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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 first half of the Decade? |
Culture of Peace in fact: very difficult to assess whether or not there has been a progress in society.
Culture
of Peace as a concept of approaching peace issues: has reached a small
group of very active peace activists, in Austria, as well as in other
European countries where EURED works.
More people know the campaign
and discuss how to promote a culture of peace. However, Culture of
Peace as a concept is not yet very popular in the academic world.
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OBSTACLES: What are the most important obstacles that have prevented progress?
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A
general set-back in many European societies, a conservative turn make
it more difficult to work for peace. For example, the Austrian
organisation Alpen-Adria-Alternativ, one of the first supporters of the
campaign, has disappeared, due to the very difficult financial
situation caused by both the regional and the national government in
Austria.
The fact that UNESCO, after a wonderful start, has – if not
stopped – considerably reduced its efforts for the campaign for a
culture of peace.
There is too less effort in deepening the concept of a culture of peace at a theoretical level.
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ACTIONS: What actions have been
undertaken by your organization to promote a culture of peace and
nonviolence during the first half of the Decade?
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In 1999
Translation
of the Manifesto into German and publication in journals and websites
(EURED members, Austria, association Alpen-Adria-Alternative)
A
special issue of “alpe adria” (in German) dealing with the UNESCO
campaign and with many examples for peace education in Austria and in
other parts of Europe.
In 2000
Start of the EURED project – a
European network of peace educators, eight countries. The first appeal
of the start-up conference refers explicitly to the Campaign for a
Culture of Peace.
Regular meetings 3-4/year in 2000, 2001 and 2002.
In 2001
International EURED Congress on Peace Education at Klagenfurt university, Austria.
Report available
Werner
Wintersteiner. “If we had the word, we would not need the weapons”.
Education for a culture of peace. Innsbruck: StudienVerlag 2001. (250
pages, in German)
A handbook that discusses the theoretical concept
of a culture of peace, explains the role of peace education in a
culture of peace. The main part is dedicated to examples of literature
and language teaching.
In 2002
EURED publishes a curriculum for a Europe-wide two-years teacher training course “Peace Education”
In 2003
EURED
organises an international conference in Austrian Peace Centre,
Stadtschlaining. The aim: to find ways on implementing its peace
education curriculum on a European level. Participants: representatives
of UNESCO commissions of several European countries, as well as from
the Council of Europe and different NGOs.
EURED publishes a handbook
on peace education in Europe including theoretical and historical
approaches and case studies of eight European countries. The concept of
a culture of peace is discussed in several chapters.
Wintersteiner,
Werner /Vedrana Spajic-Vrkas/Rüdiger Teutsch (eds.). Peace Education in
Europe. Visions and Experiences. Münster: Waxmann 2003 (= European
Studies in Education).
In 2004
Exhibition “Culture of peace” in
Klagenfurt, Austria, followed by several events and peace education
activities. The exhibition is also shown in Slovenia, later this year.
EURED
starts the first Europe-wide two-years teacher training course
“Human Rights and Peace Education in Europe”, supported by the Austrian
Commission for UNESCO and officially recognised by UNESCO. The official
form of this course is a university course of Klagenfurt university,
Austria. The first seminar is held in Gernika, Spain.
Report available
At
Udine university, Italy, there is a peace conference, participants are
scholars from universities in Northern Italy, Austria, Slovenia (the
“Alps-Adriatic-Region”). It will be continued with a peace congress in
spring 2005, as well at Udine university.
In 2005
The second seminar of the EURED course is held in Magdeburg, Germany.
Klagenfurt university, Austria, opens a “centre for peace research and education”.
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ADVICE: What advice would you like to
give to the Secretary-General and the General Assembly to promote a
culture of peace and nonviolence during the second half of the Decade? |
To
organise an international academic conference on the theoretical
concept of a culture of peace. This seems to be very important in order
to convince the academic world to support better the campaign. This
conference could be the starting point of research and publication
projects.
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PARTNERSHIPS: What partnerships and
networks does your organization participate in, thus strengthening the
global movement for a culture of peace? |
EURED is a network itself.
It cooperates with a similar network of peace educators in the Middle East (Lebanon based)
With the Global Campaign for Peace Education
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PLANS: What new engagements are
planned by your organization to promote a culture of peace and
nonviolence in the second half of the Decade (2005-2010)? |
1. Finishing the EURED Human Rights and peace Education in Europe pilot course in 2006.
2. Gender and peace - in collaboration with other European partners
3. A study (a book?) on literature and peace
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Postal address of organization
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EURED
c/o Werner Wintersteiner, Institute for German Studies, Klagenfurt
university, Austria, Universitaetsstrasse 65, 9020 Klagenfurt, Austria.
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E-mail address of organization
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werner.wintersteiner@uni-klu.ac.at
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Website address of organization
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http://www.aspr.ac.at/eured.htm
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Highest priority action domain of a culture of peace
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Education for a culture of peace
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Second priority action domain of a culture of peace
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Human rights
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Highest priority country of action (or international)
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EUROPE
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Second priority country of action (or international)
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special focus: Austria
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