[hr-education-na] Peace Education Forum (Vancouver, June 25-27, 2006)

Dear Colleagues,

I would like to draw your attention to an upcoming forum that may be of
interest to you.

Best wishes,

Wendy Palliser
PO Box 284
East Orleans, MA 02643
tel/fax: (+1) 508 255 0841


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Call for proposals for the upcoming Peace Education Forum in Vancouver BC.
For more information contact
The Peace Education Planning Committee
c/o Jane Turner, Chairperson for more info. at jturner@bctf.ca
5.- Request for proposals / Call for applications

Proposals will be received until December 2, 2005.

Request for proposals: PEACE EDUCATION FORUM
{http://www.bctf.ca/social/WorldPeace/RFP.html }

June 25-27, 2006

"Educating a Generation to Create a Culture of Peace" of the WORLD PEACE
FORUM June 23-28, 2006 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada "Cities and
Communities: Working Together to End War and Build a Peaceful, Just and
Sustainable World" Request for Proposals The World Peace Forum 2006, a
major international gathering on peace, will provide an umbrella for
governments and organizations working on peace to come together, network,
and demonstrate that there is a growing international commitment to peace,
justice, and sustainability.

The education component of the World Peace Forum seeks to bring together
teachers, students, elders, and citizens with interests in pre-school to
post-secondary education to: · produce and disperse curricula of peace,
including teaching programs, activities, and methodologies; · model and
provide organizational strategies that can be replicated to sustain
efforts of peace organizations beyond the timeframe of the planning and
conducting of the World Peace Forum; and · transform society by seeking
answers to the questions "what is the world we want?" and "how, through
education, are we going to get there?"

This call for proposals invites you and your organization to share your
knowledge with 2000 expected participants from around the world who are
committed to building peace, contesting global militarism, and making
aggressive solutions intolerable.

The program of the education component of the World Peace Forum will be
established as much as possible by participating organizations. Beginning
Sunday, June 25, through an opening plenary focussed on teaching peace in
times of war, in times of oppression, and in times of reconciliation, the
following two days will be devoted to activities and programs identified
through this call. Proposals should focus on education for peace and
should insofar as possible model cooperative, interactive and
participatory methodologies, and formats.

The planning committee wishes to develop a diverse and broad program and
will attempt to connect groups with similar interests.

Each proposal should include (see form):

1. a detailed description of the proposed event including objectives
and activities 
2. the target audience 
3. an initial list of facility requirements 
4. a proposed length of time required 
5. Please use our online submission form to send proposals via e-mail
to: The Peace Education Planning Committee c/o Jane Turner,
Chairperson British Columbia Teachers' Federation 100-550 West 6th
Avenue Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V5Z 4P2 jturner@bctf.ca 
Proposals will be received until December 2, 2005. 


"A culture of peace: 'a set of values, attitudes, modes of behaviour and
ways of life that reject violence and prevent conflicts by tackling their
root causes to solve problems through dialogue and negotiation among
individuals, groups and nations' " UN resolution A/RES/52/13


The World Peace Forum is endorsed by a broad variety of national and
international groups and individuals including the following: City of
Vancouver; British Columbia Teachers' Federation; Vancouver School Board;
Vancouver Parks Board; BC Teachers for Peace and Global Education;
Canadian Teachers' Federation; British Columbia Federation of Labour;
Federation of Post Secondary Educators of British Columbia; Stephen Lewis,
Canadian Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa; Dr. David Suzuki,
Geneticist; Libby Davies, Member of Parliament; Thulas Nxesi, President,
Education International.

 

Clare Stark
Coordinator for the Culture of Peace
Coordinatrice pour la Culture de la Paix
UNESCO BSP/Office of the Director
7, place de Fontenoy
F-75352 Paris 07 SP
phone: +33 1 45 68 19 86
fax: +33 1 45 68 55 57
web: http://www.unesco.org/cp 
http://www.unesco.org/manifesto2000




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