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Course Open: Educating for the 21st Century
- UPEACE Campus, Costa Rica.
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Open Course: Peace Building and Conflict Recovery. With Prof. Pierre Schori - UPEACE Campus, Costa Rica. The University is opening the course Peace Building and Conflict Recovery to all interested.
Climate Change: Disaster or Opportunity? - UPEACE Campus, Costa Rica. On Sat 17th April, the University for Peace will be hosting the Climate Change: Disaster or Opportunity? conference at our beautiful campus near Ciudad Colon.
Seminar: “International Trade, Bio-Technology and Developing Countries: Insights from WTO and other International Trade Processes” - UPEACE Campus, Costa Rica. By Dr. Sachin Chaturvedi, Global Justice Fellow, Yale University.
Course Open: Arms Control and Disarmament Today - Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Geneva, Switzerland. 1 - 5 December 2009. This week-long survey course is designed to provide a general overview of the specific issues relevant to the arms control and disarmament field as it exists today.
Launch of the UPEACE Human Rights Centre 10 December 2006 - UPEACE Hedquarters, San José, Costa Rica. The UN-mandated University for Peace (UPEACE) officially launched the UPEACE Human Rights Centre today on the occasion of International Human Rights Day.
Final Report, Expert Forum Capacity Building for Peace and Development: Roles of Diaspora 28 November 2006 - Toronto. Final Report on Diaspora Conference
The UPEACE Centre for Executive and Professional Education is now Online 20 November 2006 - UPEACE Headquarters, San José, Costa Rica. The Centre for Executive and Professional Education will offer its first course, "Nonprofit Leadership: Maximizing Impact" from January 8-26.
UN Secretary-General Presented report on UPEACE 30 October 2006 . UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, presented the Sixty-first session of the General Assembly of the United Nations a Report on the University for Peace.
Kennesaw State University Visit 27 October 2006 - UPEACE Headquarters San Jose, Costa Rica. This week UPEACE hosted graduate students and faculty of the Conflict Resolution Programme of Kennesaw State University of Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Diaspora Conference 19-20 October 2006 - Toronto, Canada. Expert Forum "Capacity Building for Peace and Development: Roles of Diaspora"
UPEACE and Ateneo de Manila University signs an agreement 17 October 2006 - Manila, Philippines. UPEACE signs agreement with Ateneo de Manila University to develop an International Peace Studies Dual Campus MA Programme
NOW AVAILABLE UPEACE 2007: Creating opportunities to change the world 13 October 2006 . UPEACE is glad to announce that its yearly magazine, in printed and in pdf format, is already published.
Joint Training Workshop 25 September 2006 - Geneva, Switzerland. The UPEACE Geneva Office (with Dr. Amr Abdalla acting as overall moderator and Ambassador Sahnoun presenting the welcome address), in collaboration with the Business Humanitarian Forum (BHF) and the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), successfully organized a training workshop on "Public-Private Partnerships in Peacebuilding" in Geneva on the 26th of September 2006
UPEACE Rector appointed Director General of of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) 20 September 2006 - San José, Costa Rica. The University for Peace (UPEACE) is proud to congratulate its Rector, Ms. Julia Marton-Lefèvre, who was recently selected to lead the World Conservation Union (IUCN), the worlds leading conservation authority.
Welcome Students 2006-2007! 24 August 2006 - San José, Costa Rica. The University for Peace welcomed the Class of 2007 to its Costa Rica campus on 23 August, the first of three days of Orientation for new students.
Connect! Call for Artists 10 August 2006 - Toronto. UPEACE is calling for submissions from emerging artists for its next exhibition, "Connect! Exploring the complexity of Diaspora". Deadline: August 10
Africa's newsmedia: the vision, the need and the responsibility: 7-9 August 2006 - Nairobi, Kenia. Journalists and broadcasters from over 25 African countries will be attending this UPEACE conference that will take place in Nairobi on 7-9 August 2006. The main issue that will be discussed is the future of Africa's newsmedia. The conference is being organised in partnership with the Nation Media Group, publishers of the largest selling newspaper in Eastern Africa, the Daily Nation.
COMMENCEMENT 2006 30 June 2006 - UPEACE San José. San José , 30 June 2006 . The University for Peace (UPEACE) held its Commencement 2006 on Friday 30 June 2006 at 9.00 am at the National Auditorium in San José, Costa Rica.
UPEACE and University of Winnipeg Summer Peacebuilding Institute 19 June 2006-23 June 2008 - Winnepeg, Manitoba. UPEACE Professor Victoria Fontan taught as part of a team of professors in the inaugural summer peacebuilding institute of UPEACE and the University of Winnipeg. The institute focussed on "Multiethnic Cities and Peacebuilding:Linking the Global and the Local" and was attended enthusiastically by both tertiary students and community practitioners.
Training of Trainers Seminar on "Religious Identity, Islam and Peacebuilding" 13-16 June 2006 - Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Following the course development seminar on "Religious Identity, Islam and Peacebuilding" held in Dushanbe in February 2006, a training of trainers seminar took place during 13-16 June 2006 as the next important step of a Norway-funded project. The aim of the seminar was to finalize the course curricula developed during the first seminar in February, to train educators, trainers and civil society representatives on using the academic and training models and to discuss with participants how to best apply various teaching resources for practical teaching and training. The specific educational objective of the course on Religious Identity, Islam and Peacebuilding consists of developing and spreading concepts and skills for dealing with conflicts through alternative mechanisms for dispute resolution which spring from a combination of authentic Islamic knowledge and traditions, and contemporary academic and practical resources in the field of peace and conflict studies.
International Conference on Strategies for Peace with Development in Africa: The Role of Education, Training and Research 12-14 June 2006 - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is in the light of their core mission of entrenching peace in Africa as a sine qua non for sustainable development that the African Union Commission and the University for Peace are convening this conference as a contribution towards entrenching a culture of peace in Africa.
Creativity Unleashed: Community Innovations to Build Urban Peace 27 May 2006 - 1 Yonge Street. Queens Quay and Yonge Street. Creativity Unleashed will bring together academics, social workers and artists to recognize and celebrate community-driven innovations and creativity that strengthen urban peace and prevent violence. A key feature of "Creativity Unleashed" is that it seeks to bring a global perspective to local discussions of urban violence, by providing a unique space to promote cross-cultural sharing of experiences in building peaceful communities and acting against urban violence.
Curriculum Development Workshop on Education for Peace in Sudan 3-4 May 2006 - Khartoum, Sudan. In cooperation with the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the University for Peace (UPEACE) Africa Programme held a Curriculum Development Workshop on Education for Peace in Sudan in Khartoum, 03-04 May 2006.
UPEACE Rector Emeritus Lectures at CIDA: The Prospects for Peace and Security in the 21st Century 06 April 2006 - CIDA, Ottawa. UPEACE Rector Emeritus Martin Lees provided a sobering lecture for CIDA staff, as part of CIDA's Poverty Reduction Speaker Series.
Earth Charter Delegates Meet with President-Elect Oscar Arias 06 April 2006 - San José, Costa Rica. Delegates from Earth Charter International and the University for Peace met yesterday with President-Elect Oscar Arias of Costa Rica to discuss areas of potential collaboration during Mr. Arias' term of office. Mr. Arias, a Nobel Peace Prize winner who was recently re-elected after years away from political office, will be inaugurated on 8 May 2006. The Costa Rican government has traditionally been a strong supporter of the Earth Charter in international fora, such as the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development and the 2004 World Congress of the IUCN.
Short Course on Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution (CPMR) 3-7 April 2006 - Pretoria, South Africa. In accordance with one of the aims of UPEACE to develop and increase capacity in the teaching of conflict and peace studies in Africa, the UPEACE Africa Programme has recently concluded a short course on Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution. The course was held in Pretoria from 3 to 7 April 2006 with participants form 16 African countries.
Advanced Studies in Environmental Diplomacy 1 April-31 May 2006 - Geneva, Switzerland. Admission process is now open for the certificate course of advanced studies in Environmental Diplomacy. This course comprises 10 modules, partly given in an intensive two-week course period in Geneva during 26 August-10 September 2006, preceded by a period of distance learning in July-August 2006, and followed by preparation of a thesis. This course is a joint effort of the United Nations Environment Programme, the University of Geneva, UNITAR and University for Peace. Vera Narodnitzkaia, Director of the Central Asia Programme, represented UPEACE at this partnership and co-ordinated the development of UPEACE's module. Another module coordinator, Tom Deligiannis, Assistant Professor of UPEACE, will teach the module on Environmental Diplomacy during the face-to-face teaching session in Geneva.
UPEACE students stage Model United Nations Conference 2006 16 March 2006 - San José, Costa Rica. The fourth annual University for Peace Model United Nations Conference (UPMUNC 2006) is taking place at the headquarters of the University for Peace in San José, Costa Rica. One hundred and eighty participants are attending UPMUNC 2006, including UPEACE students and staff, and students from other prestigious national and international Universities. The event wraps up on 18 March 2006.
Human Rights Educational Project 13 March 2006 - San José, Costa Rica. During her recent stay at the University as Visiting Professor in the Department of International Law and Human Rights, Dr. Magdalena Sepulveda, former Co-Director of the Department, discussed plans for the continuation and enhancement of the Department's Human Rights Educational Project (HREP).
International Committee of the Red Cross and the University for Peace signed the II Memorandum of Agreement 10 March 2006 - San José, Costa Rica. On Friday, 10 March 2006, Messrs. Daniel Glinz, Deputy Regional Delegate of the ICRC, and Georges Tsaï, Vice Rector of UPEACE, signed the II Memorandum of Agreement between the International Committee of the Red Cross and the University for Peace. Through this MOA the ICRC will continue supporting education on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and implementing the principles and norms of this field of law in order to apply the new objectives defined by ICRC in all agreements to be signed with universities and higher-education institutions.
International Women' s Day 08 March 2006 - San José, Costa Rica. March 8th is International Women's Day and will be celebrated at UPEACE by a student-run production of Eve Ensler's famous international play "The Vagina Monologues." Students Elisa Audo, Junyke Zulu and Alex MBallo from the MA in Gender and Peace Building are coordinating the activity with the support of twenty-five students who are also part of the production. The activity will take place in the Council Room from 5 to 7pm.
UPEACE Professor attended a workshop in Turkey 6-8 March 2006 - Istanbul, Turkey. From 6-8 March 2006, professor Jennifer Hazen attended a workshop on "Building National Capacities for Conflict Prevention and Transformation". The workshop was held in Istanbul, Turkey, and was hosted jointly by the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Department of Political Affairs. The workshop, attended by nearly 100 participants, focused on understanding new and emerging approaches to conflict prevention and conflict transformation, sharing national experiences of UN country teams, and developing concrete practical strategies for furthering the efforts of the UN in areas of building social cohesion and promoting good governance, development, and peacebuilding.
Dean for Latin America and the Caribbean Programme and UPEACE team participate in a workshop in Sao Paulo, Brazil 6-10 March 2006 - Sao Paulo, Brazil. A UPEACE mission was in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from 6 through 10 of March 2006. The team composed of Tatiana Benavides, Carlos García, Betty Mc Dermot and Victor Valle- facilitated a strategic planning workshop for the recently created Open University for Environment and Culture of Peace, UMAPAZ in the Portuguese acronym.
UN peace-building institution to take root in Kingdom 05 March 2006 - Amman, Jordan. AMMAN (JT) A delegation from the UN-affiliated University of Peace (UPEACE) visited the Kingdom last week to take practical steps towards the establishment of a regional centre for peace-building and conflict resolution in partnership with UPEACE. During the three-day visit, UPEACE Rector Julia Marton-Lefevre and Dean for Academic Programmes Amr Abdalla met with representatives from the Royal Court and senior officials including Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Khalid Touqan and Commandant of the Royal Jordanian National Defence College Maj. Gen. Mohammed Fahed Allaf.
Dean for Latin America and the Caribbean travels to Spain 26 February-4 March 2006 - Madrid, Spain. From 26 February to 4 March 2006, Dean for Latin America and the Caribbean, Dr. Victor Valle traveled to Spain to have several meetings with private and public organizations in Madrid.
NRSD students attend San José Environmental Seminar #3 22 February 2006 - San José, Costa Rica. On 22 February 2006, the Natural Resources and Sustainable Development Students attended its San José Environmental Seminar #3 at the Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS). This organization is a non-profit consortium that has grown to include 63 universities and research institutions from the United States, Latin America and Australia
Peace Education students attended the presentation of "State of the Nation Report" 21 February 2006 - San José, Costa Rica. On Tuesday, February 21st, Peace Education students Nick (U.S.A), Brandon (U.S.A), Geoff (Canada), Koe (Japan), Zahid (Pakistan), Dody (Indonesia) and Azad (Bangladesh) participated in a public presentation, with their programme director, Prof. Abelardo Brenes Ph.D., of the State of the Nation Report on Education in Costa Rica. Every year since 1995, the four Costa Rican public universities have jointly published a report on the State of the Nation in Sustainable Human Development, in an effort to provide public access to vital trends in Costa Rican development. It serves as a kind of social, economic, environmental, and political mirror for the society and is influential in governmental policy-making
Students from the MA in Gender and Peace Building, visited the Alajuela Hospital 20 February 2006 - San José, Costa Rica. On 14 February 2006, students from the MA in Gender and Peace Building, visited the San Rafael Hospital of Alajuela as part of the course, "A Gender Analysis of the Environment and Sustainable Development". Visiting professors Vivienne Solís Rivera, Ivannia Ayales and Patricia Madrigal, will be teaching this course until 21 February.
Course Development Seminar on Religious Identity, Islam and Peacebuilding 20-23 February 2006 - Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Curriculum Development Seminar on Religious Identity, Islam and Peacebuilding February 2006, Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
A Seminar on "Religious Identity, Islam and Peacebuilding" was held in Tajikistan 20-23 February 2006 - Dushhanbe, Tajikistan. During 20-23 February 2006 a course development seminar on "Religious Identity, Islam and Peacebuilding" was held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan as a first event of a Norway-funded project. The seminar was led by UPEACE Professors Amr Abdalla, Dean for Academic Studies, and Mahmoud Hamid, Department of Environmental Security.
UPEACE students participated in the National Round of the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition 17 February 2006 - San José, Costa Rica. On 17 February 2006, five students from the MA Programmes in International Law participated in the National Round of the 2006 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.
Opening of the Peace Studies Institute In Alexandria 15-16 February 2006 - Alexandria. From 15-16 February 2006, Rector Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Dr Amr Abdalla, Dean for Academic Programmes and Dr. Jean-Bosco Butera, Director of the Africa Programme, attended an invitation by Mrs. Mubarak to the opening of the Peace Studies Institute at the Alexandria Library.
NSRD students visiting environmental institutions in Costa Rica 13 February 2006 - San José, Costa Rica. The students from the MA in Natural Resources and Sustainable Development are currently taking a course called " San José Environmental Seminar". The students will visit all the organizations in Costa Rica that are dealing with environmental issues.
UPEACE student won first place in a contest 13 February 2006 - San José, Costa Rica . UPEACE student from the Second International Short Course in Gender and Peacebuilding, won first place in a contest organized by Peru 21 and the United Nations Population Fund
Earth Charter Education Center Training in Stockholm 12-15 February 2006 - Sweden. What do a compass, an amoeba, a pyramid, and the stratosphere have in common? The staff of the Earth Charter Center for Education for Sustainable Development at UPEACE were wondering the very same thing before our recent training seminar in Sweden from Feb. 12 -15. They are in fact the names of tools and methods for working towards sustainability and include indicators for sustainability (Compass), a methodology for building consensus on sustainable development planning (Pyramid), strategies for diffusing change (Amoeba) and strategic analysis tools (StrateSphere).
Director of the Department of Human Rights and Social Affairs with the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, visited the UPEACE campus 09 February 2006 - San José, Costa Rica . Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, Director of the Department of Human Rights and Social Affairs with the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, visited the UPEACE campus on 9 February 2006. She offered a lecture focusing on the initiative led by Brazil, in partnership with France, Chile, Spain, Germany and Algeria, to establish the International "Action against Hunger and Poverty". The lecture took place from 11.00 am to 12.00 pm, Council Room. Students and staff attended.
New Dean for Latin America and the Caribbean attend International Seminar in Mexico 9-10 February 2006 - San José, Costa Rica. From 9-10 February 2006, our new Dean for Latin America and the Caribbean, Dr. Victor Valle, attended an international seminar on human security, which was convened by the the government of Mexico and sponsored by government of Japan. The activity took place at the main building of the Mexican Foreign Ministry and lasted two days.
New Publication: UN Peacekeeping and Preventive Diplomacy 08 February 2006 - UPEACE, Costa Rica. By publishing this book, the Central Asia Programme continues its research on the Tajik Peace Process.
UPEACE professors teach an opening module in Sri Lanka 07 February 2006 - San José, Costa Rica. From 7-11 February 2006, professors Amr Abdalla and Jennifer Hazen taught the opening module of the Diploma in Conflict Resolution course in Sri Lanka at the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies in Colombo. This module, attended by 41 participants, provided participants with an introduction to the theories and practice of conflict resolution. This module acts as the foundation for the remainder of the program. The participants came from a wide range of backgrounds, including the military, the government, and local and international NGOs. Participants actively engaged in the course through group discussions, simulations, and group presentations.
UPEACE Students participated as observers at the Costa Rican presidential elections 05 February 2006 - San José, Costa Rica. On 5 February 2006, International Peace Studies students Paul Rushton, Benjamin Hess, Rachel Kutzley, Nicolas Eliades and Joseph Brothers were accepted as members of the Electoral Observers International Mission to the Costa Rican elections.
Asia Fest 2006 01 February 2006 - San José, Costa Rica. On 1 February 2006, the UPEACE Asian students celebrated the diversity of Asia and Asian Diaspora through various activities that started at 1:00 pm with a movie, followed by a discussion in the audiovisual room.
Student/Alumni Network Web Page 25 January 2006 - San José, Costa Rica. On our Web page the Student/Alumni section has been re-designed to include full profiles (with photos, brief up-dated bios and email addresses) of each of our present students, our alumni, and those students whose degrees are pending completion of their thesis. It also provides statistics about them. These will be up-dated regularly.
New Dean for Latin America and the Caribbean Programme 15 January 2006 - San José, Costa Rica. Beginning 1 January 2006, Dr. Victor Valle assumed his duties as the new Dean for Latin America and Caribbean Programme
UPEACE Institute held successfully 11 January 2006 - San José, Costa Rica. Last week, a total of 125 students and participants started the UPEACE INSTITUTE with a 2-day skills building workshop on Cross-Cultural Communication and Ethical Decision Making. The workshop was conducted by experienced, world-renowned trainers from LEAD International: Gillian Martin-Mehers and Gitanjali Bedi. In a highly interactive, fun environment, students and participants from over 40 countries shared and learned cultural experiences and pondered related questions of ethics and decision making.
Welcome students from Dual Masters Degree in Natural Resources and Sustainable Development 02 January 2006 - San José, Costa Rica. On 2 January 2006, 25 students from the Dual Masters in Natural Resources and Sustainable Development arrived at UPEACE to conclude their studies. This new group of students had their orientation from 4-6 January at the UPEACE campus and received an introduction to Costa Rica, its history, environment and development, as well as an introduction to the academic life at UPEACE and administrative issues.
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