| Posted: Jan. 10
2010,11:16 |
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Postal address of
organization/institution |
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Mayor's Office
Port of Spain City Corporation
# 2 - 4 Knox
Street
Port of Spain
Trinidad and Tobago |
E-mail address of
organization/institution |
iearntnt_net@yahoo.com |
Website address of
organization/institution |
http://www.iearntandt.interconnection.org |
Telephone of
organization/institution |
1 868
683 4251 |
PRIORITIES: All of the
organization's domains of culture of peace activity |
EDUCATION FOR PEACE
SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
WOMEN'S EQUALITY
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TOP PRIORITY: The
organization's most important culture of peace activity |
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT |
PARTNERSHIPS AND NETWORKS:
What partnerships and networks does your organization participate
in, thus strengthening the global movement for a culture of peace?
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We
network with the following NGO's to create awareness and education
for a culture of peace and sustainable development
Port of
Spain/Atlanta Sister Cities Network, which include
- 1 Port of
Spain Sister City UNESCO Club
- 2 Natural Disasters Youth
Summit
- 3 Registered member of the Organization of American
States (OAS)
- 4 Registered member of UN Civil Society
- 5
Registered member of UNEP Civil Society
- 6 ENO Environment Plant
one Billion Trees Project.
Network of Rural Women Producers
TnT
Network of NGO's for the Advanvement of Women |
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. |
Our actions began with a project listed as "First
Steps" into the Decade of the Culture of Peace; January 1st - 2001.
with one of our students delivering the UN Message before leading
the City Mayor into the first steps of the new Millenium.
We
were then invited to join the Signing of the Manifesto for Peace -
this was promoted by Port of Spain Sister Cities UNESCO Club, while
we did not gain one million we got some 8000.00 plus
signatures.
iEARNTnT and our UNESCO Club then collaborated
with the Federation of UNESCO Clubs to promote the first "Model
Local Government Debate, by secondary schools students in four
regions - South, East, North and our sister Island Tobago.
In 2004 we were invited to enter a Global Essay
Competition being one of the 17 winners, prize a trip to Montego
Bay, Jamaica for workshops on Website building, then invited to
launched our website at a Conference in Dakar, Senagal, where we
gain the recognition of the Natural Disasters Youth Summit,
Executive who extended an invitation to join them in Taiwan/Japan
for their conference and being named Natural Disasters Youth Summit
Ambassador:
We hosted the Summit in 2008 and continue our work in
promoting awareness and education on sustainable development,
leading up to the Organization Of American States 5th Summit of the
Americas held in Trinidad and Tobago.
Participated in the UN
Conference on Climate Change held in Indonesia December
2008.
We again joined with the Federation of UNESCO Club to
host the OAS Model Youth Forum, 2009.
Participated the
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) on line debate and
face to face workshop on sustainable development and the
environment, as well as hosting in collaboration with the Network of
NGO,s for the Advancement of Women'' the project 'Friends of the
Commonwealth; Plant a Tree, save the environment"
And the
first runner up in the World Summit Youth Award - promoted by UN
WSIS in 2009.
see our website: http://www.naturaldisastersiearntnt.org/
Three online projects launched online in 2009 are
based on peace within the community and environment
- 1
SANDWATCH in collaboration with UNEP inviting all to join the cal to
" SEAL the DEAL" in addition to two local workshops.
- 2
POSITIVEMINDS: also holding two local workshops to create positive
awareness to curb gun violence in schools.
- 3 SIGN the UN
PEACE RIBBON, currently being conducted throughout the
country.
These are our projects over the decade and
continuing. |
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 seen some progress over the decade, in schools and communities;
but quick to add it is an ongoing effort as new issues emerge
challenging the effort or success.
We must therefore continue
the struggle to create a culture of peace which can be found in the
same place where the war is created in the minds of man. |
OBSTACLES: Has your
organization faced any obstacles to implementing the culture of
peace and nonviolence? If so, what were they? |
Our
obstacles were not having enough funds to conduct our workshops, to
reach our to more communities.
The support and need for the
projects are always with us, within and without our boundries, it is
global - hence the reason we are online with the promotion.
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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? |
Our new
projects SANDWATCH and POSITIVEMINDS workshops are planned for later
this year, as funding applications request went out - we now await
respond.
The online request to join has been quite positive -
we keep hope alive |
GLOBAL MOVEMENT: How do you
think the culture of peace and nonviolence could be strengthened and
supported at the world level?? |
There is
always the need for more promotion to reach out to those not yet
involved, therefore your global support is welcomed
final
Website/s:
http://www.posatlscn.org
http://www.naturaldisastersiearntnt.org
http://www.iearntandt.interconnection.org
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