UPEACE/Geneva
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UPEACE/Geneva eNews,
October 2005, Issue 2005-04

Thanks for reading this issue of UPEACE/Geneva eNews. This newsletter is aimed at providing updates and news from UPEACE and its regional programmes with special focus on the Africa and Central Asia programmes, which are coordinated through the Geneva office. In addition it will provide information on UPEACE publications and new developments, new documents available on the Africa programme, and Workshops/Seminars / Conferences being offered through the Africa and Central Asia programmes.
An online version of all newsletters is available at the UPEACE Africa Programme web site. If you do not wish to receive the newsletter, please send an email to enews@upeace.ch using “unsubscribe” as the subject.

Issued by UPEACE Geneva.
Editor: Ameena Payne, Executive Director University for Peace Geneva Office. For further queries please contact enews@upeace.ch

      

UPEACE INSTITUTE
January 2006

The UPEACE INSTITUTE consists of three-week short courses that will be given in different areas such as Media and Peace; Leadership; Culture, Religion, Conflict and Peace; and War and film, among others. The courses are facilitated by international professionals with extensive expertise in each of these areas. The institute presents a great opportunity to engage UPEACE students and professionals, practitioners, academicians and students of peace and conflict, in interactive participatory classes and informal gatherings which will bring several cultures and views together.

Target Groups
The UPEACE Institute is open to practitioners, students and academics interested in the field of Peace and Conflict studies. A college degree and other UPEACE admission requirements are needed for those students that wish to obtain credits for their own programmes. For training purposes no college degree is required.

Schedule
The Institute offers a two-day skill building workshop, and 10 courses. All Institute participants will take part in the two-day skill building workshop on January 9 & 10, which will count towards the graduate credit for each course. Respective Courses will then start on January 11, 2006, and will be held daily, except in the weekends, for three hours. Five of the courses will run from 9-12 am, and five from 1-4 pm. Friday January 27, 2006, will be the last day of Institute classes.

Fee
The cost per course is $2,500 if taken for credit, and $1,250 for non-credit. Students will finance their own accommodation and food. The University can be of assistance in coordinating the accommodation. Tuition waivers may be available according to standard UPEACE admission requirements. No scholarships will be available. Each course is worth 3 graduate credits.

Course List

  • Culture, Religion, Conflict and Peace
  • Ethical Dilemmas of Leadership
  • Hunger, Famine and Food Security
  • The Quest for Two Crucial Categories: The Public-Private Distinction in Social, Legal, and Political Thought
  • Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector: Making it Happen
  • Our Heritage and Common Concerns: International Environmental Law and Policy
  • Terrorism, Insurgency and Mass Communication
  • Film and Novel: Violence, Peace and Reconciliation
  • Challenges of The 21St Century from the Gender Perspective
  • The Psychology of Violence And Peace

Important Dates
The Institute will run from 9 to 27 January 2006. Applications deadline is 15 November 2005. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and letters of acceptance will be sent no later than 2 December 2005.

For more information please contact the office of the Dean for Academic Administration here (conted@upeace.org).

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Official Launch of the UPEACE Africa Programme Office in Addis Ababa

The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, represented by Foreign Affairs State Minister, Dr. Tekeda Alemu and the University for Peace, represented by Rector Julia Marton-Lefèvre have signed a host agreement on Thursday, 1 September 2005 regarding the opening of an office of the university in Addis Ababa. The host agreement will allow the centre of gravity of the Africa Programme to shift to the continent after having been coordinated from Geneva, Switzerland since its conception in 2002.

Dr. Jean-Bosco Butera, Director of the Africa Programme, will be managing the development and implementation of the Africa Programme. Addis Ababa was chosen because it is the seat of the African Union (AU) and of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), as well as being the diplomatic capital for Africa.

University for Peace
Africa Programme
P.O.Box 2794 code 1250
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Telephone: [251] 11 1234 026
info@upeace.ch
www.africa.upeace.org

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Peacebuilders’ series launched by the Daily Nation in Nairobi

The Peacebuilders series was launched by the Daily Nation in Nairobi, in collaboration with the University for Peace, on 21 September 2005 – designated by the United Nations as International Day of Peace. The Daily Nation is East Africa’s largest selling newspaper – read on a daily basis by around one million people. It circulates throughout the East Africa region.

Every month, the Daily Nation will feature peace builders who, by personal example, perseverance and courage, have helped to resolve conflict and sustain peace at the community, national or regional levels. The series will highlight the achievements of individuals, often working at society’s grassroots.

The UPEACE Africa Programme invites people and media to suggest names of person working at the grassroots in Africa whose work is cultivating a climate of peace in society. Kindly send your suggestions/recommendations to info@upeace.ch

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"Gender and Peace Building in Africa" - A Reader

A reader of scholarly articles authored by Africans and published by the University for Peace on issues of gender and peace building in Africa. This publication, which comes as a product of two Faculty and Staff Development Seminars on gender and peacebuilding, held in Kitwe, Zambia, has provided a platform to debate current issues of gender in conflict situations, their destabilising consequences on the economic development of Africa and the efforts being made to build bridges of peace with a gender perspective. Click here to download a PDF version.

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"Compendium of Key Human Rights Documents of the African Union"
Editor: Christof Heyns is Professor of Human Rights Law and Director of the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, as well as Academic Coordinator for the Africa Programme of UPEACE

This Compendium contains key documents relating to human rights adopted by the African Union (including NEPAD) and its predecessor, the Organization of African Unity. It also includes a selection of decisions and resolutions of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights.

This joint publication of the Africa Programme of the United Nations-affiliated University for Peace and the Centre for Human Rights of the University of Pretoria, South Africa, aims at making the human rights documents of the African Union more accessible. Click here to download a printable version in Adobe PDF or the order form

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