After sealing the partnership agreement between AWCF and Fredskorpset (FK) in July 2008, AWCF and its network partners will participate in three major-FK activities to be between September and October of this year. Three activities were held in Oslo, Norway from 4 to 8 September 2008. The first two activities, "The IV International Advisory Council Meeting (IACM)" and the "FK North-South Forum" were conducted simultaneously with one another. The IACM held at Radisson SAS Scandinavia Hotel on 4-5 September served as an excellent opportunity to be acquainted with some of the 200 delegates from 25 countries in Africa, Asia, and Norway.

In this event, they exchanged experiences with one another and provided advice/recommendations to the FK board and administration. The first day’s session was capped by the parade of the participants, participated by FK's project partners and at least 800 prominent representatives from the Norwegian society, and the “FK North-South Forum” held at Oslo’s City Hall.

As part of its annual activity, all FK partners also attended the "FK Seminars" on 6-8 September 2008 on board the Ms Pearl of Scandinavia ship towards Copenhagen, Denmark, and back to Oslo. In this activity, aside from being acquainted with each other, the FK program partners also had a chance to appreciate the Norwegian culture and society. Moreover, AWCF officers met potential exchange partners from a network of women's organizations in Africa.

These activities will be followed by the "10^th Fredskorpset Preparatory Course in Asia" to be held on 1-20 October 2008 at Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand where the AWCF Network will meet some of FK's partners in their Asia South-South Exchange Program. As this preparatory course is intended for the project participants who will be posted for 10-months in an Asian country (refer to related article), numerous activities were lined up to strengthen their relationship with FK, with the project’s primary partners and host organizations, and with their co-participants. The project participants will be joined by the project stakeholders on 2-3 October 2008.