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ARCA News on Peace Education - Events, training courses and conferences - |
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EU: ARCA  July
2nd 2007 was the deadline for application for the CORE TRAINING FOR FIELD PEACE
TEAMS: CIVILIAN PEACEKEEPING & DEPLOYMENT IN CONFLICT SITUATIONS.
The training will take place in the period; 2 – 30 August 2007, in
CLUJ-NAPOCA, ROMANIA. For further information, see the event page or download the official announcement (.PDF). 24th August is the Deadline to register for the INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR “Resources and Paths Towards Peace Training for Adults in Europe” that will be held from 14 to 15 September 2007 at the premises of the Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR) in Stadtschlaining/Austria, in the framework of the ARCA project. During the seminar, the outputs of the ARCA project will be presented and discussed (A Survey on Peace building and Conflict Transformation in Europe, a Guide to Peace Educators in Europe, a series of international training experiences for concrete peace work, a web-portal and the launching of an European Network of Peace Trainers) as toolbox, methods, data base, for further European cooperation with Governmental and Non-governmental actors etc. For further details, see the event page or download the invitation letter and the programme. To register, please download the registration form and send it to mpt@aspr.ac.at within 24 August! | ||||||
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July 8 - July 13, 2007: Internationale Sommer Akademie (in German only). This year's "Sommer Akademie" is dedicated to the topic of Energy Strategies and Wars for Resources. Experts from various fields share their experience, knowledge and expertise in panel discussions as well as daily workshops. Apart from an emphasis on geo-political hot spots, the main research questions circle around scenarios of current international resource politics. See: http://www.aspr.ac.at/sak2007.htm October 21 - November 3, 2007: International Civilian Peace-keeping and Peace-building Training Program (IPT), Core Course. The Core Course consists of modules designed to provide the participants with the basic knowledge and skills required in crisis areas, independent of the specific function they will fulfil as experts in their own fields. For more information: www.aspr.ac.at/ipt.htm November 4 – November 16, 2007: IPT Specialization Course on Project Management. The overall objective of this Specialisation Course is the improvement of the preparation of experts who like to become involved in the design, implementation and evaluation of projects in crisis areas. The purpose of this training is not limited to familiarising participants with international standards, the project management circle, human resource management, as well as concepts and best practices. The course also seeks to enable participants to exchange respective expertises, and therewith build capacity to improve the training on this topic. To this effect, the course should also serve as a training-of-trainers. For information: www.aspr.ac.at/ipt.htm To obtain more information you can also contact lidauer@aspr.ac.at | ||||||
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3. FRANCE July to August 2007 MAN/Comite ICP is offering Training courses for civilian peace mission. The training is divided into three parts which are going to take place in Paris, France: 3-7th July 2007: Individual behaviour in conflict situations; 10-13th July 2007: Team working in conflict situations; 27-31th August 2007: Peacekeepers’ mandates in civilian intervention situations. For further information, please contact: comiteicp@free.fr | ||||||
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4. GERMANY August-September 2007, the Berlin Training for International Development Cooperation is offering three short term courses (SLE-Plus): on "Decentralised Management of Regional Development" (6.08.-17.08.2007), on "Project Cycle Management" (20.8.-31.8.2007) and on "Conflict Prevention and Conflict Management" (3.9.-14.9.2007). The SLE-Plus: Berlin Training for International Development Cooperation at Humboldt University is funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and the Senate of Berlin. The framework programme is opened to young professionals from all fields and all over the world in the area of development cooperation. For Further information, including on scholarship requirements, please check the website: www.berlinerseminar.de or e-mail: sle-plus@agrar.hu-berlin.de , phone: ++49 + 30 + 2093 69 00/17 | ||||||
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5. ITALY August 27th to September 1st, 2007: An International Week dedicated to memory will take place in Srebrenica The week - organized by the Alexander Langer Foundation (Bolzano-ITA) and the bosnian association "Tuzlanska Amica" (Tuzla) in the frame of the project "Adopt Srebrenica"- will include a round table of local and international experts on the issue of the role of memory for the victims, democratisation and reconciliation, public tribunes, seminars, workshops, and cultural initiatives. For more information contact the Alexander Langer Foundation, tel./fax +39(0)471 97 76 91, info@alexanderlanger.it - Homepage: www.alexanderlanger.org | ||||||
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HUNGARY 2nd July Budapest: BOCS organise a conference on conflicts and international development cooperation. Special speaker will be Cedric Prakash from India. http://bocs.hu/index.php?&t=/fdk/minden.php?d=1089 4-8. Sept, Sibiu (Romania): Church & Peace event in the 3rd European Ecumenical Assembly. http://bocs.hu/index.php?lg=en&t=/_eea_kalauz.html | ||||||
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7. UNITED KINGDOM July 17-22 Core Skills for Working in Conflict. London (non-residential) Level 2 If you need to develop your skills to enable you to work in conflict and post-conflict situations this course offers a more in-depth opportunity to explore and develop the skills essential for anyone working in the fields of conflict prevention, crisis management or peacebuilding. Click here for more information and to book a place. 13-18 August, Core Skills for Working in Conflict, with the University of Central England. This course is organised jointly by International Alert/Peaceworkers UK and the University of Central England in Birmingham. This course is also open to external participants. Click here for more information and to book a place. 1st September Introduction to Election Observation, non-residential in London, with ERIS Peaceworkers will be running a training course for future short term election observers. This training course is jointly organised by ERIS, which selects British election observers for EU and OSCE missions. Click here for more information and to book a place. | ||||||
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ROMANIA August 1st, 2007, Deadline for Application to Transcend Peace University (TPU)– Experts Online Course on Peacebuilding, Peacemaking & War to Peace Transitions. The Course takes place in August 6th – October 26th 2007. It as been designed as an on-line program to support professionals from middle- to senior-level leadership positions in governmental, inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations working in complex political emergencies and conflict situations, engaged directly in peacebuilding, peacemaking, or peacekeeping activities. The course will provide participants with an on-line mediation support unit, and custom-designed processes to assist participants’ in-country peacemaking and peacebuilding engagements. For more information: www.transcend.org/tpu July 2nd, 2007 is the Deadline to Apply for the Transcend Peace University (TPU) - Summer School The school (July 9th - August 27th) features 9 on-line intensive courses, related to various spheres of Peace studies, including a specialized Expert on-line course "Peacebuilding, Peacemaking & War to Peace Transitions", designed specifically for middle to senior level experts and mediators 1. Conflict Care and Reconciliation 2. Gender and Militarism 3. Peace Journalism 4. Non-violent Tools and Philosophy 5. Peace Zones 6. Peace Literature 7. Dialogue, Negotiation and Mediation 8. Non-violent Political Institutions 9. Peacebuilding, Peacemaking & War to Peace Transitions Experts Course For more information: www.transcend.org/tpu September 21st, 2007 is the deadline for application to TRANSCEND Peace University – October Semester, 2007 (From October 1st till December 21st 2007) TRANSCEND Peace University, the world's first global on-line center for peace studies, founded by the pioneer of the academic discipline for Peace research - Prof. Johan Galtung. The October semester will include 21 on-line intensive courses plus one Expert Course by Johan GALTUN For more information: www.transcend.org/tpu/october.shtml  | ||||||
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ARCA Tools and Publications - New Peace education tools - | ||||||
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UE: ARCA
 ARCA has worked hard since 2005 to pool together the resources and efforts in the field of peace training in Europe. We would like you to benefit from the resources we have used and created, and to receive your input and feedback. To this end, the ARCA partners have created the European Network of Peace Educators, where we offer some tools of relevance to our field. On the webportal www.peacetraining.org, you are now able to - Discuss training issues on the trainers corner forum; - Access or propose key documents on key issues for peace training. We hope you will find these tools useful. For any other information: newsletter@pacetraining.org The ARCA Study "Peace Building and Conflict Transformation in Europe – Current State and Needs of Training and Education" is now available on the ARCA website. The study contains the answers of 184 education and training centres to the situation of Adult Training and Education for Peace Building and Conflict Transformation in Europe. The respondents were asked to deliver information about their aims, topics, methodology and resources and to evaluate the current trainings and the cooperation with other organisations. On 50 pages you will find lot of interesting information illustrated with many diagrams. Download the study here: www.peacetraining.org/products#1 |
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HUNGARY - 10 minutes long educational film in Hungarian and 1 minutes long in English on ecological footprint as root of conflicts. http://bocs.eu - Mother Earth circle game: presentation on ecological footprint as root of conflicts (.PPS). - What is Global Education? (Peace education in a larger context): http://bocs.hu/sgy/globaleducation-oasis.htm | ||||||
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SPAIN NOVA publishes the5th "NoVA - NonViolence Active" supplement of the Catalan magazine "ONGC" on the NOVA's Middle East project in Iraq, where the LAONF (nonviolence in Arabic) Network composed of 28 organizations launched the 2nd Iraqi week on nonviolence last May 2007. This NoVA quarterly publication is able (very soon) to download at: www.nova.cat/publicacions (by now, in Catalan, but soon translated in Spanish and English). | ||||||
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UNITED KINGDOM Selection for training and deployment Peaceworkers UK has been active in helping in the selection process for the Nonviolent Peaceforce training in Romania, and for Election Observation Missions for the European Union and the OSCE, in partnership with ERIS. To learn more about the selection and recruitment process with Peaceworkers UK, click here. European Group on Training – Coordination by Peaceworkers/International Alert International Alert/Peaceworkers UK has been nominated to conduct the next bid to the European Union for the European Group on Training. The European Group on Training currently polls together the capacity of a number of European training providers to build up the capacities of the European Union for the civilian aspect of crisis management. To learn more about the European Group on Training, click here. | ||||||
| III. Presentation of ARCA partner organizations | ||||||
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Action, Training and Research Institute of Romania (PATRIR)The Peace Action, Training and Research Institute of Romania (PATRIR) is an independent, non-governmental and non-profit organization, active in Romania and internationally since March 2001. The main purpose of PATRIR is to promote peacebuilding, and constructive conflict transformation, and at the same time the prevention of all forms of violence - direct, structural, and cultural - in Romania, and internationally. As the first peace institute in the history of Romania, it has been involved in the development of resources for conflict transformation by peaceful means in Romania and, by invitation, through the peacebuilding processes in which it has taken part in Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia. Since 2001, PATRIR has become one of the leading international centers for adult training in the field of peacebuilding and conflict transformation, post-war rebuilding, reconciliation and resolution. For more information: www.peacetraining.org/partners/patrir/ | ||||||
 University
of Florence - Dipartimento di studi sociali (UNIFIIt has been established in 1988 as an autonomous research body within the University of Florence, Faculty of Educational Sciences. The Department works in an interdisciplinary way, since it is made by sociologists, anthropologists, psychologists, historians. The Department offers unique expertise in Italy in the fields of conflict resolution and transformation as well as mediation. A particular attention is devoted to the topic of Peace Education and training in Conflict Transformation, both at school level and at the level of vocational training / adult education. The Department has the following fields of expertise: -
theoretical expertise in the fields of adult education and
training; -
evaluation of training programs in the field of conflict transformation; -
linking education and training in broader conflict transformation
activities; -
practical experience in planning, managing and conducting training
events in the field of conflict transformation (non-violent action,
mediation, empowerment trainings, etc.). For
further information visit: www.peacetraining.org/partners/unifi/ | ||||||
European Network for Civil Peace Services (EN.CPS)
The European Network for Civil Peace Services (EN.CPS) is an international network of NGOs with the common goal of promoting Civil Peace Services (CPS) as an instrument of nonviolent conflict transformation, both on a national level as well as within Europe. It is a multinational co-operation of organisations that carry out research, information sharing and dissemination, advocacy (national and European institutions) and awareness raising activities as well as the recruitment, training and deployment of qualified civilian professionals/volunteers. The concept of Civil Peace Services (CPS) includes long-term peacebuilding as well as medium to long-term civilian (non-military/nonviolent) conflict intervention and prevention. The EN.CPS gives non-partisan help to conflicting parties seeking assistance in solving violent conflicts non-violently. By promoting the establishment and use of Civil Peace Services, the EN.CPS and its member organisations work in a pragmatic and constructive way for a culture of peace, for dialogue between peoples, religions and individuals, for the support of democracy and for the respect of human rights. For further information about the EN.CPS Network, visit: www.en-cps.org | ||||||
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Presentations
about all ARCA partners in the
Peacetraining.org webportal | ||||||
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Peace Education and Peace Intervention - In Europe and Abroad- | ||||||
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AUSTRIA Promoting child protection, monitoring and rehabilitation by preparing experts for field missions. With its long lasting experience and expertise in the field of mission preparation training, the Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR) constantly seeks to address the needs of the field. The development of a Specialisation Course on “Child Protection, Monitoring and Rehabilitation” in co-operation with UN and EU institutions as well as a successful follow-up training in the IPT-framework highlights the most recent activity in this respect. For further information, see www.aspr.ac.at/ipt.htm | ||||||
| 2. FRANCE MAN will organised one meeting with Israeli and Palestinian people, in July 2007. It is a seminar on the Resolution of the conflict and non-violent strategies in Israel and Palestine, Lyon (France), 30th June - 3rd July, 2007, in partnership with NOVA. Contact for results information: man.chloee@free.fr | ||||||
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UNITED KINGDOM Assessing training needs in Kosovo With a European team due to take over from the UN Mission that assists with security in Kosovo, International Alert has been helping to assess their training needs. The working group was established by members of the EU Group on Training (EGT) and is funded by the European Commission. Peaceworkers UK, the training team of International Alert, has been a member of the EGT for the past five years. For more information, please contact Aurelien Tobie. International Alert will be contributing to trainings in five Central Asian countries on Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (SCR 1325). Organised in conjunction with the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the trainings will bring together civil society actors and government officials with the objective of raising awareness and enhancing national-level implementation of SCR 1325. The first training will take place in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan from 26th-27th June 2007. | ||||||
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ECUADOR The NP core training for future field staff in international nonviolent intervention teams took place in May 2007, Quito, Ecuador. The course language was Spanish, and a good part of the participant were from Latin America, with consistent involvement of people from around the world. Some of them are now being considered for the current NP deployment in Guatemala and the planned one in Colombia. For further information please consult: www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org | ||||||
| 5. PHILIPPINES In May, NP commenced its first team deployment in Mindanao, Philippines. After accurate selection, the field team members, representing 6 different countries on 4 continents, were given further on-site specific training and would follow periodical technical updates and continuous learning. For further information please consult: www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org | ||||||
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HUNGARY July-August 2007 - Peace and environmental education in several youth festivals in Hungary. | ||||||
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