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eNews - October 2003 |
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The Africa Programme Coordinator, Ms. Ameena Payne, and Academic Advisor to the Africa Programme, Dr. David Francis, undertook a consultative mission from 13 - 21 September, 2003 to Zimbabwe and Zambia to engage in discussions with potential partners for the implementation of activities outlined in the five-year plan. Whilst in Zimbabwe the team, accompanied by Ms. Olubanke King-Akerele, former UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Zambia, met with Africa University and its Institute for Peace, Leadership and Governance, the South-North Centre for Peacebuilding and Development, and the University of Zimbabwe and its Centre for Defence Studies. Immediately following Zimbabwe the team travelled to Zambia where they took part in the official opening ceremony of the Dag Hammarskjold Centre for Peace, Good Governance and Human Rights. Discussions were also held with the Dag Hammarskjold Chair of Peace, Human Rights and Conflict Management at the Copperbelt University, and the COMESA Secretariat.
Curriculum Development Workshop on Non-violent Transformation of Conflict The first UPEACE Curriculum Development Workshop for the southern African region which will be held in Durban, South Africa from the 28th to 31st of October, co-hosted with and coordinated by the University of Natal, will focus on the study and teaching of Non-violent Transformation of Conflict. The gathering of approximately 50 academicians from Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa at the workshop provides, in itself, a unique opportunity for participants to share experiences and to learn of the work being carried out in different universities and in different countries of the region. Furthermore, such an encounter will help build up the regional and continental network of academics and practitioners in peace education that the five-year Africa Programme is hoping to stimulate.
Dr. Mary King, Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at UPEACE, will be the winner of this year’s Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation International Award for promoting Gandhian values outside India. In January 2004, Dr King will also become Visiting Research Fellow at the Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford. “I am delighted that Mary has won this important Award,” comments Martin Lees, the Rector of UPEACE. “She has made an enormous contribution to education for peace programmes in many parts of the world, particularly Africa.” For full press release please click here
Professor Eltayeb Ateya, Dean of Library and Information Services of the University of Khartoum, and Resident Advisor to the Rector of UPEACE in Sudan, participated on behalf of UPEACE in the Third Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD III) meeting held in Tokyo from the 29th of September to 1st of October, 2003. At that meeting, Japan’s Prime Minister disclosed Japan’s aim to extend US$1 billion in grant aid to Africa over the next five years for health and medical care, including measures against HIV/AIDS, education, water and food security.
Making
the transition from war to peace – Structural and Policy Challenges
of the Sudanese peace process
The UPEACE Africa Programme commissions a study summarizing the transitional structural and policy issues involved when a country moves from deadly conflict into the processes of building peace, based on the Sudanese experience. Major activities and endeavours underway in Sudanese society will be explained and reviewed, with an eye to offering an overview and understanding of the transition processes that may be undergone by societies that have emerged from war. Included in this survey will be a summary of activities and initiatives in the transition to peace of the following entities: military academies and armed services institutions; police academy and security bodies; non-governmental and civil society sectors, including varieties of networks, organizations, and leadership groups; business sectors and other private enterprise groups; universities, research institutes, peace centres, and other educational institutions; Sudanese parliamentary groups; Office of the Peace Adviser to the Government of Sudan; the media; and other sectors involved in the transition to peace.
The UPEACE Central Asian Programme has launched its web site (www.centralasia.upeace.org) which includes detailed information about the programme and related events and activities in the region. The UPEACE Central Asian Programme is part of its global effort to establish educational, training and research centers for peace-building and conflict prevention in key regions around the world. The main aim of the UPEACE Central Asia Program is to promote stability in the former Soviet Central Asia by transferring into the region new self-sustaining capabilities for peace education, training, research & dialogue, and by further developing the Central Asian Regional Forum. Through education, training, research and dialogue, the network of our students, trainees and experts can help reduce regional tensions, improve mutual confidence and cooperation, and strengthen local capabilities to build peace.
A new issue has been released of the Journal of Peacebuilding and Development (JPD), a formal partner of the UPEACE Africa Programme. The JPD is a new tri-annual refereed journal providing a forum for the sharing of critical thinking and constructive action on issues at the intersections of conflict, development, and peace. For ordering, please fill the online form or contact: Betty
J. Sitka
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