Dear All!
Please see a message on a special meeting to organize a National Culture of Peace Program in Canada further down.
Most warmly!
Evelin

A special invitation for our American friends.
I believe you will find our Canadian conference very helpful in giving you ideas for conferencing in the U.S., and the initiation of a National Culture of Peace Program.

There are 4 days left to take advantage of the Early-Bird Registration Fees (i.e. until October 31). Information on the conferences is shown below. We are expecting over 200 students at our Youth Day this year on Thursday November 18. Also, I include a special invitation from Douglas Roche as follows:

A very special meeting to organize a National Culture of Peace Program in Canada will be held November 21-23, 2004 at McMaster University, Hamilton, and you are cordially invited to attend or to send a delegate.

This will be an opportunity to set in motion plans to develop in Canada a Culture of Peace Program as first set out by UNESCO, which defined a culture of peace as an approach to life that seeks to transform the cultural tendencies toward war and violence into a culture where dialogue, respect and fairness govern social relations. An exciting idea of great potential, the culture of peace seeks to replace the culture of war. There are important roles for government, education, religion, civil society, women, industry, media, youth, to name just a few components of society.

In conjunction with the annual Peace Education Conference (November 19-21), the Culture of Peace Program Meeting will open November 21 at 4 p.m. and continue to 5:00 pm November 23. Your presence at this ground-breaking meeting can be a vital contribution to new Canadian strategies. For more information, see http://www.peace.ca/nationalcultureofpeace2004.htm or contact Bob Stewart stewartr@peace.ca (telephone 1-800-574-7126).

Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C.
http://www.douglasroche.ca

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The National Culture of Peace Program Symposium will be of particular interest to those organizations and individuals wishing to advance their programs within a framework of the United Nations Culture of Peace Program (eg. the Hague Appeal for Peace 50 agenda areas, including human security, gender issues, religion, racism and tolerance, human rights and responsibilities, U.N. reform, sustainable development and ecology, justice, corporate and other ethics, conflict transformation, education, healthy communities, globalization, foreign affairs, national defence, international peace, etc.)

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From: Robert Stewart
To: Robert Stewart
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 2:36 AM
Subject: Annual Peace Education Conferences in Canada at McMaster Nov 15 - 23, 2004
I would like to take this opportunity to bring you up to date with the developments, and invite your feedback, etc. This year we have expanded the program and we are hosting 3 major upcoming events at Mac:

1. Peace and Leadership 3-day workshop November 15 - 17, 2004 http://www.peace.ca/leadershipworkshop.htm ,

2. Third Annual Peace Education Conference in Canada November 18 - 21, 2004 http://www.peace.ca/CanadianAgenda2004.htm , followed by a

3. National Culture of Peace Program Symposium November 21 - 23, 2004 http://www.peace.ca/nationalcultureofpeace2004.htm .

As you might imagine, it has taken some effort to put together programs that I think will catch people's interest, and provide good value to participants in terms of benefits (eg. educational, networking, information, action planning, etc.). Leadership in our countries' governments, peace and other organizations, and peace education leadership is of vital importance in building a Culture of Peace, as is the initiation of a National Culture of Peace Program. So you have a lot more to choose from this year. I have also attached a copy of our latest press release below.

I hope that you will be able to join us again this year, and help advance peace education in Canada.

I would appreciate any assistance that you can provide in spreading word about our conference. It is an excellent event.

I would be pleased to respond to any questions or provide further information.

Regards,
Bob Stewart
http://www.peace.ca
ANNUAL PEACE EDUCATION CONFERENCE IN CANADA http://www.peace.ca/CanadianAgenda2004.htm

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Making an Impact: Your gift to the Canadian Peace Education Foundation will do much to reduce the human cost of violence in our communities and world through education about peace and the future in classrooms. Your gift will have a critical impact on future generations. You will enable youngsters to widen their sights by exploring alternate paths to transforming conflicts and building a better world. Gifts of cash, securities, and planned gifts are welcome and may be sent to the Canadian Peace Education Foundation, Box 70, Okotoks, AB, Canada, T1S 1A4. For more information, visit the website at http://www.peace.ca/foundation.htm
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Press Release
Peace Education Conference brings International attention to McMaster University

HAMILTON, ON, October 7, 2004 – If there is to be peace in our time, it is up to the educators to teach it to future generations. Of course, who will teach the educators? This is the main purpose behind the Third Annual Peace Education Conference in Canada at McMaster University, presented by the Canadian Centres for Teaching Peace this November.

This four-day conference has been a much-needed gathering place for the last two years – for not only peace researchers, educators, and activists – but people from all backgrounds, who recognize that the responsibility to cultivate a culture of peace in society belongs to all. Participants in the past have ranged from those who live in residence at McMaster to guests flying in from places as remote and distant as Cyprus.

This year’s conference is preceded by a three-day “Leadership and Peace Workshop” and is followed by a two-day “National Culture of Peace & Canadian Peace Initiative Symposium” totalling an unprecedented nine-day period of peace education seminars, discussions, workshops, and more.

Previous years’ conferences have led to the initiation of provincial and regional conferences across Canada over the last two years. Guest speakers have included: David Adams (http://www.culture-of-peace.info/adams.html), Shall Sinha (http://ssinha.com/bioss.htm), and Senator Douglas Roche (http://www.douglasroche.ca/) – all of whom are returning this year, with many other speakers.

Not only are established peace researchers and established educators attending, but many students from across the country attend, including many McMaster students from its undergraduate Peace Studies programme. “Two years ago, this conference sold me on my decision to go into peace studies at McMaster”, says Rob Porter, a Mac student in Honours Peace Studies and Theatre & Film Studies. “The conference attracts the international theorists and activists that helped craft peace studies into an academic discipline, who conceived the materials we read from first year and on in peace studies – and meeting them is an amazing experience.”

The conference has been organized by the leadership of Robert Stewart, a McMaster alumnus who graduated in 1973 with a Bachelor of Commerce. He is now a Chartered Accountant in public practice and Certified Management Consultant who has held many senior management positions in business and government over the past 31 years. Robert developed his 'passion for peace' through his membership in the Rotary Clubs.

“I believe we could easily have over 500 participants this year”, says Stewart, who since founding the Canadian Centres for Teaching Peace (CCTP) in 1997, has devoted himself to using his professional skills as a general manager and information manager to help advance peace education in Canada and internationally. “Promotion is where we need the most help right now…our conferences are really good, but they are still relatively unknown to the many who would be interested in coming.”

The Third Annual Conference on Peace Education in Canada will run from November 18 through 21, preceded by the Leadership and Peace Workshop from November 15 through 17, and followed by the National Culture of Peace & Canadian Peace Initiative Symposium from November 21 through 23.

Early-bird registration is $200 (or $25 for students, $50 for retirees) if submitted before October 31, 2004. Fees are used to pay the costs of the conference, and any surplus is contributed to the Canadian Peace Education Foundation to support future peace education efforts. Participants (*) will be also given a complimentary copy of Senator Douglas Roche’s book, The Human Right to Peace – regarded by CCTP as a must-read for all peace educators.

For those interested, more information can be obtained on the CCTP website at http://www.peace.ca/, or by contacting Bob Stewart at stewartr@peace.ca or the McMaster Peace and Conflict Students’ Society at pacs@mcmaster.ca.
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(*) - participants paying $200

Dear All!
Please see a message from Professor Teun A. van Dijk further down, providing us with a bibliography on Hate Groups and Discourse.
Most warmly!
Evelin

HATE GROUPS AND DISCOURSE
A brief bibliography

FOR THE DISCOURS AND CRITICS-L LISTS

Given the interest in 'hate speech' -- the usual (also the legal) term, although I would prefer 'hate discourse' -- here is a brief bibliography on the topic culled from my own BB (Big Bibliography) -- by a restricted search for the notion of 'hate'.

The references are rather broadly selected, that is, they also include more general books and articles on hate groups, which however may feature chapters or sections about 'hate speech'.

Although featuring references on racism, anti-semitism, anti-feminist, or anti-gay/lesbian, etc. discrimination in general, this is obviously not a general bibliography on these topics. Such a bibliography would be enormous. See the Resources section of my homepage (address below) for related bibliographies, e.g. on racism and discourse/media, etc., also for my own work on racist discourse.

I would like to take the opportunity to emphasize that in my view a study of 'hate' - as an emotion -- should not mean to imply that racism, antisemitism, sexism, etc. are really a problem of personal 'prejudice' or emotions. On the contrary, racist, sexist etc. discrimination, exclusion, and ideologies are not 'emotional' or personal, but group based and often quite 'rational' -- for instance as a means to maintain or establish domination.

The crucial terms here are power abuse and social ineqality, not (personal) emotion. This does not mean that individual social actors may not occasionally engage in group-based forms of discrimination, exclusion, violence or prejudice with situational emotions of hate. The point however is to distinguish between (momentaneous) personal, contextual emotions of hate, on the one hand, and more permanent, socially shared, negative evaluations (attitudes, social representations, ideologies, etc.) about out-groups, on the other hand. Group domination is structurally based on such group ideologies, not on personal emotions, which may or may not be relevant in racist, sexist, etc. interaction.

Hence it is usually more appropriate to speak about, for instance, "discriminatory discourse" than about "hate speech".

I shall post this bibliography also on my homepage -- so as to be of use also later and for others than the subscribers to this list.

Teun
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Teun A. van Dijk
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Departament de Traducció i Filologia
Rambla 30
08002 Barcelona
España
E-mail: teun@discourse-in-society.org
Internet: www.discourse-in-society.org

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Teun A. van Dijk

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Heinrichs, A. (2002). The Ku Klux Klan. A hooded brotherhood. Chanhassen, MN: Child's World.

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Johnson, S. D., & Byers, B. D. (2003). Attitudes Toward Hate Crime Laws. Journal of Criminal Justice, 31(3), 227-235.

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Marcus, L. R. (1996). Fighting words: The politics of hateful speech. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers/Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.

Matsuda, M. J. (1993). Words that wound: Critical race theory, assaultive speech, and the First Amendment. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press.

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Moran, M. (1994). Talking About Hate Speech: A Rhetorical Analysis of American and Canadian Approaches to the Regulation of Hate Speech. Wisconsin Law Review (6), 1425-1514.

Murphey, D. D. (2003). Conceptual Issues in Prohibiting Hate Speech. Mankind Quarterly, 43(3), 335-352.

Nicholls, W. (1993). Christian antisemitism. A history of hate. Northvale, N.J.: J. Aronson.

Nockleby, J. T. (1994). Hate Speech in Context: The Case of Verbal Threats. Buffalo Law Review, 42(3), 653-713.

Pader, E. J. (2002). Space of Hate: Ethnicity, Architecture and Housing Discrimination. Rutgers Law Review, 54(4), 881-892.

Parish, T. S. (1988). The Love/Hate Checklist: A further report. Psychological Reports, 63(1), 294.

Perlmutter, P. (1999). Legacy of hate: A short history of ethnic, religious, and racial prejudice in America. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe.

Perry, B. (2002). Defending the Color Line: Racially and Ethnically Motivated Hate Crime. American Behavioral Scientist, 46(1), 72-92.

Perry, B. J. (1998). Defenders of the Faith: Hate Groups and Ideologies of Power in the United-States. Patterns of Prejudice, 32(3), 32-54.

Pierce, D. (2001). Language, violence, and queer people: Social and cultural change strategies. In: Swigonski, Mary E., & Mama, Robin S. (Eds.), From hate crimes to human rights:A tribute to Matthew Shepard. (pp. 47-61). New York, NY: Haworth Press, Inc..

Pinderhughes, H. (1997). Race in the hood: Conflict and violence among urban youth. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

Porter, B. (2000). When nationalism began to hate imagining modern politics in nineteenth-century Poland. New York: Oxford University Press.

Rand, E. (2003). Hate Groups, Big Dykes, and Other Problems in Academic-Freedom. Academe-Bulletin of the Aaup, 89(3), 30-34.

Rappaport, A. M., & Rappaport, A. M. (Ed.). (1992). The tyranny of hate the roots of antisemitism : A translation into English of Memsheleth sadon. Lewiston: Edwin Mellen Press.

Rosen, P. (1989). Hate propaganda. Ottawa: Library of Parliament, Research Branch.

Schissel, B. (1997). Blaming children: Youth crime, moral panic and the politics of hate. Halifax, N.S.: Fernwood.

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Dear All!
Please read further down a message from Professor Howard N. Meyer, entitled Give Law a Chance: Statement on The Evolution of World Order!
Most warmly!
Evelin

Below is a statement that was prepared for a conference
at Ryerson University (Ottawa), this weekend. I was invited
to come to discuss the book in connection with a conference
on "The Evolution of World Order." but could not go since
today is my 90th birthday.

The statement was already distributed to a Peace Studies
Conference held by a Teacher's College peace education
unit last weekend at Riverside Church NYC. I'm now about
to send it around to some other places.

Subject: Statement on The Evolution of World Order

GIVE LAW A CHANCE

Some remember the period of the Vietnam protests, when American activists
-- and no doubt someof their brothers and sisters around the world --
chanted and carried banners saying "GIVE PEACE A CHANCE."

That was, of course, intended to be recalled by the title given to this
brief statement. The phrase was not originated by this writer.
It was used for the headline on the front page of the New York Times
Sunday Book Review for August 25, 1990. The book under review was
"On the Law of Nations."

The book was written by United States Senator Daniel P. Moynihan
as the culminating effort in a mini-crusade he had been conducting
in lectures, essays and other publications. That crusade began
with the protest he and Senator Barry Goldwater lodged in 1984
asserting that the CIA action in mining the harbors of Nicaragua
was illegal, a violation of international law. (The mining attack
was part of the ongoing effort of the United States to
change the regime of the Sandinista government of Nicaragua.)

The fate of his effort was summarized by Moynihan in his book:
"In the annals of forgetfulness there is nothing quite to compare with
the fading from the American mind of the idea of the law of nations.
In the beginning this law was set forth as the foundation of our
national existence."

The charge of "illegality" was vindicated by the International Court
of Justice, informally and usually referred to as the World Court.
The action of my government in "walking out" of the proceedings
at the Court after Court rejected (14-1) U S objections to the Court
hearing the case filed by Nicaragua (echoing the Moynihan/Goldwater
demarche) inspired my taking on the effort of writing
The World Court in Action.

The characterization of my country's invasion of Iraq, currently ongoing,
as "illegal" by U N Secretary General Kofi Annan may be compared with
the charge made by Moynihan and Goldwater twenty years ago. The hostile
and/or indifferent response to the current accusation by my fellow-Americans
creates a problem of conscience. Peace activists and advocates and students
should have been bringing this home to the nation. Their failure to do so is in
large part due to ignorance that vindicates Moynihan's reference to the
"annals of forgetfulness."

The Nicaragua case is discussed and explained in my book,
THE WORLD COURT IN ACTION. This is not done in isolation but as part
of the story of America's large role in creation of the Court and later
relations with it. This is included in the history and description of the
functioning of the Court as told for lay readers.

I am happy to call to the attention of Peace Studies participants the words
of one reviewer of the book who appreciatively noted
"The subject of International Law is a missing dimension from peace history,
the history of U S foreign relations and international relations generally.
The World Court in action...makes a significant attempt to rectify this
state of affairs."

For the benefit of a Canadian audience I feel that I should mention a
chapter in U S/Canadian relations of a 160 years ago included in the book:
the case of The Caroline resulted from an episode in the Mackenzie/Papineau
insurrection during which upstate New York was used as a base.
The highly relevant and instructive result of that case
was a rule of international law that Daniel Webster for the U S
and the British (pre-dominion) Foreign Office agreed upon:
[regarding use of the military in self-defense:]
Only where the "necessity of that self-defense is instant, overwhelming and
leaving no choice of means, and no moment of deliberation is the use of
force legitmate."
(words that peace activists and peace students and peace historians should know)

Howard N Meyer

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Article #1
Title: Why Muslims Always Blame the West
Author: Husain Haqqani
Publication: International Herald Tribune, Opinion
Date: October 15, 2004
Haqqani investigates the impact of propaganda in the Muslim world on the development of the "cult of the warrior". He suggests that "ringing alarm bells about an iron curtain between the West and the Islamic world without acknowledging the internal flaws of Muslim rulers and societies helps maintain the polarization as well as the flow of Western aid for the flawed rulers."

Article #2
Title: US shouldn't ignore Syria's new strategy
Author: George S. Hishmeh
Publication: AMIN.org
Date: October 21, 2004
At a time when most of the U.S. government's comments on Syria are negative, Hishmeh provides a different perspective. Based on meetings between Syrian leader Bashar Assad and Western diplomats and academics, he points out some indications that Syria has shifted gears and is willing to cooperate with the United States in the War on Iraq.

Article #3
Title:A holy month of spiritual richness and urgent political challenges
Author: Editorial
Publication: The Daily Star
Date:October 15, 2004
"This Ramadan is a moment of profound challenge for all Muslims, who face the ugly specter of being squeezed between three equally untenable and debilitating forces, two in their own societies and one in the West." This editorial urges Muslims to reclaim their faith's public identity from all of these unflattering influences.

Article #4
Title: Why we do not get on - and what to do about it.
Author: Steven Everts
Publication: ~~Common Ground Series~~ in partnership with Al Hayat
Date: September 25, 2004
Everts' article is the first in a series on Arab/Muslim - Western Relations commissioned by Search for Common Ground that has been running in Middle Eastern publications over the last month. He advocates reducing the barriers of ignorance through exchange programs that increase exposure and promote access to accurate information.

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~~NEW YOUTH COLUMN~~
CG News: Youth Views - In its work around the world, SFCG has come to recognize the power of youth perspectives. Because the conflicts in the Middle East and the tensions between the West and the Muslim world have a tremendous impact on young people, CGNews is launching a column dedicated to the voices of youth. The column dedicates a regular space for young writers between 14 and 27 to introduce their ideas into the global dialogue on building peace.

We are always looking for youth who are interested in contributing and we will work with them to pair them with other interested writers and assist in editing. If you or someone you know might be interested, please contact mshipler@sfcg.org.

The first article, entitled "Briding the Arab-West Cultural Divide" and written by Benjamin Quinto, founder and executive director of the Global Youth Action Network, and Kuwaiti university student Mohammed Al-Ghanim, sets the scene by looking at some of the ways youth are already involved in the Western - Muslim dialogue.

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BRIDGING THE ARAB-WEST CULTURAL DIVIDE:
Forging cultural exchange, media reform and youth participation in decision-making
Benjamin Quinto and Mohammed Al-Ghanim
October 26, 2004

A survey conducted by RoperASW for National Geographic in 2002 revealed that only 13% of American youth could find Iraq on a map. It's not surprising that young people in the US know little or nothing about Arab culture, Middle Eastern philosophy or the religion of Islam. Adding to this gap, most Arab youth get their understanding of American culture through the media and entertainment industry, which paints an inaccurate picture of society in the US today. Something must be done to bridge this chasm, and young people may have the answer.

The United States and Arab World are deeply connected when you consider the political and economic influences that come into play with the Arab Gulf and oil producing states. Were it not for the USA's dependence on crude oil (the United States being its largest consumer nation), perhaps the relationship might not be as contentious. Although some countries in the region do have a stable relationship with the United States, many other Arab states have had a turbulent one dating back to 1948, with the declaration and unconditional support of the State of Israel.

For over half a century, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has persisted, deeply affecting the country and occupied territory, as well as the region, feeding the animosity that has only grown in that time between the Muslim and western world. The underlying social issues, which may be common to both Arabs and those in the western world, are obscured by the level of misinformation and public apprehension each population has about the other; and these widening misperceptions are perpetuated by the media.

Those most directly affected by the conflicts in the region are, as usual, women and children, but particularly youth, who suffer the greatest impact on the front lines. Decades of conditioning have provided a fertile ground to capitalize on the despair of young people with little hope for the future, who can be recruited to fight for a cause that gives them a greater sense of purpose and value in society-as extremist groups have been successful in doing. The fundamental question is how do we effectively move a population from being the unwitting perpetrators of violence to becoming a positive force of youth-led development and peace-building, when the political culture does not encourage youth participation in the decision-making process? The answer is simple: when youth are afforded such opportunities, the likelihood of them making positive contributions increases exponentially.

The tragic incidents of September 11th have perhaps been the most significant turning point for the United States in examining-or having the chance to examine-its foreign policy, as it relates specifically to the region. When preliminary reports suspected that Al-Qaeda were the terrorists, later confirmed through evidence, there was a measurable increase in the purchase of books on the fundamentals of Islam and, most importantly, the call for Jihad or a 'Holy War'.

It is not the type of information Americans began to seek, but rather the fact that now, and unfortunately after such a horrific incident, America wanted to learn about Arabs and Islam. The events of September 11 also introduced a new thinking: "Islamophobia." Many Americans continue to be under the perception that Islam is a religion that evokes hate and anger, and that this is the claim for Jihad. On the other hand, few Arabs and Muslims believe that September 11th was inevitable, that it represented the ideals of their culture, or was congruous in any way with their political or religious ideology. If anything, those in the Arab region may have believed that the American people ought to have blamed their government's foreign policy, which continues to support Israel politically and financially and lately occupy strategic points in the Arab region.

The fact is that pointing fingers will lead us nowhere. This fear of Islam and animosity towards America can only be avoided if Americans, Arabs and Muslims are willing to build bridges between their cultures, and a common vision for the future. Young people may be closer to possessing the answer than anyone else. It is through their hope and idealism, their energy and enthusiasm that we can have the greatest chance of creating peace between the US and the Arab World.

Consider the successes achieved by programs such as Seeds of Peace (www.seedsofpeace.org), which for decades has created safe spaces and camps where small groups of Israelis and Palestinians live in close quarters for an extended period of time. They share perspectives, concerns, and their feelings with each other, argue or fight, and ultimately resolve their differences through a facilitated process. Experiences like these, and cultural exchanges between the western and Arab world, create a greater level of respect among young people through dialogue and spaces for learning.

Pioneering projects today, notably Chat the Planet (www.chattheplanet.com), through their Bridge to Baghdad and Baghdad 2-way television special recently on MTV, have created a unique environment in today's mass media for real, unscripted conversations that transcend borders of culture and geography. Yet it remains critical that these diverse voices be more accurately and positively represented in the media at large. With unprecedented instant and global communication networks, opportunities to connect abound, and are being exploited by young people. They provide a new avenue for fresh dialogue and a tool for outreach and organizing.

International forums and summits, as well as organizations like TakingITGlobal (www.takingitglobal.org), the Global Youth Action Network (www.youthlink.org), the International Youth Parliament (http://iyp.oxfam.org), and the International Education and Resource Network (www.iearn.org), help young people from diverse backgrounds come together to share ideas and move from conversation to positive action. Young people should have greater access to such opportunities-imagine the impact of high level government officials going through a process such as the one offered by Seeds of Peace-that bridge cultures and find a common path to ending hatred and violence.

Hundreds of organizations with thousands of members are working at the grassroots level to build understanding among young people in the region and across the world. By fostering and expanding these programs, organizing broader cultural exchange programs and increasing the channels of honest communication between youth and policy makers, young people today can become key players in the process of ensuring peace. Our present commitment lays a pathway to a future of non-violence.

**Benjamin Quinto is founder and executive director of the Global Youth Action Network, an alliance of thousands of organizations in over 180 countries. He is a 26 year-old US citizen with 8 years of experience advocating for youth participation, and currently resides in New York City. He acts as Strategy Coordinator for Chat the Planet TV.

**Mohammed Al-Ghanim is a 20 year-old Kuwaiti, studying Political Science at the Lebanese American University, in Beirut. He is the Arab Regional Coordinator of the Global Youth Action Network, an advisor to Grantmakers Without Borders and sits on the Youth Advisory Board of the United Nations Population Fund.

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Article #1
Why Muslims Always Blame the West
Husain Haqqani
When Pakistan's military ruler, General Pervez Musharraf, warned against the descent of an "iron curtain" between the West and the Islamic world, he appeared to put the onus of avoiding confrontation only on the West.

The Palestinian issue and the pre-emptive war in Iraq have undoubtedly accentuated anti-Western sentiment among Muslims from Morocco to Indonesia. But the conduct and rhetoric of Muslim leaders and their failure to address the stagnation of their societies has also fueled the tensions between Islam and the West.

Relations between Muslims and the West will continue to deteriorate unless the internal crisis of the Muslim world is also addressed.

After 9/11, General Musharraf switched support from Afghanistan's Taliban to the U.S.-led war against terrorism. He has since received a hefty package of U.S. military and economic assistance and spoken of the need for "enlightened moderation."

According to an opinion poll conducted by the Washington-based Pew Research Center as part of its Global Attitudes Survey, 86 percent of Pakistanis have a favorable view of General Musharraf while 65 percent also support Osama bin Laden. Bin Laden is viewed favorably by large percentages in other Muslim countries with "moderate" rulers.

Quite clearly, some Muslims find it possible to like Musharraf, who is regarded by the U.S. as the key figure in the hunt for bin Laden, while admiring his quarry at the same time. The contradiction speaks volumes about the general state of confusion in parts of the Muslim world, including Pakistan.

Instead of hard analysis, which thrives only in a free society, Muslims are generally brought up on propaganda, which is often state-sponsored. This propaganda usually focuses on Muslim humiliation at the hands of others instead of acknowledging the flaws of Muslim leaders and societies.

The focus on external enemies causes Muslims to admire power rather than ideas. Warriors, and not scholars or inventors, are generally the heroes of common people. In this simplistic "us vs. them" worldview, both Musharraf and bin Laden are warriors against external enemies.

Ringing alarm bells about an iron curtain between the West and the Islamic world without acknowledging the internal flaws of Muslim rulers and societies helps maintain the polarization as well as the flow of Western aid for the flawed rulers.

Ironically, a cult of the warrior has defined the Muslim worldview throughout the period of Muslim decline. Muslims have had few victories in the last two centuries, but their admiration for the proverbial sword and spear has only increased.

Textbooks in Muslim countries speak of the victories of Muslim fighters from an earlier era. Orators still call for latter-day mujahedeen to rise and regain Islam's lost glory. More streets in the Arab world are named after Muslim generals than men of learning. Even civilian dictators in the Muslim world like being photographed in military uniforms, Saddam Hussein being a case in point.

In the post-colonial period, military leaders in the Muslim world have consistently taken advantage of the popular fascination with military power. The Muslim cult of the warrior explains also the relatively muted response in the Muslim world to atrocities committed by fellow Muslims.

While the Muslim world's obsession with military power encourages violent attempts to "restore" Muslim honor, the real reasons for Muslim humiliation and backwardness continue to multiply. In the year 2000, according to the World Bank, the average income in the advanced countries (at purchasing price parity) was $27,450, with the U.S. income averaging $34,260 and Israel's income averaging $19, 320.

The average income in the Muslim world, however, stood at $3,700. Pakistan's per capita income in 2003 was a meager $2,060. Excluding the oil-exporting countries, none of the Muslim countries of the world had per capita incomes above the world average of $7,350.

National pride in the Muslim world is derived not from economic productivity, technological innovation or intellectual output but from the rhetoric of "destroying the enemy" and "making the nation invulnerable." Such rhetoric sets the stage for the clash of civilizations as much as specific Western policies.

Ironically, Western governments have consistently tried to deal with one manifestation of the cult of the warrior - terrorism - by building up Muslim strongmen who are just another manifestation of the same phenomenon.

**Husain Haqqani is a leading journalist, diplomat, and former advisor to Pakistani prime ministers.

Source: International Hearld Tribune
Visit the website at: www.iht.com

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Article #2
US shouldn't ignore Syria's new strategy
George S. Hishmeh
A new Syrian dynamic is slowly emerging that has the United States baffled. The initial official reaction in Washington has been cautious and mixed, ranging from the lukewarm "relatively positive" to the slightly warmer "little more positive," both expressed by none other than Secretary of State Colin L. Powell in the same breath.
For the record, for about a year the Syrians have been urging the Bush administration to speak clearly and pinpoint the issues that have divided the two governments, especially regarding the turbulence in war-ravaged Iraq, Syria's all-important neighbor.

Moreover, the Syrian leadership has repeatedly offered to resume peace negotiations with Israel, but these statements fell on deaf ears in both Tel Aviv and the Bush administration. Now it is unlikely to be considered since Ariel Sharon is preoccupied with his unilateral pullout plan from the Gaza Strip.

Typical of the administration's attitude toward the other key problem in the Middle East, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the Bush administration dragged its feet.
It allowed other groups, if not governments in the region, with sinister agendas to impose their policies, be they the Syrian Accountability Act or the devastating and bloody Israeli assaults on the hapless Palestinians and their wretched homes in refugees camps in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

The issues that divided the two countries include the situation on the Syrian-Iraqi border;, alleged money laundering in Damascus and the presence of Palestinian rejectionist groups in the Syrian capital. And lately the question of Syrian military presence in Lebanon has surfaced unexpectedly, if not threateningly.

Secretary Powell has recently told Al Hurra, the US-funded Arabic-language TV station beamed to the Arab world, that Syria's border with Iraq remains "very porous and we are still very concerned that the terrorists and material are coming from across the border."

Positive discussions
He, however, acknowledged that "we have had some relatively positive discussions with the Syrians over the last several weeks" during talks with a US military delegation and a visit by Assistant Secretary of State William Burns.

"And the Syrians have said they would work with us and with the Iraqis to do more to seal the border ... (but) I am not sure it will ever be totally sealed ... and we hope that this new attitude on the part of the Syrians will produce results."

Powell acknowledged that "the Syrians are doing some other things that are a little more positive with respect to (Iraqi) financial transactions and financial presence in Damascus." Anyhow, he continued, "we will measure Syrian attitudes in terms of their behavior, not just their attitudes."

But this Syrian diplomatic offensive is unlikely to show immediate results because the US is in the midst of a tight presidential race and, then, there are anticipated disruptive deliberations at the upcoming UN Security Council over Syria's presence in neighboring Lebanon.

In most assessments here by people within and without the administration, the issue of Lebanon would play a secondary role in the face of the Bush administration's new-found attempt to seal Syria's border with Iraq, an issue that will remain a top priority even if Senator John Kerry settles in the Oval Office next January.

In the meantime, a view offered after a just-concluded visit to Damascus and Beirut by two former ambassadors, Martin Indyk, director of the Saban Center, and Ed Gabriel, counselor at the Middle East Programme of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, has submitted a new and intriguing image of President Bashar Al Assad with whom they had a three-hour meeting.

Their assessment contrasts sharply with those of the administration, particularly Defense Secretary Rumsfeld's characterization of the Syrian posture heretofore as "unhelpful."

Indyk told a closed briefing attended by both the Syrian and Lebanese ambassadors here that "something is going on in Syria, and I think it's time for us here in Washington to pay attention to it, and also to test it."

He found President Bashar as "candid and open ... (and) non-ideological" and surprisingly not chaperoned by the ever-present Foreign Minister, Farouk Al Shara, who apparently was also asked to leave from an earlier meeting to allow the Syrian leader a tête-à-tête with visiting Assistant Secretary Burns, "an interesting indicator ... that Al Shara and others of the old guard are being systematically sidelined."

Wrong side
In Indyk's opinion, he thought that the Syrian leader "has figured out that he was on the wrong side in Iraq and has redefined Syrian interests to justify cooperation with the United States."

Assad seemed concerned about the "possible disintegration of Iraq ... and the way that could spill over and impact on Syria's own interests."

He continued: "I think the Syrian government decided some time ago to cooperate with the United States over Iraq, and was actually sending signals here of a willingness to do so. Not surprisingly, within our administration that triggered a fight and the usual paralysis as to how to deal with a rogue state, and so it took some time for us to take up the offer."

This new Syrian "strategic approach," as Indyk guardedly described it, has raised many eyebrows here because of the implications this could have for the region and Syria itself as seemed possible in the recent Syrian cabinet shakeup.

Whatever is up the Syrian sleeve, a new American administration cannot sit idly by and ignore this Syrian "turnaround."

** George Hismeh is an Arab American columnist based in Washington DC.

Source: AMIN.org
Website: www.amin.org
Distributed by the Common Ground News Service - Partners in Humanity.
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Article #3
A holy month of spiritual richness and urgent political challenges
Daily Star Editorial
The first day of Ramadan in most of the Islamic world marks the start of what has always been a very special month of deep spirituality, introspection, material self-control and religious piety for Muslims everywhere. These days, however, Ramadan is much more than that. This Ramadan is a moment of profound challenge for all Muslims, who face the ugly specter of being squeezed between three equally untenable and debilitating forces, two in their own societies and one in the West.

First is the barbaric militancy of a small number of Muslim terrorists who now operate throughout the world, using modern communication technology to disseminate and amplify their ghastly inhumanity, including kidnappings, bombing civilians, beheadings and other such deeds that run counter to every moral fiber and principle of the Islamic faith. Second is the prevalence of autocratic, sometimes dictatorial, governance systems in many Middle Eastern and other predominantly Islamic societies. Their thin veneer of participatory or democratic politics is outweighed by the perpetuation of power that is centralized in the hands of small groups of unaccountable people. These two indigenous problems that plague many Muslims are compounded by a clear tendency in the West, especially in the U.S., to fear and demonize Islam as a whole, including through using military force, economic sanctions, media misrepresentation and diplomatic pressures.

The vast majority of ordinary, decent, God-loving Muslims are uncomfortably squeezed between these three terrible forces - at once morally ravaged by the few criminal terrorists among them, immobilized by their own autocratic political systems, and politically assaulted by growing segments of the West. This is not a situation that can be allowed to persist. These tendencies will cause irreparable damage to the societies in questions, while sparking greater strife between Islamic and Western societies.

Muslims must rise to the challenge of reversing all three trends. This Ramadan is a moment whose spiritual intensity is matched by the great urgency for Muslims and Islamic societies to define themselves via their rich and humanistic values. It is tragic that many people throughout the world today would associate Islam with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Osama bin Laden and others of their ilk who are a great travesty of basic Islamic values. Religious leaders, scholars, public figures, media personalities, activists and concerned citizens in Islamic societies would do well this Ramadan to go beyond the basic tenets of this holy month. Muslims everywhere must start reclaiming their faith's public identity and global perception from those extremists and killers who have managed to hijack them in recent years.

Source: Daily Star
Visit the website at: www.dailystar.com.lb
Distributed by the Common Ground News Service - Partners in Humanity.
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Article #4
Why we do not get on - and what to do about it.
Steven Everts
In the past few years, something has gone wrong in the broader relationship between the so-called West and the countries of the Arab and Muslim world. Distrust, recriminations and resentment have mounted. Minor misunderstandings or disagreements have taken on highly symbolic importance and fed the cycle of suspicion. When France passes a law to protect the secular nature of its state-run education system by banning religious symbols from the classroom, Muslims all over the world see an intolerant West, bent on denying Muslims the right to practice their faith. Conversely, when some Arab leaders react equivocally to Palestinian suicide bombing, many in the West see a failure to take a stand against all forms of terrorism, while most Arabs point to the suffering of the Palestinians and their valiant struggle to end the Israeli occupation. When terrorist groups in Iraq kidnap and murder European hostages and put the pictures on the internet, the public outcry is, understandably, visceral and severe. But commentators pronouncing on the background of these killings will somehow suggest that the words Islam, terrorism and fundamentalism are all inextricably linked. Meanwhile, for Arabs and Muslims, the most important images of the Iraq war were those documenting the degrading treatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, confirming their long-held suspicions about Western motives and behaviour.

How did we get here? The September and March 11th attacks in the US and Spain; the 2003 Iraq war and its aftermath; and the never-ending violence in Israel-Palestine are all contributing factors. But in a sense, relations between the West and the Muslim world have been on the slide for years. Lazy thinking and ignorance on both sides have created one-dimensional images of 'the other'. Too few have spoken out about the problems of stereotyping; the dangers of uncritical thinking and self-righteousness, and the urgent need to search for common ground.

In 1921, when Britain controlled Palestine and Iraq, the Irish poet William Butler Yeats wrote a famous poem called The Second Coming. It is a good description of the contemporary Middle East and worth re-reading for that reason alone. To paraphrase Yeats slightly: when the best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity, the centre cannot hold. In the past few years, the metaphorical centre has collapsed, drowned out by voices of intolerance and conceit.

So what is to be done? Part of the answer is an attempt on both sides to take political risks and change long-standing policies. A genuine effort to bring about the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that we all pledge to seek but for which time is fast running out, would be a great help. So too would be a different US approach to Iraq and Iran, and a more generous European stance on visas and agricultural exports. On the side of the Muslim world, more honesty is needed to acknowledge the damage of decades-long stagnation and political authoritarianism, plus a genuine attempt to implement the reforms necessary to reverse these trends. The desperate need to advance the status of women and to ensure a genuine free press cry out for special attention and early action.

But such political measures, while necessary and useful, won't suffice. Arguably the biggest problem is that we know so little about each other. Most people get their information from the media. And when Western media do stories or films about the Muslim world, they tend to use the familiar templates of 'the war on terror'. The same is true for most Arab media: they too prefer to stick to the mental maps of Western hostility, exploitation and moral decadence. Despite the internet and the 'death of distance', few people actually travel from the West to the wider Middle East and vice versa. Even from Cairo, a political, commercial and social hub in the Arab world, only a handful of flights depart every day to European destinations. To compare: literally hundreds of flights depart for destinations in the West from Heathrow alone, which is just one out of five London airports.

More dialogue per se may not guarantee better relations, but it can help and would at least reduce the barriers of ignorance. Thus we need a dramatic expansion of scholarship programmes and workplace exchange schemes so that more people know about life on the other side. Europe has been transformed through political and market integration, driven by supranational institutions. But the most successful EU programme has been the Erasmus scheme, which gives tens of thousands of students the chance to do part of their university degree in another EU country. Similar schemes also operate for professors and other categories of workers. Together with low-cost airlines, they have probably done more for European unity than the deadweight of the common agricultural policy. We need a similar scheme to link educational establishments in the West to those of the Arab and Muslim world. And, why not, we must also explore the possibilities of introducing low cost air travel on routes to and from the Middle East. There is no reason, other than politically inspired protectionism, why a ticket from London to Beirut or Jeddah should costs twice as much as one to New York. The overwhelming evidence suggests that if people are exposed to more factual information and different experiences, they moderate their views and factor in greater complexity. We may still differ on many things, but at least we should get the facts straight.

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What: Linking and Learning Programme on Budget Analysis & Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
When: March 11-19, 2005
Where: Alcochete, Portugal
Application deadline: November 15, 2004

THE CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR THIS PROGRAMME IS OPEN.
The programme aims to equip activists coming from human rights, development, social and economic justice movements and NGO’s, with the initial knowledge and skills to begin to apply budget analysis techniques to their ESC rights work, with the expectation that they will apply these to a specific project and/or initiate a programme within their organization upon completion of the course. The programme will be conducted in English.

This programme is organised by International Human Rights Internship Programme (IHRIP); the International Budget Programme (IBP); the International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net); Fundar – the Centre for Research and Analysis; and Dignity International.

For further programme details, see http://dignity.3pontos.net/doc/callforapplications_final.doc
http://www.escr-net.org/GeneralDocs/Budget_Call_4_apps.pdf
To download the application form see
http://www.escr-net.org/GeneralDocs/Budget_App_Form.doc

This might interest folks working for peace with justice, environmental safeguards, poverty reduction, respect for heritage, and sustainable development. Contact the International Institute for Peace through Tourism for further information about the two conferences.

October 2004
International Institute for Peace Through Tourism Newsletter

First Conference
3rd IIPT AFRICAN CONFERENCE ON PEACE THROUGH TOURISM
InterContinental Lusaka Hotel - Lusaka, Zambia February 6-11, 2005

Organized by the International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT) In partnership with the Africa Travel Association (ATA), and hosted by the Zambia Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources
Theme: Tourism: Pathway to a Peaceful and Prosperous Africa
Aim To develop a 21st Century Vision for African Tourism
Goals
• Provide a forum for leading government, industry, donor agency and NGO decision makers, as well as leading educators and practitioners, to debate and reach consensus on a 21st Century Vision for African Tourism;
• Facilitate the development of strategic alliances to achieve that vision;
• Demonstrate elements of that vision with “Success Stories” and Models of “Best Practice;” and
• Continue building a global awareness of Africa as a 21st Century Destination.
Conference Patron and Honorary Chairman, His Excellency Levy Mwanawasa, President of Zambia, will address delegates in the Opening Ceremony. Hon. Dr. Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s First President, will deliver the main keynote address.

Other Confirmed keynote speakers include, Conference Host, Co-Chairman, and President of the Africa Travel Association, Hon. Patrick Kalifungwa, Minister of Tourism, Environment & Natural Resources, Republic of Zambia, Peter Davies, CEO, SN Brussels Airways; Dawid de Villiers, Deputy Secretary General, World Tourism Organization; Sir Jayantilal Chande, Board of Trustees, International Rotary Foundation; DeVilliers Botha, Development Bank of Southern Africa; Hon. Zakia Hamdani Meghji, Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism, United Republic of Tanzania, and immediate Past President, Africa Travel Association; Ulrich Bunjes, President and CEO, International Youth Hostels Federation, and other travel and tourism industry leaders.
Participants
The Conference will bring together Ministers of Tourism, senior African executives from both the public and private sectors of tourism, NGOs, donor agencies, policy makers, leading educators and practitioners, entrepreneurs, future leaders of the industry, and senior representatives of related sectors including environment, culture, sport and economic development.

Forums
Special Forum of CEOs and African Ministers: A special Forum will be held to draw on the collective wisdom, ideals, and ideas of participating CEOs and African Ministers. This will be a unique collaborative opportunity for Ministers and CEOs to discuss the future of African tourism, the role of tourism in being a “Pathway to a Prosperous Africa,” the strategic partnering relationships required in achieving that vision, and key strategies and action steps for moving forward.
Educators Forum: As with the 2nd IIPT African Conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, the 3rd IIPT African Conference will bring together Tourism and Hospitality Educators from through out Africa to share knowledge, experience and ideas for future curricula development and educational initiatives that contribute to the role of tourism in sustainable development, reducing poverty, and building a Culture of Peace. The forum will also serve to continue building the IIPT African Educators Network as an integral part of the IIPT Global Educators Network. For more information and to submit a paper, please contact Amy Sotherden, Email: amy@iipt.org

Youth Leadership Forum: A Youth Leadership Forum will be held bringing together future leaders of the tourism and hospitality industry from throughout Africa. The Youth Leadership Forum will continue to evolve and shape the Action Plan established at the 2nd IIPT African Conference in Tanzania and determine the tasks and responsibilities for its implementation. For more information please contact Nishit Charadva, Email: ncharadva@yahoo.com

Foundations
The 3rd IIPT African Conference builds on the foundations of two previous Conferences: Nelspruit, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, March 2002; and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, December 2003; as well as two Global Summits On Peace through Tourism: Amman, Jordan, November, 2000; and Geneva, February 2003

Program
In addition to Plenary Sessions featuring keynote speakers, the program will include a series of Concurrent Sessions with real life case studies of Success Stories and Models of Best Practice and Workshops in the following areas.
• Tourism Contribution to Poverty Reduction
• Community Tourism
• Indigenous Tourism
• Community Capacity Building
• Micro-Enterprise and SME Tourism Development
• Private Sector Models
• Tourism and Environment/Wildlife
• National Parks and Protected Areas
• Healing the Wounds of Conflict
• Philanthropic Tourism
• Youth Travel and Empowerment
• Sports for Peace and Development
• Cultural Tourism
• Education and Training
• The Media: Reporting on the Success Stories
• Making Travel in Africa Accessible to People with Disabilities

Call for Your nominations for real life, case studies of “Success Stories” and models of “Best Practice”
We invite your nominations of ‘real life’ case studies of Success Stories and Models of Best Practice in the areas listed above and others that relate to the theme of the Conference. We especially welcome contributions from persons who are directly involved as project directors of innovative projects. To submit your nominations of case studies of Success Stories and Models of Best Practice, please inform us of 1) Name of Project Director, affiliation, and contact information including e-mail, telephone, fax, and street address; 2) Title of Project – or Model of Best Practice; and 3) Brief Description. We ask that you advise us of your nomination as soon as possible by contacting Amy Sotherden, email: amy@iipt.org.

Special Message from Conference Co-Chair: Hon. Patrick K. Kalifungwa MP,Zambian Minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources and President of the Africa Travel Association

“Africa is one of the most promising tourism destinations due to
its natural and cultural resources which to a large extent have remained unexploited.
We must join energies to meet the challenges of the future and
bring prosperity to our people through tourism.”

Outcomes
Outcome of the Conference will be the creation and distribution of a “21st Century Vision for African Tourism” with a focus on implementation of strategic initiatives and pilot projects that empower local communities to achieve jobs with dignity and sustainable futures.

Scholarship
IIPT will provide a US$ 500 scholarship to the college or university student writing the best paper on a “21st Century Vision for African Tourism.”
Papers of approximately 2500 words in length plus one page summary Should be submitted to Nishit Charadva, Email: ncharadva@yahoo.com

Sponsors
IIPT is proud to have the Zambian Ministry of Tourism, Natural Resources and the Environment as host of the 3 rd IIPT African Conference. The Development Bank of Southern Africa and the InterContinental Hotels Group are also continuing their support of IIPT as sponsors of this event. Organizations interested in sponsoring this event are invited to contact: Louis D’Amore, e-mail: ljd@iipt.org, fax: 1.802.253-2658; tel.: 1.802.253-8671.

Tours
Pre and Post Conference tours are being arranged by the Zambia Host Committee and Zambia Tourism Board.
JOIN US IN ZAMBIA: HOME OF VICTORIA FALLS, ONE OF THE SEVEN NATURAL WONDERS OF THE WORLD
We look forward to your participation in the upcoming 3rd IIPT African Conference on Peace through Tourism.
For more information, Contact:
IIPT Email: mailto:conference@iipt.org, Website: www.iipt.org
ATA Email: Africatravelasso@aol.com, Website: http://www.africa-ata.org/
Zambia Tourism Board Email: mwingacc@yahoo.com, Website: http://www.zambiatourism.com/

3rd IIPT African Conference on Peace through Tourism Registration
Early Bird* Registration fee US$ 150
Regular Registration fee US$ 190
ATA Members Only Early Bird* Registration Fee US$ 125
ATA Members Only Registration US$ 160
Student/Youth Early Bird* Registration fee US$ 10
Student/Youth Regular Registration fee US$ 15
Press Registration: All media are invited to cover the IIPT 3rd African Conference on Peace through Tourism in Lusaka, Zambia, upon approval of their press credentials. To register, contact Karen Hoffman, The Bradford Group, Tel: 212-725-8253; E-mail: iipt@bradfordmarketing.org for the Media Application. Proof of press credentials are required.
Please register at www.iipt.org
*Early Bird Registration fees are available until November 30.

Second Conference______
IIPT ANNOUNCES THIRD GLOBAL SUMMIT AT PATA TRAVEL MART
PATA Travel Mart served as a platform for the International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT) to announce the 3rd Global Summit on Peace through Tourism. The Summit will be held at the award winning Royal Cliff Beach Resort, Pattaya, Thailand, October 2-5, 2005. In making the announcement, IIPT founder and President, Louis D’Amore said, “We are honored to have the 3rd Global Summit in Thailand, the Tourism Capital of Asia.

The warm and compassionate hospitality of the Thai people, together with their reputation for high quality service, ensures that delegates to the Summit will have a rewarding and memorable experience. I would particularly like to express our appreciation for the support and collaboration of the Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB).”

The 3rd Global Summit will feature world leaders and statesmen in the travel and tourism industry as keynote speakers, as well as leaders from the areas of Culture, Environment, Sport, Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development.

A series of Concurrent sessions will provide leading edge case studies of “Success Stories” and Models of Best Practice demonstrating travel and tourism initiatives that are serving to promote international understanding, an improved quality of environment, poverty reduction and sustainable development. The Summit will also address the growing contribution of sport to international understanding and development – and what more can be done in each of these areas through collaborative initiatives.

An Educators Forum, with leading educators from around the world, a Youth Leadership Forum, and a Young Professionals Forum will also be featured as IIPT continues to place emphasis on future leaders of the industry since its first Global Conference in Vancouver, Canada, 1988.

To further stimulate thinking among students of tourism and hospitality in advance of the Summit, IIPT will award a US $1,000 to the University student writing the best paper on

“Building a Culture of Peace through Tourism.”

As with the 2nd Global Summit in Geneva, 2003, leaders of the Youth and Student Travel industry will come together for a mini-summit within the Summit, as IIPT continues to develop strategic alliances with the major organizations involved with youth and student travel such as the International Youth Hostel Federation (IYHF), the Federation of Youth Travel Organizations (FIYTO), and International Student Travel Confederation (ISTC).

Pre-Summit events will include meetings of IIPT’s Coalition of Partners for World Peace through Tourism, IIPT Networks and Chapters, and IIPT’s International Advisory Board.

Exhibition and Convention Hall (PEACH), said “We are proud to have this prestigious event at the Royal Cliff Beach Resort as it will create increased awareness within Thailand, Asia and the world – that travel and tourism is more than simply an industry with economic benefits – it is a powerful social and cultural phenomenon that helps bring the world together in realization that we are truly living in a global village – where we are all neighbors with one another.”

The 3rd Global Summit on Peace through Tourism builds on the foundations of three global conferences: Vancouver, 1988; Montreal, 1999; and Glasgow, 1999; two African Conferences: Nelspruit, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, 2001; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2003; two previous Global Summits: Amman 2000; and Geneva, 2003 – and a series of smaller conferences and symposia in Turkey, Greece, Italy, Pakistan, Israel, Caribbean, United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States.

Peace and Good,
Jacqueline Haessly, Ph. D.
Peacemaking Associates and
The Milwaukee Peace Education Resource Center
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Milwaukee, WI 53210-2941
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1974 -- Celebrating 30 years -- 2004
Educating for Global Citizenship.

Value, Imagine, Promote, Protect, and
Preserve a Culture of Peace
for today and for future generations.

Bremen Peace Award 2005

In autumn 2005 the Threshold Foundation in Bremen will place for the 2nd time the following Award:

Crossing Boundaries / Breaking Vicious Circles * Bremen Peace Award 2005 of the Threshold Foundation for exemplary commitments for justice, peace and integrity of creation.

Again persons, initiatives or projects will be honored for a special contribution
in one or several of the following areas: Reconciliation, human rights, countering
racism, social justice, integrity of the creation, cross-cultural or cross-religious
communication. Award winners will be selected in the three categories below.
Beside the money award of 5000 Euro each for one of the proposed persons/initiatives the Threshold plans again a publication of a limited number of particularly convincing projects taken from the overall amount of nominations in an English and German brochure to draw the attention of a worldwide audience towards such peace work.

The Award has been assigned in 2003 for the 1st time. The Award Winners in 2003 have been Weronika Sakowska (Refugee help in Ruanda), "Parents Circle" (Reconciliation work in the Near East) and Hans Count of Sponeck (Resistance against the Iraq war). The Award Winners and 26 other proposals have been documented in a brochure "Courageously Crossing Thresholds".

The awards ceremony will be in presence of the award winners November 2005 in Bremen.

Invitation for proposals in category A: Award for the Unknown Peace Worker
This category targets at little known, small initiatives/projects, but also at committed single persons working in the fields above with special emphasis for unconventional initiatives at the grassroots level of peace work.

Invitation for proposals in Category B: Award for Exemplary Initiatives
In this category we seek for initiatives or organizations with exemplary commitment for the aims of the Threshold Peace Award described above.

Invitations for Proposals in Category C: Award for public contributions for justice, peace and integrity of creation. In this category an award will be given to persons in the public, who have shown sustainable and courageous commitment for peace and justice, like journalists or academics but also politicians or artists.

In category A persons and organizations can nominate themselves, in categories B and C self-proposals are not possible.

All proposals must contain the following information:
- Name, email-address and web-site of the proposed person/initiative and the name
of a reference person (for organizations)
- Description of the proposal and reasons for the nomination
- In case of self-nominations additionally: Two external referees (with names and email addresses), which may be contacted by the Threshold for further information about the proposal

The contents of a proposal shall not exceed two pages. The proposal details must be emailed in German or English language (if possible) till 31 January 2005 to Dr Burkhard Luber at the Threshold Foundation(mailto:luber@dieschwelle.de).

Persons/Initiatives, already nominated for the Award 2003, can be nominated again for 2005, if new activities are presented which has to be documented in the proposal text.

All information about the Award 2003 (Call for Proposals, Award Winners, Award Brochure) can be seen at www.dieschwelle.de/content/englisch/peace_award.html. The English Award
2003 brochure can be ordered free of charge with mailto:stiftung@dieschwelle.de

More information are available at www.dieschwelle.de/content/englisch/index.html or
with mailto:luber@dieschwelle.de

Special edition, with speeches from the Human Rights House Network Anniversary Conference "Activists under attack. Defending the right to be a human rights defender", 13-14 October in Oslo.

1 Statement: Human rights defenders need stronger international support and protection
To prevent the perpetration of violations against defenders and the consequent worsening of human rights situations, the Human Rights House Network and the participants at the Anniversary conference in Oslo 13-14 October address national governments, regional bodies and international organisations, with a number of urgent recommendations.

2 Shirin Ebadi: - Dialogue between civilizations
- Human rights defenders are central in the dialogue between civilizations, said Shirin Ebadi at the opening of the conference. The Iranian Nobel Laureate emphasized that Islam is compatible with democracy.

3 - More hostile environment for defenders
- The environment in which human rights defenders operate is becoming more and more hostile, limiting the space for negotiation. Those who stand up for human rights often pay a high price for their courage, said Musa Gassama, Deputy Director and Manager of the Human Rights Defenders Office in Geneva

4 Colombia: Defenders regularly murdered
- In two years, 46 trade unionists, 6 journalists and 33 human rights defenders have been murdered in Colombia, said Carlos Ivan Lopera from Redepaz Peace Network, speaking at the HRH Anniversary Conference 13 October. Colombia is one of the most dangerous countries in the world, not the least for human rights defenders.

5 - Watchdogs needed everywhere
- Human rights defenders have a fundamental role to play in any political system. Not even one government can claim that there is no need for watchdogs that follow their actions and report about human rights violations, said HRH's Executive Director Maria Dahle.

6 Belarus: Activists denied the right to act
- Under the presidency of Aleksandr Lukashenka, Belarusian government limited political and cultural liberties and established close contacts with the world’s most repressive regimes in order to create a kind of world-wide antidemocratic international, said Vice President of the Belarusian Pen Center, Andrej Dynko in his testimony in Oslo, presented four days before the Parliamentary Elections in Belarus.

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1 Belarus: Crackdown on demonstrators, one journalist killed
Representatives of the Human Rights House Network condemn the crackdown on peaceful demonstrators, journalists and representatives of the political opposition by Belarusian authorities.

2 Belarus: Severe irregularities documented
In one statement and several press releases over the last few days, the Human Rights Center VIASNA documents severe irregularities in the recent Belarusian elections. This new information strongly supports the initial impressions that the elections were a farce, and that President Lukashenko has reinforced his position as Europe´s last true dictator.

3 Azerbaijani activists need Human Rights House, reads letter to Norwegian Foreign Minister
On behalf of about 15 Azerbaijani human rights NGOs Fuad Hasanov, a local human rights activist, delivered a letter last week to the Norwegian Foreign Minister Jan Petersen, encouraging the establishment of a Human Rights House in Baku.

4 - Our job is to try to keep them alive
- Human rights defenders working on the front line are the ones who bring about change. It is our job to try to keep them alive and contribute to creating the space for them to be able to carry out their legitimate activities without fear of persecution, said Mary Lawlor from Front Line at HRH´s Anniversary conference ´Activists under Attack. Defending the Right to be a Human Rights Defender', 14 October.

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Dear supporters of our World Architecture for Equal Dignity project!
Please read further down the information kindly sent to us by Ishmael Jay Taylor.
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Evelin

There was just recently a seminar at Santa Fe on building a domed roof in the style of Hassan Fathi conducted by Simone Swan and Jesusita Jimenez,
http://www.ecoversity.org/administration/programs/CE/04F/F4-21/ Overview.aspx.

The Auroville Earth UNIT in India has a very interesting website where they expand on the Nubian method of building AVD's (arches, vaults and domes), some without centering! The Unit is part of the the Auroville Centre in the State of Tamil Nadu.

Ishmael

Are We Stuck in Iraq?
By Shibley Telhami
San Jose Mercury, Sunday, October 17, 2004

George W. Bush and John Kerry hardly agree on anything, except that leaving Iraq quickly would be a bad idea.

Both the president and Kerry appear to believe that the United States can't pull out quickly because of a moral imperative (“You broke it, you fix it”) and because of fears that an early American withdrawal would not only leave behind an unstable Iraq, but also embolden militant groups everywhere.

Those are sensible reasons, but we haven't had a real national debate about whether the fears are exaggerated, whether the negatives of staying outweigh the positives -- and whether Americans can live with the consequences of staying put.

Even more important, though, our current debate hasn't fully addressed how broader American goals in the region will affect the decision about how long we must stay in Iraq. Those goals have historically included securing a steady supply of crude oil at reasonable prices and keeping a regional balance of power, which is also mainly about oil -- keeping it flowing our way and out of the hands of our enemies. Those goals have also included protecting Israel.

The truth is that, if we stick with our traditional assumptions about how to accomplish those goals, we will inevitably have to remain in Iraq for many years. But it's not at all clear that those assumptions still hold true -- or were ever true. Now would be a good time to rethink them and our policies about energy, Israel and the war on terror, before we put in place policies that commit America for years to come. If not, we may be destined to repeat the past, when we pursued strategies in the Middle East that solved immediate problems only by creating bigger future problems.

First, let's consider oil. Although the suspicion in the Middle East and in much of the world is that the Iraq war was above all for oil, that was probably not the main factor in the American decision. Nonetheless, now that we're in Iraq, the desire to keep influence over its oil will surely affect how our leaders behave. Complicating matters, the war in Iraq has left next-door Iran the uncontested regional power, which is sure to raise fears that Iran could gain too much influence in Iraq and the rest of the gulf.

The topic of oil policy has been largely ignored in the Iraq debate so far. But it will be impossible to ignore it forever, especially as other foreign powers -- notably China, whose appetite for oil is increasing exponentially -- become more interested in the Persian Gulf region. Forecasts show that by the end of the decade, China will import 90 percent of its oil from the region.

World's oil supply

Contrary to conventional wisdom, the gulf region is likely to be more important for the global oil market in the next two decades than it was in the previous two. The math is simple. The gulf region accounts for about 60 percent of the world's oil reserves, and is currently pumping only about one-quarter of the world's supply. It is only a matter of time before other producers begin running out and the Middle East accounts for a greater share of the world's supply.

In the past, the United States has used such arguments to bolster the case that it needed troops in the gulf. But is that true? Certainly there is much to suggest that the flow of oil to the West historically has been much more a function of market supply and demand than of political and military control, with some episodic exceptions such as the Arab oil embargo of 1973.

In fact, even in the days of the Cold War, oil producers sold to those who needed it most, regardless of politics or alliances. Europeans, Japanese and others who have a high dependence on the region's oil have always operated under the assumption that they do not need military or political control to have access to oil. Even pricing is mostly a function of market: If oil is priced too high, incentives to spend on alternate energy sources (as Kerry is proposing) increase, undermining the interests of the oil suppliers.

Those facts would argue against the need to maintain a military presence in Iraq, but historically, the United States has also been hugely concerned about the possibility that the region -- and so much of the world's oil -- could fall into the hands of U.S. enemies.

In fact, the Truman administration put in place a secret policy intended to deny the possibility of Soviet control of Middle East oil. The doctrine stipulated that in case of an imminent Soviet takeover of the region, the United States would blow up the oil fields to deny the Soviets the power that would come with control of the oil. In the 1950s the Eisenhower administration, concerned by the rise of regional powers such as that of Egyptian-Arab nationalist leader Gamal Abdel Nasser, extended this “oil-denial policy” to include “hostile regimes” in the region.

That raises the question of how worried U.S. leaders are about the increased power of a hostile Iran that could allow it to gain more influence over regional politics -- and oil policy.

Balance of power

U.S. policy for decades aimed to prevent any single regional power from dominating and had thus aimed at maintaining a degree of balance between the region's two strongest states, Iran and Iraq.

Throughout the 1960s and ‘70s, the United States sought to support the government of the shah of Iran to balance the regional power of Iraq, which was then backed by the Soviet Union. In the 1980s, the United States watched while both Iran and Iraq were weakening each other through a war that lasted for most of the decade.

In the 1990s, after Iraq emerged as a victor in the war with Iran and then invaded Kuwait, the United States waged a war that significantly weakened Iraq's army and improved Iran's position in the gulf. For much of the rest of the decade, the United States followed a policy called “dual containment,” primarily aimed at imposing sanctions to weaken Iran in order not to allow it to benefit strategically from Iraq's weakness.

One of the most important outcomes of the collapse of Saddam Hussein's government and of the decision to dismantle the Iraqi army (which was not seriously debated within the Bush administration despite the huge consequences) has been the emergence of Iran as the dominant regional power. Even aside from the important issue of nuclear proliferation that now frames the debate about our relations with Iran, the main question is whether U.S. leaders will accept Iran's dominance and pursue a conciliatory strategy toward that country or whether they will decide they need to come up with new ways to contain it.

This latter question is likely to focus on two options: an aggressive strategy to weaken Iran, including through sanctions and other measures, or a more passive strategy of containment that would envision an extended American military presence in the region in the absence of a regional ally capable of balancing Iran. Even if the United States opts for containment, that would argue for keeping troops in the gulf region for an indefinite period of time. The question then will be whether the United States can achieve the mission by keeping troops elsewhere in the gulf instead of in Iraq, even though some in Washington originally thought they could easily move bases there from Saudi Arabia.

None of those issues has been adequately discussed so far, but they will probably emerge as central issues in the debate after the election. Even the oft-stated reasons for staying in Iraq -- fulfilling our responsibility and maintaining our credibility -- could use some discussion.

For now, many Iraqis, including those who view the United States as an occupying power, appear to fear the greater anarchy that may result if American troops leave without someone else filling the vacuum. But we have seen Iraqi opinion shift over the past year and a half with larger numbers wishing for an American withdrawal. If the trend continues, we will have to ask ourselves whether the sense of obligation to stay will be replaced by an obligation to respond to popular Iraqi wishes.

Fighting militancy

That leaves the most tangible argument against early withdrawal: its consequences for empowering militancy. Certainly one of the worst scenarios is that Iraq would become a haven for international terrorist groups such as Al-Qaida, and that militants would interpret the U.S. withdrawal as a victory and use it to recruit others.

In the end this may be a winning argument. In addition, the implications of withdrawal for Israeli security will inevitably enter the American assessment. But staying as a way to discourage militancy should not be taken at face value without a debate: Which would be a greater rallying issue, the sense that America occupies Muslim lands, or the sense that America withdraws without victory?

Beyond that, history suggests that pulling out before “winning” might not always put the country that withdrew in greater danger. America's enemies, including the Soviets, did not attack the United States once we abandoned Saigon and bared our defeat. And Israelis are to this day divided about whether their unilateral withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000 was a good thing (it has in fact significantly reduced Israeli costs on that front) or a bad thing (some argue that it has led others, including Palestinians, to believe that the way to force Israel to withdraw is by militant means).

What is clear in all this is that no decision can be made about the future of American forces in Iraq without a strategic plan that fits into a coherent U.S. foreign policy toward allies, oil, Israel and America's global priorities. What happens in Iraq is important for its own sake, but the strategic consequences are far too important to ignore. Accepting old thinking about policy in the region may simply doom the United States and the Middle East into repeating costly mistakes.

SHIBLEY TELHAMI is Anwar Sadat professor for peace and development at the University of Maryland and senior fellow at the Saban Center of the Brookings Institution. His book, “The Stakes: America in the Middle East,” is now updated and available in paperback. He wrote this article for Perspective.

The World Affairs Council of Washington DC
together with the League of Women Voters and
the American Academy of Diplomacy

Brings you ... A SPECIAL TOWN HALL MEETING

"Beginning the Dialogue: America's Troubled Relationship with the Islamic World"

Where: Round House Theater, Bethesda, Maryland
across the street from the Bethesda Metro (red line)

When: Wednesday, October 13, 2004
6:30pm to 8:30pm

Who: Moderator John Donvan, ABC Nightline
and an expert Panel:

Hon. Edward Gnehm, a US Ambassador to Jordan, Kuwait and Australia, who raised the American flag over the US embassy after the liberation of Kuwait in 1991. He is currently the Shapiro Professor at the Elliott School of International Relations at George Washington University.

John Esposito, called "one of America's foremost authorities and interpreters of Islam" by the Wall Street Journal, among others, is the author of "What Everyone Needs to Know about Islam" and "Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam." He is the founding director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at the Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University.

Shibley Telhami, one of thE leading Middle East Scholars in the US, has conducted extensive polling on attitudes in the Muslim world. He is the Sadat Professor for Peace and Develpment at the University of Maryland and the author of "The Stakes: America in the Middle East."

Haleh Esfandiari, is the former Deputy Secretary General of the Women's Organization of Iran and a former journalist. Currently the Director of the Middle East Program at the Wilson Center, she is author of "Reconstructed Lives: Women and Iran's Islamic Revolution."

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Dear All!
Please read a message from Ashraf Salama, Head of our World Architecture for Equal Dignity Project:

Download the full text of his Call here.

Rethinking Design Studio Teaching Practices
Between traditional, revolutionary, and virtual models
Call for Contributions - Open House International

Guest Editor: Dr. Ashraf Salama

The issue of Open House International (March 2006) explores studio teaching practices by investigating pedagogical aspects that associate different studio teaching models; traditional, revolutionary, and virtual. Research papers in this issue will introduce cases that shed light on paradigmatic shifts in studio teaching practices in the developed and the developing worlds. Papers may reflect on a wide spectrum of studio types including architectural, interior, landscape, urban, and community design studios. While some papers will place emphasis on creativity and social responsibility as integral components in studio teaching, others will explore dialectic relationships between contents, methods, teaching/learning styles; process-product mechanisms; problem representations vs. exploring solutions; competition vs. collaboration; and the tools utilized by studio educators to achieve their studio teaching objectives. Contact Dr. Ashraf Salama, Guest Editor at asalama@kfupm.edu.sa for further information on submission dates and guidelines.
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Ashraf Salama, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Architecture
College of Environmental Design
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Dharhan, Saudi Arabia
Phone 966 3 860 2325
URL: http://faculty.kfupm.edu.sa/ARCH/asalama/
E-Biography: http://archnet.org/shared/biography-one.tcl?user_id=941&public_p=0

This 'newsletter' is being sent out as a new feature to provide regular updates to interested people about current additions to the Canadian Centres for Teaching Peace web site.

Beautiful pathways to peace - Website: http://www.pathways-to-peace.com/popframeset.html - a serene series of pictures, sounds and words of peace. It takes a few minutes to download depending upon your connection speed, but it is a visual treat quite appropriate for this Thanksgiving time of year.


Upcoming Events http://www.peace.ca/upcoming.htm :
November 5 - 7, 2004 - The third annual ‘Making Peace’ Conference will be held at Holy Cross High School in Saskatoon from the evening of Friday November 5th to noon on Sunday November 7th 2004. The conference will build on the success of the 2002 and 2003 conferences, which were attended respectively by 205 and 225 registered participants and many day visitors. The peace movement in Saskatoon and beyond was revitalized by those conferences. The keynote speaker (Friday evening) for this year’s conference is Setsuko Thurlow, a speaker of international reputation and a survivor of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima. The conference ‘observer’ and closing speaker is Tasha Hubbard, a writer, teacher and documentary filmmaker whose work focuses on social issues concerning indigenous peoples in Saskatchewan. Local singer and activist Wilma Groenen will provide music for the Friday evening social. At the heart of the conference are a Saturday morning panel discussion on “Keeping the Peace Internationally” and 17 workshops, some of which are ‘The ABCs of Peace’ (this workshop is offered in French and English); Conversion from a Military Economy to a Peace Economy; Healing our Divided Community; Just Say No to Star Wars; Voices of Youth; The Spirituality of Peace; and Artists for Peace, which offers workshops on popular theatre, songwriting and music and visual arts for peace. On Sunday morning there is a multi-faith service, which was very well attended last year, followed by ‘Songs and Plays by Artists for Peace’ and the closing presentation by Tasha Hubbard. Registration is $40, $10 for students and low income. For more information call 665-2154 or see the conference website www.making-peace.tk . Contact Michael Murphy, Chair, Saskatoon Peace Coalition, phone 306-653-5636, email mmurphy@devp.org ; Mail address: #200, 506 25th St. East Saskatoon SK S7K 4A7

We are hosting 3 major upcoming events (now one month away):
Peace and Leadership 3-day workshop November 15 - 17, 2004 http://www.peace.ca/leadershipworkshop.htm ,
Third Annual Peace Education Conference in Canada November 18 - 22, 2004 http://www.peace.ca/CanadianAgenda2004.htm , followed by a
National Culture of Peace Program Symposium November 23 - 25, 2004 http://www.peace.ca/nationalcultureofpeace2004.htm .
All at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.

These are the most significant Peace Education, Peace Leadership and National Culture of Peace Program Conferences in North America. We also host a large Trade Fair with many booths showcasing Peace Programs and Resources, disseminating information, creating new networks, etc. Please come, and bring a friend. Our program provides excellent value for your money, time and effort - it will help you make more of a difference with your peace work.

Problem Identification Topics http://www.peace.ca/problem.htm :

Uninspiring and Shocking Quotes http://www.peace.ca/uninspiringquotes.htm :

"American military credibility has never been so high, nor its political credibility so low." Zbigniew Brzezinski writing in his latest book
"It cannot be in either the American national interest or the world's interest to develop principles that grant every nation an unfettered right of preemption against its own definition of threats to its security." Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

Who's Who (World Level) http://www.peace.ca/whoswho.htm :

The Canadian International Peace Project brings together groups and people from a diverse cross-section of the community including faith communities, schools, universities, businesses, civic, social, government and other organizations, institutions and individuals to build partnerships and work together on projects locally, nationally and internationally on issues of ethno-racial relations, peace, conflict resolution, pluralism, community education, economic development, safety and security. Through its work, the Canadian International Peace Project seeks to promote mutual respect and greater understanding among Canadians and people around the world of different religious, racial, ethnic, linguistic, national, cultural or other definable backgrounds. The Canadian International Peace Project does not advocate nor promote any ideas or positions that will cause disharmony among any religious, ethnic, national, linguistic, cultural or other communities. The organisation seeks to constructively engage communities, especially those in conflict, to develop peaceful and meaningful approaches to further the resolution of disputes. For more information: Canadian International Peace Project, 1027 Finch Avenue West, P.O. Box 30088, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 3L6, Canada; email cipp@canadianipp.org ; web site http://www.canadianipp.org/

Le Centre de ressources sur la non-violence basé à Montréal possède maintenant un site internet d'information. Des articles y sont publiés sur des enjeux en lien avec l'action non-violente dans diverses régions du monde. Vous pouvez aussi y acheter des produits éducatifs sur la non-violence. Vous désirez nous acheminer des articles pertinent en lien avec la non-violence, vous souhaitez que vos articles soient publiés sur notre site ou dans notre bulletin. Vous désirez nous fournir le nom d'une personne de votre pays qui a marqué l'histoire de la non-violence pour compléter notre collection, contactez-nous. Vous désirez obtenir nos outils éducatifs par téléchargement, visitez notre site, achetez nos produits ou prenez contact avec nous. www.nonviolence.ca Si vous téléchargez nos produits éducatifs, respectez la politique d'impression et de diffusion. Gardez précieusement les fichiers électroniques pour vous. Ne diffusez que des versions imprimées selon les droits indiqués. Si vous rendez disponibles sur votre site nos produits payant, vous nous empêcherez de financer notre Symposium artistique sur la non-violence. Nous ne pourrons pas poursuivre cet important travail de recherche et d'éducation. Votre coopération est donc très importante. Au très grand plaisir! Normand Beaudet, Coordonateur d'activité, Centre de ressources sur la non-violence, 1945 rue Mullins, bureau 160, Montréal, Québec, H3K 1N9; Tél: 514-272-5012; Téléc: 514-272-5163; crnv@nonviolence.ca ; www.nonviolence.ca

The Freechild Project seeks to promote radical democracy by making social change action, education, and resources more accessible for young people around the world, particularly those who have been historically denied participation. We are a not-for-profit learning space, think tank, resource center, and advocacy group that facilitates networking, training, resource-sharing, and technical assistance to young people and youth-serving organizations around the world. Statement of purpose: We envision radically democratic communities worldwide that foster the active, collective, and meaningful engagement of all people. The mission of The Freechild Project is to advocate, inform, and celebrate social change led by and with young people around the world. For more information: The Freechild Project, PO Box 6185, Olympia, Washington 98507-6185; tel 360-753-2686; email info@freechild.org ; web site http://www.freechild.org/index.htm

Gather the Women - Linked globally by our interactive website, we invite women to demonstrate their courage to risk leaving old conformities by joining with millions of others throughout the world to celebrate women's true worth, to express shared concern for our human family, and to create and support actions that will enable humanity to live together in a balanced, harmonious and peaceful world. For more information: 25A Crescent Drive, #268, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523; email info@gatherthewomen.org ; web site http://www.gatherthewomen.org/

The Hannon-Shields Centre for Leadership and Peace is a centre of compassion and peace for persons, communities and the earth. Founded in 1982, the Centre has provided opportunities for people of many different backgrounds, cultures and spiritual practices to reflect on their life experience and make choices for growth and change, to take care of their physical, spiritual and psychological health. The Compassionate Leadership Program and the Children’s Peace Theatre are core programs of The Centre. We invite you to explore our site, learn about our exciting programs, services and events and contact us if we can be of assistance. For more information:
305 Dawes Road, Toronto, Ontario M4B 2E2, Canada; Tel. 416-752-1550 Fax:(416)755-4086; email: leadershipandpeace@ca.inter.net ; web site http://www.leadershipandpeace.org/

KAMINKAP - Youth of Mindanao for Peace - our website(s), www.kaminkap.net.tf (same as www.kaminkap.tk , www.kaminkap.uni.cc , and www.kaminkap.coms.ph . KAMINKAP or Kabataang Mindanao Para sa Kapayapaan (Youth of Mindanao for Peace) is a youth-serving NGO based in General Santos City, Phillipines that promotes peace, justice and development in Mindanao through youth empowerment and participation. For peace in Mindanao, contact Ahmed Harris R. Pangcoga, Executive Director, KAMINKAP, (+63)919-365-8432; email info@kaminkap.tk

Palestinian center for rapprochement between people, located in Bethlehem in Palestine. We are promoting dialogues in conflict areas and running training and
educational programs on peace, reconciliation and democracy. We as well, founded the international solidarity movement, which conducts peaceful non-violent direct actions, and we developed a news media center and currently publishing a news website www.imemc.org . Our organization have been working on peace, justice, and reconciliation issues since 1988. The news website covers all developments in the Israeli Palestinian conflict with emphasis on peace work. I would like to foster any proposed cooperation between our organizations, including media. To know more about our work, please visit www.rapprochement.org and www.palsolidarity.org and www.imemc.org . Contact: Ghassan Andoni gh_andoni@hotmail.com

Peace Center and Gallery (Detroit), 33 East Adams Avenue, Detroit, MI 48226, USA; tel (313) 963-7575
Peace For Nepal - Web site http://www.peacefornepal.com/ - Nepal, the land of Everest, a himalayan kingdom, has been suffering from Maoist insurgency and violence for more than eight years. More than ten thousand people have been dead and millions of people have been the victims of war. I am a pacifist and am deeply influenced by the principle of non-violence propounded by Gandhi and Martin Luther King. The principles of those great leaders are equally relevant today. The violence has escalated and wars are going on since soon after the September 11th tragic incident. Meanwhile Nepal is facing a series of violence and ongoing war since the inception of Maoist insurgency in 1996. The country is facing political crisis on one hand while the violent activities by Maoists have paralyzed the country. So, I personally feel responsible to do my duty towards the nation as far as I can. I would like to ask each of you to make joint efforts for peace in Nepal. Presently, I am a medical student in West China Medical Center, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan province, China. I have volunteered in youth clubs and several organizations in Nepal and even presently am co-operating with Nepalese at home and abroad for the betterment, freedom and peace. I have several hobbies and interests. I like traveling very much and community service has always become an important part or agenda of my life. So, though I am abroad every incident of violence and crisis in Nepal become matter of deep concern for me. My actions are and will be dedicated to peace by peaceful means. I am open minded person and would be glad to discuss on several issues particularly on present situation of Nepal. I am of the opinion that the present political stalemate and ongoing violence in Nepal should be solved by peaceful negotiations. As far as I believe it is very difficult if not impossible for a ceasefire, hold peace talks and reach a solution until people come to the street and demand for lasting peace. For more information: Sushil Koirala, sushilkoirala100@hotmail.com . For more information about Nepal, visit http://www.nepalnews.com/

PeaceJam is an international education program built around leading Nobel Peace Laureates who work personally with youth to pass on the spirit, skills, and wisdom they embody. The goal of PeaceJam is to inspire a new generation of peacemakers who will transform their local communities, themselves and the world. See http://www.peacejam.org/

Refugee Education Sponsorship Program: Enhancing Communities Together (RESPECT) works to increase awareness of refugee issues by, in part, by introducing non-refugee students to refugee students to refugee students by pen-pal letter exchange. We have introduced around 1600 students from Uganda, Guinea, Sierra Leone and so forth to non-refugee students in Canada, the USA and so forth in the last year and a half. I would be happy to answer any questions your might have. Please visit our website for more information as well. Contact, Marc Schaeffer, RESPECT International Coordinator, email respect@respectrefugees.org ; web site
www.respectrefugees.org

In July 2003 the Teaching and Learning for Peace Foundation was formed as a non-profit association based in Adelaide South Australia. Its specific mission is to document, support, develop and present peace-building possibilities based upon storytelling processes to communities both locally and internationally, connecting via the Internet with the purpose of bringing adults and children together to share in the peace-building process. Our work directly attends to the improvement of the emotional, mental, physical and social and most importantly, the spiritual well being of both adults and children in all communities. Peace-building processes involve communities directly attending to healing the dis-ease created by a lack of peace, at all levels in people’s lives. The intrinsic elements of peace-building stories are utilised by the foundation in the healing and rebuilding activities undertaken. We attend to these needs both pro-actively and reactively. The Teaching and Learning for Peace Foundation seeks to support any adults and children in communities, both locally and internationally, who are interested in focussing their attention upon telling and sharing stories of hope and peace. These stories have happy endings in which everybody wins. We also promote the telling of good news stories. In today's world our newspapers and televisions often share stories that are not good news or peace-building stories. Therefore to counterbalance the negativity and hopelessness we can feel we could begin telling and sharing peace-building stories and create those magical healing and transformative spaces such stories can develop. Hopefully peace-building stories will remind us that peace is possible, help us create a universal peace consciousness that will guide us as we work together to create a peaceful world for all the children and the generations to follow. website: www.tlpeace.org.au ; contact: info@tlpeace.org.au

Who's Who (Community Level) http://www.peace.ca/whoswhocomm.htm :

The Restitution Peace Project: Overview - What is Restitution? Restitution means “making things better” and differs from the criminal justice definition (payback.) Restitution is a program based on respect and common beliefs that builds community, empowers individuals, and resolves conflict. It offers knowledge and skills for educators, parents, and community helpers to respectfully work with children in a safe, non-coercive environment to help them learn self-discipline and become productive, principled citizens. This restorative approach helps people understand why they behave and provides problem-solving skills that strengthen people as they learn to fix their mistakes, repair relationships, and return to balance. Self-discipline results in improved self-esteem, better relationships, and increased achievement. In schools where Restitution is implemented, discipline incidents decline, school attendance increases, grades improve, and students, staff and parents enjoy a more caring school community. The program was developed by Saskatoon-based, world educator and author Diane Gossen (Restitution: Restructuring School Discipline, etc.) and has been taught in schools and corrections facilities around the world. Restitution is based on the concepts of Reality Therapy and The Quality School of Dr. William Glasser; the Science of Control Theory of William Powers; and the latest knowledge in brain-based research. Purpose of the Restitution Peace Project: Ø To teach educators, parents and community caregivers new skills and strategies to manage youth without fear and coercion and create need-satisfying environments. Ø To teach children to manage themselves by meeting their needs in helpful ways and repairing their mistakes to develop internal character strength. Ø To develop a permanent educational framework and resource base for training Northerners to ensure program continuity and long-term sustainability. Ø To help address the lower than average rate of high school graduates in the North. (NWT high school graduation rate is 50% overall, and 26% in the Aboriginal population compared to 75% overall in Canada.) Ø To help address youth and family violence problems. Ø To respond to a growing concern for safer schools and communities. (According to Stats Can, the NWT has the highest per capita rate of incarceration in Canada - convictions for violent crime at 5 times the national average, 6 times for sexual assaults. Heavy alcohol consumption is twice the national average, and the use of family shelters is 8 times higher than the rest of Canada.) For more information visit the Project website at www.RestitutionNorth.ca or contact Arlene Bell, Restitution Project Assistant
Yellowknife Education District No. 1, J.H. Sissons School, 5700-51A Ave., Yellowknife NT X1A 1G7, Canada; Ph/Fx: 867-766-2963, email
arlene_bell@learnnet.nt.ca

Information Resources (World Level) http://www.peace.ca/info.htm :

Building a culture of peace in a consumer society - From Sue McGregor PhD, Department of Education MSVU, Coordinator Peace and Conflict Studies Program - If you go to my site, http://www.consultmcgregor.com/ I have some new pieces that deal with (a) consumer narcissism and entitlement, (b) consumerism in a culture of peace and postmodernism, and (c) consumerism as a form of structural violence. I have totally shifted my focus, from rights to responsibility and accountability. See www.kon.org as well for most of these papers, especially the entitlement one that has yet to be posted to my site http://www.kon.org/hswp/archive/mcgregor_1.htm There is also one written by Larry Fisk and I on neoliberalism, microbes and peace. http://www.kon.org/archives/forum/14-1/McGregor.html . For more info, contact Sue McGregor PhD, Department of Education Mount Saint Vincent University, Coordinator Peace and Conflict Studies Program, Coordinator MED Relfective Practitioner, Holistic Peace Cohorts; tel 902-457-6385; fax 457-6455; email sue.mcgregor@msvu.ca ; web site http://www.msvu.ca/pax/

Building Peace - a list of good books http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/listmania/list-browse/-/2ZJEN8FH1F3VI/ref=cm_lm_dp_l_1/103-9897676-0687852

Building Tomorrow's Communities - a list of good books http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/listmania/list-browse/-/3LSK64Y8G1KON/qid=1097691107/sr=5-1/ref=sr_5_1/103-9897676-0687852

The Geneva Conventions - The basis of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) http://www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/genevaconventions

Hart's Ladder of Young People's Participation - INTRODUCTION: Sociologist Roger Hart wrote a book called Children's Participation: The Theory And Practice Of Involving Young Citizens In Community Development And Environmental Care for UNICEF in 1997. This groundbreaking work put the work of young people and adult allies around the world in the context of a global movement for participation, offering needed guidance and criticism of many efforts. The "Ladder of Children's Participation," also called the "Ladder of Youth Participation," is one lasting tool from the book. Definitely see http://www.freechild.org/ladder.htm . The book is available from Amazon.com at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1853833223/qid=1097691107/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-9897676-0687852?v=glance&s=books


from http://www.unicef.org/teachers/researchers/intro.htm
Hijacking Catastrophe (video) - Everyone should check out this new movie from the Media Education Foundation (MEF). Written and Directed by Sut Jhally & Jeremy Earp, Hijacking Catastrophe examines how a radical fringe of the Republican Party used the trauma of the 9/11 terror attacks to advance a pre-existing agenda to radically transform American foreign policy while rolling back civil liberties and social programs at home. This is the best documentary that I have seen covering Project
Censored's #1 story from Censored 2004. The documentary places the Bush Administration's false justifications for war in Iraq within the larger context of a two-decade struggle by neoconservatives to dramatically increase military spending in the wake of the Cold War, and to expand American power globally by means of military force. At the same time, the documentary argues that the Bush Administration has sold this radical and controversial plan for aggressive American military intervention by deliberately manipulating intelligence, political imagery, and the fears of the American people after 9/11. Hijacking Catastrophe is narrated by Julian Bond, and features
interviews with more than twenty prominent political observers, including Pentagon whistleblower Lt. Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski, who witnessed first-hand how the Bush Administration set up a sophisticated propaganda operation to link the anxieties generated by 9/11 to a pre-existing foreign policy agenda that included a preemptive war on Iraq. At its core, the film places the deceptions of the Bush Administration within the larger frame of questions seldom posed in the mainstream: What, exactly, is the agenda that drove the administration's pre-war deceptions? How is 9/11 being used to sell this agenda? And what are the stakes for America, Americans, and the world if this agenda succeeds in being fully implemented during a second Bush term? The DVD features: the full-length program; a 34-minute abridged version that is ideal for house parties, with the option of either Spanish subtitles or dubbing; an extra section entitled "The Economics of Empire;" extended interviews with Daniel Ellsberg of Pentagon Papers fame; Pentagon whistleblower Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski (Air Force, ret.); former Chief UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter; retired Army Special Forces Master Sergeant Stan Goff; and Shadia Drury, one of the world's leading authorities on Leo Strauss and American neoconservatism. CHECK OUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THE FILM: "Hijacking Catastrophe goes beyond simple Bush-bashing to paint a horrifying portrait of organized U.S. imperialist expansion and public deception stretching back to the early Reagan era." Daily Variety; "Hijacking Catastrophe stands to become an explosive and empowering information weapon in this decisive year in U.S. history." Naomi Klein; "As sober and scarifying as a pilfered confidential file." San Francisco Bay Guardian; "The Media Education Foundation has been carrying out vitally important work on major issues of the day, in a highly meritorious effort to raise public awareness and understanding, work that is particularly crucial in advance of the coming election, which may well cast a long shadow over the country's future." Noam Chomsky; "This is the best, most complete explanation of the motives, the underlying ideology, behind the Bush administration's headlong thrust into war with Iraq on the heels of 9/11 I have seen. It answers the question so many citizens are asking with increasing frequency, 'We know it's about oil - but is that all?'" Wilson "Woody" Powell | Executive Director of Veterans for Peace. Visit http://www.mef.tv/ to purchase your copy on VHS or DVD for $19.95.

The Jade Book - visit our website – www.colossalcreations.com – to see what we have been working on. Only three months ago, on March 3rd, we unveiled a sculpture, The Jade Book: A Stone of Hope, and launched our Project Stone of Hope. It has already begun to make a difference, inspiring students in one school (Gleneagle Secondary) to put love in action and create a Stone of Hope Scholarship fund for a student in great financial need. We have received much coverage in print media in BC and have also been on CBC radio. Students are “blown away” by the sculpture and many have used words like “phenomenal” to describe the project. The nature of our Project Stone of Hope is such that we travel with The Jade Book, primarily to schools, show a video, give a lecture called “Hewing a Stone of Hope,” have a question and answer period, and let the students touch The Jade Book (they love this part). We give them a signed postcard that has a photo of The Jade Book on the front of it; this is meant to be a small stone of hope for them to take away with them as a reminder of what they saw and heard (they love this also). We have only been able to go to local events because of the expense of travelling further away with the sculpture, but it is our dream to plan an educational tour across Canada someday. For more than three years now, we have used so much of our time, energy, and money to get this far. We want to keep Project Stone of Hope alive because it has proved to be something that works, and we have complete faith in its enormous potential for good. We are in need of sponsorship, more bookings (of our presentation and travelling exhibit), and more book sales (of the printed companion book I wrote based on the sculpture and also entitled, The Jade Book: A Stone of Hope). We hope that you will be able to give us some ideas/direction. Support in any form would be much appreciated. We are moving a huge boulder; we’ve managed to turn it over, but now we need help to keep it rolling. For more information: Daniela G. Vance, Colossal Creations, web site www.colossalcreations.com ; email danielacgv@colossalcreations.com ; 604-945-7538 phone, 604-945-7528 fax

Nonviolent Change Journal is now available to be viewed at the website: http://www.circlepoint.org . If you wish to get an email attachment rather than viewing the Journal on the website, please email Steve Sachs at ssachs@earthlink.net

"Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe" (Times Books), Professor Graham Allison of Harvard University, a former senior Pentagon official. See article at http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/482591.html

New book and movie entitled, "PeaceJam: How Young People Can Make Peace in Their Schools and Communities". Both the book and the DVD/Video feature 12 Nobel Peace Prize Laureates working with youth, and they are an extremely powerful tool for working with young people. Please let your membership know about this extremely effective kit, which costs less than $50! The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and ten other Nobel Peace Prize winners helping young people in crisis -- what an amazing combination! See http://www.peacejam.org/

Proposals/Solutions http://www.peace.ca/proposal.htm :

Inspiring Quotes http://www.peace.ca/inspiringquotations.htm :

"I must say that when I remember, those individuals who have given their lives for this country, for democracy and our freedom, when I think about the poem, ‘ In Flanders Fields’ which we all hear on November 11, every year, and when those words echo through the years, ‘Take up our Quarrel with the Foe…for if you falter, then we will not sleep, though poppies grow in Flanders Field’ I am forced to remember what that really means. We cannot fail those soldiers, we, who treasure freedom, must fight for those who are too weak to fight, for those who can no longer fight. We do not need to shed blood, or take a life,… we take up the fight for freedom and democracy, when we stand up against cruel, horrific policies which threaten life!" Catherine Whelan Costen

List Servers http://www.peace.ca/usergroup.htm :

Invitation to Quebec Peacebuilders and Peace Educators of all sorts to join the Quebec Peace Education Initiative - I would like to invite you to be a member of our list of email recipients, for the newly formed Quebec Peace Education Initiative. We are using the new Yahoo Groups tool to promote discussion, networking, information dissemination and conferencing (and to improve service to you and save work ;-) One of our first goals is to initiate Annual Peace Education Conferences in Quebec. This is therefore an efficient communication tool to stay informed of peace education developments and for taking peace education in Quebec to a higher level. If you would like to subscribe, simply click on quebecpeaceeducation-subscribe@yahoogroups.com and send a blank email. I am looking forward to your ideas, input and participation!

Invitation à joindre la liste d'envoi québécois de l'Enseignement à la paix - Je voudrais vous inviter à joindre la liste d'envoi québécois de l'Enseignement à la paix. Nous utilisons ce groupe de discussion Yahoo pour promouvoir la discussion, le réseautage, la diffusion de l'information et la tenue de conférences (ainsi que pour améliorer le service et sauver un peu de travail à nos lecteurs / participants ;-) . Un de nos premiers objectifs est d'initier des conférences annuelles sur l'Enseignement à la paix au Québec. Cette liste d'envoi est un outil formidable pour diffuser l'information au sujet d'une culture de la paix et l'éducation à la paix au Québec. Si vous aimeriez être sur cette liste, appuyer sur le lien quebecpeaceeducation-subscribe@yahoogroups.com et envoyer un message sans contenu. Au plaisir de vous s'y retrouver!

International Justice Tribune, the independent newsletter reporting on international criminal justice, is available on http://www.justicetribune.com/index_uk.htm

Careers in Peacebuilding http://www.peace.ca/careers.htm : (with thanks to Janet Hudgins for the idea to have a section of our web site for careers in peace)

Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights. AI’s vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards. In pursuit of this vision, AI’s mission is to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights. For positions at AI, see http://www.amnesty.org/jobs

CANADEM is a non-profit agency dedicated to advancing international peace and security through the recruitment, screening, promotion and rapid mobilization of Canadian expertise. For positions at CANADEM, see http://www.canadem.ca/jobpostings

Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is about helping people to help themselves. In just one generation, progress has been made in numerous developing countries around the world, with help from countries like Canada. CIDA administers most of Canada's $2.87-billion development assistance program. CIDA works closely with the Department of National Defence and Foreign Affairs Canada in delivering Canadian assistance to countries affected by poverty, conflict, or natural disasters. This approach is known as the three "Ds": diplomacy, defence, and development. For positions at CIDA, see http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/workin-e.htm

DEVNETJOBS is a gateway to International Development Jobs and Consultancy Assignments in International NGOs, Foundations, UN, Bilateral and Multilateral Agencies. For positions available through DEVNETJOBS, see www.DevNetJobs.org . Free jobs newsletter, see http://216.197.119.113/

Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) supports Canadians abroad, works towards a more peaceful and secure world, and promotes our culture and values internationally. The former Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) has been split into two separate departments. All services, programs and activities previously offered by DFAIT are now offered by: Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) and International Trade Canada (ITCan) . For positions at Foreign Affairs Canada, see http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/ni-ka/employment-en.asp
The International Criminal Court (ICC) was established by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on 17 July 1998, when 120 States participating in the "United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court" adopted the Statute. This is the first ever permanent, treaty based, international criminal court established to promote the rule of law and ensure that the gravest international crimes do not go unpunished. For positions at the ICC, see http://www.icc-cpi.int/jobs/guidelines.html

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence and to provide them with assistance. It directs and coordinates the international relief activities conducted by the Movement in situations of conflict. It also endeavours to prevent suffering by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles. Established in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. For positions at the Red Cross/Red Crescent, see http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/jobs?OpenDocument

Save the Children is a leading nonprofit humanitarian relief and development organization working in more than 40 countries throughout the developing world and the United States. Our mission is to create lasting, positive change in the lives of children in need. For positions at Save the Children, see http://www.savethechildren.org/careers/index.asp

The United Nations was established on 24 October 1945 by 51 countries committed to preserving peace through international cooperation and collective security. Today, nearly every nation in the world belongs to the UN: membership totals 191 countries*. When States become Members of the United Nations, they agree to accept the obligations of the UN Charter, an international treaty that sets out basic principles of international relations. According to the Charter, the UN has four purposes: to maintain international peace and security; to develop friendly relations among nations; to cooperate in solving international problems and in promoting respect for human rights; and to be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations. For positions at the UN, see https://jobs.un.org/release1/vacancy/vacancy.asp . Also, see the organization chart of UN organizations at http://www.un.org/aboutun/chart.html which has links to the respective web sites (and you can search for positions there).

UNICEF (the United Nations Children’s Fund) is, as indicated in our mission statement: Mandated by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly to advocate for the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and help them reach their full potential ... For positions at UNICEF, see http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/index.html

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - For this specialized United Nations agency, it is not enough to build classrooms in devastated countries or to publish scientific breakthroughs. Education, Social and Natural Science, Culture and Communication are the means to a far more ambitious goal : to build peace in the minds of men. (more) For positions at UNESCO, see http://www.unesco.org/per/index.html

The World Bank Group’s mission is to fight poverty and improve the living standards of people in the developing world. It is a development Bank which provides loans, policy advice, technical assistance and knowledge sharing services to low and middle income countries to reduce poverty. The Bank promotes growth to create jobs and to empower poor people to take advantage of these opportunities ...more For positions at the World Bank Group, see http://www.worldbank.org/careers

World Health Organization ("WHO") is the United Nations specialized agency for health. For positions at WHO, see http://www.who.int/employment/en/

See the following new reports posted on our web site:

Rotary Clubs, Other Service Clubs, and Peace - Peace organizations are often looking for support, resources and an introduction to the corporate world. I recommend you consider both Rotary and Lions Clubs. Essentially they both have "helping to advance peace in our communities and the world" in their missions. My experience is with Rotary Clubs and so I will share some of that "intelligence". See http://www.peace.ca/rotarynetwork.htm

The Bush Doctrine and the U.S. Military - U.S. foreign policy rests on three main pillars: a doctrine of unrivaled military supremacy, the concept of preemptive or preventive war, and a willingness to act unilaterally if multilateral cooperation cannot be achieved. The United States-led invasion of Iraq represents the first application of a new national security policy that has come to be known as the Bush doctrine, after President George W. Bush. The Bush doctrine signals a radical break from previous national security strategies and fundamentally changes the way the United States may act toward the rest of the world. The arguments against the doctrine, expressed both before and since the invasion of Iraq, accuse it of leading the United States to act unilaterally and to behave arrogantly. The United States risks alienating world opinion, critics of the doctrine say, thereby jeopardizing the international cooperation essential to hunt down terrorist organizations. The doctrine of preemptive war, these critics add, is likely to encourage rather than discourage the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and if adopted by other nations, could increase the likelihood of regional conflicts. This brief guide is intended as a starting point toward understanding the Bush doctrine and recent shifts in U.S. national security policy. It also provides links to related information in Encarta Encyclopedia. See http://www.peace.ca/bushdoctrine.htm

Questions? contact Bob Stewart at stewartr@peace.ca

Justice and Peace Will Kiss:
A Conference on the Vocation of Peacemaking in a World of Many Faiths

In a world community in need of women and men committed to peacemaking and the fostering of interfaith dialogue, Marquette University and The Manresa Project announce a “Conference on the Vocation of Peacemaking in a World of Many Faiths” to take place September 22-24, 2005 in Milwaukee, WI.

The conference is designed to promote a sustained dialogue among the full range of the world’s cultures and religions. This meeting offers an opportunity for scholars, educators and activists to address this unique call to peacemaking as it is grounded in the theology and praxis of the world religions and as it arises in the milieu of contemporary global culture.

Through an exchange of research, conversation, scholarship, teaching and action grounded in the perspectives of many faith traditions, participants will engage in a dialogue from the perspectives of research, teaching and practice.

Presentations are invited to achieve the conference goals:
• To promote interfaith dialogue on peacemaking as a vocation
• To encourage multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary dialogue
• To disseminate research findings about contributions to the vocation of peace-making
• To build bridges between research, theory and praxis
• To encourage theological reflection

Presentations can be in the form of papers, workshops or panels. Proposals may be from the fields of theology, political science, communications, philosophy, history, pastoral ministry, education, and from activists within the full variety of the world religions. Proposals from other fields will also be welcomed for consideration. Presenters are encouraged to share their research, hopes, and experiences in addressing peacemaking in the contemporary world, both theoretically and practically.

The issues of vocation, peace and justice can be approached in a number of ways, for example:
• peace and reconciliation
• conflict resolution
• theological studies and reflection
• organizational structures
• healings of ancient religious animosities
• practical implementations of peace initiatives
• how peace and justice are intertwined
• the vocation of peacemaking
• peacemaking and its effects on human rights (i.e. land use, health care, clean water, etc.)

Dialogue that will be interfaith, collaborative, and cross-disciplinary is encouraged.

The featured speaker will be Fr. Cedric Prakash, SJ, Director of “Prashant,” a center for human rights, justice and peace located in Ahmedabad, India. Fr. Prakash has committed himself to the service of faith and the promotion of human rights, communal harmony, justice and peace over the last 30 years.

Submission Guidelines
Presentation proposals should include 1) 150 word abstract 2) 2-3 page proposal and 3) cover letter including all contact information. Electronic submissions (MS Word) should be sent to manresa@marquette.edu. Text submissions should be sent to Dr. Irfan Omar, Department of Theology, Marquette University, P.O. Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881. All proposals will undergo a peer review. Presentations should be an average of 30-45 minutes and include time for discussion. Expanded/full text presentations must be available one month (August 1, 2005) before the conference to be considered for publication following the conference.

February 16, 2005 Deadline for proposal submissions
April 1, 2005 Notification of acceptance

Selection and Notification
Abstract will be evaluated on the following criteria; clear statements of purpose, design, methods, conclusions, applicability to practice and conference theme, and quality of writing.
Papers/presentations that are collaborative and cross-disciplinary, as well as joint proposals from Marquette University and colleagues in different institutions will be given priority in acceptance.

Registration
Presenters must register for the conference and are expected to assume costs related to travel, accommodations, and registration. Appropriate documentation of participation will be provided for presenters who require this for travel subvention from their institutions

For more information, contact us at (414) 288-0263 or visit our website at:
http://www.marquette.edu/pages/home/manresa/facstaff/conferences

This conference is made possible with the assistance of Marquette University, the Manresa Project, and the Global Ethics and Religion Forum (http://www.gerforum.org/)

New Accord issue and policy brief
Conciliation Resources' Accord programme has just published the 15th issue in our Accord series
'From military peace to social justice? The Angolan peace process'

THE FULL TEXT IS AVAILABLE FREE ON LINE (http://www.c-r.org/accord/ang/accord15) OR CAN BE ORDERED IN PRINT FROM CR (See below)

This issue of Accord asks, what next for Angola? - a nation that has reached a military peace but has to face the huge challenges in post-conflict peacebuilding, as well as the secessionist war in Cabinda.

The authors present some of the lessons learned from Angola's history of conflict and peacemaking including:
* why Angola's previous peace processes failed
* the limitations of the 'one bullet solution'
* the challenges of transforming national liberation movements into political parties.

They also explore the key challenges faced by the country in working towards greater social justice, including the need for deeper democratization and the ongoing conflict in Cabinda.

The publication is now available in full in web format from the CR web site http://www.c-r.org/accord/ang/accord15 and includes the following articles:

Introduction: lessons from the Angolan 'peace process'
Guus Meijer
http://www.c-r.org/accord/ang/accord15/01.shtml

Angola from past to present
Guus Meijer and David Birmingham
http://www.c-r.org/accord/ang/accord15/02.shtml

The end of the war: the Luena Memorandum of Understanding
Aaron Griffiths
http://www.c-r.org/accord/ang/accord15/04.shtml

Why did Bicesse and Lusaka fail? A critical analysis
Christine Messiant
http://www.c-r.org/accord/ang/accord15/03.shtml

The role of the United Nations in the Angolan peace process
Manuel J. Paulo
http://www.c-r.org/accord/ang/accord15/05.shtml

Alternative voices: the Angolan peace movement
Michael Comerford
http://www.c-r.org/accord/ang/accord15/06.shtml

Cabinda between 'no peace' and 'no war'
Jean-Michel Mabeko-Tali
http://www.c-r.org/accord/ang/accord15/07.shtml

Beyond the silencing of guns: demobilization, disarmament and reintegration in Angola
Imogen Parsons
http://www.c-r.org/accord/ang/accord15/08.shtml

The land issue in the context of peacebuilding in Angola: development or conflict?
Fernando Pacheco
http://www.c-r.org/accord/ang/accord15/09.shtml

The role of resource management in building sustainable peace
Tony Hodges
http://www.c-r.org/accord/ang/accord15/10.shtml

The challenges of democratization in Angola
Filomeno Vieira Lopes
http://www.c-r.org/accord/ang/accord15/11.shtml

Angolan Women in the aftermath of conflict
Henda Ducados
http://www.c-r.org/accord/ang/accord15/12.shtml

The role of the media during the conflict and in the construction of democracy
Ismael Mateus
http://www.c-r.org/accord/ang/accord15/13.shtml

Peace and reconciliation in Angola
Carlinda Monteiro
http://www.c-r.org/accord/ang/accord15/14.shtml

Lessons for the UN from UNAVEM II
http://www.c-r.org/accord/ang/accord15/15.shtml

ALSO AVAILABLE ON-LINE
Accord policy paper

From military peace to social justice?
Lessons from the Angolan peace process and the ongoing post-conflict challenges
http://www.c-r.org/accord/ang/policy.shtml (English)
http://www.c-r.org/accord/ang/policyPT.shtml (Portuguese)

To order a copy of the issue please visit our website http://www.c-r.org/accord/order/index.shtml or e-mail us on accord@c-r.org

Conciliation Resources | 173 Upper street | London N1 1RG | UK
Tel +44 (0)20 7 359 7728 | Fax +44 (0)20 7359 4081

Call for applications to initiate Five Nordic Networks
An initiative to further collaboration on emerging fields of research

The Nordic Africa Institute is pleased to launch its new initiative to stimulate further collaboration on contemporary Africa within the Nordic region.
The idea is to support the establishing of narrowly defined thematic networks that will enhance the infrastructure among researchers working on African and development issues within the Nordic countries, and will hopefully generate long-lasting interaction between researchers working on emerging fields of research. During a period of four years each network will be given the financial means to be able to meet twice in the Nordic region.

Application for networks
A network should be initiated by at least 5 researchers (including, but not exclusively, PhD-candidates) representing multidisciplinary backgrounds from different Nordic countries. While students below PhD-level are welcome to participate in the networks they should not be among the 5 responsible initiators required to form a network.

The following must be included in an application:
• A description of the field of research including clarification on how this is an emerging field of interest for studies on contemporary Africa and description of the exact focus area (1 page),
• Brief CVs of the researchers who are initiating this network,
• Statement of who among the interested researchers will be the contact person authorized to communicate with NAI’s Network Committee,
• Provisional work plan.

Practical and financial resources
NAI has established a Network Committee consisting of the Research Director, 2 Nordic researchers, and 1 administrator, which will be responsible for the selection and management of the networks. This committee will provide financial resources for the members to meet twice within four years. Each network is entitled to receive a grant of up to 40,000 SEK for each of their two workshops. It must be emphasised that the tasks involved in running a network are the responsibility of its members.

Deadline
Applications for a network should be sent to Catrine Christiansen by e-mail, mail or fax no later than 15 December 2004 and these should not exceed 2 pages.

The Network Committee will assess the selection and notify all contact persons by e-mail in the beginning of 2005.
Please feel free to distribute this message to all relevant contacts within your network.

For more information, please contact:
Catrine Christiansen
Nordic researcher, the Nordic Africa Institute
Tel: +46-(0)18-56 22 19
Fax: +46-18-56 22 90
E-mail: catrine.christiansen@nai.uu.se

October Newsletter - African Review of Books

New on the African Review of Books are the latest in the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency and a series of art monographs from South Africa.

This year's winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Wangari Maathai has written of the work which led to her being awarded the prize in The Green Belt Movement: Sharing the approach and the experience. It is available for sale at our bookshop.

In Reviews:
Mma Ramotswe in her latest adventure, In the Company of Cheerful Ladies, has been compared with other great detectives of English literature, but here we compare her to another great English literary figure, Winnie-the-Pooh.

Achmat Dangor is in line to win this year's Man Booker prize. The announcement of the winner is to be made on October 19. Bitter Fruit, the shortlisted title, focuses on the life of one family whose past was defined by the individual evils of a grandiose system, and whose cohesion is unravelling as history clambers beyond the confines of neatly constructed judicial processes. It is set against the background the the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Niq Mhlongo creates a character who travels to Cape Town to try and get a publisher interested in his personal diaries, which makes Dog Eat Dog a somewhat biographical novel, and it works.

The Taxi art series from David Krut Publishing is a series of 10 monographs, so far. We review the latest two which cover the works of Kagiso Pat Mautloa and Deborah Bell. All 10 are available for sale and are sourced from South Africa.

Agenda Setting and Public Policy in Africa provides an integrated account of the theoretical and practical aspects of public policy challenges in developing societies. It points toward the need to infuse novelty into public policy-making processes to reflect indigenous societal interests. Contributors to the book tackle critical policy issues that have emasculated the growth of policy objectives that are sensitive to African needs.

From Angola comes a collection of short stories by João de Melo. The Serial Killer (written in Portuguese) offers a particularly well drawn view of Luanda, a rich blend of old and new practices, of the cloying nostalgia for days gone by and of the permissive, often corrupt ways of the present. Melo's writing has a lightness of touch that at once provokes and seduces us into laughing with him while simultaneously being teased into thinking beyond the more superficial level of the work.

In News:
This year's Africa Visions tour highlights 10 years of democracy in South Africa. Among the writers present will be Andre Brink, Gcina Mhlope and Achmat Dangor.

From Cape Town, the IBBY conference on children's books took place last month. Lara Scott takes an irreverant view of the adult proceedings.

Ngugi wa Thiongo's latest novel has been launched in Kenya, but English readers will have to wait until 2006.

Nadine Gordimer has brought together 20 world-renown writers, including many Nobel prize winners, in Telling Tales, an anthology whose proceeds will go to help victims of HIV/Aids. The book will be available from November.

In Essays:
If you haven't seen it already, Nelson Mandela delivered this year's Steve Biko memorial lecture.

All this is available at www.africanreviewofbooks.com and please remember that all books highlighted on our site can be bought through our shop. If you can't find what you're looking for or prefer not to use the internet to buy books, then give us a call on +44 (0)8707128932.

Thanks for your support

Raks and Richard

Top Five Design Mistakes Even Good Designers Make

In the website of Design Research Connections News Letter, there is the following article that the editors are asking people to distribute. The whole article is quoted below; it is a great topic for debating current architectural and design practices from human, cultural, behavioral, and environmental perspectives.

Ashraf Salama, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Architecture
KFUPM – Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

TOP-5 Design MISTAKES EVEN iGOODi DESIGNERS MAKE!
. . . . and how to avoid them!

1. NOT KEEPING PEOPLE IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT
People feel better when they are in control of their environment. If people can reconfigure furniture, adjust the temperature, change the lighting, choose where to sit, and have options to complete tasks, they experience a place more positively.
When completing a simple task, music can increase performance, but decrease performance when the task is complex. With control, individuals can create the musical environment that works best for them. (Research Design Connections (RDC) October 2002, "Background Music: Bane or Benefit")
Customers who feel more in control when dining, because, for example, they are able to stake out a "territory" for their group, have greater feelings of pleasure and involvement in the restaurant experience. (RDC April 2003, "Food for Thought: Restaurant Design")
In office environments, people prefer to control their ambient environments, and the presence of healthy, comfortable ambient conditions has been tied to workplace satisfaction and performance. (RDC October 2003, "The Office Environment: Designing for Success")
When creating environments for dementia patients and their families, a variety of seating options gives families appropriate places to interact based on their visiting style and loved one's condition. (RDC Winter 2004, "Dementia Design: Continuing to Make a Difference")

2. NOT DESIGNING FOR ALL USERS
As good designers, we are all concerned about the experiences people have in the places we create. Unfortunately, we can forget how varied the people who will eventually inhabit and use our spaces actually are.
Acoustics is particularly important in elementary schools, because children have more difficulty differentiating words from background noise. But, did you know that children are also prone to temporary hearing loss because of middle ear infections, with some studies reporting that 13 - 15% of students in a classroom are affected by an ear infection at any one time, making great acoustics an even more important factor in school design? (RDC July 2002, "Enhanced Learning: School Acoustical Design")
Sometimes people who use buildings work in the background. Have you ever considered what truck and delivery drivers think of the design of the loading spaces and docks where they have to work? We covered building design from a truck driver's point of view. (RDC October 2002, "Truck Driver Design")
We all know about universally accessible play equipment, but what about designing play areas appropriate for young users' developmental stages? (RDC April and July 2003, "Fully Integrated, Universally Accessible Play Environments: The Next Paradigm Shift")
Different population segments have different design preferences. (RDC Winter 2004, "Generation YÂ’s Design Preferences")

3. NOT THINKING COUNTER-INTUITIVELY
Every designer brings their own preconceived notions to their design projects. But designers and users can experience places differently and in ways that may be inconsistent with established design practices.
Since most right-handed people turn right at a crossing, it makes sense to put the highest-price merchandise or most interesting features on the right, correct? Not if you are designing in Great Britain. In the United Kingdom where cars travel on the left side of the road, only 45% of right-handers turned right at action decision points. (RDC April 2003, "Right Turns, Left Turns")
Open-office plans are popular and can help people work in new and different ways. Yet, a study of 13,000 office workers found that the most important design feature in an office environment, from the workers' perspectives, was being able to concentrate without distractions -- something that's not possible in most open-office spaces. (RDC April 2003, "Supporting Concentration in Work Environments")
Adding a marked crosswalk will make crossing safer for pedestrians, but only in certain situations. If not properly placed, marked crosswalks can actually increase pedestrian accidents. (RDC Spring 2004, "Pedestrian Safety: Is the Simple Solution the Right One?")

4. NOT MINING OTHER DESIGN DISCIPLINES
Design of all types deals with the core of human experience. The fundamentals of human place experience are consistent across all sorts of spaces, and there are synergies between research done in each design field. Architects can learn from landscape architects, landscape architects can learn from architects, industrial designers can learn from interior designers, interior designers can learn from architects, and so on.
What researchers have learned about navigation can be applied indoors and outdoors. (RDC July 2002, "Wayfinding Principles: Indoors and Out")
Accessibility design does not begin or end at the building door. Creating accessible places means considering best-practices across disciplines, including designing functional approaches and entrances for a full range of weather conditions, even for those with mobility problems. (RDC, April 2003, "Welcoming Places for All: Thinking Beyond ADA Guidelines")
Interior and exterior place design can both have a significant impact on crime control. (RDC January 2003, "Controlling Crime Through Design")
Environmental psychologists and ergonomists have spent a lot of energy developing optimum operating room designs and other disciplines can learn from their experiences. (RDC July 2003, "Lessons from Operating Rooms")
Place experiences happen everywhere. Shopping malls are designed as entertainment destinations -- and so can parks, zoos, museums, and urban downtowns. (RDC Spring 2004, "Shopping as Entertainment: The Mall as a Happening Place")

5. IGNORING THE TOTAL PLACE EXPERIENCE
We do not experience places one sense at a time, but holistically -- all of our sensory mechanisms are continuously employed. Each sense can be used to augment or reduce the impression being created by the other senses.
Scents and sounds can enhance a healing environment (RDC April 2003, "Hospital Designers Become 'Sense Aware'"; October 2002, "Lemon Scent Reduces Agitation") and scents can easily be introduced into a variety of environments with diffusers.
The right sort of background music can increase the money spent in restaurants (RDC October 2003, "Classical Music Increases Money Spent in Restaurants") and stores. (RDC Winter 2004, "Retail Design 1-2-3")
Just as scientists have shown that scents can relax, they have also been shown to affect task performance. (RDC Spring 2004, "Peppermint Odor Improves Performance of Tedious Tasks")
Colors of maximum saturation attract the most attention when paired with any background color and colors with maximum saturation and brightness are most preferred. (RDC Summer 2004, "Color: Attention-Getting and Emotional Responses")

BONUS - UNDERESTIMATING THE VALUE OF NATURE
People need to take mental breaks continuously during the course of the day. Positive distractions and access to nature can provide just the sort of refreshing nudge people need for optimum place experience and performance.
Housing complexes with more trees and grass present have been linked to lower violence levels (RDC January 2002, "Designing with Nature to Reduce Crime") and supportive environments with natural elements can be used to reduce attention deficit symptoms in children. (RDC April 2002, "ADD Children: Nature's Helping Hand")
Plants improve the health and comfort of office workers (RDC April 2002, "Plants Increasing Health and Well-Being") and leafy plants in indoor environments have been linked to increased creativity (RDC January 2003, "Leafy Plants May Enhance Creativity") as have outdoor views. (RDC October 2003, "Designing Laboratory Workplaces".)
Aquariums have repeatedly been shown to positively influence state of mind, with the general population and with special populations, such as Alzheimer's patients. (RDC October 2003, "More Evidence of the Positive Influence of Aquariums")
Sunlight has well publicized influences on human experience, but more subtle influences as well. (RDC Spring 2004. "Less Pain Medicine Required in Sunlit Spaces")
AND. . . designers can't ignore the value of learning from others' experience by reading post-occupancy evaluations and by keeping up with current research information.

Newsletter from the Human Rights House Network, 8th October 2004
www.humanrightshouse.org

1 Nobel Peace Prize to Wangari Maatha i
The Human Rights House Foundation congratulates the Kenyan environmental activist Wangari Maathai with the Nobel Peace Prize. -The award is a tremendous inspiration for the huge, but largely over-looked efforts of non-governmental organizations world- wide, not only for the environment and sustainable development, but also for peace and human rights, says Niels Jacob Harbitz, Project Manager for East Africa at the Human Rights House Foundation in Oslo.

2 Speaks out against violations in Russia
The Helsinki Commission has released a report on violations of human rights in OSCE member states that are taking part in the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation meeting that starts in Warsaw on Monday. In particular, the authors of the report surveyed the plight of people from the Caucasus region and the Romany minority in Russia.

3 Belarus: Employees' memberships checked
The Belarusian government registers all state employees´ travels and memberships in parties and NGOs, according to the Human Rights Center "Viasna". - A return to the Soviet past, says Valiantsin Stefanovich at "Viasna". The parliamentary election in Belarus takes place 17 October.
4 Bosnia - Local Elections 2004: Fair and democratic, with low voter turnout
The basic characteristic of the local elections held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 2 October 2004 was low level of interest and low voter turnout: out of 2,327,014 registered voters, 45.52% of BiH citizens with the right to vote in Bosnia and Herzegovina turned out to vote at 4057 polling stations in total.
5 Aung San Suu Kyi Asia's Online Hero for 2004
For her steadiness and her steadfast belief in the powers of democracy and peaceful protest, 40.4% of voters nominated Aung San Suu Kyi as Asia´s Online Hero for 2004, organized by Time Asia. In 1990 she was awarded the Rafto Prize, and in 1991 she was honored with the Nobel Peace Prize. She remains the only living recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize who is still incarcerated.

6 Activists under attack: Conference 13-14 October in Oslo
Representatives of governments, grass-root organisations and international experts will participate at the international conference, and discuss how to improve the situation for human rights defenders worldwide.

7 Human Rights House Network Annual Report 2003
The 2003 Annual Report of the Human Rights House Network is available in PDF. Read more about the activities of organisations at established human rights houses in Oslo, Moscow, Warsaw, Bergen, Sarajevo, Bergen, and London, and at emerging human rights houses in Zagreb, Baku, Nairobi, Kampala, and Minsk.

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Dear All.
Please find below an invitation for a symposium organized at Brandeis University.
All the best,
Judit

The Slifka Program in Intercommunal Coexistence, the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life, and Brandeis University Office of the Arts warmly invite you to

Re-Imagining Self and Other:
Creativity and Ethical Action in the Aftermath of Violence
October 13-14, 2004, Brandeis University Please Note the Change in Location on the Morning of October 14!!

A symposium presented in conjunction with the Brandeis International Fellows program
Recasting Reconciliation through Culture and the Arts

The symposium is a conversation among peacebuilding practitioners, artists, policymakers and scholars. It features
Goenawan Mohamad, the preeminent Indonesian journalist and poet, who will consider questions of identity, violence and forgiveness as seen through the prism of Muslim fasting traditions
Barbara Sonneborn, director of the haunting film 'Regret to Inform', an award-winning documentary that weaves together the narratives of American and Vietnamese war widows
Dr. Hizkias Assefa, a leading peacebuilder and scholar based in Nairobi, Kenya, who will share stories from his extensive reconciliation practice in regions such as Rwanda, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Ghana
Jane Sapp, the African-American cultural worker who will illustrate, from her position at the piano, how music and cultural work can strengthen trust among members of disparate disenfranchised communities in the rural American South
Olivier Urbain, the founder of Transcend: Arts and Peace, an international network of artist/peacebuilders, who will present exemplary arts projects focused on the re-humanization of self and other in conflict regions around the world

Participants at the symposium are invited to a buffet lunch at The Rose Art Museum.

Of related interest, Brandeis is introducing a new World Music Series this season. It begins October 20 with a Silk Road concert by the Orchid Ensemble and is a highlight of our fall series of programs -- "Art Unlocks the Ethical Imagination." The World Music Series will also feature concerts by Voice of the Turtle and Peru Negro. For more information call 781-736-3400 or visit brandeis.edu/arts/abc/

A brief symposium schedule follows. For more information, please visit http://www.brandeis.edu/ethics or call 781-736-5001.

SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE
Wednesday, October 13 ~ Theater, Shapiro Student Center
7:00 pm: Welcome and Opening Remarks
7:30 pm: Film, Regret to Inform and Discussion with Director Barbara Sonneborn

Thursday, October 14 ~ NEW LOCATION!! Multi-Purpose Room, Shapiro Student Center
10:00 am: Dr. Hizkias Assefa Re-imagining Self and Other in Processes of Reconciliation: Stories from an African Peacebuilder

12 noon: Luncheon at The Rose Art Museum

Thursday, October 14 ~ Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Goldfarb Library
1:30 pm: Cultural Work, the Arts, and Ethical Imagination: Presentations and Conversation
Olivier Urbain, Ph.D. The Power of the Arts in Re-humanizing Self and Other
Jane Sapp A River Runs Through my Soul: Cultural Work, Imagination and Trust

3:30 pm: Refreshments

4 pm: Goenawan Mohamad After Breakfast: Fasting, Forgiving and the Self and Final Reflections

If you are coming from off campus and you are driving, please stop at the security kiosk at the entrance to the University and ask for a one-day parking pass.

Sponsored by the international Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life and the Slifka Program in Intercommunal Coexistence; co-sponsored by the Office of the Arts at Brandeis University, the Southeast Asian Club, and the Consilience Program. Funded by the United States Institute of Peace; The Rice Family Foundation; and Ellie and Friends.

"CAN COLLECTIVE VIOLENCE BE PREVENTED?"
A PsychoPolitical Action Project in Indonesia
September 2004

Java
The Java projects are unfolding organically. Again, a long drive through tense traffic on small roads to the children's prison in East Java. After the usual time spent on formalities with the various officers in charge, we met with our already existing, and now well established group of youths to discuss the motorcycle repair training, which we organised during our previous visit. A climate of trust seemed to prevail as we invited the youths to voice their needs and wants. The cakes we brought along disappeared quickly during the process. Several of the young inmates wanted to be able to pass their high school exams on the outside, which would allow them to get an official high school diploma. We promised to discuss their request with the head of the prison school as well as with the director of the local junior high school.

I then took a walk through the facility, distributing toothpaste (a donation from Switzerland) and writing pens (also a donation, from a student of the PsychoPolitical Peace Institute) to each of the seventy-six inmates.

After a lengthy discussion with the wardens and the organization providing the motorcycle spare parts, we finally left the prison.

The "Peace Education Project" (Prevention of collective violence project), in which our foundation in Bali – Lagu Damai, a university in Surabaya, Java and the Savy Amira women's crisis center in Surabaya, Java are joining forces, is well on its way. We completed a most complicated application to the European Community for funding. If approved for a grant, this project will include the training of prison personnel, law makers, and religious groups. A manual and DVD will be developed to introduce peace making as a part of a regular curriculum at various governmental and other institutions.

It is of great concern to my colleagues at the Department of Psychology in Surabaya, Java that terrorism is on the increase in Indonesia and that being Muslim is often regarded in the West as being a terrorist. We are now in the preliminary process of developing ways to psychologically examine the topic of terrorist in order to eventually approach it from a different perspective.

Bali
Progress is being made in the Lagu Damai (Song of Peace) youth center. Funds are urgently needed to build the roof for the large meeting hall. Floor tiles have been purchased as well as the obligatory Balinese altar, whose position and date of placement will be determined by the local village priest. Without the altar and the priest's blessing, Balinese will refuse to work on the construction site.

The English classes in Tanggayuda, held by Dewa twice weekly, are in full swing and very popular with the youth in the village.

Our university students, Indrawati – medicine, Artawa – computer, Andika – computer, Siwi – accounting, Agus – car mechanics, Martini – administration assistance apprenticeship and Suartini, teacher assistant apprenticeship, are all excelling at their work. It is such a joy to see their willingness and keenness to study and learn.

Ngura and Agung, two of the next group of six youths the Psychypolitical Peace Foundation sponsors for high school, have entered senior high school. Everyone here is hoping that the new Indonesian President will do what he promised, that is, decrease the outrageous high school fees. If not, many people will not be able to afford to send their children to school.

The Tanggayuda group trained as electricians is now opening its own business, with our support and their newly acquired know-how.

Bangli: The Bangli women's – small business group is now creating a self-supported loan project. Each woman will pay a certain amount into the common account, which will be matched by us. The total sum will be given to a woman with a very good business idea and she will repay the loan with interest. Then, another woman will use the loan.

The following is needed:
More guitars for the prison project
Shampoo for the prison project
Funding for the youth center
Money to pay school fees

Would you like to experience the Balinese culture, attend a seminar and view our local projects from Monday, December 20 – Sunday, December 26, 2004? Go to www.pppi.net ….. journeys to the project sites….. for information about this upcoming event.

Thank you for your continued support of our activities and projects.
Dr. Margret Rueffler
PSYCHOPOLITICAL PEACE INSTITUTE INC., Non Profit Organisation, 150 West 80th Street, Apt. 6C, New York, 10024-6342, USA, tel +1 212 362 6915 fax +1 212 877 9626, e-mail: found@pppi.net, www.pppi.net
PsychoPolitical Peace Foundation, Gehrenhof im Geren 5, CH 8712 Staefa, Switzerland, Tel +41 (0)1 926 8182, Fax +41 (0)1 926 8110, email: found@pppi.net, www.pppi.net.

USA:
Please send your contributions by check in $US to: PSYCHOPOLITICAL PEACE INSTITUTE INC., Non Profit Organisation, 150 West 80th Street, Apt. 6C, New York, 10024-6342, USA

Switzerland:
PsychoPolitical Peace Foundation - Bank Linth, CH 8730 Uznach, PC 30-38170-0,
BC 8731, Konto 16 1.265.252.00, Swiftcode LINSCH 23

Germany:
PsychoPolitical Peace Foundation - Dresdner Bank, D 10971 Berlin, BLZ 100 800 00, Konto 0301352202, Swiftcode DRES DE BB

Indonesia:
Lagu Damai – Song of Peace - Bank Negara Indonesia, BNI, Ubud Branch, Denpasar, No. Rekening 034.001272723.001, Swiftcode BNI NI DJA DPS

Dear All,
Please find below a job announcement for Assistant Professor of Peace Studies, Columbia U. Teachers College, New York.

Peace Education (INTERNATIONAL AND TRANSCULTURAL STUDIES)

Position: The Program of International Educational Development at
Teachers College, Columbia University seeks an Assistant
professor to provide leadership through teaching and scholarship
as well as coordination of its internationally acclaimed
concentration in Peace Education. Teachers College has been a
pioneer in this field since 1982 and continues to attract strong
masters and doctoral students at Teachers College and the
broader Columbia University community, as well as among
educational practitioners. This highly productive and dynamic
specialization includes the study of the pedagogical dimensions
of Peace Education, the role of non-governmental and
international organizations in promoting global co-operation,
and the teaching of human rights in educational contexts.

Responsibilities:

The new appointee will have responsibility for further
development of the Peace Education concentration through
innovative instruction and research as well as coordination of
educational activities. Research responsibilities include a
focus on Peace Education, consisting of its pedagogy,
curriculum, politics, and evaluation of effectiveness.
Coordination responsibilities include developing outreach
activities for teachers, administrators, and policy
makers, and serving as a liaison between Teachers College and
international organizations, both in New York (e.g. the United
Nations)and elsewhere.

Qualifications:

Earned doctorate in Peace Education, Peace Studies,
Political Science, International Education or a related
discipline with application to some aspect of Peace Education.
Research training in political science is an asset. In addition,
applicants should show evidence of a research agenda with a
focus on Peace Education and International Affairs. We also
seek a record of exemplary teaching, advisement, and promise of
productive scholarship. Proficiencies in program organization,
leadership, and collaboration are also strengths that we seek
for this position.

Rank: Assistant Professor, Tenure Track

Application Candidates should submit a CV and an overall letter
of interest with details on how they meet the criteria for the
position and at least three professional reference letters. In
addition, the applicants should provide writing samples and a
one-page teaching philosophy statement.

Applications should be sent to Professor Henry M.
Levin, Chair of Search Committee for Peace Education, Teachers
College, Columbia University, Box 181, 525 West 120th Street,
New York, NY 10027.

Further inquiries can be made to Professor Levin via email:
HL361@columbia.edu
.

Review of applications will begin on November 1, 2004 and
continue until the search is completed. Appointment begins
September 2005.

Teachers College as an equal opportunity employer.

Candidates whose qualifications and experience are directly
relevant to College priorities (e.g., urban issues, education
equity, and concerns of underrepresented groups) may be
considered for higher rank than advertised.

Teachers College, Columbia University

525 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027

http://www.tc.columbia.edu/

Location: New York City
Deadline: Until the search is completed
Website: www.tc.columbia.edu

Still Vacancies in the Dialogue Groups! Please write to dialogue@isfit.org, if you are interested!

With more than 450 participants from over 100 countries, the International Student Festival in Trondheim (ISFiT) is the largest thematic student festival in the world. The thought behind ISFiT is that students, as future leaders, represent people with the possibility to influence, and with the right knowledge and values, students of today have the possibility to create a healthy global development. The theme for ISFiT-05 is “Education. Why?”

The Dialogue Groups are arranged a week before ISFiT, 31st January - 10th February, 2005, and will be a seminar where we hope to create a space for participants from different sides of three conflicts to meet on equal grounds to share experiences and develop an understanding of the others´ situation and viewpoints. The Dialogue participants of ISFiT-05 will be from Russia and Chechnya, Eritrea and Ethiopia, and USA and Iran.

Through dialogue and social activities we believe we can build trust between groups. It is our hope that friendships will be formed and that you as a participant stay in touch and continue the work in your respective area after the festival. For more information please see

http://www.isfit.org/2005/

Housing, food and travel expenses for the Dialogue participants will be provided by ISFiT. You will also be offered to take part in the rest of the festival, 11th- 20th February. Both experiences will challenge, educate and enrich you.

For the Dialogue Groups we are looking for students who are genuinely interested in peace building. Interesting? Send us your application before 1st november.

Please send us:
• A short essay about your motivation for joining the Dialogue Groups of ISFiT-05
• Your resume
• A recommendation
• Information on how to get in touch with you (e-mail, telephone, address, etc.)

We will be happy to accept your application electronically at
dialogue@isfit.org

or by regular mail
ISFiT, att: Dialogue
Postterminalen NTNU
NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
For more information, see www.isfit.org

Best regards
Beate Solberg, Leader of Dialogue Groups, ISFiT 2005

Dialogues About a New Psychology. By Jan Smedslund
http://www.taosinstitute.net/publishing/publishing.html

This book presents a new paradigm for psychology. It is written in the form of dialogues between three fictional psychologists. In twelve sessions they develop a novel approach to psychology as the study of persons. The work is the outcome of Dr. Smedslund's sustained engagement in psychology for more than half a century as clinician, experimenter, and a theoretician. He presents here a new view and expands and discusses it in this book. By externalizing his own inner dialogues through these three fictional characters, he presents with maximal clarity, the considerations that have led him away from the old and towards a new conception of psychology. You, the reader, will soon realize that this is, indeed, a radical re-orientation. The dialogues help make the transition intelligible, and provide opportunity for critical evaluation of the arguments and counter-arguments.

A Brookings Institution/Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life DIScussion:
What Role Should Religion Play in Shaping U.S. Foreign Policy?
Friday, October 15, 2004
10:00 a.m. - noon
The Mayflower Hotel
1127 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036

Can religious convictions promote a more moral foreign policy? Do they lead to fanaticism, or do they encourage a new realism about the forces shaping the choices that confront the United States?

The question of religion and its role in policy choices—particularly as those choices relate to nation-building and democratization—has long found itself at the heart of debates about foreign aid, economic sanctions, and military intervention.

Brookings and the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life will host a panel discussion October 15 that will include several co-authors of a new book from the Brookings Institution Press, Liberty and Power: A Dialogue on Religion & U.S. Foreign Policy in an Unjust World. Panelists will take questions from the audience.

MODERATOR:
E.J. DIONNE, JR.
Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution;

Co-editor, Liberty & Power;
Columnist, Washington Post Writers Group

PANELISTS:
FATHER BRYAN HEHIR
President, Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of Boston; Professor of the Practice of Religion and Public Life, Harvard University

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER
Syndicated columnist, Washington Post

WALTER RUSSELL MEAD
Henry Kissinger Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Author, Power, Terror, Peace, and War: America’s Grand Strategy in a World at Risk

LOUISE RICHARDSON
Executive Dean, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University

SHIBLEY TELHAMI
Anwar Sadat Professor of Peace and Development, University of Maryland; Author, The Stakes: America and the Middle East

RSVP: Register online at www.pewforum.org, or by calling (202) 955-5075. Acceptances only, please.

Dear Colleagues,

I am the Director of the Oak Institute for the Study of International Human Rights at Colby College and I would like to solicit your assistance in our annual search for the Oak Human Rights Fellow, which is targeted this year for someone working in the area of HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS.

I have copied the announcement below. You can also access it at http://www.colby.edu/oak.

Each year, we host a human rights professional doing on-the-ground work at some level of personal risk and organize a lecture series around his or her area of expertise. The purpose of the fellowship is to offer activists a respite from their work and spend a semester as a scholar-in-residence at the College, exposing campus community to the issues surrounding the human rights issues on which the Fellow works.

In conducting our annual search, we rely heavily on nominations from NGOs, academics, journalists, and human rights lawyers, since these are the people most likely to know of the work of on-the-ground professionals.

Since you and your organization has been active in working on human rights issues , I would like your assistance in disseminating the announcement to your membership. You should also feel free to nominate anyone or forward the announcement to anyone in the field who could help us.

Whatever assistance you might provide would be greatly appreciated. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to get back to me. Thank you in advance.

Ken Rodman

OAK FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT
The Oak Institute for the Study of International Human Rights annually hosts an Human Rights Fellow to teach and conduct research while at residence in the College and organizes lectures and other events centered around the fellow's area of expertise. The purpose of the fellowship is to offer an opportunity for prominent practitioners in international human rights to take a sabbatical leave from their work and spend a period of up to a semester as a scholar-in-residence at the College. This provides the Fellow time for reflection,
research, and writing. While all human rights practitioners are eligible, we especially encourage applications from those who are currently or were recently involved in "on-the-ground" work at some level of personal risk. The Oak Fellow's responsibilities include regular meetings with students either through formal classes or informal discussion groups and assistance in shaping a lecture series or symposium associated with the particular aspect of human rights of
interest to the fellow. The fellow also is expected to participate in the intellectual life of the campus and enable our students to work or study with a professional in the human rights field. The Fellow will receive a stipend and College fringe benefits, plus round-trip transportation from the fellow's home site, housing for a family, use of a car, and meals on campus. The Fellow will also receive research support, including office space, secretarial support, computer and
library facilities, and a student assistant. The Fellowship is awarded for the fall semester (Sept.-Dec.) each year. Following the period of the award, the fellow is expected to return to her or his human rights work.

For the fall of 2005, the Oak Institute seeks a human rights practitioner working on health-related human rights issues. Possible areas of expertise may include, but are not limited to: HIV-AIDS, the rehabilitation of torture victims, the treatment of refugees or the victims of landmines, forensic anthropology, combating unsafe health and sanitary conditions, women's health issues, and infant malnutrition and mortality. The successful candidate should have some background in the health sciences or related fields. For more information, see our website at http://www.colby.edu/oak.

Prof. Kenneth A. Rodman
Department of Government
5310 Mayflower Hill Drive
Colby College
Waterville, ME 04901
phone: (207) 872-3270
fax: (207) 872-3263

2005-06 Rockefeller Visiting Fellowships in Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding

Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
University of Notre Dame

Program Website
http://kroc.nd.edu/visiting_fellows/index.html

With support from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Kroc Institute invites applications for Visiting Fellowships in its Program in Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding (PRCP). The PRCP explores the complex role of religion in contemporary conflicts, ranging from the legitimation or sacralization of violence, to participation in conflict mediation and reconciliation, to the advocacy and practice of nonviolent resistance as a religious imperative. For the class of 2005-06, the program encourages applications addressing program themes in the context of the Middle East.

The program understands religious traditions as evolving, internally diverse sets of beliefs, narratives, practices and laws. It explores the phenomenon of "lived religion" by examining how religious traditions move from sacred scripture or traditional norm to the practical principles which guide specific decisions and actions taken in the context of violent conflict. Research focuses on three dimensions of this process: the relationship between religious ethics, human rights, and attitudes of tolerance and intolerance toward the other; religious roles in conflict resolution, including conflict within and between religious traditions; and the contributions of religious actors to post-conflict reconciliation, justice and peacebuilding.

Rockefeller Visiting Fellowships are open to senior and junior scholars in the humanities and social sciences, as well as religious leaders and peacebuilding practitioners, of any nationality. The PRCP seeks to include research by scholars and practitioners with expertise in Hindu, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Sikh, or Christian traditions and movements.

Visiting fellows are expected to present a public lecture on their research, participate in the ongoing PRCP seminar series, participate on current events panels related to their research, and provide guest lectures in appropriate classes. Visiting Fellows are expected to produce a chapter suitable for publication in a volume emerging from a PRCP conference.

The fellowships will ordinarily be for one year. Stipends begin at $35,000 per year. Visiting Fellows will also be provided with an apartment in the Hesburgh Center's residential quarters, an office in the Hesburgh Center for International Studies, a computer, an email account, access to the internet, and photocopying, faxing and communication facilities. Visiting Fellows will also receive full privileges at the Hesburgh Library.

To be considered for a Rockefeller Visiting Fellowship, prospective candidates should submit:
* a complete CV or resume, including a list of publications
* a one-paragraph biography (approximately 150 words)
* a research proposal of no more than 7 double-spaced pages which includes a project summary of no more than 1 page, a project description, a description of the research methodology to be employed, and a timetable for completion of the project
* three letters of reference

The CV and research proposal may be submitted by regular mail or as an email attachment in a standard word processing format. Letters of reference should be sent directly to the Institute by the person providing the reference, and may be sent by regular mail or email. All application materials or inquiries about the program should be directed to:

Rashied Omar, PRCP Coordinator
Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
100 Hesburgh Center for International Studies
P.O. Box 639
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
telephone: (574) 631-7740 fax: (574) 631-6973
email: omar.1@nd.edu

Applications must be postmarked by November 15, 2004.

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Hal Culbertson, Associate Director
Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
112 Hesburgh Center for International Studies
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
(574) 631-8832 (phone)
(574) 631-6973 (fax)

Visit the Kroc Institute website at http://kroc.nd.edu
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Kenia, Tansania, Südafrika, Sambia, Tunesien, Ghana, Bangladesch, Indien,
Nepal,
Korruption, Lieferbindung, Hilfe und Militär, Ethnien, Gentechnik, UNCTAD,
Aids, Literatur

HANDELN FÜR ENTWICKLUNG lautet der Themenschwerpunkt in der neuen Ausgabe "der ueberblick" (www.der-ueberblick.de)

- Wann ist Entwicklungszusammenarbeit tiefschürfend?
- Wann ist Entwicklungshilfe wie ein Fass ohen Boden?

Einen umfassenden Überblick zu diesem Themenschwerpunkt finden Sie im
neuen Heft "der ueberblick" (Euro 5,50 + Versandkosten)
und unter www.der-ueberblick.de
(herausgegeben i.A. vom Evangelischen Entwicklungsdienst und von Brot für
die Welt).

Vergangene Schwerpunkte: Fisch und Welternährung, Frankreichs Exkolonien,
Medien + Informationsgesellschaft, Afrika, Umgang mit Tod und Trauer
weltweit, Bildung, Migration, Tansania, Sklaverei heute, Energie, NGOs,
Exil, Vorsorge, Grenzen, Mexiko, Aids, Gefaengnisse, Maghreb.

Mit freundlicher Empfehlung
die Redaktion

Diversity and Intergroup Relations within Organizations

A special Issue of Group Processes and Intergroup Relations
(2006, Volume 9, Issue 3)

Guest Editors: Nurcan Ensari (Alliant International University, USA),
Julie Christian (University of Birmingham, UK), and Norman Miller
(University of Southern California, USA).

The Aim:
The study of conflict and diversity within groups, ranging from small work
groups to large social categories, has become an important focus for
contemporary social psychology. It is also a focus in related social and
behavioral sciences such as organizational science. One of the key
questions for society is how the inevitable social diversity within groups
can be celebrated as a social asset rather than lamented as a source
of inter-group conflict and prejudice. The aim of this special issue is to
assemble cutting edge empirical, review, or theoretical work that
address the broad issue of diversity in workgroups. We invite submissions
that deal with these issues, or that focus on specific types of groups such
as work groups or organizations - work that extends theory and research,
integrates current and emerging knowledge, and develops new directions.
Topics might include theories and models that propose ways in which
prejudice can be reduced in the workplace. Although not an exhaustive
list, papers may make contributions to any of the following topic areas:
interethnic ideology, affirmative action, diversity, social dominance
perspective, or models of social categorisation.

Manuscript Submission:
The deadline for submission is December 2004. All manuscripts should
be submitted in the usual way to GPIR journal office, but copies should
also be sent to Nurcan Ensari (email:nensari@alliant.edu) and Julie
Christian (email: j.n.christian@bham.ac.uk). Electronic submission is
preferred (i.e., Word or RTF file), and a covering letter should be included,
indicating that the manuscript is for consideration in the special issue.
Finally, informal queries may also be directed to Nurcan Ensari or
Julie Christian, EAESP@mail.transmedia.de.

Sultan Somjee sent us the following quote, thanks a lot dear Sultan!

The writer Arundhati Roy ended her last great speech in San Francisco a month ago with these words (or have a look in her book Public Power in the Age of Empire, Seven Stories Press/Open Media Pamphlet Series, 2004):

"For those of us who are on the wrong side of Empire, the humiliation is becoming unbearable. Each of the Iraqi children killed by the United States was our child. Each of the prisoners tortured in Abu Ghraib was our comrade. Each of their screams was ours. When they were humiliated, we were humiliated. The U.S. soldiers fighting in Iraq - mostly volunteers in a poverty draft from small towns and poor urban neighborhoods - are victims just as much as the Iraqis of the same horrendous process, which asks them to die for a victory that will never be theirs".

PEACE PATRIOTISM
by Francisco Gomes de Matos

Prevention
Deference
Protection
PATIENCE

Convergence
Appeasement
Conscience
AGREEMENT

Mission
Acceptance
Permission
TOLERANCE

Probing
Meditation
Pairing
MEDIATION

Approximation
Equity
Humanization
DIGNITY

Security
Citizenship
Serenity
FRIENDSHIP

Community
Reunion
Identity
COMMUNION

Equality
Affect
Liberty
RESPECT

Melody
Humanism
Harmony
PATRIOTISM

A sense of justice
A search for lights
A cause for practice
of HUMAN RIGHTS
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The author is an applied peace linguist from Recife, Brazil
E-mail : fcgm@hotlink.com.br

This is a message from The Academy of Humanities and Economics in Lodz (Poland):

Dear Colleagues,
The Academy of Humanities and Economics in Lodz (Poland) is looking for partners for a Culture 2000 project.
You may find brief description of the project below.
If anybody is interested in cooperation within this proposal please contact me as soon as possible.
IMPORTANT: Due to hectic period caused by various deadlines I will contact only those who will be accepted by the project's board.
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New DIALOG
International Educational Project
Duration - 12 months

What is DIALOG?
Today – do we deal with dialog at all, where and when if so?

Nowadays we often notice the dominating role of a dialog philosophy. However, there is a lack of dialog and talk in everyday life. However, today words, words, words are ubiquitous.

We are attacked with stream of words. We are overwhelmed with information. But is it a dialog?

It seems that an attention should be paid on dialog especially now, after 2000 and in new European situation or even new world situation. Now, when Europe is being integrated, when there are more and more European Union countries it is important to discuss the situation of a dialog “now and here” as well as for the future.

Why „New DIALOG”?
New, because it is related to new world situation, philosophy, education and art.

New, because it is related to artistic and educational achievements of the former project called “DIALOG wordless DIALOG” (see: www.dialog.wshe.lodz.pl )

In the Educational project „New DIALOG” we intend to discuss different types of DIALOGS: a DIALOG with myself, a DIALOG with other person – with the world, a DIALOG with technology. We want to deal with a dialog in terms of presence and future of the world; a dialog in the field of science and technology; art, faith, religion, politics.

In the project New DIALOG we want to refer to Danish educator’s- Grundtvig idea, to the idea of Higher People’s Schools that was created at the beginning of XX century based on Scandinavian patterns. We intend to relate to the idea of “Home Garden – Nysa/Nowizna” from the twenties of XX century. So we want to refer to the idea of permanent learning. Our idea is to create “places for dialog” (in the literal and metaphorical sense), for education related to development of creativity and motivation, permanent self-development, acceptance and tolerance towards others.

Project Objects:

The main object of the project is scientific and creative penetration of a dialog in its wide meaning. Dialog analysis in terms of philosophical, psychological and educational meaning in relation with health in holistic depiction, ecology, art.

Dialog oriented discussion in four grounds: ME-ME (internal dialog with myself), PERSON-PERSON (a dialog with other person), PERSON-NATURE (between people, nature and all creatures), PERSON – TECHNOLOGY (person in relation with multimedia)

The project idea is to establish creative situations related to subject man.

What will we deal with?

Permanent education in the field of:
a. health (in holistic terms)
b. creativity (creative self-development)
c. art (so called humble attitudes – ecological activities)
d. multimedia (using modern computer technology and information about projects, idea popularisation and interactive communication)

Target Groups:
- trainers, teachers, art-therapists
- animators, multiplicators
- to some extend also students, youths and children (experimental groups)

How do we want to work?
- to create a platform for scientific and creative discussion
- to arrange workshops on creativity for above mentioned groups
- to create new educational projects
- to implement new projects
- to disseminate ideas

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Newsletter from the Human Rights Network, , 1st October 2004
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1 Kenya: - Where are the reforms, Mr. Awori?
- The deaths, on Monday, of five inmates at the Meru GK Prison in Kenya have cast doubts over the reforms currently being undertaken on the country’s prisons by the Ministry of Home Affairs under which the correctional institutions fall. The shocking and saddening deaths bring us to a cruel conclusion that the reforms have been nothing but a fuss, says Center for Law and Research International (CLARION) in a press release from Nairobi.

2 New Centre for International Free Expression in London
Three prominent organisations have moved together in the new Centre for International Free Expression in London: Article 19, Index on Censorship, and English PEN. Index on Censorship, which recently joined the Human Rights House Network, says the Centre will monitor, record and oppose censorship, promote freedom of expression, openness, democracy, and the right of access to information.

3 Opposition activists in Azerbaijan accuse America of double standards on rights
Recently, The Guardian´s Moscow correspondent Nick Paton Walsh wrote an article, "US sidles up to well-oiled autocracy", about pressure and torture used against oppostion activists, and the depression and hopelessness among the Azerbaijani society after the disputed presidential elections of 2003 in Azerbaijan. With the consent of Nick Paton Walsh, HRH has published the article on its website.

4 Bosnia: Election campaign in the sign of religious leaders
The election campaigns for local elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which will take place on Saturday, 2 October 2004, were conducted mainly in a democratic atmosphere characterized by fairness and absence of any major incidents that might have put in question the validity of the elections.

5 The Uyghur American Association congratulates Rebiya Kadeer with the Rafto Prize
The Uyghur American Association and the Uyghur Human Rights Project is pleased to congratulate Rebiya Kadeer on winning this year´s Professor Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize. - It´s a great day not only for Rebiya Kadeer, but for all Uyghurs as well, Nury Turkel, UAA President said. - Winning the Rafto prize is recognition of not only Rebiya Kadeer´s promotion of human rights for the Uyghur people, but it also is further recognition by the world community that China is mistreating the Uyghurs.

6 Recommendations to the Norwegian Government on Human Rights in 2004
Nineteen organizations from the Norwegian NGO Forum have made recommendations on human rights issues which the Norwegian Government should focus on in this year´s meeting in the UN Human Rights Commission. The NGO forum has focused on five countries, - Afghanistan, Burundi, Israel and the Ocupied territories, Iran, and Russia, and on five issues, - anti-terror measures, IDP´s, torture, freedom of religion, and neutraliy of humanitarian aid.

7 Activists under attack: Updated conference program
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Välkommen till seminariet
Humiliation as Psychological Risk Factor for Terrorism?
Dr. med., Dr. psychol. Evelin Gerda Lindner

Tisdag 12 Oktober, 2004 kl. 14.00 längst 17.00

Plats: Regeringskansliets kommittélokaler, Regeringsgatan 30-32, Stockholm (Hus A, vån 3 sammanträdesrum 1)

Biography
Dr Evelin Lindners forskningsområde är våldsamma konflikter, förnedring, folkmord. Hon är Founding Manager of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies med anknytning till Columbia University and Oslo universitet (se vidare www.humiliationstudies.org). Hon definierar Humiliation ”as the enforced lowering of a person or group, a process of subjugation that damages or strips away their pride, honor or dignity”. Detta ämne behandlas i ett ganska nyligen avslutat forskningsprojekt (1997-2001) vid Psykologiska Institutet, Oslo. Resultatet finns beskrivet i avhandlingen The Feeling of Being Humiliated: A Central Theme in Armed Conflicts. A Study of the Role of Humiliation in Somalia, and Rwanda/Burundi, Between the Warring Parties, and in Relation to Third Intervening Parties. Några av de svåra frågor som avhandlingen försöker besvara är What happens when people feel humiliated? What does humiliation lead to? What can be done to overcome the violent effects of humiliation?

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This 'newsletter' is an update to interested people about current additions to the Canadian Centres for Teaching Peace web site.

Upcoming Events http://www.peace.ca/upcoming.htm :

October 29th and 30, 2004 - International Peacemaker and author Dr. Marshall Rosenberg is coming to Ottawa. Dr. Rosenberg is one of the most important speakers of our time. His insight into the nature of human violence and how the way in which we communicate dictates either violent or peaceful outcomes is essential knowledge to all. With inspiring eloquence, Dr. Rosenberg demonstrates and models the skills each human being can develop in order to create a world where everyone's needs for respect, harmony and understanding can be met. It becomes painfully evident that violence and threat of punishment are tragic and ineffective attempts at resolving conflict and Dr. Rosenberg offers us a powerful and effective alternative. Drawing on the universality of all faiths, his message is both clear and beautifully simple, yet simultaneously revolutionary as it asks us to seriously question our assumptions about the nature of humanity. Whether it's conflict in a war zone, boardroom, classroom, schoolyard, or around the kitchen table, Dr. Rosenberg's message reminds us about what it means to be human - a message we can no longer afford to ignore. If you would like further information, please do not hesitate to contact me. Rachelle Lamb, President, BC Network for Compassionate Communication www.bcncc.org ; (250) 480-7122; 1-866-480-7122 (Pacific Standard Time); Email: info@rachellelamb.com . [9:00am - 4:30pm both days; RA Centre, 2451 Riverside Drive; $320 or $270 if paid by October 14th.]

November 14 to 21, 2004 - Restorative Justice Week 2004: Engaging Us all in the Dialogue/ Semaine de la justice réparatrice 2004: Participons ensemble au dialogue. For more information, web site http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca

November 20 – 27, 2004 - YMCA World Peace Week - Each year, many YMCAs and YMCA-YWCAs across Canada celebrate YMCA World Peace Week by dedicating a full week in November to explore peace from a personal, community and international perspective. This year’s Peace Week is being held November 20-27, 2004 and the theme is, “Peace…carry the spirit of change.” As a values-based charity, the YMCA in Canada is dedicated to teaching children and youth about the many dimensions of peace while also instilling values such as tolerance, inclusiveness, caring, respect and responsibility for others. YMCA World Peace Week includes programs that promote peace building activities both at home and abroad. A special highlight of the week is the awarding of the YMCA Peace Medallion to an individual or group who, without any special resources, has demonstrated a commitment to peace through special contributions made within their community or overseas.
To find out if your YMCA or YMCA-YWCA offers YMCA World Peace Week activities, contact your local Y through the YMCA Canada website at: www.ymca.ca . Be sure to download YMCA Canada’s Peace Week Resource booklet that offers a wide range of peace building activities for children and youth. For more information: Beta Siebenmann, Administrative Assistant, International Development, YMCA Canada; Tel: (416) 967-9622 ext. 203

November 20 – 27, 2004 - Semaine internationale de la paix du YMCA - Chaque année, de nombreux YMCA et YMCA-YWCA dans l’ensemble du Canada célèbrent la paix dans le monde en y consacrant une semaine entière afin de l’explorer selon une perspective personnelle, communautaire et internationale. Cette année, la Semaine de la paix aura lieu du 20 au 27 novembre 2004, et le thème choisi est « La paix…partageons l’esprit du changement ». À titre d’organisme caritatif fondé sur des valeurs, le YMCA au Canada s’est engagé à enseigner aux enfants et aux jeunes les nombreuses dimensions de la paix tout en leur inculquant des valeurs telles que la tolérance, l’inclusivité, la bienveillance, le respect et la responsabilité envers son prochain. La Semaine internationale de la paix du YMCA comprend des programmes qui prônent des activités de pacification tant ici qu’outre-mer. Un des faits saillants de cette semaine est la remise de la Médaille de la paix du YMCA à une personne ou un groupe qui, sans ressources spéciales, a démontré un engagement envers la paix par le biais de contributions faites dans sa communauté ou à l’étranger.
Pour savoir si votre YMCA ou YMCA-YWCA tiendra des activités dans le cadre de la Semaine internationale de la paix du YMCA, communiquez avec le YMCA ou YMCA-YWCA de votre localité par l’entremise du site web de YMCA Canada à www.ymca.ca . Assurez-vous de télécharger le livret de ressources produit par YMCA Canada pour la Semaine de la paix. Ce livret contient une gamme variée d’activités de pacification destinées aux enfants et aux jeunes. Beta Siebenmann, Administrative Assistant, International Development, YMCA Canada; Tel: (416) 967-9622 ext. 203

Problem Identification Topics http://www.peace.ca/problem.htm :

Uninspiring and Shocking Quotes http://www.peace.ca/uninspiringquotes.htm :

On December 3, 1888, President Grover Cleveland delivered his annual address to Congress. Apparently Cleveland had taken notice of the Santa Clara County Supreme Court headnote, its politics, and its consequences, for he said in his speech to the nation, delivered before a joint session of Congress: "As we view the achievements of aggregated capital, we discover the existence of trusts, combinations, and monopolies, while the citizen is struggling far in the rear or is trampled to death beneath an iron heel. Corporations, which should be the carefully restrained creatures of the law and the servants of the people, are fast becoming the people's masters."

"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism, since it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.

"If you are chained into a bed with an elephant, you have little hope that things will get better but you know that unless you are constantly moving with the beast things could get an awful lot worse." David Parnas, talking about Canada's dilemma with U.S. relations and Space based Missile System, which can be used for defence and offence, including nuclear weapons

Who's Who (World Level) http://www.peace.ca/whoswho.htm :

NewMathforHumanity is of course not about mathematics, per se. It is about power relations. We strive to fullfill our mission by working on power in three interrelated spheres: Psychological Action to Develop Personal Power; Political Action to Transform the Structures of Power; Intellectual Action to Advance the Evolutionary Project. We work in these three spheres because we believe the personal is connected to the political and because the nature of our mission requires a large R & D component. Thus, the development of personal power will inevitably propel each person to express him or herself politically, working in some way to transform the structures of power in society to life-enhancing forms. The distribution and consumption of resources, the ecological balance, the concern that such a large gap is growing between those who 'have' and those who 'have not' become natural areas for political action. Yet, we are the first to acknowledge that serious study, research, and the development of practical options is required on the subject of power. While power is an omnipresent factor in almost all disciplines, from developmental psychology to criminology, economics to business and organizational management, from international relations to war and peace studies, it remains underdeveloped, ubiquitous but unclear. It is also most often experienced and treated as a negative term - especially by those who see others abusing power. In order to explore power more, to offer useful insights, services, and products that will contribute to realizing the vision that inspires our work, NewMathforHumanity must be a continuous learning initiative. Above all, we believe there is a community of people who share our vision, and who in their own way are working now to transform power. They may be doing this by helping individuals to overcome their demons to get well, or helping families live happily together, or by taking nonviolent action to protest something that is wrong, by demanding sound environmental and fair trade practices, or by establishing rule of law in anarchic, violent societies and encouraging and supporting the full participation of citizens in political processes. There is much to do. For more information: contact Ben Hoffman, NewMathforHumanity, C/O Concorde Inc., 68B Raddatz Road, R.R. #2, Eganville, ON, K0J 1T0, Canada; Phone: +613-754-5283; Fax: +613-754-2972; email hoffmanben@hotmail.com ; web site www.newmathforhumanity.com

Information Resources (World Level) http://www.peace.ca/info.htm :

Book - The Practice of Peace - I am almost done reading Harrison Owen's book "The Practice of Peace". I wish to tell you about this because I see another convergence between the comments that the peacebuilding happens during the process of working on projects (for example), and using the Open Space conferencing in the process. Owen is the leader behind Open Space Technology. Open Space Technology or methodology of conferencing is very complimentary to what we have come around to thinking in terms of Servant Leadership style, non-hierarchical organizing, and the principles contained in the draft Charter (borrowed from the World Social Forum). I have come to believe (an "aha" moment) that essentially the Canadian Peace Initiative may be as simple as providing venues or "Open Spaces to Open Minds to Peace". (Another "reality check" -- It has been my personal view that I saw my contribution as simply providing venues where peace educators and peace builders could come together to dialogue, network, disseminate information, plan, etc. - in a sense, I/we have been doing Open Space for the past 3 years + without realizing it, through our conferences, my web site, our email listservers, etc.) What Harrison Owen is saying is, "do not worry about spending a lot of time organizing an agenda. Just provide an Open Space, have a general theme(s), invite people with a passion to come, the conference will organize itself based on what these passionate people really want to discuss". He confirms what I think many of our participants have said at the last National Peace Education Conference -- that our best time was in the personal chats outside the presentations. Harrison puts it much better than I. You can read (and I highly recommend it to you) the 146 page book on the Internet at Practice of Peace, Chapters 1,2 Practice of Peace, Chapters 2,4 Practice of Peace, Chapters 5,6, Practice of Peace, Chapters 7,8 , Practice of Peace, Chapters 9,10 . (the only thing is, the Internet version is missing about 4 pages - but it doesn't really matter). Alternatively, you can order your own copy from the Open Space Institute of Canada in Quebec, by printing an order form off the Internet at http://www.openspacecanada.org/books.htm and mailing it with a cheque (but it may take 3 weeks to turn around). Suggestion: do all your group work as a series of Open Space conferencing. In Owen's words, it will be self-organizing (which coincidentally takes a lot of stress off you). You may well think that I have gone a bit crazy with this Open Space stuff. However, I feel it is right for us, for what we have been working on, for the peace constituents, and for these times. Open Space has all the features of a Culture of Peace (eg. democratic participation, respect, listening to understand, etc.) Click on this link to read Highlights of the Book. http://www.peace.ca/openspace.htm [Review by Bob Stewart]

Book - The Iron Heel, by Jack London (1906) foresees: "the creation of attractive suburbs for the relatively privileged strata of the working class while the central cities are turned into what he calls "ghettoes"for the masses of unemployed and menial laborers, shoved into the darkest depths of human misery; the deliberate economic subversion of public education in order to spread illiteracy and ignorance; adequate food, health care, and housing priced above the reach of more and more people; the ubiquitous secret police infiltrating all organizations opposing the government; the establishment of a permanent mercenary army; the government conspiring in real and phony bomb plots, in the suppression of books and the destruction of printing presses, in witch hunts aimed at dissident labor leaders, professors, and authors, in destroying the reputations of some of its opponents, imprisoning many others and murdering the few it finds too formidable; spontaneous mass rebellions of the downtrodden people of the central cities; urban guerrillas battling the government's army of mercenaries and police in the canyons of the cities." See fuller review at http://www.davidcogswell.com/Reviews/IronHeel.html

Book - It Can’t Happen Here is a much-overlooked novel by Sinclair Lewis in which a totalitarian regime slowly but irrevocably takes over the United States in the 1930s. Lewis satirically documents the rise of a fascist leader whose coming to power is met with apathetic shrugs by a easily-wooed populace who believes that a dictatorship “can’t happen here”—not in so-called democratic America. The antagonist of Lewis’s novel, Senator Buzz Windrip, marshalls his forces by appealing to xenophobia, racist dogma, and nostalgia for America’s glorious military past. Windrip wins the presidential election and quickly establishes a totalitarian state, using his private militia to enforce his increasingly brutal regime. See fuller review at http://www.motherbird.com/Can'tHap.htm

Book - We, by Yevgeny Zamyatin (1920) - This novel has served as the inspiration for what has become, if not a genre, then at the very least a dominant sub-genre of science fiction. It is the first major dystopian novel, a precursor to George Orwell’s 1984, Aldus Huxley’s Brave New World, and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, and its history, along with that of its author, eerily mimics some of the themes of those other books. It is not necessary to be intimately familiar with the totalitarian political structure of Stalin’s Russia to feel the full impact of We. Instead, the clarity of this book’s language and the amazing characterization and plotting carry the reader into a world both absurd and nightmarish, transcending what must have been the oppressive atmosphere in which it was written. ... We is an exploration of the individual vs. the social order, a celebration of the importance of imagination, and ultimately, a warning regarding the dehumanizing consequences of imagination’s destruction. Zamyatin’s profound understanding of the human soul transcends what could have been a heavy, demagogic work. He celebrates the power of laughter, injecting a lightness into the text at the most unexpected points. I, pleasantly surprised at just how funny this work was, and at how well its science fiction aspects have withstood the changing times, certainly intend to read it again. See fuller review at http://www.greenmanreview.com/book/book_zamyatin_we.html

The Peace Review is a quarterly, multidisciplinary, transnational journal of research and analysis, focusing on the current issues and controversies that underlie the promotion of a more peaceful world. Social progress requires, among other things, sustained intellectual work, which should be pragmatic as well as analytical. The task of the journal is to present the results of this research and thinking in short, accessible and substantive essays. Peace Review Home Page:
http://www.usfca.edu/peacereview/index.htm . Submission Guidelines for the Peace Review: http://www.usfca.edu/peacereview/guidelines.htm . For further information call Orion Anderson at 718-393-1104.

Book "Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most", by the Harvard Negotiation Project. Some quotes: "Returning from several years in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II, I discovered that my roommate, two of my closest friends, and dozens of classmates had been killed in the war. Ever since, I have worked to improve the skills with which we deal with our differences; to improve the prospects for our children's future; and to enlist others in that cause." "What makes these situations so hard to face? It's our fear of the consequences -- whether we raise the issue or try to avoid it." "The dilemma ... Why is it so difficult to decide whether to avoid or to confront? Because at some level we know the truth - If we try to avoid the problem, we'll feel taken advantage of, our feelings will fester, we'll wonder why we don't stick up for ourselves, and we'll rob the other person of the opportunity to improve things. But if we confront the problem, things might get even worse. We may be rejected or attacked; we might hurt the other person in ways we didn't intend; and the relationship might suffer." "Delivering a difficult message is like throwing a hand grenade. Coated with sugar, thrown hard or soft, a hand grenade is still going to do damage. Try as you may, there's no way to throw a hand grenade with tact or to outrun its consequences. And keeping it to yourself is no better. Choosing
not to deliver a difficult message is like hanging on to a hand grenade once you've pulled the pin. So we feel stuck. We need advice that is more powerful than "Be diplomatic" or "Try to stay positive". The problems run deeper than that; so must the answers." "... learning conversations ... people who have learned new approaches to dealing with their most challenging conversations report less anxiety and greater effectiveness in all of their conversations ... dealing constructively with tough topics and awkward situations strengthens a relationship." "At heart, the problem isn't in your actions, it's in your thinking." You can buy the book for $11.20 at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/014028852X/002-6059897-9091241?v=glance . To increase our chances of achieving a successful conversation we must have a good strategy. Here are some general tips from the above book:
1. having a purpose (what is the point and what does a good outcome look like?; three purposes that work: learning their story, expressing your views and feelings, and problem-solving together)
2. remember that we can not change or control other people (we can have influence, and engaging someone in a conversation where mutual learning is the goal often results in change)
3. letting go of past issues (grievances, losses) and working together from a basis of current commonalities, strengths and assets to build a better future
4. engaging in nonviolent communication (eg. do not "poke the other person in the eye" ;-); otherwise they get defensive and/or offensive (and blind to us ;-) (for information on compassionate communication, refer to http://www.bcncc.org/ )
5. realizing all parties to the conversation are not perfect (we all see the world differently, we all have powerful feelings, and we each have our own identity issues to work through; in short, we each have our own story, and our own picture of peace)
6. think like a mediator (identify the Third Side, or Third Story; the key is learning to describe the gap or difference between our stories, then working to try to close it, which may take movement by all parties)
7. turn it into a learning conversation: describe the problem in a way both sides can accept, propose mutual understanding and problem-solving as purposes, check with others to see if this makes sense, and invite others to join the conversation (make them your partner in figuring it out; those that do not wish to participate can opt-out). Provide some relevant background reading that might help open minds.
8. listen to understand; ask open-ended questions; ask for more information; respect others; create a safe environment for dialogue
9. think and strategize before you speak; don't cross-examine; don't blame; don't take away from the other person; paraphrase for clarity, to show that you heard, and check your understanding; acknowledge their feelings; empathize; speak from the heart, start with what matters most and say what you mean; don't exaggerate, generalize or stereotype; be humble (having humility does not mean allowing others to "walk all over you")
10. It is up to each of us to find our own truth (i.e. my truth is not necessarily your truth; you should not simply accept what I say: you have to do your own "homework")
11. identify the issues and problems from all perspectives; make the "trouble" explicit; find out where there is agreement and disagreement, and why; then begin to problem-solve: brainstorm with all affected parties, invent options, ask what standards should apply, consider alternatives
12. have patience: it takes time
13. rehearse the conversation in your mind before starting (have preparation notes; think things through)
14. appreciate the diversity of thoughts and ideas
15. sometimes we have to agree to disagree, with all due respect
16. thank the parties for their participation (it will take a lot of effort, and hopefully it is worthwhile)
I look forward to your thoughts and additional suggestions on this. I am most interested because peacebuilders and peace educators are always having a difficult conversation. I am hopeful that we can develop a model for peacebuilding to help us work through the various difficult conversations that must take place. Please provide feedback to Bob Stewart at stewartr@peace.ca

Proposals/Solutions http://www.peace.ca/proposal.htm :

Inspiring Quotes http://www.peace.ca/inspiringquotations.htm :

"Cautious, careful people always casting about to preserve their reputation or social standards never can bring about reform. Those who are really in earnest are willing to be anything or nothing in the world’s estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathies with despised ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences.” Susan B. Anthony

"If you want to know your past, examine your present conditions. If you want to know your future, examine your present actions." Buddhist saying.

"If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies." Moshe Dayan

During the period of 1965-1973, more than 50,000 Americans made their way to Canada, refusing to participate in an immoral war - America's war in Vietnam. Canadian public opposition to that war, along with strong pressure placed on the Canadian government, resulted in Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau saying at the time, "Those who make the conscientious judgment that they must not participate in this war...have my complete sympathy, and indeed our political approach has been to give them access to Canada. Canada should be a refuge from militarism."

"Foresight is the ability to see ahead. Innovation is the ability to develop new solutions and deploy new ideas. And Strategy is the ability to create practical paths to reach desired goals. These are the three key elements we all must use to create the future." Timothy Mack, President, World Future Society

See the following new reports posted on our web site:

A History Of US Secret Human Experimentation - It boggles the mind that human beings could do this to each other. It is even more disturbing when it is a supposedly democratic government of the West that has carried out these atrocities. More scary: they have not pledged to mend their ways and never do this to people again!! Please, Read the attached report. http://www.peace.ca/secretexperimentation.htm

The Hidden History of CIA Torture: America's Road to Abu Ghraib, By Alfred W. McCoy. ... a perverse pathology that allows the practice of torture, once begun, to spread uncontrollably in crisis situations, destroying the legitimacy of the perpetrator nation. As past perpetrators could have told today's pundits, torture plumbs the recesses of human consciousness, unleashing an unfathomable capacity for cruelty as well as seductive illusions of potency.... These photos, however, are snapshots not of simple brutality or even evidence of a breakdown in "military discipline." What they record are CIA torture techniques that have metastasized like an undetected cancer inside the U.S. intelligence community over the past half century. http://www.peace.ca/UStorturehistory.htm

In 1996, Douglas Feith (current U.S. defence undersecretary) and neocon Israel supporter Richard Perle (current U.S. Administration) were among the authors of the policy plan, "A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm" for Israel's then Likud prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, calling for Greater Israel. As well, it called for a much more aggressive policy on Iraq and Syria and for ending peace talks with the Palestinians. Further evidence that the current United States Administration planned wars in the Middle East. Quotes: "We must distinguish soberly and clearly friend from foe. We must make sure that our friends across the Middle East never doubt the solidity or value of our friendship. Israel can shape its strategic environment, in cooperation with Turkey and Jordan, by weakening, containing, and even rolling back Syria. This effort can focus on removing Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq — an important Israeli strategic objective in its own right — as a means of foiling Syria’s regional ambitions." ... "Since Iraq's future could affect the strategic balance in the Middle East profoundly, it would be understandable that Israel has an interest in supporting the Hashemites in their efforts to redefine Iraq, including such measures as: visiting Jordan as the first official state visit, even before a visit to the United States, of the new Netanyahu government; supporting King Hussein by providing him with some tangible security measures to protect his regime against Syrian subversion; encouraging — through influence in the U.S. business community — investment in Jordan to structurally shift Jordan’s economy away from dependence on Iraq; and diverting Syria’s attention by using Lebanese opposition elements to destabilize Syrian control of Lebanon. Most important, it is understandable that Israel has an interest supporting diplomatically, militarily and operationally Turkey’s and Jordan’s actions against Syria, such as securing tribal alliances with Arab tribes that cross into Syrian territory and are hostile to the Syrian ruling elite." ... "In recent years, Israel invited active U.S. intervention in Israel’s domestic and foreign policy for two reasons: to overcome domestic opposition to "land for peace" concessions the Israeli public could not digest, and to lure Arabs — through money, forgiveness of past sins, and access to U.S. weapons — to negotiate. This strategy, which required funneling American money to repressive and aggressive regimes, was risky, expensive, and very costly for both the U.S. and Israel, and placed the United States in roles is should neither have nor want." ... "No amount of weapons or victories will grant Israel the peace its seeks." Read "A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm" http://www.israeleconomy.org/strat1.htm . Read an Analysis of A Clean Break by the Institute for Research: Middle East Policy. http://www.irmep.org/Policy_Briefs/3_27_2003_Clean_Break_or_Dirty_War.html . This document, along with "The Project for a New American Century" http://www.newamericancentury.org/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf , demonstrate how much the current U.S. Administration wished to conduct a regime change in Iraq far before 9/11.

Questions? contact Bob Stewart at stewartr@peace.ca

We are hosting 3 major upcoming events:
Peace and Leadership 3-day workshop November 15 - 17, 2004 http://www.peace.ca/leadershipworkshop.htm ,
Third Annual Peace Education Conference in Canada November 18 - 21, 2004 http://www.peace.ca/CanadianAgenda2004.htm , followed by a
National Culture of Peace Program Symposium November 21 - 23, 2004 http://www.peace.ca/nationalcultureofpeace2004.htm .
All at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. Please join us, and let others that may be interested know.

In November 4-5, 2004, Trondheim will host the 6th Conference on Social- and Community Psychology and related themes. With the information below we invite all interested persons to two intensive days of presentations and discussions, and we ask YOU to register for participation in the conference, and to present your work.

There is no conference fee, but we need to know if you are planning to participate to be able to organize the meeting in the best possible way. The presentations (oral or poster) may use English or any Scandinavian language. An oral presentation uses 15+5 minutes for the subject matter and the discussion. The posters will be displayed at central locations of the conference facilities and presented by the authors (available for 20 minutes) at specific times given in the program. The poster itself should not exceed the format of 1.10* 0.70 m.

The conference is open to all interested parties. It was originally a form for exchange of ideas and results between students and staff at the Department of Psychology, NTNU, and since 1999 we all invite colleagues, research partners and associates from other disciplines and from other parts of Norway, the Nordic countries, Europe, etc.

We need a response from you on two matters:

1. An abstract if you want to present a paper (oral presentation) or a poster (poster presentation). The abstract will be copied and distributed to all participants at the conference. It will also help in the final organization of the sessions. Deadline for abstract October 20. Please send the abstract to solveig.svantesen@svt.ntnu.no

2. A written notice of your participation. Please see the Registration form below. This information will be used for planning refreshments, lunches, etc.

THANK YOU AND WELCOME!

In Trondheim, November 4-5, 2004
Department of Psychology, NTNU
LOCATION: DRAGVOLL, TRONDHEIM
Mail to solveig.svantesen@svt.ntnu.no

1st UNESCO/EURED In-Service Teacher Training Course
“Human Rights and Peace Education in Europe” 2004-2006

European Peace Education
EURED-Secretariat
Mag. Ursula Gamauf
ÖSFK/ASPR - Office Vienna
Wiedner Gürtel 10
A-1040 Wien / Austria
Tel/Fax: 0043/ 1/ 796 57 11
eMail: gamauf@aspr.ac.at;
www.aspr.ac.at/eured.htm

With 34 participants – mainly teachers, teacher trainers, representatives of school authorities and NGO members – from 15 European countries and the USA, the UNESCO/EURED course has successfully started. The first seminar of the two year course – under the auspices of UNESCO, and officially recognised as a university course by the University of Klagenfurt/Austria – took place in the historic venue of Gernika, Basque Country/Spain (24 – 30th July 2004). For one week, the intercultural seminar group was facilitated by two international course directors and trained by international and local experts to get a basic knowledge of peace and human rights education in Europe.

The course, conceived and organised by EURED (European Network for European Education as Peace Education,) is a pioneer project. It offers in-service teacher training on peace and human rights education as a comprehensive curriculum in the form of a two year course comprising five seminars, practice assignments, electronic networking and a final paper. Beginning in the historic year of the EU enlargement, it provides additional training for teachers working in formal as well as informal education and teacher trainers from European countries both inside and outside of the European Union. Europe is part of the curriculum as a topic, an aim and a ‘method’ of peace and human rights education. The aim is to promote peace and human rights education as content as well as method, through the choice of issues, the commitment and pedagogical skills of trainers and speakers, and the creativity in learning methods. The combination of theory and practice has been used as a training style, a resources offering approach. Thus, the methodology for the course is that participants, facilitators and experts shape the seminars together, drawing on the resources they all bring to this course and on the case studies and NGOs to be found in the respective countries where the seminars take place. The ongoing e-learning contacts will establish a European network of practitioners in Peace and Human Rights Education.

During the first seminar, excellent international and local trainers presented the audience with different aspects of the main topic - peace and human rights education:
– Betty Reardon (USA; founding director of the Peace Education Programme at the Columbia University Teachers College, and co-founder of the Global Campaign for Peace Education) concentrated in her interactive lecture on the connections between human rights and peace education, using practical methods to underline scientific theories.
– Juan Gutiérrez (Basque country/Spain; facilitator in efforts to resolve the Basque conflict, founder of the Peace Centre Guernika Gogoratuz) gave the participants deeper insights into the Basque conflict, explaining the theoretical background as well as political connections to the politics of the European continent.
– Werner Wintersteiner (Austria; EURED-director, teacher of didactics at the Institute for German Studies at Klagenfurt University and member of various peace initiatives) lectured on the European dimension of peace and human rights education and the chances for Europe as a force for Peace.
– Iratxe Momoito (director of the Gernika Peace Museum) introduced the Museum which is constructed and used as a pedagogical tool itself, based on the extraordinary reconciliation process within the Spanish society as well as between Spain and Germany.
– Maria Oianguren Idigoras (Basque country/Spain; director of the peace centre Gernika Gogoratuz) explained the work of her peace centre and what it contributes to a culture of peace on local, national and international level.
– Nieves Fernándes (Basque country/Spain; coordinator of the peace program in the Artxandape School) presented the teaching-learning strategies of her school which is one of the UNESCO Linguapax network schools.
– Furthermore, the participants were facilitated by the international course directors Mireia Uranga Arakistain (Basque country/Spain; teacher trainer on Peace Education, head of the department of peace education of Gernika Gogoratuz) and Diane Hendrick (UK/Austria; free lance consultant, trainer and researcher in Conflict Transformation).

The EURED curriculum was developed by international scientists and practitioners as a two years EU sponsored project. Thanks to further financial support of international sponsors such as UNESCO as well as the UNESCO National Commissions of Austria, Malta, Spain, Norway and Luxembourg, the Austrian Development Agency (ADA), the Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR), Interkulturelles Zentrum (IZ/Vienna), the Basque Ministry of Education and Culture, the Austrian Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Gernika Gogoratuz (Peace Research Centre) and the University of Klagenfurt, it was possible to carry out the this first seminar with 34 participants from 15 European countries – Malta, Croatia, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Norway, Spain, Turkey, Serbia and Montenegro, Georgia, Greece, Austria, Armenia, Italy, Cyprus and Germany – and the USA.

Based on the vision of European peace education, seminar 1 concentrated on providing basic knowledge, values and skills of peace and human rights education, interactively elaborating methods of action research, and providing deeper insights on activities in the main field. As the venue is to be used as a resource for learning, the Basque conflict and the educational responses to the local problems were explored, as well as the region’s history: Gernika was destroyed by Nazi Bombers during World War II, but afterwards went through an extraordinary reconciliation process.
Above all, the importance of the development of European peace education as an ultimate goal was analysed, as well as the unique historic chance for Europe becoming a force for peace.

The EURED project has already influenced important events. For the first time, a special course on peace education was offered in the yearly Basque Country summer university, supported by EURED members acting as trainers, and under the auspices of the Basque Minister of Education. Furthermore, in the autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia-Giulia/Italy, a network of teachers working for peace education projects was created by one of the UNESCO/EURED course participants. The network is sponsored by the regional Government and provided with the know-how of EURED. In other countries, course participants are working on the creation of special peace education projects using international co-operation, based on the EURED vision and knowledge. “A balance of success”, commented EURED chairman Werner Wintersteiner on EURED’s positive impact on developments in the field of peace and human rights education.

Peacebuilding and Reconstruction Program Initiative (PBR)

Globalization, Violent Conflict, and Peacebuilding

Call for Proposals

Deadline for Submissions: 17 December 2004

Thanks, dear Judit, for making us aware of this program!

Section 1 – Introduction
In June 2003, IDRC’s Peacebuilding and Reconstruction Program Initiative (PBR) held a brainstorming workshop to identify research needs and opportunities around the nexus of globalization, violent conflict, and peacebuilding. The main idea behind the workshop was to take a closer and more systematic look at the various linkages involved, building on previous research support around the political economy of peacebuilding, but also looking to broaden and enlarge its scope.

Globalization is a complex phenomenon whose impact goes far beyond the economic sphere. Apart from the exponential growth in the flows of goods, services, and capital around the globe, globalization has promoted the movement of people, values, and ideas across borders and often across continents. Undoubtedly, these changes are remaking the political, economic, and social make-up of most societies around the world.

For example, globalization has posed new challenges to global governance and the management of global public goods (such as health, education, human security, etc.), provoked the emergence of global networks around a variety of issues (not least the trans-national movements fiercely critical of globalization), and put increasing strain on nation states, societies, and communities everywhere to adapt. In turn, this has called into question the capacity of the nation state to design and implement public policies, cast a spotlight on the role of regional and multilateral actors, and focussed attention on new information and communications technologies and particularly the Internet. At the same time, globalization has held out the promise particularly to nations in the South to finally address their deep-seated development challenges and grow their way out of poverty.

Just how these developments are related to violent conflict and peacebuilding is still an open question. A fundamental problem in assessing the respective debates is that they tend to be couched in black-and-white terms, particularly the dispute between so-called globalization “friends” and “foes”. Whereas the former argue that the spread of market economies and liberal democracy will help mitigate and resolve potential conflicts, the latter insist that growing corporate power over financial systems, economic resources, and national and international policymaking is producing new tensions and social protests.

Often put in fairly general terms, the evidence backing both kinds of arguments tends to be scarce or not very convincing. Clearly, there is a need to disaggregate the notion of globalization and to examine its various implications based on empirical evidence. In addition, more work needs to be done to develop and refine appropriate research methodologies, particularly those capable of assessing the conflict-related impacts of specific policies associated with globalization, such as structural adjustment or economic liberalization more generally.

Most importantly, globalization should not be portrayed as something inevitable, whose “impact” has to be passively absorbed by those affected. On the contrary, globalization is an open-ended process whose outcomes cannot be predicted in advance. Therefore, more research should be directed into efforts to shape the contours of globalization, both from an institutional and a civil society perspective, squarely addressing the issue of agency.

Section 2 – Research Themes
The present competition is meant to address some of the issues identified in the previous section, and in particular to encourage comparative analysis on issues of globalization, violent conflict and peacebuilding. Building on the rich and fruitful debates at the brainstorming workshop mentioned above, four research themes have been identified meriting further study.

Theme 1: Conflict-Related Impacts of Economic Liberalization
Globalization and economic liberalization are not the same, but they often go hand in hand. In many countries, the liberalization of foreign trade, greater openness to foreign direct investment, and the deregulation of key economic sectors coincided with broader processes of international integration and interrelatedness. While causing a great deal of controversy – as mentioned above –, the conflict-related impacts of these policies are still far from clear.

For some, economic liberalization is constraining the ability of nation states to regulate and enact policy, since sovereignty has been “signed away” to international bodies such as the WTO, or is curtailed by international or bilateral agreements. The increasing complexity of national and international policymaking is creating further hurdles, particularly for less-developed countries in the South lacking the necessary capacities. Together with the general downsizing of the state following the adoption of market-friendly policies, this is said to undermine already weak governance capacities, further undercutting the ability of nation states to ease social and economic tensions and to head off potential sources of conflict.

In a related way, greater economic integration and the espousal of pro-market economic principles are seen to deepen various kinds of inequities within nations and across regions. These policies are also said to prevent nation states from enacting re-distributional policies or investing more in areas such as health, education, or municipal development. In this context, much attention has been focused on the role of International Financial Institutions (IFIs) and international donors in setting domestic policy agendas by insisting on strict structural adjustment policies or other forms of conditionality.

In countries emerging from violent conflict, there is the more specific problem of economic liberalization taking precedence over, and often conflicting with, other goals in the post-conflict reconstruction process. While some cross-national statistical research exists, there is a dearth of rigorous and in-depth analysis of the impacts in specific national contexts.

Theme 2: Methodologies for Assessing the Conflict-Related Impacts of Globalization
In addition to the research gaps just mentioned, there is also a lack of appropriate methodologies, particularly those that would help policymakers to design and implement practical policies. Such methodologies do exist with regard to the conflict-related impacts of development assistance programs, or the effects of trade liberalization on economic, environmental, and social sustainability, but there appears to be no equivalent to study the conflict-related impacts of economic liberalization policies. The development and testing of such methodologies would be of great use not only to policymakers themselves, but also to others interested in economic and social policymaking.

In this context, the embryonic research area of peace budgeting might hold some promise. Inspired by ongoing work on gender budgeting, peace budgeting research looks at public sector budgets and the underlying policy decisions and constraints – globalization being central among them – in terms of their presumed effect on conflict prevention and post-conflict peacebuilding. Civil society engagement and oversight play a central role. IDRC is prepared to consider proposals aiming to further develop this specific methodological approach.

Theme 3: Revisiting the Role of the Private Sector
There is already a considerable amount of research on private sector activities in conflict zones. In particular, the role of foreign direct investment in the extraction of natural resources has attracted much attention. This is reflected, for example, in the “Greed and Grievance” debate and the development of policy instruments such as the Kimberley Process. Nevertheless, research is still needed in several areas.

One of them is corporate social responsibility (CSR), an idea that has been broadly embraced by international economic operators. While considerable attention has been paid to CSR schemes as such, too little is known about their practical implementation on the ground, and especially about ways in which civil society and others could help shape them and monitor compliance. This knowledge gap is significant, given the potential of CSR to contribute to preventing as well as managing violent conflicts.

More research is also warranted into the involvement of some private sector actors – both international and domestic – in informal or illicit economic activities in conflict zones, such as drug trafficking or looting natural resources. Specifically, the transnational networks underlying these activities and the corresponding deficiencies in governance and regulation that make them possible deserve further study.

Theme 4: The Role of Migration in Building Peace and Preventing Conflict
Globalization has greatly accelerated the movement of people across borders and between continents, but even more importantly, it has furthered the transformation of immigrant communities into transnational migrant communities. These changes are less visible among internally displaced people (IDPs) or refugees, but all the more apparent among better-implanted migrants. Using all the tools afforded them by globalization – rapid transportation, modern telecommunications and the Internet, and a global financial infrastructure – transnational migrant communities are in the midst of creating, transforming, and maintaining numerous social, economic, cultural, religious, political, and other networks linking them with their countries of origin, which also affects their integration into their new host countries in new and powerful ways. Breaking down barriers of time and space, these networks allow migrants to straddle the divide between home and host countries and to effectively have a foot in both. Indeed, given the new possibilities of instant access to information and on-line, real-time communication across countries and continents, these distinctions have lost some of their significance.

What roles do transnational migrant communities and their various networks play with regard to violent conflicts at home, be they ongoing or simmering under the surface? This is still contentious: Some assert that migrant communities typically act as “spoilers,” fuelling conflicts in their home countries through remittances and other forms of support, while proselytizing and radicalizing their compatriots in their host countries. Others, by contrast, highlight the key roles these groups play in creating spaces for dialogue and confidence building, acting as intermediaries, and building bridges between more recent migrants and their host countries. Therefore, migrant communities may have major development impacts, positively by mobilizing resources for reconstruction, or negatively by feeding into criminal or war economies. Further research is clearly needed to help shed more light on these questions.

Section 3 – Deadlines and Grants Available
Complete research proposals must be received by IDRC no later than 17 December 2004. Proposals and all supporting documents have to be transmitted as electronic files (in MS Word or WordPerfect format) to globalization@idrc.ca and as hardcopies to the address noted at the end of this document.

Up to two research grants will be awarded, each with a maximum value of CAD 400,000 (four hundred thousand Canadian dollars), for research projects of no less than 24 months’ duration. For research projects exceeding this amount, IDRC is prepared to consider co-funding by other donors. Contributions by grant recipients are also welcome.

Award(s) will be announced in April 2005. Fewer than two grants may be awarded subject to the quality of proposals received. Awards are contingent upon final acceptance by IDRC and institutional approval of the proponent institution.

Section 4 – Eligibility of Applicants
Four elements will inform the decision on eligibility of applicants:

• Institution: Principal Researchers must be affiliated with a developing country institution or an international institution based in a developing country. The recipient institution must be a recognized legal entity that is capable of entering into contractual arrangements and assuming legal and financial obligations. The recipient institution should also be able to manage large, multi-country, comparative research projects. Independent researchers without institutional affiliation are ineligible.

• Citizenship of researchers: Principal Researchers must be citizens of developing countries and not permanent residents of a developed country. Co-researchers and Collaborators may reside in or be citizens of developed countries.

• Relevance: Research proposals must demonstrate clear relevance to the overall research theme of “Globalization, Violent Conflict, and Peacebuilding”, and more particularly to the specific research themes mentioned above.

• Approach: Proposals must be for evidence-based research and cannot be geared solely to advocacy activities. Those proposals adopting a comparative case study approach will be given clear preference, provided they are based on a rigorous comparative methodology. We encourage proposals drawing on various disciplines as needed, as well as those using gender-sensitive and/or participatory methodologies.

For applicants involved in collaborative research, research teams may consist of:

• Principal Researcher (Applicant): has primary responsibility for the intellectual direction and quality of the research and assumes administrative responsibility for the grant;
• Co-Researcher (Co-Applicant): makes a significant contribution to the intellectual direction of the research, plays a significant role in the conduct of the research and may have some responsibility for the financial aspects of the research;
• Project Collaborators: play various roles in research activities, including contributing to intellectual direction of the research and/or to the dissemination of the research results.

Members of any given research team may belong to different institutions. However, each team must have a Principal Researcher who is ultimately responsible for the quality of the research output and the financial management of the project. Funds granted to winning proposals will be paid to the Principal Researcher’s host institution. IDRC encourages institutional partnerships where appropriate, particularly to pool capacities and experience in managing large research projects.

Section 5 – Selection Procedure and Review Criteria
Grants will be awarded on the basis of excellence. Funding decisions will be made through peer review, involving IDRC staff as well as outside reviewers, with the final decision resting with IDRC.

All incoming proposals will first be reviewed for eligibility by IDRC staff. Subsequently, the best proposals will be short-listed and forwarded to a selection committee composed of IDRC staff and external reviewers. Proposals will be subject to independent review by this committee, according to the criteria listed below. The selection committee will remain anonymous and is solely responsible for evaluating and ranking the research proposals. The final decision on the granting of awards will be made by IDRC.

Finalists will be required to provide incorporation documents and banking information of the principal researcher’s host institution. They may also be asked to seek country clearance for their research project, depending on national requirements.

IDRC will invite the successful research team(s), and likely some of the highest-ranking finalists, to attend a workshop at IDRC headquarters in Ottawa in the spring of 2005. The purpose of this workshop will be to present the successful research proposals, to explore potential synergies among them and with other high-ranking proposals, as well as to strengthen networks of researchers working on similar issues.

Review Criteria
All eligible applications will be judged according to the following criteria:

A. Quality of proposal
• Overall relevance of the research topic
• Relevance to the theme of the competition
• Demonstrated understanding of the research topic and its context, review of the relevant literature
• Clarity and presentation of the research questions
• Justification of the choice of case studies (if applicable), demonstrating their explanatory power with regard to the overall research questions
• Well-developed methodology section, demonstrating the appropriateness of the chosen research methods and techniques with regard to the overall research questions and case studies

B. Utilization of research results
• Plans for the dissemination of research results, using appropriate media and formats for different audiences
• Demonstrated potential of the proposed research to contribute to specific national or other policy debates or processes

C. Suitability of candidate(s) and of proposed recipient institution
• Relevant and demonstrated skills, knowledge, and experience
• Institutional experience and capacity to manage large, multi-country, comparative research projects

Section 6 – Format of Research Proposals
Proposals must not exceed 7,500 words (about 15 single-spaced pages), excluding bibliography and CV’s of researchers. Longer proposals may be excluded from the competition. All proposals are expected to cover these main areas:
• Statement of research question(s) and objectives
• Significance of proposed research (in terms of relevant literature, policy debates, and national or regional development priorities); relation to competition theme
• Methodology
• Anticipated impact of research results
• Dissemination plan
• Institutions and personnel
• Project schedule
• Project budget
• Evaluation (optional)

Proposals may include a training component for research staff.
Please see the application kit for full details of proposal requirements, including allowed budget categories. Proposals that are missing any of these elements may not be considered for funding.

The deadline for submissions is: 17 December 2004

Applications may be submitted in English, French or Spanish; application forms are available on-line at: http://web.idrc.ca/ev_en.php?ID=64955_201&ID2=DO_TOPIC
We thank all participants but will only contact pre-selected applicants.

For information please contact the Senior Program Specialist at:

Peacebuilding and Reconstruction Program Initiative
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
250 Albert Street, P.O. Box 8500
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1G 3H9
Email: globalization@idrc.ca
Fax: 1-613-567-7748