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Posted: Aug. 02 2006,18:58 by David from
INTERNATIONAL - Fundacion Cultura de Paz |
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QUESTIONNAIRE
Firstly) Is your organization
youth-led or primarily youth-serving? Please explain
briefly.
It is led by youth, founded by youth and directed at
youth. We accept only youth as members. Organisations can be
supporters but not members.
1. INDIVIDUAL AND
ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES
a) If funds were available, what
youth activities related to a culture of peace (CoP) would you like
to do as an individual?
More outreaching about nuclear
weapons issues, more lobbying in favour of nuclear disarmament. We
are thinking about launching a European campaign thanks to a
communication consultant, a TV campaign would be great.
b)
What non-financial support would you need to do these
activities?
We are all benevolent, so we do not have enough
time for all we would like to do. We also need technical help:
we are making a DVD, building a website,.. we need more people and
more skills.
c) If funds were available, what youth
activities related to a CoP would your organization like to
do?
Trainings: we would like to go everywhere we could
(schools, meetings, festivals,...) to explain what nuclear weapons
are, their effects, why they are illegal, how much they cost, and
explain also that there are other ways to solve conflict than
killing each other.
d) What non-financial support would your
organization need to do these activities?
Support to have
places to explain all that: permission to go in schools, support
from local city halls or organisations to come and talk to
people.
2. SUPPORT FROM GOVERNMENT AND THE UN
a) What
changes in youth policies do you think the government/leadership in
your country should make to promote a CoP?
Trust youth more.
Entrusting them with responsibilities, supporting their initiatives
so that they gain self-confidence and confidence they are accepted
by their community/country as full members. Listening more to
them.
b) What CoP youth activities do you think the UN should
carry out?
I do not know. But the opposite could be done: the
UN could ask youth what they would like to do to promote CoP and
what they would like the UN to do to help them in their project. And
the UN decided to support the ones it likes best.
OTHER
QUESTIONS
3. Do you have any suggestions or recommendations
for improving youth participation in CoP activities on any level
(UN, government, civil society)?
Youth do not know what
CoP is about -adults neither. People cannot participate in things
they do not know about. So first thing is informing. Then it should
be taught at school, as part of the normal curriculum.
4.
What could be done to improve/ensure transparency and flow of
information in promoting the CoP?
Leaflets or hand-outs NGOs
could distribute during their events or on Sept 21. Documentaries
-people watch TV. We have TV games where people earn money answering
questions; sometimes they play for NGOs: why not asking famous
people to play for the UN and the promotion of CoP? Again, teaching
it at school: we have a module in junior high school about being a
good and informed citizen in France, it could be part of this
module.
5. To ensure the best possible benefit of a UN
Voluntary Fund for youth on the CoP, how should it be
managed/administered?
Ask involved youth to define its rules;
ask them the criteria to choose the youth projects the UN would
fund. Youth members with adults members; youth could be volunteer
but paid for the job done, it should be recognised as real
involvement, even if the amount is low: anyway, they will do it
during their free time, so not many hours a week. The 'adults' would
be there as experienced councellors, for support and advice. Any
travels for meetings should be paid for, youth cannot afford
that.
6. How can youth not yet involved in CoP activities be
reached and motivated to get involved?
Youth like having fun,
so the funnier the activities, the more they would take part in
them. Role-plays, theatres, teaching other people,... North people
go to the South and vice-versa: they like travelling and discovering
new cultures, new people. They like learning. And it opens their
mind to new scope of application of CoP.
7. a) Which
other organizations do you know of, that work for a CoP?
Mouvement de la Paix (France): www.mvtpaix.org.
b)
Would you be willing to contact them or may we contact them with the
questionnaire? Please specify.
You can contact them but
currently they have a technical problem and have lost Internet
connection. Try: nadia@mvtpaix.org. She
regularly checks the NGO's mails.
8. My response to this
questionnaire is my personal opinion ? _?
Personal opinion. I
am the co-founder of
BANg.
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From: sophie lefeez
To: mail@decade-culture-of-peace.org
Date: Tuesday, August 1, 2006 8:31:24 AM
Subject:
Bulletin of World Report on the Culture of Peace for
July/Au
Hello,
I answer the questionnaire on
behalf of BANg, the European Youth Network for Nuclear Disarmament.
Sorry for the delay. |
