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Postal address of organization/institution
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522 West 149th St. #3
New York, NY 10031 USA
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E-mail address of organization/institution
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info@i-i-p-e.org
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Website address of organization/institution
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www.i-i-p-e.org
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Telephone of organization/institution
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202-556-1075
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PRIORITIES: All of the organization's domains of culture of peace activity |
EDUCATION FOR PEACE
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RIGHTS
WOMEN'S EQUALITY
DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION
UNDERSTANDING, TOLERANCE AND SOLIDARITY
FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION
INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY
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TOP PRIORITY: The organization's most important culture of peace activity |
EDUCATION FOR PEACE
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PARTNERSHIPS AND NETWORKS: What
partnerships and networks does your organization participate in, thus
strengthening the global movement for a culture of peace? |
The Global Campaign for Peace Education
UN Department of Public Information (UN DPI status)
Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict
Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA)
International Peace Research Association
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ACTIONS: What activities have
been undertaken by your organization to promote a culture of peace and
nonviolence during the ten years of the Decade? If you already made a
report in 2005, your information from 2005 will be included in the 2010
report.
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In
1982 the first IIPE was held at Teachers College, Columbia University.
It was organized by Professors Betty A. Reardon, Willard Jacobson
and Douglas Sloan in cooperation with the United Ministries in
Education. Each of these professors, working in different fields
and disciplines, came together to apply their collective knowledge,
wisdom and experience toward a problem that threatened the extinction
of the human race and all life on the planet - nuclear proliferation.
This first IIPE experience examined the practical and theoretical
contributions of education to world order and nuclear and general and
complete disarmament. In doing so it addressed the political and
personal dimensions of the task of disarmament, inquiring into
worldviews, beliefs and attitudes that sustain and make possible a
highly militarized system of global security.
From
1982 the Institute evolved in parallel to other developments in the
peace research and peace studies fields and the work of the IIPE
founder, Dr. Reardon. Rather than an exclusive focus on
disarmament education, the IIPE began to examine peace and violence
more holistically. Complementing this systemic and holistic view,
the Institute organically developed into an annual, international
program that is hosted, cooperatively planned and co-coordinated by a
partner academic or non-governmental institution. This
internationalization of the IIPE enables it to be inclusive of the
multiple, socio-cultural perspectives and concerns of peace and
violence and exposes participants to a multitude of educational
approaches and transformative pedagogies of peace that are practiced in
different socio-cultural contexts. Furthermore, it has enabled
the Institute to be adaptive and flexible in its form and in the
content chosen that frames each year’s program.
In 2007-08 Global Education Associates assumed the coordinating responsibilities of the IIPE.
In 2009 the National Peace Academy became the new home of the IIPE secretariat.
Below
is a list of IIPE activities, hosts and themes from 2001-2009.
Reports of each of these activities are available on the IIPE
website.
2009: EJBO Foundation. Budapest, Hungary.
"Human Rights Learning as Peace Education: Pursuing Democracy in a Time of Crisis"
Co-sponsored
by: the EJBO Foundation with the support and sponsorship of UNESCO, the
Center for Nonviolence and Democratic Education of the University of
Toledo, Ohio and the Biosophical Institute.
2008: University of Haifa. Haifa, Israel.
"Critical Pedagogy: Educating for Justice and Peace"
Co-sponsored
by: the Jewish-Arab Center and the Center for Research on Peace
Education (CERPE) of the University of Haifa and the Center of Critical
Pedagogy of Kibbutzim College of Education.
2007: Baketik. Arantzazu, Spain (Basque Country).
“Identity, Interdependence & Nonviolent Transformations ”
2006: University for Peace. San Jose, Costa Rica.
“Towards a Planetary Ethic: Shared and Individual Responsibility”
2005: Femme-Art-Méditerranée (FAM Network). Rhodes, Greece.
"E=MC 2: Education = Movement for Constructive Change (educating for peace through the arts)"
2004: Sabanci University. Istanbul, Turkey.
“Human Security: Building a Culture of Peace”
2003: Asia Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU). Seoul, South Korea.
“Educating for Peace in Divided Societies”
2002: Miriam College, Quezon City, Philippines.
“Weaving Solidarity Toward a Culture of Peace”
2001: Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon.
“A Global Civic Responsibility”
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PROGRESS: Has your organization
seen progress toward a culture of peace and nonviolence in your domain
of action and in your constituency during the second half of the
Decade? |
Yes. We have witnessed an increased awareness of peace education in different socio-cultural contexts around the world.
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OBSTACLES: Has your organization faced any obstacles to implementing the culture of peace and nonviolence? If so, what were they?
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Political
and financial barriers are major obstacles to our work.
Additionally, market driven perceptions of the social purposes of
education are major impediments to peace education development.
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PLANS: What new engagements are
planned by your organization in the short, medium and long term to
promote a culture of peace and nonviolence? |
The
2010 IIPE will take place in Colombia from July 11-17, 2010. The
Institute is being co-organized by the National Peace Academy (home of
the IIPE secretariat) and Fundación Escuelas de Paz in partnership with
the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development
(AECID) , the Colombian National Ministry of Education and a consortium
of organizations invested in furthering peace education in Colombia.
The theme that will form the common inquiry of IIPE 2010 is
“Learning to Read the World from Multiple Perspectives: Peace Education
toward Diversity and Inclusion.”
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GLOBAL MOVEMENT: How do you think the culture of peace and nonviolence could be strengthened and supported at the world level??
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Our
conceptualization of peace needs to be clarified - otherwise a culture
of peace remains a fuzzy picture. This is one of the primary
tasks of peace education.
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