Networks
The Pearson Peacekeeping Centre is currently involved in three
networks of like-minded organizations and persons to exchange information,
resources and knowledge. Through these network associations, we
work together to create mutual benefit for all involved.
- The International Association for Peacekeeping Training Centres
(IAPTC) is a network of centres and institutions involved with
peace operations research, education and training. It was initiated
by the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre in 1995, and we continue to
serve as the secretariat. The IATPC currently has a membership
of 49 organizations from 37 countries.
The IAPTC (http://www.iaptc.org)
promotes the exchange of information, knowledge and methodology
on all aspects of peace operations education and training. It
is an open forum for discussion on related issues. Each year,
there is an annual meeting, which includes both a broad multi-disciplinary
agenda for all centres and more specialized segments for the military,
civilian and police centres.
- The Challenges of Peace Operations: Into the 21st Century
Seminar Series is a series of seminars whose aim is to bring
to bear, in an informal and collegial setting, the collective
knowledge and views of participants on the challenges of peace
operations as the world enters the 21st century. The objective
of the project is to foster and encourage a culture of cross-professional
cooperation and partnership. Discussion on the practice and theory
of peace operations is combined with practical issues of training
and education, and involves visits to national civilian and military
peacekeeping training academies and centres.
The Challenges Project (http://www.peacechallenges.net)
was initiated in Sweden in 1997 and, over the years, participants
from some 230 organizations and 50 countries have joined the
endeavor. The Pearson Peacekeeping Centre has been involved
as a partner organization since the project’s inception.
A first phase report covering the period 1997 -2002 was presented
to the UN Secretary-General in April 2002. A second phase of
the project began with a seminar on the Rule of Law in Australia
in 2002 and will continue with a seminar on peace operations
and terrorism in Sweden in Spring 2003
The report on the VIII Seminar, Human Rights and Gender
Issues In Peacekeeping, held at the PPC 28 May -
1 June 2001, can be viewed here.
Human
Rights and Gender Issues in Peacekeeping
If you do not have Acrobat Reader, download
it here.
- The mission of Peaceful Schools International (PSI) is to provide
support to schools that have declared a commitment to creating
and maintaining a culture of peace. Established in 2001, the PSI’s
founding principle is that each school must embark on a unique
journey to create a culture of peace. It must do so by charting
its own course based on a vision developed with input from all
school community members and according to a timetable suitable
to its needs.
A second founding principle is that membership in PSI is voluntary
and students, teachers and school administrators must agree that
the school should apply for membership. Educating young people
to live together as caring, compassionate students in a school
community and as citizens of the world is crucial. Thus, membership
criteria have been developed with contributions from educators
(students, teachers, administrators) in all parts of the world
and describe what they feel are the essential contributing factors
to fostering a peaceful school.
PSI is a not-for-profit society incorporated under the Societies
Act of the Province of Nova Scotia. It is governed by an International
Advisory Board. The Honourable Myra A. Freeman, Lieutenant-Governor
of Nova Scotia is the Founding Patron and a member of the Board.
For more information, contact PSI at:
Peaceful Schools International
PO Box 100
Clementsport, Nova Scotia
Canada B0S 1E0
Telephone: (902) 638-8611 ext. 200
Facsimile: (902) 638-3315
E-mail: [email protected]
Website:
http://www.peacefulschoolsinternational.org
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