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Postal address of organization/institution
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4410 Massachusetts Ave, NW # 354.Washington, DC 20016-5572. USA
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E-mail address of organization/institution
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sajiprelis1@yahoo.com
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Website address of organization/institution
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http://www.cpbinternational.org/
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Telephone of organization/institution
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+1-202-674-4670
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PRIORITIES: All of the organization's domains of culture of peace activity |
EDUCATION FOR PEACE
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 |
UNDERSTANDING, TOLERANCE AND SOL
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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? |
CPBI has created several learning networks.
• One is the Network for Youth in Transition a free resource focused on youth and war to peace transition.
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CPBI also founded the Evaluating Youth Programs in Areas of Conflict,
an inter-agency network focused on improving evaluation methodologies
for and w/ youth in conflict areas.
• CPBI is part of the Washington Network for Children and Armed Conflict.
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CPBI’s founder has addressed the UN Peacekeeping Operations and UN
Department of Public Information’s NGO forum during the UN’s 64th
anniversary about peacebuilding and holistic approaches to sustainable
peace.
• The Founder has also served on several advisory committees and worked w/ UNICEF and UNDP on issues pertaining to Youth.
• CPBI also is a member of the International Network for Education in Emergencies.
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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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CPBI has focused on learning from youth networks in areas of conflict
and taken that learning to influence policy at the international NGO
level and the UN level. In that, CPBI has, as mentioned above,
founded several learning networks to help improve the overall practice
of headquarter activity toward young people in areas of conflict.
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Peace Narratives from young people who have experienced great violence
and their efforts to make a difference are being collected. These
personal narratives are being accompanied by teacher and student
learning/teaching guides focused toward a high school audience in the
US. Purpose is to help further inspire young people in the US on how
they can learn from outsiders and be positive change agents in their
own communities in the US.
• On the Thai-Burma border, CPBI has led
one of the most comprehensive studies focused on youth populations who
are learning peace education and conflict resolution to learn of their
aspirations and have shared it with the policy and practitioner
community. That effort has given life to another organization that is
focused on digital technology for human rights work.
• CPBI has
financially supported peace education programs in Cambodia by
supporting youth-led peace education initiatives.
• CPBI
financially supported and initially helped advice on creating national
youth forums in Nepal. These forums to organize cultural forums
that gave voice to young generations of peace activists in Nepal.
In 2006, local youth-led organizations organized to promote the
youth perspective’s in Nepal’s transition.
• CPBI supported video production of women and young people’s aspirations for peace in Kashmir.
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CPBI created one of the few free online resource spaces that strictly
focus on youth issues. It is called the Network for Youth in
Transition. It contains over 900 different resources from
training manuals, reports, evaluations, blog posts, videos, events and
youth policy related activities from around the world to guidance notes
to effective programming for and with youth.
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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? |
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Incremental progress has been observed on several fronts.
Agencies are learning more about responsible engagement in areas
of conflict and poor countries.
• Increased coordination among
agencies is observed, yet competition for funding creates unfavorable
relationships between international agencies and local grassroots
organizations.
• Greater recognition for sustainable engagement at the local level is becoming more evident.
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Local agencies are increasingly taking greater ownership and becoming
less dependent on international agencies and some of their funding
mechanisms for their work in the communities.
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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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• Donor agency lack of clear understanding between conflict sensitivity and peacebuilding.
• Front-loading funding mechanisms that end up doing more harm
• NGO staff desire to do good conflicts at times with agency’s own mandates
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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? |
Short term:
• Greater engagement through learning circles between local, and international agencies.
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Multi-country study on learning about the impact of foreign assistance
for peace education and conflict resolution/peacebuilding programs. Its
findings shared w/in the larger policy, donor and practitioner
community.
Mid term:
• Learn more about inter-generational peace education and peace building program mechanisms.
• Help in creating a more inclusive peace and security framework that engages youth and women not just women.
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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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See answers above.
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