The 3rd Post-Yugoslav Peace Academy for persons from across the former Yugoslavia who are active in the fields of peacebuilding, dealing with the past, human rights’ protection. This event is tailored for activists, students, researchers, theoreticians, journalists and all others whose focus is peace work. It will be held in Sarajevo from July 18 till July 27, 2010.
Deadline: 31/5/2010
Open to: people with experience with peacebuilding
Costs: between 50 and 200 euro
The basic intention is to contribute to the advancement of peacebuilding practices and theory in the Post-Yugoslav Countries and offer those who deal with peacebuilding the opportunity to:
* Critically evaluate and reflect on practices and models applied to date in the peacebuilding field regarding the region of former Yugoslavia and beyond;
* Become introduced to new theories and practices of peace building from different parts of the world.
After academies of the last 2 years (which consisted of three simultaneous courses organized during a single session) and their remarkable experience, this year’s Post-Yugoslav Peace Academy offers three different courses, (held at the same time and at the same location) to the interested activists and researchers:
1. Religion and Nationalism
Vjekoslav Perica, University of Rijeka
Working language: Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian.
For more details on the course and lecturers click here.
2. Understanding elements of collective violence and mass crimes (with the Yugoslav and Rwandan case – in the context of Great Lakes region)
Vlasta Jalusic and Tonci Kuzmanic, Peace Institute, Ljubljana
Working language: Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian.
For more details on the course and lecturers click here.
3. Memory and its role in Conflict and Conflict Transformation
Orli Fridman, SIT Study Abroad (Balkans) and MA program in Conflict Studies, Faculty of Media and Communications, Singidunum University (Belgrade)
Working language: English.
For more details on the course and lecturer click here.
Each participant can only attend a single course.
Eligibility
* Experience in peacebuilding work in any of the abovementioned fields
* Willingness to attend the selected course during its whole, eight-day, duration (late arrivals and early departures will not be tolerated)
* Willingness to fulfill all obligations related to the course (reading the recommended literature, writing a final essay)
* Fluency in English (prerequisite for 3rd course)
* Minimum age for participation is 21 years
Work Methodology
The courses combine lectures (to a lesser degree) and interactive work method (extensively) through group discussions, small group activities, analysis of video and written material. This type of methods assumes the participants’ active involvement and contribution in creating a good work dynamic.
The total duration of each of the courses is eight days – seven work days and one free day in the middle of a course. Work day is divided into two blocks – morning and afternoon, with a break for lunch and rest between them.
All participants are to receive the selected course’s written material a few weeks ahead.
Logistical and Technical Information
Applying
If you wish to partake, fill out the application and send it to info@mirovna-akademija.org by May 31, 2010 at the very latest, or fax it to: +387 33 715 482
Up to twenty applicants will be selected per course. You will be notified of the selection results by June 10, 2010, at the very latest. Fill out the attached questionnaire as detailed as possible as it is the basis for the selection process.
Location
The participants’ accommodation and the courses’ activity rooms are in the Franciscan Student Dormitory complex (Franjevacki studentski dom) which is located in the Sarajevo’s neighborhood of Grbavica, about 15 minutes’ walk to downtown.
The newly built complex meets all of the Peace Academy’s needs. The accommodation is organized in double rooms.
Expenses
All food and accommodation expenses, as well as lecturers’ honoraria are to be covered by the organizers. Financial support for the Peace Academy has been provided by Mennonite Central Committee and Balkan Trust for Democracy.
The participants are responsible for covering their traveling expenses along with the Peace Academy’s obligatory participation fee. Support for travel and visa expenses is available for applicants from Macedonia and Kosovo. In addition, participants are also responsible for covering their travel insurance expenses.
The obligatory participation fee for the Peace Academy which must be paid upon acceptance for the academy:
A) 50 € for participants from the Post-Yugoslav countries.
B) 200 € for participants from other countries.
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