as a nurse in Denmark (1988-2001), with stays in India (1992) and Greenland (1992). Additionally, Flemming Møller Mortensen has worked as a hospitalspecialist (2001-2005) and sales manager (2005-2007).
Listen to Flemming Møller Mortensen speak at the conference
Opening session
The ministers will in brief set the scene and stress Denmark’s commitment with the Tech for Democracy initiative.
Session 4: New Solutions for tech for democracy and human rights: bringing in global and local voices
The session is jointly facilitated by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Global Focus and will be kicked off by Executive Director of the Togolese Civil League, Farida Nabourema, followed by a message from the UNDP Administrator, Achim Steiner. Based on a series of roundtables with Southern Voice, a network of +50 think tanks in the Global South, and a scan of the horizon for some of the most promising pro-democracy digital projects taking place today, the session takes the audience on a roundtrip across the globe to present key challenges and approaches on how to make digital technology a vehicle for democracy and human rights.