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No. Category Workshop Title Organizer (Institution) Speakers Country Abstract
             
1 CPN Declaration of Believers for Peace Forum Believers for Peace Ana Raffai, peace activist
Amra Pandžo, peace activist
Radenko Solaja, peace activist
Croatia The Declaration of Believers for Peace was created after 8 years of work by the interreligious group “Believers for Peace” whose members are from Southeast Europe.  The intention of the Declaration is to define the values and actions for positive peace that “Believers for Peace” strives for.  This forum is one in a series held across Southeast Europe whose aim is to introduce individuals to the Declaration and invite them to sign it.  In this way we aim to highlight what individual believers are already doing and also call them to active engagement against violence and injustice.
2 CPN Partage d'expériences de non-violence active CANVA (Coordiantion de l'Action Non Violente de l'Arche de Lanza Del Vasto) idem  délégué au nucléaire de la Canva France cf ci-joint
3 CPN Nonviolent Intervention / Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping Preventing Violence and Working towards Nonviolent Alternatives
Center for Peace Osijek and Pax Christi International (Katarina Kruhonja),BSV/WRI (Christine Schweitzer) ,Danilo dolce (Alessandro Capuzzo )Pete Hämmerle International Fellowship of Reconciliation- Austria (Pete Hämmerle)  Rachel Julian (Peace Researcher at Leeds University), Atif Hameed (Programme Director, Nonviolent Peaceforce), Alberto l'Abate (Peace Researcher at Florence University, activist and writer) Katarina Kruhonja (Right Livelihood Award Winner), Irmgard Ehrenberger (FOR Austria), Manuel Quintero (EAPPI Geneva), Christian Pfeifer (forum ZFD/CPS), Luisa Morgantini (former Vice-president EP) Austria / BiH The panel/workshop (2 sessions) will have a look at the theoretical and practical state of the art of nonviolent intervention and unarmed civilian peacekeeping in violent conflicts. Starting from an overview of initiatives from a researcher's point of view, there will be a presentation of some examples of NI/UCP (Nonviolent Peaceforce, experiences from Croatia, Colombia, Israel/Palestine, Italy) as well as attempts of institutionalisation of nonviolent intervention and Civil Peace Services on European (EP, European Network CPS) and national levels (Germany). In the discussion there will be the opportunity for exchange as well as for looking into future developments of NI/UCP.
4 CPN Storytelling from Religious Traditions to Develop Empathetic Understanding in Diverse Communities: Perspectives from UK Primary  Schools Centre for Religion in Society, York St John University, York, UK  Dr Paulina Kollontai,  Associate Director, Centre for Religion in Society, York St John University, York,  UK UK This workshop considers using stories from texts shared by the Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam as a means to assist in bridge-building between diverse communities. This is looked at in the context of non-confessional religious education in UK schools located in towns and cities where there are very diverse religio-ethnic communities and where there has been, or is the potential for, the breakdown of social trust  and harmony. The aim is to explore and examine the pedagogical approach of using storytelling in this way; identify and discuss the currency (i.e. potential, limitations, obstacles) of using stories from sacred texts; and explore what skills can be developed through this activity in terms of nurturing values of mutual understanding, empathetic engagement and building social trust.
5 CPN Science communication against the background of conflicts ConSol Croatia   Zagreb, Croatia  Our argument is that science education offers ways of working with such communities where people have had difficult lives and a tough and divisive history. How can values of healthy scientific communities improve life in segregated regions? 
6 CPN Culture of Nonviolence and Peace in Africa Coordination internationale pour une Culture de non-violence et de paix Freddy Mulongo, journaliste, Yawo Kapko, Coordination togolaise pour une culture de la paix et de la non-violence
Al-Moctar Garba, Coordination nigérienne pour l'éducation à la non-violence et à la paix
Patrick Edou, Réseau Foi, culture et éducation – Afrique centrale
France Une présentation de la culture de non-violence et de paix aujourd'hui en Afrique francophone sera faite à partir de l'expérience de terrain de plusieurs organisations membres de la Coordination internationale. Culture africaine de la paix, de la non-violence et de la réconciliation, éducation, enjeux politiques et économiques mais aussi conflits armés et influences internationales seront abordés dans ce carrefour.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Culture of Nonviolence and Peace in French speaking Africa will be presented from the grass-roots experiences of members organizations of the international Network. African culture of Peace, Nonviolence and Reconciliation, education, political, social and economic issues like armed conflicts and international influences will be discussed.
7 CPN New Generation – Media for a Culture of Peace  Coordination internationale pour une Culture de non-violence et de paix Daniel van Espen, Signis (Belgique)
Speakers :
Guido Convents, SIGNIS (Bruxelles)
A representative of Pax Christi International (Bruxelles)
France  Les médias sont aujourd'hui au cœur de la vie et de la formation des jeunes. Il est essentiel qu'ils soient des vecteurs de la culture de non-violence et de paix et que les jeunes eux-mêmes aient la possibilité de devenir créateurs de media au service de la non-violence et de la paix.
Today Media are central in the life and in the education of young people. It is essential that they be channels of a culture of Nonviolence and Peace and that young people have the opportunity to become peacemakers through media creations.
8 CPN A culture of peace seen as a common public good: the stakes of multi-actor cooperation in conflict-solving situations Ecole de la paix Gal Hugues de Courtivron, former FORPRONU commander France From the European peoples' desire for a "never again" and the isolationist movement as a response to the horrors of massive, industrial-era war, a culture of peace has grown and developed with every outbreak of violence. Each crisis has acted as a step for an international community gathered around the search for peaceful means, ways, and methods to find a path toward a non-violent international society.
The culture of peace, as fostered by the contributive actions and inputs of various actors, will be reflected in the composition of this panel: civil society actors will engage in a discussion with representative of local and international institutions as well as former military personels.
9 CPN ‘Write’ and wrong in times of conflict  EIRENE NL Liseth Meijer, member of The Peace Academy, Project Coordinator of PR and Media of Eirene NL. Linda de Veen, project coordinator of the Peace Academy, International Coordinator of Eirene NL   This workshop will be divided in two parts. The first part will be an interactive role play in which the participants will recreate a fictional conflict and have to report on it. We will divide the participants into groups. Two groups will be the conflicting parties, the third group will play the journalists and will have to leave while the other groups ‘fight’. Afterwards they will have to gather information by interviewing the parties, through a press conference and by analyzing pictures of the conflict. In the end, the third group has to write a short article on the event. This ‘article’ will be discussed in class and will be followed by a short presentation on peace and war journalism. 
10 CPN Accompaniment and Nonviolent Resistance Fellowship of Reconciliation Peace Presence. Camargo, Candice, Director FOR Peace Presence , Michaela, International Accompanier
Colombia, South America Since the 1980s, beginning in Latin America but then spreading around the world, from Albania to the Philippines and Kenya, protective accompaniment is used to improve the human security of activists and human rights defenders in dangerous situations the world over. It has proved to be very successful in certain situations, and less applicable in others. It tries to utilize international privilege structures in a way which protects the underprivileged, and tries to avoid interfering in local processes with foreign paradigms. This workshop looks at the ways international protective accompaniment works in theory and in practice, its strengths and drawbacks, and is led by practicioners.  
11 CPN Peace begins with me - Learning to Live Together Global Network of Religion for Children Trained Youth group of GNRC B&H BSC This workshop will help participants to reflect on how their attitudes can often contribute to violence and injustice. At the same time, they will become more aware of their responsibility to transform these attitudes. Participants will look within themselves and reflect upon their relationships with others. They will be able to nurture their inner selves while strengthening their capacity to transform the world. We will use LTLT (Learning to Live Together) manual methodology and through different activity such as mandalas, joyful appreciation and paper cranes we will show them that peace begin with us )
12 CPN Creating A Culture of Human Rights in the Balkans: An European Initiative in International Human Rights Institutions  Hawai'i Institute for Human Rights    Hawai'i  
13 CPN Nonviolent Peaceful Protest: Skills & Strategies to Realize Right of Self-Determination  Hawai'i Institute for Human Rights    USA Active Nonviolence
14 CPN Religion & Human Rights:  Spirituality As a Tool for Transformation Hawai'i Institute for Human Rights    USA Intercultural Dialogue   
15 CPN Education for a culture of peace IPB   Switzerland The culture of peace concept and program was developed by UNESCO in the 1990ies in cooperation with a number of individuals, institutions and organizations. The program was embraced by the UN which made the year 2000 the International Year for a Culture of Peace, followed by the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World. The UNESCO Manifesto 2000 on a culture of peace was signed by some 75 million people. This broad movement was, however    stopped short by the 11. September 2001 events and the ensuing fight against terrorism. IPB, with partners, would like to organize a workshop in Sarajevo to discuss strategies for a possible renewal of the movement from a culture of violence and war towards a culture of peace. How do we change militaristic mindsets and policies? Why is ”the world” seemingly willing to pay the costs of war and not the costs of peace. Are we losing our humanistic values? Are we too preoccupied with short-term gains and competition?  How do we bring the culture of peace vision into the world of real-politics?
16 CPN History of peace movement – lessons learned for present and future IPB, Peace History Society, Quidde Foundation, Schwelle Foundation, Bertha von Suttner Foundation   France  
  CPN History of peace movement – lessons learned for present and future IPB, Peace History Society, Quidde Foundation, Schwelle Foundation, Bertha von Suttner Foundation   Switzerland  
17 CPN Peace Trails - Discover peace in Europe   Konfliktkultur  Jalka Austria  I would like to present the European project “ Discover Peace in Europe” which takes place in Berlin, Budapest, Manchester, Paris, Torino and Vienna. It is about developing peace trails and using these for outdoor teaching of peace education and democracy building. I would like to explain the basic issues of this project, the development, future ideas and possibilities of such peace trails activities. We could initiate the research and production of peace trails in cities of Bosnia Herzegovina and we could adapt experiences of the current project for making of such activities in BiH.
18 CPN Cooperative Game Playing for Young People  Louisville (University of), KY, USA, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences   USA Cooperative games are something used as an icebreaker in various settings to build community and character; everybody plays, and everybody wins!   They are designed to be fun but have the added dimension of strengthening skills, such as listening, focusing, problem solving, impulse control and cooperation.  These skills can chart a course for success in life at any age, so why not start young?  
19 CPN Conflict Resolution for Young People  Louisville (University of), KY, USA, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences   USA Learn the basics of conflict resolution skill building  Explore the building blocks of conflict resolution: affirmation, cooperation and communication, through games, hands-on experience and role plays.
20 CPN Research Presentation Proposal  Louisville (University of), KY, USA, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences Co-Investigator: Dr. Goran Šimić, Association for Transitional Justice in Bosnia and Herzegovina USA  Education for Non-violence and Peace 
21 CPN Developing Non-Violent and Peaceful Youth Leaders  Louisville (University of), KY, USA, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences   USA The persistence of prejudice and violence within our schools and neighborhoods has a negative impact on the mental health, self esteem and academic success of our youth.  Learn tried and true techniques to counteract this negative impact.  Gain knowledge of what it takes to develop youth leaders and to strengthen our schools and communities.
22 CPN Ibrahim Rugova and the non-violent movement in Kosovo MAN   Mouvement pour une Alternative Non-violente     The action of Ibrahim Rugova and the non-violent movement in Kosovo are an exceptional historical heritage for the emergence of a tradition and a culture of non-violence in Europe. 
23 CPN Nonviolent Resistance in Palestine MAN   Mouvement pour une Alternative Non-violente Mousa MARIA (leader de Beit Ommar) Rashed KHUDAIRY ( leader de Jordan Valley Solidarity Campain)   Nonviolent resistance has been growing in Palestine for  few years. Several local committees have beeen created, most of the time leaded by activists little-known but who have experience of imprisonment and have discovered resistance. It is essential to found a ntwork to support this resistance.
24   Conflict as a tool for social transformation  Modus Operandi for conflict transformation  Claske Dijkema, coordinator France Short presentation of the argument (maximum 500 chars): While peace and conflict may be seen as opposite realities we argue that stagnation and not conflict is the opposite of peace. Conflict is often associated with violence and destruction. Although we do not deny its destructive potential conflict may be necessary to address asymmetric power relations that are considered as inequitable. In this workshop we will explore the constructive potential of conflict in addressing social injustice. 
25   Tools to analyze and transform conflictive relationships  Modus Operandi for conflict transformation  Claske Dijkema, coordinator France Modus Operandi asked 7 organisations working towards peace to reflect on their field experience and to schematize their approach with the objective of developing innovative analytical tools. The question of how to build constructive relationships is at the heart of most approaches as these are part of the problem in conflict but also key to a solution. During the workshop we will explore together how the work of these organisations impacts the relationships between the actors in conflict.
26   Youth for Healthy and Peaceful Communities NARKO-NE  for prevention of addiction     20 students from both entities, trained in peer education and work in local communities, will implement a program aimed at raising awareness of family and peer violence and its consequences. Program comprises of:
The theatre play about violence and choices young people make when faced with this problem
World Café - discussion method with the aim of linking problems visible in theatre play with real life
Mini workshops on conflict resolution and non-violent communication, healthy ways of coping with problems in family and society
Presentation and distribution of printed youth magazine Preventeen, created by students on topic of nonviolence
27 CPN Connecting Peace and Conflict Studies with Professional Practice Open (The) University & The Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies, Liverpool Hope University, UK  Facilitators: 1) Dr Elizabeth McDonnell, Associate Lecturer, Open University & 2) Dr Kate Flynn, Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies, Liverpool Hope University United Kingdom This workshop will engage participants in exploring the role of peace and conflict studies (PCS) at university level in preparing students for peacebuilding in the field. Through a facilitated process and a semi-structured dialogue, those present will consider the core competencies they consider essential for working with situations of problematic social conflicts – what it is professional peacebuilders need to know and understand, and what it is they need to be able to do. This will lead to a discussion on the role of academic studies in supporting the development of such competencies. This topic is an emerging one and we envisage the workshop as part of creating a European network.
28 CPN  A culture of peace and nonviolence PATRIR (Peace Action, Training and Research Institute of Romania) Cseke Bianca  Italy The workshops aims to cover different types of conflicts in different settings and to propose creative ways of transforming conflicts using nonviolent actions. The emphasis is put on fostering a constructive dialogue on current protracted conflicts in Europe and cooperation in the youth field. The methodology of the sessions will be constructed in a way that all participants will have a chance to participate and share their experience. Throughout the sessions the participants will learn from each other’s’ experiences, different backgrounds and their respective societies’ problems and achievements in overcoming the challenges Europe is facing and the struggle to overcome them.
29 CPN The Role of Faith, Faith Based Organisations and Peace Building PAX CHRISTI  IPB Amra Pandžo, Bosnia & Herzegovina; Fr. Neles Tebay, West Papua; Fr. Dr. Mario Bernadic, Bosnia & Herzegovina;   
Convener: Dr. Mustafa Ali, Board Member Pax Christi International, Kenia.
Germany Faith and peacebuilding refers to the role of religion in the development of peace. It is stated that religion has been, at different points in history, both advantageous and ruinous to the promotion of peace. We can categorize three models of approaches. The first is “peace through religion alone”. This proposes to attain world peace through devotion to a given religion. Opponents claim that advocates generally want to attain peace through their particular religion only and have little tolerance of other ideologies. The second model, a response to the first, is “peace without religion”. Critics claim that it is overly simplistic and fails to address other causes of conflict as well as the peace potential of religion. It is also said that this model excludes the many contributions of religious people in the development of peace. The third approach is “peace with religion”. This approach focuses on the importance of coexistence and interfaith dialogue. Religion is neither inherently good nor bad for peace, and that its influence is undeniable. Peace with religion, then, emphasises promoting the common principles present in every major religion.
Faith-based NGOs are very often locally-based, they have immediate influence within that community. It is important to promote indigenous ownership of conflict prevention and peacebuilding initiatives as early in the process as possible. Faith-based NGOs also carry moral authority that contributes to the receptivity of negotiations and policies for peace.
The workshop will reflect upon different experiences from people on the ground and come to some conclusions and lessons learned for the future.
30 CPN Middle East – What to do after the End of the Oslo-Process?  activities of the peace movement Pax Christi - Deutsche Sektion Wiltrud Rösch-Metzler, Chairwoman of pax christi Germany                                             Rania Mourra, arab educational institute, Bethlehem, Palestine
Ann Farr, pax christi board member, United Kingdom


Germany Intending to support all actors who follow non-violent stepps to peace in the middle East, pax christi has a long tradition in partnership to groups in Israel and Palestine. An important guide line to us ist he International Law. The workshop will give examples of concret action and as well about the challenges to the policy of the EU and european cvountries. In a second part we want to exchange experience and learn from each other.
31 CPN Dr. Martin Luther King's Dream of Global Nonviolent Social Change Peace Academy, an initiative of Eirene and the Dutch Mennonite Peace Group (member of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation IFOR) Rev. Harcout Klinefelter   Martin Luther King is remembered for his Dream speech. Unfortunately, his philosophy and methods of nonviolence are less known. As his media director I knew him as my employer, minister and friend. Since then I have been trying to make the Dream a global reality through nonviolence training and actions in conflict situations in Europe. During the war in Ex-Yugoslavia I did interreligious conflict resolution training in Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia.
In this interactive workshop, depending on the wishes of the participants, the accent can be on his personality, theology /philosophy or training for nonviolent actions.

32 CPN Mediation in Pastoral Care. A special form of mediation to promote new relationships. Peace Academy, an initiative of Eirene and the Dutch Mennonite Peace Group (member of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation IFOR) Annelies Klinefelter Director and trainer   Mediation is a nonviolent way of solving conflicts. While traditional mediation tries to reach solutions to problems acceptable to all, mediation in pastoral care goes farther and tries to bring about healing, reconciliation and a new relationship. In this interactive workshop you will learn some of the basic skills. In order to experience how it works we will use real cases.                                                               I was the founder and director of the Dutch Mediation Program.and co-author of the book “Mediation in pastoral care” 
33 CPN Un siècle de relations amicales pour la paix Per a Pace .Jacques Casamarta Président Per a Pace  Pascale Larenaudie Secrétaire Générale Per a Pace Corsica Proposition d’atelier qui s’inscrit dans une perspective d’ouverture et de relations amicales entre la Corse, la Serbie, les Balkans en général depuis plus d’un siècle. C’est l’occasion de valoriser les échanges humains qui se poursuivent depuis plus de 20 ans avec l’association au travers d’actions pour la Paix, de Solidarité, Culturelles, séjours solidaires qui amènent à découvrir l’autre dans ses différences et lèvent les à priori laissés par les derniers conflits. 
34 CPN Justice pour Thomas Sankara homme de paix, justice pour l’Afrique Per a Pace .Jacques Casamarta Président Per a Pace Pascale Larenaudie Secrétaire Générale Per a Pace   
Nous sommes engagés avec d’autres associations pour connaître la vérité sur l’assassinat de Thomas Sankara, Président du Burkina Faso de 1983 à 1987. Nous faisons connaître les valeurs humanistes et de paix à portée universelles des discours de Thomas Sankara.
L’association Per a Pace intervient au Burkina Faso dans le domaine de l’eau avec la construction de forages, l’éducation avec des interventions auprès des écoles, la santé et la distribution de moustiquaires, les échanges avec l’organisation de séjours solidaires
35 CPN TV & Electronic Press to Promote education for peace and non-violence Pressenza International Press Agency & Run This Way Anne Farrell Run This Way and students from Pressenza International Press Agency Canada This workshop presents space created in the digital world to generate peace and non-violent where dialogue is the decisive factor in a human construction. Pressenza, is an electronic international agency where collaborators, reporter and journalists work in decentralize team to broadcast news and event on peace, nonviolence and humanism. Pressenza strives to create the conditions for mutual cooperation and support between members of conflicting societies who see no alternative except the peaceful resolution of conflicts. In today world either we give the events a different meaning or either we accept mechanical dehumanizing process. We are seeing with the new generation new road for nonviolent global revolution opening. In this historical moment it’s urgent that the traditional electronic media and television give space for dialogue that moved the human consciousness and the human heart. 
36 CPN Singing Louder Than The Guns
Protest In Harmony, San Ghanny & Radical Voices Penny Stone Edinburgh, Scotland An exploration of creative non-violent Direct Action and diversification of tactics. We will sing together, followed by a short presentation illustrating the use of song in demonstrations at the Nuclear Weapons base in Scotland, and supporting Palestinian led non-violent demonstrations against the Israeli occupation of Palestine. There will follow group exploration of opportunities & challenges highlighted by these examples and the broader application of creative and artistic ways in which to oppose that which we see as wrong whilst enacting some of that which we believe is possible. Penny is collecting peace songs from around the world, and can be contacted on singlouderthanguns@gmail.com.
37 CPN Restorative Approaches: A Foundation for Peace and Justice

Restorative Connections Rose Gordon, owner, Restorative Connections and Restorative Justice Trainer and Coordinator of the Taos County Restorative Justice Youth Initiative. New Mexico, USA  Restorative Justice approaches invite us to listen without the pressures of being asked to agree, or make a decision prematurely. This allows our listening to become deeper and our vision of how people are affected by our actions, or the actions of others, is expanded. This expanded understanding of how human beings affect each other, creating ripples that extend far beyond themselves, is empowering and provocative. This highly interactive workshop will introduce Restorative Justice Approaches, including Council process and Peacemaking Circles, to instill an experiential understanding of deep listening, bearing witness, the power of honest personal narration and the arising of group wisdom.
38 CPN Circles of Wisdom and Reflection Restorative Connections Rose Gordon, owner, Restorative Connections and Restorative Justice Trainer and Coordinator of the Taos County Restorative Justice Youth Initiative. New Mexico, USA  This series of facilitated Council Circles will offer an opportunity to reflect on the ideas, issues or perspectives raised at the Sarajevo Peace Event 2014.  The Council Circle will provide a safe, facilitated container to discover and appreciate commonalities as well as the diversity that enriches our global community.  It will foster integration of perspectives, and personal reflection on ideas and information as well as deepening an awareness of each participant’s personal capacity to affect postive change and their sense of being an integral part of a global community focused on the the possibilities and paths to peace.
39 CPN Peace Ecosystems: Knowing Diversity, We Can Build Peace Roma Tre University/ Costa Rican Association in Paris, France Silvia Espinoza (ACRF Cultural Project Coordinator)
 Katherine Armstrong (PhD student in Intercultural Education)
France The workshop is a guided tour to a cultural exhibit supported by visual aids.
The aim of the exhibit is to show different Costa Rican authors depicting 5 ecosystems that had helpded the country in building a culture of peace and non violence through their work.
The term "ecosystem" is used in this exhibit to describe a community of biological organisms, the environment within which they live, and the complex interactions between the two. The ecosystems that will be explored are the following:
-  Army-free ecosystem
- Cultural diverse ecosystem
- Environmental protected ecosystem
- Education of peace and non violence Ecosystem
- Democratic Ecosystem

These ecosystems emerged after the army was abolished in 1949. They have gotten stronger through the years.
Nowadays, Costa Rica enjoys a peaceful and non violence environment.
40 CPN Relevance of Ghanfhi's teaching in present world Roopantaran (Transforming life, attitude and duties) Manisha Gaur India I want to organize this workshop to expand and establish that we can achieve the noble causes of Liberty, Justice and Democracy for mankind without killing anyone, without making a child an orphan, and without making anyone homeless.
          This workshop includes following topics.
 A.  Principles, Practices and Beliefs of Mahatma Gandhi :- Non violence, Truth and satyagrah, Fasting, Experiments with Celibacy, Nai Talim, Swaraj, Gandhian economics and Charkha as a symbol of self respect.
 B. Different movements led by Mahatma Gandhi: - Civil Right movement in South Africa, Champaran and kheda satyagrah, khilafat movement, Non cooperation, Dandi salt march, Chauri Chaura incident..... etc.
 C. Importance of Gandhi’s teaching in Peace Movement
International movements with non violence, Disarmament, Inclusive Development, Concept of Global village and Equality.)
41 CPN Music therapy - the path toward the peace  Snaga Zene Grbić Armina, Legal Advisor, Kovačević Šejla, Economist, Jasna Piragić, Economist
Almerisa Delić, Music Teacher
BiH Music, whether sung or listened to, provides a safe space that enables to restore an emotional connection that has been disrupted by trauma.  The aim of the workshop is to familiarize participants with the elements of music therapy and its effects on individuals in terms of encouraging positive sense of belonging, values and personal satisfaction as well as the general peace and prosperity. It is necessary to point out the music as a universal medium that promotes peace in the world.
42 CPN "Winning Peace not War" - Strategy for a Culture of Peace in the 21st  Society Culture of Peace - Gesellschaft Kultur des Friedens Henning Zierock (Germany, Culture of Peace), Sissy Vovou (Alter Summit Greece), Aziz Fall (Canada, Solidarity for Africa, Initiative against AFRICOM), Heike Hänsel (Member of Parliament, Germany) Germany We introduce the campaign for the "Transformation of the US Africa Command AFRICOM and EUCOM in Stuttgart (Germany) into a center of a Culture of Peace". AFRICOM is a military base which plays a crucial role in the secret US drone war in Africa and Middle East. An International Action Day on drones, arms production, trade and military bases is planned. We will exchange ideas of peace economy instead of war economy.
43 CPN Storytelling As A Means for Peace Education: Conflict Transformation in Southern Thailand Tasmania (University of)  Faculty of Education, Australia  Erna Anjarwati Australia The study addresses the use of storytelling as a means for peace education and conflict transformation aiming to promote constructive peace engagement through nonviolent approach for mutual understanding, equality, and respect in relationships among the youth of conflicting parties in southern Thailand. Through interviews and focus group, the case study demonstrates that storytelling can be utilized as a tool of narrative truth-telling aiming at restoring inter-personal relationships, healing traumatic experiences and promoting social coexistence. Such method fosters self-transformation and intercultural dialogue contributing to the development of a culture of peace and social change.
44 CPN Who do you think you are ? Touch of Hope / CFR Footprints Rev. Clice R. Fowle   This workshop will explore the theme of Identity.One's own identity is made up of a number of allegiances,some linked to an ethnic past and others not,some linked to a religious tradition,others not. Conflict can arise when Identity is reduced to one single affiliation and that encourages sectarian attitudes ,intolerance and can lead to violence. Clive Fowle and Judith Halliday are experienced trainers in Vukovar Croatia and in Novi Sad working with the project Touch of Hope on which we run training courses in Healing the hurts of war, reconciliation and conflict resolution.We are experienced mediators and we have seen how the issue of Identity is crucial in working with conflict constructively.We offer this interactive workshop which we hope will be thought provoking and enjoyable !
45 CPN Invest in our communities as a citizen of humanity UNIAlter / Les YMCA du Québec acqueline Romano-Toramanian (Établissements verts Brundtland EVB-CSQ) Canada How to develop youth for responsible citizenship, focusing on ecological values, pacifism, solidarity and democracy. How to promote their practical involvement in actions across the classroom, school, community and the world.
46 CPN Project Humanity : A lasting Peace Through A Common Identity AS citizens odf Humanity United Humanity Alexandre Warnet Canada The core reason behind the current dynamic of division and competition between cultures, nations and religions is the false perception of difference. But are we fundamentally different from one another? Project Humanity, United Humanity’s universalist project, aims to foster a sense of belonging to our common humanity, and to create a citizenship of humanity, in addition to our current citizenship(s), that will strengthen the sense of togetherness, of unity in diversity. Let’s discuss how such principles can help us achieve real lasting peace and how each of us can help in making these ambitious projects a reality.
47 CPN Building & Maintaining Peace, Prosperity and Personal well-being in Bosnia and Herzegovina United Religions Initiative Elisabeth Lheure,Deepak Naik, United Religions Initiative i BSC This workshop will help participant by tapping their spiritual energy; through inter-religious understanding building community strength; and making things happen locally.
Through four modules (imagining, discovering, melting, forming and taking action) participants will have opportunity to explore and experience the ideal world and they will know that the work to create the ideal world is actually happening globally, and that they have the power to make real the ideal world locally. Then we will empower participants with knowledge (methods) to build inter-religious cooperation and information to connect with the URI family, locally and globally helping them to become the change makers.
48 CPN European network of nonviolence trainers Un Ponte Per (UPP) Valeria Gambino Italy sharing different field’s experiences, theoretical frameworks, techniques, methodologies and best practice on nonviolence training for adults through discussion, project design and experimentation
49 CPN Non violent education at school and impeccable leadership Vrouwen voor Vreede, Netherlands (Women for Peace) Doortje Kuis Netherlands the school is pre-eminently the place where you can learn and practice solving conflicts/problems on a non-violent way of coommunication. By dialoque between teachers and schoolleaders on the one hand and between teachers and children/students on the other hand, based on mutual respect, support, cooperation and passion.So the school contribute to a culture of Peace and Non-Violence.
( the school is concluding parents and the local community)
50 CPN Bringing about social change through non-violent action -
a training on the basics of non-violent actions 
Werkstatt für Gewaltfreie Aktion, Baden Wanie, Renate             Kerstin Deibert Germany Non-violent actions aim at bringing about change to unjust social conditions.
But what is important when preparing a non-violent action?
What is the underlying philosophy of non-violent action?
And how can groups be enabled to act?
In a hands-on action training, the participants will have the opportunity to practice group formation and consensus-based decision making as well as discuss concepts of non-violence.
We envision a timeframe of about 4 to 5 hours.
51 CPN Remember, create and live WILPF (Women International League for Peace and Freedom) section française Gisèle Noublanche   Zarina, pursued advanced studies in both Drama and Philosophy,and human rights. She created a methodology of writing and theatrical workshops, to heighten participants awareness of their own role in creating peace. In 1993, in Sarajevo, Zarina set up a workshop there. The piece, “the dictionary of life”, gave rise to toured throughout Europe, and is renewed in new contexts. 20 years after we want to give her the oportunity to open an other workshop in Sarajevo and create a new performance. The participants doesnt need to have any notions of theater or writing, and welcome children from 7 years old and adults. After the workshops, the "happening" can be performed for a largest audience.
52 CPN Richness of diversity  Youth Center Jonh Paul II.  Jasmina Popara, Jelena Grebenar and Snjezana Ceho BiH The main goal Participants will become aware of diversity meet diversity and enrich themselves The workshop consists four parts Facilitators will present to participants what is diversity in the first part Than through session they will talk about our similarities but in other hand differences In the third part participants will have the opportunity through study session discuss about diversity And on the end of workshop participants will meet some basic concepts of four religions in BH
     

 
             
     

 
53 GWP Breaking the Silence“ AMICA e.V.and PRIJATELJICE  Lejla Redzepagic, Altaira Krvavac, both Project Coordinator, Prijateljice Sandra Takacs - Region Manager Balkans/ Northern Caucasus, AMICA e.V., Heide Serra, Public Relations Manager, AMICA,   Germany  BiH In the first part of the workshop, AMICA and Prijateljice are presenting the peace project "Breaking the silence" (2012). The aim was to support female witnesses of warcrimes and to create a network of womens' organisations and institutions for more witness protection and support. The presentation illustrates important steps of dealing with the past and describes why this process is especially important for women. One part of the project "Breaking the Silcence" was the workshop "Working with Emotions" which will be presented in part two of the event. 
54 GWP Violence extrème et / ou violence ordinaire Armes nucléaires Stop /  Initiative Féministe Européenne (IFE-EFI) / IAMFPGN (IPPNW-France)  Dominique Lalanne (Armes nucléaires STOP), Lilian Halls-French  Initiative Féministe Européenne (IFE-EFI ), Abraham Béhar (AMFPGN-IPPNW-France)    All forms of violence are interrelated and mutually reinforcing. Pacifists, we affirm that weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons, are the top of a pyramid whose base rests on the ordinary violence everyone faces. Feminists, we ask that the daily violence, structural against women has to be seen as a political issue and must be integrated into the policies of States. We will show the connection between the peace and anti-militarist movement  and the feminist movement, to conclude that a common work is a necessity to effectively fight against all types of violence in our societies.
55 GWP Women in the the process of peace negociations IFE / EFI and Peace Movement (Mouvement de la Paix) Jeannick Lepretre, General Delegate, Mvt de la Paix, Lian Halls French, Co Présidente  IFE /EFI France Obstacles et défis politiques et socio culturels  auxquels sont
confrontées les femmes pour faire entendre leur voix dans les   processus de sortie des conflits                                                                    Political and sociocultural obstacles and challenges facing womn trying to make their voices heard in conflict transformation processes.  
56 GWP Women Workshop “Which cultural changes are necessary to give women their dignity and freedom back?” No to War - No to NATO Kristine Karch, Ingeborg Breines, Claudia Haydt Germany Violence against women, gender-injustice, suppression, and (pubic) invisibility of women have different causes in religious and cultural traditions. War and militarization with their inherent hierarchical structures and violence, dominated by males, destroy existing “freiräume” (free space) of women and communities, respect and dignity of all people are gone.
On the other side in post conflict situations women are the first working in reconciliation and rebuilding communities.
In the workshop we should discuss our request to a peaceful, gender justice, non-violent society, where women are visible in the public and integrated in decision making and responsibilities, a society with respect and dignity for all human beings independent of their religion, tradition, colors and origin.
57 GWP Gender mainstreaming peacebuilding initiatives PATRIR (Peace Action, Training and Research Institute of Romania) Cseke Bianca  Italy Peacebuilding is one of the fields in which women and minority groups are slightly underrepresented and many states still face many challenges in regard to women’s participation in peacebuilding processes. Without specific attention to gender issues, peacebuilding initiatives risk to be inefficient or, even worse, to aggravate gender discrimination and perpetuate inequality. The session has the goal of providing the participants with the necessary tools to integrate “gender lenses” in youth work and to encourage them to develop a gender-aware approach to peacebuilding initiatives and youth work.
58 GWP The social construction of gender roles  Snaga Zene Sanja Petrović, Psychologist,   Sabina Duman, Psychologist BiH The aim of the workshop is to familiarize participants with the concept of gender (through the establishment of a difference between sex and gender), and the ways in which our society sees the role of women and men. The workshop will be realized through several steps: Exercise - "The mission of the planet Earth", the reflection on the exercise, differences in speech and behavior of women and men, social construction of gender roles and discussion.
59 GWP Women's Power to stop the war - historical and actual strategies to organize peace Wilpf/Women's international league for peace and freedom Irmgard Hofer (WILPF Germany+N.N.WILPF Bosnia);                          Helen Kay (WILPF UK, Annalisa Milani, Italy) Germany Since its establishment in 1915, WILPF Women worked internationally for Peace with an overall women’s perspective. With an international delegation, we present the powerful and still actual resolutions from the Women's congress in 1915 on disarmament, violence against women, equality, post conflict solutions, peace education, women's participation in democracy. Following the relevance of these radical requests to stop war we discuss strategies in today's politics and ongoing conflicts with the aim to avoid and prevent war, to implement (transitional) justice and promote the participation of women according to UNres1325.
60   Womens Activities around the NATO Summit in Wales       2014 September Women network no to war - no to NATO kristine karch   At September 4th and 5th 2014 the next NATO Summit will take place in Newport Wales. The peace movement in Wales and internationally are preparing actions against this Summit.
NATO is not an organization for promoting peace, non-violence, ecological, social, cultural and gender justice, see its engagement in Afghanistan, Africa and its behavior in the Ukraine crises. In contradiction it is increasing militarization of societies, new arms races and worldwide military bases. NATO is a threat for Peace and Justice in Europe and in the world. The peace movement is planning a counter summit, a demonstration and other actions of civil disobedience and many more activities in Wales around the summit. We should discuss what specific common actions from women should take place in Wales and elsewhere to show that women say No to War no to NATO. Some proposals are: workshops on the counter summit, women block on the demonstration, Die in, actions in our communities to inform about NATO and NATO summit , other actions.. In this meeting we should discuss what we can to bring the gender issue into the activities and to make voices for gender justice and women rights in a world without war visible.
61 GWP Conference on Women in War - Sarajevo June 7-8 Women in War Cynthia Cockburn (to be confirmed)

Elissa Helms (confirmed) Gender Studies at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary
Hungary The Women in War inaugural conference will take place in Sarajevo on June 7th and  8th, with the support of the University of Sarajevo’s Gender department and the Sarajevo Peace Event.
2014 marks the centennial of the start of World War One and a greater visibility of women in armed conflict.
As well as the numerous commemorative events and conferences that will be taking place, this centennial is a unique opportunity to assess the experience and consequences of war on women twenty years after the war in the ex-Yugoslav area (1991-1995), with a look towards the past as well as at conflicts of the same period, namely Rwanda.
This conference is the first academic one of its kind to be held in Sarajevo, we invite proposals for papers in the following or related areas. Although the focus is Bosnia, the examples can be taken from other regions of the world.

62 GWP The place of women in war 1914-2014 Women in War in cooperation with Center for Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Studies Gender Department (CIPS)  Carol Mann, Sciences Po, University Paris
Cynthia Cockburn (to be confirmed)
Elissa Helms Gender Studies at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary
Jasmina Husanović, University of Sarajevo
Aida Spahić, University of Sarajevo
Bojana Đokanović, University of  Sarajevo
Nejra Nuna Čengić, University of Ljubljana,
Gorana Mlinarević, Goldsmiths College University of Londres
Lejla Hadžiahmić, University of Sarajevo
Ivana Dračo, University of Sarajevo
MarlèneTuininga
BSC The academic conference on women’s participation in armed conflict represents a unique opportunity to deconstruct standard thinking about the role of women in 1992-1995 war and reinstate the  place of women in these and other conflicts. This would provide an opportunity to close the gender gap linked to war that represents one of the most consistent in the public opinion. It will provide opportunity for many international academics, artists and female war veterans to discuss and exchange ideas, experiences, research methodology, research approaches, historical material, war records, and review literature related to the theme of Women and armed conflict. The conference will be open to young researchers working on related subjects.The specific objectives of the conference are as follows:
1. Highlight the need for re-thinking women linkages to war and the need of academic approach to this subject.
2. Give an overview on international/regional researches done on a subject, highlight their conclusions.
3. Present an overview of the major obstacles in relation to women in war conditions and its aftermath
4. Discuss the difficulties faced by researchers while working on this subject, identify success/facilitating factors and way forward;
5. Collect recommendations and possible options for the further development of research on the subject.
6. Nurture possible synergies among participants from different countries and backgrounds and encourage further collaboration with an open perspective on non-European conflicts.
7. The proceedings of this conference will be published.
63 GWP Women in Resistance Against Militarization, Criminalization and Violence  World (The) March of Women   TURKEY Today we are witnessing that capitalist patriarchy undergoes a main restructuring to sustain the current order of oppression and exploitation. This requires and magnifies the same violent mechanisms of primitive accumulation which existed in the origin of capitalism
64 GWP Women in wartime, today and in the past, victims but also actors World March of Women - France Cynthia Cockburn    Christine Vandendaelen France Women (and their children) have been the main victims of the past European wars and of the present economic war in the name of asuterity. They are also the main (unacknowledged) forces in the protest against war and in the initiatives for peace.
             
             
             
65   Syria I , facing the war, fighting for peace and democracy Assemblée européenne des Citoyens AEC(HCA-France) / Un Punte Per (Italy). Activist from  Syrian Non-violent movement al Haraq, Independent medias, Souria Houria, Womens’ groups, etc.   The non violent mass uprising of Syrian fighting for freedom dignity and democratic reforms started in March 2011. Since mid 2011 the country has entered in a phase of extremely violent war, destruction and massacres, sectarianism and population displacement. Presentation by Syrian activists from diverse backgrounds of the situation and perspectives
66 MA HUMANITARIAN CONSEQUENCES OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS THREAT AMFPGN IPPNW BEHAR , AMFPGN, Chairman and speaker, LALANNE arme nucléaire stop Speaker, YASUGOSHI KOMIGA,  MJP, Speaker (Japan) France Beyond deterrence system, Nuclear weapons have a direct and  huge consequences for civilian population. The question is: Could be Sarajevo  would going to city nuclear weapons target in the future? what are in practice civilian effects and what is at least the probability of nuclear catastrophe into Balkanic area?
this workshop is self organised by AMFPGN, ARME NUCLEAIRE STOP, Mouvement de la paix, MAYOR FOR PEACE.
67 MA Against Nuclear weapons ATTAC France / Coopérative de production de films DHR     Film of 40 mn in french with english subtitles, with many interviews of activists (French, dutch, english,…), of former defense ministers (Great Britain and France), former generals (France), International Red Cross responsible, former pilots of french nuclear french air force, president of the international campain against mines, representatives of the europeen campain to abolish nuclear weapons 
68 MA Establishing a European Nuclear Weapon Free Zone as a step towards Demilitarisation Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament ( UK) IALANA, IPP, INES   United Kingdom  
69 MA Real military spending in Europe. Building networking about military spending in Europe Centre Delàs d’Estudis per la Pau Members of our organization experts in military spending and others from other peace NGO or research centers  Spain  In our workshop we want to analyze the real military spending in Europe, showing our work that calculates that military budget in Spain is finally more than double than the one published in Defense Ministry. Probably in all the countries is the same case and finally the real military expenditure is more than double than its said. We want also take advantage of the workshop to work towards a network of organizations about military spending in Europe
70 MA Workshop  Abolition of nuclear weapons organizes by cnd may be with partners CND, IALANA, INES, IPB Reiner Braun, Dave Webb Germany There are two nuclear weapons states (NWS) in Europe. Like the other NWS, France and GB are modernizing these weapons. Still around 17,000 nuclear weapons exist on our planet. A small portion can terminate all human life.
Despite the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) the danger of proliferation of nuclear weapons exists. This danger is being instrumentalized to pursue other interests.
What can be done to free the planet of this horrifying threat 100 years after the first use of (chemical) weapons of mass destruction? A model Nuclear Weapons Convention (NWC) to abolish nuclear weapons has been written; it is lying on the table of international politics as an official UN Document. How can the NWC be implemented?
71 MA Civil Peace Services in Europe: the results we achieved, the challenges we faced, the future we shape”. European Network for Civil Peace Service   Italy Civil Peace Services (CPS) are civil society driven intervention initiatives aiming to reduce  violence in conflict areas. In different countries the CPS concept has slightly different connotations and different level of Institutional recognition.
During the workshop the European Network for Civil Peace Services (EN.CPS) - as international network of NGOs with the common goal of promoting CPS both at national level and towards European institutions - will shine a light upon the CPS state-of-art in different countries, analysing the scenarios with the relative critical aspects and finally reflect about possible developments at European level.
72 MA Alternatives to military and war – the concepts of civilian-based defence and civil peace-keeping Federation for Social Defence (BSV) / War Resisters’ International Dr. Christine Schweitzer Germany To overcome war, it is necessary to develop alternatives to certain functions that the military assumes today. Especially two concepts are worth considering: Civilian-based defence (social defence) as an alternative to military defence, and civilian peace-keeping as an alternative to protect civilians in situations of war and violence without resorting to arms. The workshop will present these two concepts and their underlying guiding principles of nonviolent action, familiarize participants with examples of each, and discuss their relevance for situations today – preferably based on suggestions coming from the participants.
73 MA Development of international law from 1899 until today IALANA Otto Jäckel, Jo Lau
Moderation: Reiner Braun
Germany A concept with specific aims and approaches will be developed by different affiliates of IALANA over the next months
74 MA Seminar “Militarization of Science 1914 and today” INES Reiner Braun, Lucas Wirl, Dave Webb, Jean Paul Laine, Moderation: Jeannine Dressler Germany Wars have not and will not be possible without science, technological developments, and the skills of engineers. World War I has been a quantum leap in the respect of military technology in the fields of science, technology and engineering. Today, we face another military-technological revolution: the development of drones is a step towards the development of automatization and robotization of war fare. The role of humans in war fare is getting redefined.
Can this revolution be stopped? What is the relationship of science and peace? How can science, research, and teaching be utilized and developed for solely peaceful means?
75   Militarism and alternatives Helsinki Citizens' Assembly-Vanadzor  Sakunts Artur, chairman of Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor Armenia The workshop goal is to present the participants with the introduction of militarism and its principles, so that the participants are able to evaluate militarism and to know the criteria of evaluation. They will  discuss several topics related to militarism, in particular the possible impact of militarism and militarism as a challenge for a democratic country, for the formation of democratic institutes and their effective functioning, for the internal and external relations; the role of armed forces in a democratic country and the principles of their formation in relation to other structures; the civil control institutions, ways and means of civil control over armed forces, etc.   
76 MA "1914-2014: Europe in between War and Peace – Requirements to a sustainable and peaceful Europe in the 21st century” MAYORS FOR PEACE, INES, IPB, IALANA Tarja Kronberg, Burkhard Schneider(City of Hannover), Aaron Tovish (M4P 2020 Vision Campaign),  Germany World War I started in Europe – the European great powers waged war over hegemony in the world.
2014 the European Union aims to be the „leading technological power in the world”. EU participates in wars and international interventions while claiming to be a “civil force”. In 2013 the EU received the Nobel Peace Prize.
The governments of EU agreed to a „permanent armament“, a common armament-agency, and a common armament politics in the Lisbon Treaty. Nevertheless, they again and again highlight the peaceful orientation of EU.
In which direction does Europe – which is more than just the EU – develop? Which ideas do politics pursue and which demands are articulated by the peace movement? Which challenges does a civil Europe face in a globalized world and how can peace and development be shaped?
These are questions for a controversial debate in a round table with politicians and people of civil society: Organizes by mayors for peace , INES, IPB, IALANA
77 MA Disarmement and developement -Art 26 Mouvement (Le) de La Paix Du Souich, Co Président, Cédric Dumarais France  Cet atelier consistera à mettre en rapport les sommes investies dans les dépenses militaires et le sous financement des programmes de coopération internationaux répondant aux besoins humains. Ceci malgré l’article 26 du chapitre V de la charte de l’ONU et l’adoption de la culture de paix et de la non-violence .                           This workshop will highlight the relation between the amounts invested in military expenses and the underfunding of international cooperation programs answering human needs, despite Article 26 of the Charter of the United Nations’ V th Chapter and the adoption of a culture of peace and non-violence. 
78 MA Conference “NATO 2014: It talks of peace but wages war” No to War - No to NATO Lucas Wirl, Joseph Gerson, AFSC, Dave Webb, CND, Gojko Raicevic, No to War – No to Nato Montenegro, Claudia Haydt, Information Centre Militarization, Walter Baier, Ludo de Brabander, vrede vzw., Belgium, Kristine Karch, No to NATO, Tobias Pflüger, Left Party Germany, Erhard Crome, RLS, Germany, Reiner Braun/ Pascal Luig, IALANA/ IPB, Germany, Ingeborg Breines (IPB), Aurelie Royon (Mouvement de la Paix) Germany The military alliance NATO is expanding – geographically and in terms of content. NATO claims right to global interventions – with or without mandate of the United Nations – and to hold nuclear weapons as last while threatening to use them against nuclear weapons states. It externalizes defense, defines encompassing security threats and thereby militarizes civil fields of politics such as migration, poverty and want as well as climate change.
In a half-day-conference an analysis of the military and interventionist alliance as well as alternatives to global and regional security structures should be made. In a globalized limited world the concept of military security does not meet the needs of the people. Other forms of cooperation and other concepts of security need to be applied.
79 MA Stop the Arms Trade Pax Christi - Deutsche Sektion Christine Hoffmann, secretary general of pax christi Germany and spokesperson of the campain „Aktion Aufschrei – Stoppt den Waffenhandel!“ Germany This workshop intends to network between all those who act against arms trade in their countries. We will start with a brief introduction about the activities of the german campaign „Aktion Aufschrei – Stoppt den Waffenhandel“/ „for crying out loud – stop the armstrade“ and our plans fort he next years. Within that information we have a look at the structure of the arms trade 100 years ago. In the second part of the workshop we want to learn more about your ideas and experiencies and then talk about possible cooperation.
80 MA The Role of faith based organizations in issues of military spending  PAX CHRISTI  IPB Quakers, European Union; Pat Gaffney, Coordinator Pax Christi United Kingdom; Sri Ramanuja Trust Fund, India; N. Muslim; N. Jewish;
Convenor: Paul Lansu, Vice President, International Peace Bureau.
Switzerland Two major concerns of mankind in general are development and disarmament, both inseparable from the peace point of view. The workshop intends to have an input and a dialogue with faith based organisations exploring possible areas of collaboration on activities that would help power the shift of the global military budget to sustainable development, as well as to advocate for the insertion of this position in the UN’s post-2015 agenda. What are the challenges and opportunities? What can be done by faith based organisations in campaigning for disarmament towards sustainable development?
81 MA New Wars in the Middle East  Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Southeast Europe Mamdouh Habashi (Co-Founder of the Egyptian Socialist Party), Claudia Haydt (Executive Board of the European Left Party and Information Centre Militarisation), Paul Lancu (Pax Christi international)  Belgrade, Serbia In the last decade we have had the wars of the West in Afghanistan, in Iraq, in Libya and the danger of war against Iran. After the “Arab Spring” there was a big hope for a better future also for the people in the Middle East. Freedom, democracy and human rights for the people. These were the ideas. But at the end we see the war in Syria, big tensions in Lebanon, Egypt and other countries. The uprising of millions on June 30th 2013 in Egypt led to the fall of the Muslim Brotherhood. Was it the beginning a new wave of the revolution, since the January 25th 2011 revolution has not ceased? Or a new wave of tensions?
82 MA Rosa Luxemburg and World War I  Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Southeast Europe Dr. Holger Politt (RLS), other speaker to be confirmed ,                    Chair: Reiner Braun (Co-President of IPB)  Chair: Dr. Erhard Crome (RLS) Belgrade, Serbia Rosa Luxemburg (1871 –1919) was a Marxist theorist, philosopher, economist and revolutionary socialist of Polish Jewish descent who became a naturalized German citizen. She was a key figure of the antiwar movement during World War I. With French socialist Jean Jaurès, she argued that European workers' parties should organize a general strike if war broke out. In the Workshop we will discuss Rosa Luxemburg’s thinking on war and imperialism and the left position against war, looking on 1914 from the view of 2014.
83 MA 100 Years of World War I - The Socialist Anti-War Movement and the Idea of the Balkan Federation Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Southeast Europe Dr. Husnija Kamberović (Director of the Institute for History in Sarajevo); Andreja Živković (Historian); Miloš Jadžić (Sociologist); Dr. Fritz Weber (Historian); Yiannis Glarnetatzis (Historian)  Belgrade, Serbia The Workshop has four purposes: (1) Introduction into the complex situation in the Balkans on the eve of World War I and show how the socialist movement positioned itself. (2) Discussion of the interaction between Balkan socialists and the anti-war movement in other European countries. It will also discuss the relation between the ideas of a Socialist Balkan Federation and the Austro-Marxists about socialist nationality politics. (3) It will explore the political significance and emancipatory heritage of the anti-war movement for the left in the region. (4) It will try to contribute to an emancipatory narrative against revisionist reinterpretations of World War I in the Balkans.
84 MA Moving from militaristic science to science for peace: lessons from the UK  Scientists for Global Responsibility SGR (UK) Dr Stuart Parkinson, Executive Director United Kingdom UK government funding of military research and development (R&D) has long been among the highest in the world. This presentation will discuss data revealed in a new in-depth report by Scientists for Global Responsibility on the billions spent by the UK government on continuing to develop nuclear weapon systems and other Cold War-style ‘offensive’ weaponry. This will be compared with UK public spending on R&D focused on understanding and tackling the roots of conflict and the longer term security threats that we face from climate change, resource scarcity and other global problems. It will be argued that security-related R&D should be based on a radical rethink of UK defence and security policy, and that this could act as a catalyst for change at an international level. 
85 MA The role of Algerian scientists in the national reconciliation process  Syndicat national des chercheurs permanents, Algeria Smati ZOGHB      I Fatiha SAHNOUNE Algerie La réconciliation nationale, processus vécu et la communauté scientifique en Algérie :la communauté scientifique a été durement  touchée par les années de sang pendant la décennie 91-2001. C'est ainsi qu'elle a perdu les meilleurs de ses fils. Malgré ce lourd tribut, cette communauté n'a pas tardé à réagir favorablement au processus de réconciliation national. Nos deux interventions se veulent une tentative d'explication de cette réaction.                   National reconciliation, lived process and the scientific community in Algeria: The scientific community was severely hit by the bloody years of 91-2000. That’s how they lost their best sons. Despite this heavy tribute, this community did not take a long time to react favorably to the national reconciliation process. Our two workshops aim at explaining this reaction.

86 MA The involvement of foreign soldiers in the local battlefield UNIAlter / Les YMCA du Québec Sandra Barancira (UQO – Observatoire de l’actualité internationale, Canada)  Francesca Valenti (McGill University/YMCA, Canada) Canada The phenomenon of foreign soldiers has become widespread as new contexts of asymmetric warfare have come into being.  Today, countries concerned by the potential return of young fighters are increasing their protection measures, as is the case in Canada with its new citizenship law.  However, if we chose prevention instead?  Where do these youth emerge from?  Why do they decide to take up arms in favour of a cause unrelated to their lives?  Starting at local levels and moving towards the global scene, there are so many questions that need to be taken into account to understand this phenomenon and consider peaceful alternatives.     
87 MA Rise of militaristic ideology in Canada UNIAlter / Les YMCA du Québec Émilie Beauchesne (Fédération des femmes du Québec)  Jacqueline Romano-Toramanian (Établissements verts Brundtland EVB-CSQ) Canada Canada, which has increased its military spending 50% since 2000, largely diffuse a militaristic ideology within its population. How this militarist ideology manifests itself in Canada. Issue of military training and recruitment campaigns of the army in schools. How oppose this logic a program of awareness and peace training for youth who demonstrated that another world is possible and that proves that we have the power to change things for a more peaceful world (example of movement Brundtland Green Establishments of the Central union of Quebec, EVB-CSQ).
88 MA AFRICOM go home, Foreign bases out of Africa - A geopolitical documentary (film presentation) UNIAlter / Les YMCA du Québec Aziz S. Fall (GRILA) Canada AFRICOM GO HOME exposes the machinations of both imperialism and neo-colonialism and shows how they operate to coopt our elites and military leaders as well as civil society organizations. It paints a picture of the damage to which Africans are exposed when military bases take up residence in their midst. However, this film is an appeal for more self-determination and balance in Africa’s development. It calls for the reemergence of progressive wings of African states as well as a plan for accelerating panAfrican integration within the context of internationalism and a polycentric world that upholds all of humanity’s common “good”.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HLjrzVHWPM
89 MA Syria II Assembly of solidarity and non violent action in/for Syria Un Punte Per (Italy)., Assemblée européenne des Citoyens AEC(HCA-France). Martina Pignati (UPP Italy), Leo Gabriel (Austria), Syrian activits Italy Open discussion about Syria.  What kind of solidarity with Syrian civil society, How to support  non violent action, to campaign foreign intervention and foreign troops, to work for peace.
90 MA BSL3-4 Laboratories activity: How to avoid  “dual use of science”?  VIROLOGIST (molecular), Rome, Italy   Italy After September 11, in Europe have been built many BSL3-4 Laboratories, but it is not easy to find out the safety criteria used for their construction, being the concerning legal regulative very different among the national realities. - How could international and national governance mechanisms, norms and regulatory regimes  be developed in order to assure that the activities in BSL3-4 laboratories are  focused on pacific purposes?
-What we know about“Bioshield Project” in Europe?
-The United states of America,1) a new central reference laboratories at Almaty,  2) an other
laboratory “  in Tiblisi.Do the activities in these laboratories represent  a beginning of cold war?
91 MA instruments of arms control VREDE VZW Ludo De Brabander Belgium The destructive character of World War I was caused by the use of modern weapon systems. For the first time chemical arms have been deployed on a wide scale i.a. In Flanders (Ypres)  The workshop will address the use of chemical weapons from a historical and contemporary point of view. It will examine the ways instruments have been shaped for the prohibition of production, stockpiling or use of chemical weapons and the achievements realised so far.  Finally, the workshop will compare the political and juridical international framework on chemical weapons with that of nuclear weapons. The proposed panel: Piet Chielens (researcher at the Flanders Fields museum on World War I, Ypres, Belgium http://www.inflandersfields.be/en ), Jean-Pascal Zanders (expert chemical weapons at The Trench, Geneva: http://www.the-trench.org/author/jp-zanders/) and Pieter Teirlinck (coördinator of Vrede vzw, Gent, Belgium http://www.vrede.be). Moderator: Ludo De Brabander (spokesperson Vrede vzw, Belgium) 
92 MA Violence perfected  WOMEN IN BLACK (ZENE U CRNOM), BELGRADE     Introduction: Political expertise on violence, non-violence, global militarization.
Crucial: Actual signs of violence perfected now days. The consequences locally, globally. Advantages of the modern times we are living in. The disadvantages as well. Modern traps of militarisation. Digitalisation of militarization. Sophisticated violence. Social Networks and activism. WIB International Network and globalisation of militarization. 1325 UN Resolution and WIB of Belgrade & WIB International Network.
Conclusion: The authority of non-violence. The possibilities to overcome the traps. A slight review of recent violent demonstrations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
             
             
             
93 PSJ Integration of Romani people into society   Arbeitsgemeinschaft Frieden und Gedenken   Germany to inform about the social situation of Roma people and the discriminations against them and to discuss how to integrate them into society
94 PSJ  European integration or desintegration? I Welfare and prosperity or social insecurity?  Assemblée européenne des Citoyens AEC(HCA-France) Bernard Dreano ( AEC, France),  Mary Kaldor (LSE, UK) Igor Sticks ( Balkan Social Forum, Croatia), Ognan Minchev (IRIS Bulgaria), Ahmet Insel (HYD Turkey), Igor Milosevic (Zid Montenegro)   European integration was a promise of common prosperity. The policies advocated by the various European institutions contribute to this prosperity (European Union, European Central Bank, the main European governments, the International Monetary Fund..? Or increase they inequalities and  social insecurity? They encourage integration or peripheralization some sectors, some regions in Europe and in its Eastern and Southern neighborhood?
95 PSJ European integration or desintegration? II Europe Factor of Peace and Democracy? Assemblée européenne des Citoyens AEC(HCA-France) Lola Schuman (Migreurop, France) Hela Yousfi (Tunisia), Sasha Delemenchuk (Ukraine); Isabella Sarksian (Armenia), Arzu Abdulayeva (Azerbaïjan), Srdjan Dizdarevic (BiH)   Does the Union deserve the Nobel Prize for Peace?  Since the creation of the Council of Europe in 1948, then growth of the European Union since 1957, European integration has contributed to peace since the end of World War II. But it did not prevent wars accompanying the breakup of the Yugoslav federation, or was not able to just and lasting peace in its neighborhood in the Middle East, the Caucasus, and Africa.The establishments of the rule of law, deepening democracy, good governance and the fight against corruption have been the guiding principles for the European policies.  With what results?

96 PSJ Justice, Political Power and Civil Society Assemblée européenne des Citoyens AEC(HCA-France / University of Geneva and BIRN (The Balkan Investigate Reporting Network)  1. Katherine Gallagher  (Center for Constitutional Rights, New York); 2. Anisa Sućeska-Vekić (BIRN director, Sarajevo); 3. Bahaa Ezzelarab (Egyptian Initiative for personal rights’, Cairo); 4. Nery Ramati (Defense laywer in the military courts, Israel); 5. Muhamad al Kattib (defense lawyer in the military courts and former prisoner, Palestine)    The workshop will address the role of justice during conflicts through comparative lens. From serving as a tool to legitimating state’s violence to protecting human security– the workshop will discuss the role of justice and its relations with the politics, while questioning  the role of civil society in guaranteeing accountability. With: a US defense lawyer, Guantanamo, NGO CCR (Military Justice); Israeli and Palestinian defense lawyers, Israeli military courts (Political Trials);  Egyptian lawyer, from the ‘Egyptian Initiative for personal rights’ in Cairo (the Arab Spring);  BIRN director, Sarajevo (War Crimes Prosecution in the Balkan).It will be filmed by BIRN and aired on local TV . 
97 PSJ Privatisations and wars, internal and international (f)actors : the Yugoslave case in the 1990s Association Autogestion Ivica Mladenovic, Editor of Novi Plamen, researcher in sociology
Andreja Jivkovic or Matija Medenica, Marks 21
Milenko Sreckovic, Pokret Za Slobodu
Lijevi  Facilitator Kassia Aleksic
France The destruction of social ownership in the former Yugoslav titoist system was associated with the dismantling of the Federation: new “nation-states” and nationalist bourgeoisies were competing to control the privatisation process in the largest, possible territory  - through a very unjust, illegitimate and inefficient process leading to different kinds of destructive wars : social justice associated to social ownership, was remplaced by nationalist conflicts, partitocracy and market competition to control the benefits of privatisations.  We will argue that the Euro-atlantic institutions played the role of pyroman-firemen. 
98   The wars in Yugoslavia in the 1990s as a phase in the continuation of economic changes Centar za slobodarska istraživanja Vuk Bačanović, historian and journalist at weekly newspaper “Dani”; Marko Radovanović, economist; Nedim Klipo, leftist political activist and member of "Centar za slobodarska istraživanja"   Presenting an account of the Yugoslav tragedy with an analyses of the roots and destructive dynamic of the Yugoslav crisis, focusing on an understanding of the interaction of many national and international factors - socio-economic and political, past and present – showing that the war was not at all inevitable, that it is not the irresistible consequence of "centuries-old hatreds", that it was wanted by forces who needed it to establish their power. A multi-causal explanation of the conflict, discussing the different analyses and assigning the different responsibilities.
99 PSJ Dette et guerre économique  Comité pour l’Annulation de la Dette du Tiers-Monde (CADTM) Franchet. Pascal,  Marlène Tuininga et Christine Van Den Daelen  France Economic interests are very often the real causes triggering conflict (land grabbing, natural resources looting policies to the benefit of multinational corporations) with their heavy consequences for populations (underdevelopment, poverty, hunger) and the planet (irreversible ecological damage,…). 
To the same extent, the social disintegration caused by austerity programmes led in the name of excessive debts, in the North or in the South, are the ferment of ideological regressions conducive to a build-up of warlike intrigues and an upsurge of nationalism and xenophobia.
Through concrete examples, we offer to demonstrate that the debt system, economical stakes and war strategies are closely linked. Answers and mobilisations have to integrate these various factors into a joint struggle.

100 PSJ Education for Peace and Nonviolence Coordination internationale pour une Culture de non-violence et de paix Victoria Barrès, Association Montessori Internationale (USA/France)
Speakers :
Christian Renoux, Coordination pour l'éducation à la non-violence et à la paix (France)
Zaira Zafarana, Comitato italiano per una cultura di nonviolenza e di pace (Italy)
Al-Moctar Garba, Coordination nigérienne pour l'éducation à la non-violence et à la paix (Niger)
France Pour construire une culture de non-violence et de paix, l'éducation à la non-violence et à la paix est un enjeu majeur sur tous les continents. Comment faire découvrir et vivre la non-violence et la paix aux enfants et aux adultes à l'école et dans les familles ? Comment développer cette éducation dans des diverses contextes socio-culturels très différents ?                                                                                 
To build a Culture of Nonviolence and Peace, Education for Nonviolence and Peace is a major issue in all continents. How could children and adults discover and live nonviolence and peace at school and in families? How to develop this education in various very different socio-cultural contexts?
101 PSJ Energy for Peace Simulation Game EN-PAZ Jenny Becker Germany The fictional country of Kalatia has to deal with various problems since it
gained its independence from
the fictional Republic of Ragasia.
Ethnic unrest, a difficult economic situation, migration and a high unemployment rate are just some
of these problems. In addition, the
energy supply of Kalatia is also
not guaranteed in various regions
of the country. This simulation
game is dealing with the relations between energy security, envi-
ronmental protection and conflict dynamics. A special emphasis is
placed on the question whether renewable energy can contribute
to conflict prevention in Kalatia
and in general.
102 PSJ Exland and Bergistan EN-PAZ Jenny Becker Germany The fictional country
Exland is on the brink of
war. The poor region of
Bergistan wants to gain
independence from Exland
as they feel underprivi-
leged by the government
of Exland. Bergistan is
abundant with resources,
but hasn’t got any share
of prosperity. Here, the people work as farmers, are uneducated and have les-ser job opportunities, though Exland’s economy is growing. The govern- ment focusses on the support of the industrialists and the city residents. To stop the claims for inde- pendence, Exland sent troops to Bergistan.
103 PSJ The Last Dictator EN-PAZ Jenny Becker Germany he fictional country of Schoenesia is sup- posed to be the last dictatorship in the fic- tional mainland of Orepua. The impact on civil and social life is radical. Freedom of press does not exist nor is there a landscape of political parties. Furthermore, the eco- nomy is going downhill and the
people are suffering shortages.
However, there is a vivid under-
ground activist scene in Schoen-
esia. Despite a strictly enforced
curfew, illegal pamphlets cir-
cullate, underground meetings
are taking place and undercover
action against public institutions
is happening daily. The regime
reacts in a violent manner: pris-
on, torture or death penalty is
present always. But dissatisfac-
tion against the regime is grow-
ing from day to day
104 PSJ AN INTERNET FOR PEACE  Finnish Peace Union / Mikael Böök   Finland Is the internet something that people can do something about? How to make ”cyberpeace” instead of ”cyberwar”?  In Snowden's time, everybody must have given these questions some thought. The time is ripe for them to be discussed at the social forums and in the peace movement. The subject is overdue and is likely to be burning after the multi-stakeholder Conference on Internet Governance, which is scheduled to take place in Brazil in April, 2014. Themes of the workshop: ”Internet governance?” ; ”Library power?” ; ”Alliance with the free software community.”     
105 PSJ Climate Change Adaptation & Advocacy:  From Europe to Oceania Case Studies for Climate Justice  Hawai'i Institute for Human Rights    USA Sustainability and Peace with Nature
106 PSJ Service Learning & Social Justice: Human Rights  Curriculum for Creative Social Change in Schools and Society  Hawai'i Institute for Human Rights    USA Education for Nonviolence and Peace
107 PSJ Environmental contamination through conflict: toxic remnants of war from WWI to the Balkans IALANA, ICBUW, INES Andrew Garrity, Dr Domagoj Vidosavljevic, David Cullen, Prof. Manfred Mohr, IALANA Germany. Germany Attention is increasingly being focused on the long-term impact on civilian health of environmental contamination resulting from conflict. Many substances in use by militaries, from heavy metals to explosives and obscurants are recognised as hazardous during peacetime and their use or dispersal is regulated. At present few controls exist on the military use of these materials, even in areas where civilian populations may be at risk of long-term exposure. While materials such as depleted uranium and the Vietnam-era defoliant Agent Orange are comparatively well studied, less attention has been paid to a host of other potentially hazardous materials and state obligations for detailed post-conflict environmental assessment and remediation are poorly defined. The Toxic Remnants of War Project www.toxicremnantsofwar.info was established to investigate the extent of contamination and the risks it poses to civilians.
108 PSJ Peace and Human Security International Club for Peace Research Ambe Roseline Ngwine  Kameni Nadiane Tialeu   PEACE AND HUMAN SECURITY.Conflicts and crises shatter nations and lives, preventing economic development. From Haiti,CAR to Afghanistan,Syria it is a challenge and necessity to turn conflict into collaborative solutions and ensure human rights and rule of law. Transparency, citizen mobilization, functioning markets and government accountability are the critical building blocks to lasting peace. We advance innovations that lay the foundation for peace and human security. THE EVOLUTION OF PEACE AND HUMAN SECURITY.ADVANCING PEACE AND HUMAN SECURITY:Crisis Action brings human rights and humanitarian organizations together across continents to protect civilians from armed conflict,
109 PSJ From tragedy to prevention: how the health consequences of war can help maintain peace Medact Judith Cook                 Marion Birch London The true health consequences of WW1 will probably never be known; but all wars have shown that information on the health costs of conflict is vital to meet needs and inform policy makers and the public.
Medact has extensive experience in documenting the health effects of conflict, and wrote a report anticipating the health consequences of the invasion of Iraq. Medact is now applying the methodology of health impact assessment (HIA) to estimate the health consequences of military action when it is under discussion and these estimates can influence decisions.
The workshop will discuss how anticipated health costs can be used to prevent military action and whether HIA is one way to do this.
110 PSJ Peace as a condition and peace as culture  Mouvement (Le) de La Paix Shura Dumanic , Activist feminist and Pacifist, Croate,  chair of  association " Zenska Akcija Rijeka"            Nadežda Radović,  Writter from Belgrade/ Serbia, Mirna Popadić, activist of youth group Udar –Attack     France Development of economy and social prosperity are not possible without social agreement about peace
Which are the conditions for social agreement about peace ; role of religion, national divisions (nationalism), role of gender,  issues and generation’s gap
Who profits from our divisions and conflicts? how they are produced ? which are the consequences for the population ?
Which process of consciousness ? Our influence to the politics of peace ?
(How to find the common interest, common sense, common goals ; repressive society and education for peace – is that possible ; How to develop non-violent forms of living ; Responsibility of institution and politics ; role of religion ?
111 PSJ Philantropy and volunteerism - "pioneers" of social justice NARKO NE Association for prevention of addiction  Hana Kočan                       Edin Kopić Sarajevo The intention is to present examples of good practice in project "Empowerment  of young people for fundraising in The Older Brother, Older Sister project. This project have been implementing since October 2013 and will be ended in June 2014.The group of volunteers will present the results of the fundraising  campaign. They will point out the difference between philanthropy and charity giving, how are volunteering and philanthropy connected and contribution of volunteerism and philanthropy in  peace building and social justice.
112   Human security training ORC (Omladinski resursni centar) Tuzla with ADP-ZID Montenegro, HCA-HYD Turkey,  Assemblée Européenne des Citoyens (HCA-France)  Emel Kurma and Hale Akay  (HYD Turkey) Miralem Tursinovic( ORC Tuzla BiH), Igor Milosevic (ADP-ZID Montenegro), Bernard Dreano (AEC France) Bosnia Herzegovina The concept of Human security brought forward by United Nation (PNUD) stress that security policies should not be dictated by the top but should be shaped according to the information from below and with the participation of the society. The huma security approach draws attention to the need for expending peace building process which promote social engagement, as well as to the need for providing answers to different types of insecurity that have emerged as a result of the conflict
113 PSJ Youth precarity in Western Balkans and Europe ORC Tuzla, with HCA-HYD Turkey,.ADP-ZID Montenegro, AEC HCA-France   Bosnia Herzegovina Rates of youth unemployment are important everywhere in Europe, and youth have great difficulty in achieving sustainable and quality jobs. Unemployment or underemployment of young people is affecting entire communities. The situation is particularly bad in the Balkans. The consequences are,  in some countries and for certain categories  (student), massive protests
114 PSJ Comparison between new social movements, starting from
the examples of Bosnia and Ukraine
ORC Tuzla, with HCA-HYD Turkey,.ADP-ZID Montenegro, AEC HCA-France, CEDETIM/   IPAM France Miralem Tursinovic (Bosnia), Sasha Delemenchuk (Ukraine), Gilbert Achcar (Lebanon/UK), Emel Kurma (Turkey)  Tuzla New protest movements appeared these last month in Bosnia Herzegovina and Ukraine Fighting, against corrupted elites and/or authoritarian regime, for transparency and democracy. They can be compared to other movements which raised in different part of the world these last year, from Spain to Brazil, not forgetting the Arab Spring. The meeting will study the, methodology, demands and dynamics of Bosnian and Ukrainian movements, compare with other situation (Arab spring, Gezi Turkey), and try to foresee their potentialities in short and long term.
115 PSJ Debt, crises and ways of people's organizing Pokret za slobodu (Freedom Fight movement) David Graeber (anthropologist, author, OWS), Andrej Grubačić (Pokret za slobodu), Milenko Srećković (Pokret za slobodu) - moderator Belgrade, Serbia We'll discuss the history of debt, how it affects society and creates crises and conflicts and the ways people could organize against it.
116 PSJ All European Movement for Peace Democracy and Solutions  PS2 -Prague Spring 2 Network against RWE   Tord Björk, Sweden, Matyas Benyik, Hungary, Hermann Dworzak Austria and more. Czech republic There is a need in all of Europe for an international movement for peace democracy and constructive solutions to the multiple crisis against austerity racism and fascism. People from different movements from all parts of Europe needs to discuss how to stop war by bringing forwards solutions built on social justice and ecological awareness.
117 PSJ Stop fascism in Europe PS2 -Prague Spring 2 Network against RWE   Tord Björk, Sweden, Matyas Benyik, Hungary, Hermann Dworzak Austria and more. Czech republic Right wing extremism and populism is gaining strength in all parts of Europe. There is a need for exchange of experience and common action.
118 PSJ Which european peace policy: civil society proposals Rete della Pace   Italy Rete della Pace, the italian network of civil society promoting peace wish to share with other european civil society networks proposals to be delivered to the european institutions for a better and more coherent european peace policy. Main question marks are: european civil defence policy, political conflicts prevention, cooperation and support to no violent resistance in conflicts regions, respect of international law, alternatives to military presence in conflicts areas.
119 PSJ Social protest and the perspectives of a New Left in Bosnia-Herzegovina Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Southeast Europe Emin Eminagić (Lijevi Tuzla)
Dr. Jasmina Husanović (University Tuzla)
Dr. Igor Štiks (Open University Sarajevo and University Edinburgh)
Anita Tolić (Initiative for Democratic Socialism Ljubljana) Chair: Dr. Boris Kanzleiter (Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung)
Belgrade, Serbia A wave of social protests in Bosnia-Herzegovina started in February 2014. The demonstrations were initiated by workers, unemployed and young people in Tuzla canton. In a few hours many citizens in other cities were starting their own protests. Reasons for discontent are manifold. Unemployment, poverty, criminal privatizations and corruption are structural problems in society. In many aspects the social movement in Bosnia-Herzegovina resemble similar protests in other countries of the region. In this workshop activists and researchers from Bosnia-Herzegovina will discuss the situation and the perspectives for a New Left.
120 PSJ Flower Gardens  Snaga Zene Prim. dr. Antić - Štauber Branka, President,                Kovačević Šejla, Economist, Jasna Piragić, Economist, Amina Grbić, Legal Advisor BiH What is economic security, which are its indispensable elements and how it is realized in our society? The workshop will cover these issues thhrough the presentation of a positive experience/good practice in the implementation of Flower Valley project whose aim is, in addition to psychosocial recovery, to economically empower vulnerable groups in Srebrenica region.
121 PSJ Fighting corruption-Free Access to Information as a powerfull tool Transparancy International BiH   Banja Luka The workshop will include basic information on anti-corruption (AC) legislation with special target on free access to information (FOI). We will provide participants with case studies on how to use FOI information for monitoring government performance and in their own campaigning and advocacy strategies based on information they obtained through. In the second part of the workshop, participants will exercise their newly acquired skills by developing specific requests for information in areas related to prevention of corruption, and will have chance to give input on AC situtation in their countries and to find a space for common acting.
122 PSJ Social inequities, health and lack of human security UNIAlter / Les YMCA du Québec Ana Pranjic (McGill et Concordia University, Québec/Canada) Catherine Habel (médecin-résident en santé publique et médecine préventive à l’Université de Montréal, Québec/Canada)  Canada Human security is closely linked to the global improvement of individuals’ living conditions. The relationship between access to healthcare and population security will be explored in two ways; not only are conflicts as such barriers for access to healthcare, but lack of a universal system is also a mean to maintain individuals in a vulnerable state regarding their health and to maintain inequities. Using case studies, various alternatives will be discussed in terms of their potential for reducing health inequities.
123 PSJ Aboriginal Resistance in Canada Against the Exploitation of Mineral Resources UNIAlter / Les YMCA du Québec David Welch - dwelch@uottawa.ca (Professor, School of Social Work, University of Ottawa, Canada) Gabrielle Ross-Marquette (Student, School of Social Work, University of Ottawa, Canada) Canada We will bring out the resistance of Aboriginal struggles in Canada.  We will explain how Aboriginal people in Canada see their territorial and environmental rights as well as their renewed links to non Aboriginal people, notably the Acadian people in the case of the Mi’kmaq. We will begin with an analysis of the struggle of the Algonquin of Eastern Ontario against mining exploration for uranium on their historic territories. In turn we will study the confrontation between the Police and a peaceful encampment of Mi’kmaq people who were opposing the initial steps foreshadowing the development of the fracking industry in the province, and the search for natural gas on their territories.
124 PSJ Education for nonviolence for personal and social empowerment  World Without wars & Without Violence & Run This Way Anne Farrell  Canada In this workshop we present a synthesis of the World March for peace and Non-violence launch in 2009 and we present how “Run This way” project in schools in Europe, North America and South America emerge from the March event.  World Without wars & without Violence was the main organizer of the World March for Peace and non-violence. Hundreds of thousands of people took part, more than 3000 organizations and almost 100 members of different base teams.   Run This way is promoting worldwide education for nonviolence each year more than 15,000 students share connection with each other, surpassing languages, cultures, races and beliefs.
125 PSJ Move the Money! from military spending to job creation, environmental protection, social justice.  IPB Dave W / Stuart Parkinson Reiner - Colin Javier G, Ingeborg Breines, Alicia Cabeduzo Switzerland The world is over-armed and peace is underfunded". It is Ban Ki Moon who says so. Governments spent USD 1'730 billion in 2012 supporting the military sector. This is money that could be better spent tackling the real challenges to human survival. The challenge to civil society is to build up our movement so that we can have enough impact on the politicians for them to change course. The workshop will hear from experts and activists working on this very important project, and formulate plans for future work.
126 PSJ Labor and Community:  Powerful Protests!  Potential Alliances? Kirsten Snow Spalding Kirsten Snow Spalding   The February 2014 protests in Tuzla began as labor protests--sparked by layoffs, plant closures and unfair labor practices.  But as the protests grew to include people who are not workers in unions, the focus of the protests shifted to what’s wrong with the economy, what’s wrong with the political system, and what it would take to change the fabric of society so that everyone in Tuzla might prosper.  Today, the Tuzla Plenum includes union leaders, union members, unemployed youth and adults, students, academics, business people, seniors, political party members, community activists and unaffiliated individuals.  What is the potential for this citizens forum to organize into a labor and community coalition for real change?
127 PSJ Non-formal education as a tool to fight hate speech and prejudice Stiftung Schueler Helfen Leben   Bosnia Herzegovina  
128 PSJ The World Social Forum Process: Towards Tunis (2015) and Montréal (2016)        WSF (The) 2016 - Quebec Facilitation Group Alexandre Warnet & Raphaël Canet Canada The World Social Forum is a unique process that plays a prominent role in the establishment of a global civil society and in organizing and connecting social movements all around the world. What is the history of this young process? How is it organized? What are the relations between global, local and thematic forums? What are the processes behind WSF? Based on the facilitators’ hands-on experience, this workshop will contribute to shed the light on what the WSF is, and what the future has in reserve, especially regarding the 2015 WSF in Tunis (Tunisia) and the 2016 WSF in Montréal (Québec, Canada).
             
             
             
129 RDP Risks on negative masculinity reconstruction caused by armed conflicts (case of ex-combatants) Africa Peace Ambassadors Turabumukiza Jean Marie Chairman AFRICA PEACE AMBASSADORS Rwanda This will be a testimony of a Rwandan ex-combatant who have been actor in the conflicts of the Great Lakes Region AFRICA testifying on negative masculinity caused by the armed conflicts case of ex combatants most of them young men. The presenter will focus on how young men have been used as a recruitment firm of the armed groups and thereafter, in post conflict situation become a big challenge to reintegration because these lost their expectations   and this became the cause of the development of the negative masculinity which affected their families and society in particular. 
130 RDP Intensive Dialogue After and Across Genocide -- the Example of Austria and the Holocaust Austrian (The) Encounter Samson Munn, M.D. USA The Austrian Encounter is founded on the work of Dan Bar-On.  The process is intensive interpersonal group dialogue, without agenda, without cost, without religious orientation, and without a presumption of psychopathology.  While certain basics of history must be agreed at the outset, detailed historiography is largely avoided in the group as not relevant.  The fundament of the process is to learn to know "the Other" more deeply than ever before, and an often achieved goal is even "to feel as the Other."  Depending on the number of individuals who enroll in the workshop, we will engage a process of deep introduction for all or a portion of those who enroll, for all to experience.  
131 RDP Making Friends with our Enemy Building Bridges for Peace Jo Berry                                Dr Patrick Magee United Kingdom Patrick Magee and Jo Berry are a living example of Reconciliation. Patrick was in the IRA and planted a bomb to target the British Government at their Conference which killed Jo’s Father. They have been working together for 13 years and spoken publicly over 130 times. They share their journey, with all the challenges and insights, in a way which inspires and empowers others to touch their own humanity and take their next steps in reconciliation. They will share their journey and then create a safe place for questions, sharings or responses. Every time they speak people are impacted and begin a new conversation about reconciliation, dialogue, forgiveness, healing, re-humanising the other.
132   Partage d'expériences de non-violence active CANVA idem  délégué au nucléaire de la Canva France cf ci-joint
133 RDP Reconciliation and dealing with the past Centre for Nonviolent Action (Belgrade&Sarajevo), Diakonie Austria and FOR Austria Adnan Hasanbegović / CNA Sarajevo,                                           Amer Delić / CNA Sarajevo
Pete Hämmerle/FOR Austria
Austria / BiH This workshop will deal with experiences of work on reconciliation and dealing with the past in former Yugoslavia and cooperation with Austrian partners. The Center for Nonviolent Action will present their activities on cultures of memoralization, with war veterans from different sides of the conflicts and their new training manual “Reconciliation?! Training Handbook for Dealing with the Past”. Participants will be introduced to this nonviolent approach and have a look into possibilities of using this value-based concept and training experiences in other contexts of conflict as well.     
134 RDP The Book presentation: Last to know. Stories of war. Civic Assistance Committee, Norwegian Helsinki Committee  Svetlana Ganushkina, the head of Civic Assistance Committee Moscow,
Varvara Pakhomenko, International Crisis Group, Moscow
Arkadiy Babchenko, Novaya Gazeta, Moscow
Mina Skouen, Norway Helsinki Committee, Oslo
Lilya Yusupova, Rusli sozidania, Gudermes
Tatevik Gukasyan, Civic Assistance Committee, Moscow
Karina Kotova, Civic Assistance Committee, Moscow
Sabina Folnović Jaitner Civic Assistance Committee
Vesna Teršelic, Documenta, Zagreb
Aleksandra Letic, from Helsinki Committee, Bjelina.
  The book is the result of a project called Personal Memories of the Chechen War. Young people have gathered personal stories of the events in Chechnya from witnesses and participants. The primary intention has been to promote an understanding of the consequences of war by providing information about what happened. In frames of the book presentation we want to present the current situation in the North Caucasus and to discuss how is dealing with the past possible in this context.
135 RDP Alternative approaches to reconciliation European Centre for minority issues (ECMI)  1/Dr. A.PETRICUSIC, Senior Assistant, University of Zagreb 2/ Dr. E.GORDY, Senior Lecturer, University College London,3/J. ZEITOUN, Project Manager, ECMI Kosovo 4/V.MALENICA, Head of Research, Think Tank Populari, Sarajevo   The workshop aims at opening a discussion about the reasons behind the low levels of success of the reconciliation efforts following the long list of post-Cold War inter-ethnic conflicts. While reflecting on the existing reconciliation policies and mechanisms, their inefficiency and poor outcomes, the panel will introduce alternative approaches with a significant potential for bringing about a positive societal change in divided societies. Examining cases, analysing developments at EU level and international policies and politics, and focusing on the existing challenges, the panel aims to provoke an intensive ‘brainstorming’ debate that would lead lead to new ideas and policy perspectives. 
136 RDP  Workshop/Roundtable “MOnuMENTImotion-The Art of Dealing with the Past in the Western
Balkans
Forum Ziviler Friedensdienst e.V.in BiH (forumZFD) Muhamed Kafedžić Muha (Independant visual artist); Marko Krojač (Photojournalist);
Andrea Baotić (Historian of Art, University of Sarajevo); Nihad Kreševljaković,
(Director Sarajevski ratni teater, SARTR); Michele Parente (Project Manager,
forumZFD). Moderation: Kristina Ljevak
Sarajevo "MOnuMENTImotion- the Art of Dealing with the Past"
The workshops "MonuMENTImotion" (inluding the Exhibition " MOnuMENTI, the short animation film "MOnuMENTImotion"  and the Roundtable" The Art of Dealing with the Past" ) explore potentials and pitfalls of art and monuments in the western Balkans. How do art and artists contribute to memory work? In which way do memorials hinder or promote dealing with the past processes?
Location :  Umjetnička galerija BiH, ul. Zelenih beretki 8, Sarajevo/ National Art Gallery, st.
Zelenih beretki 8, Sarajevo
137 RDP pioniri. my story - our history Friedensbüro Salzburg amina Smajilbasic, Ljiliana Zlatojevic, Ajet Kastrati, Andrea Nenadic, Sabaha Sinanovic (Participants of the Project) Austria  In Salzburg a group of young people with their roots in different parts of former Yugoslavia got together and broached the issue of the wars to discuss together and to offer workshops on this subject in schools. They all had a story to tell but they also wanted to explore other, different stories and perceptions of the history and to discuss the possibility of a mutual view. This work of the pioniri was filmed and we would like to show you this film and to discuss it with you. 
138 RDP Conscientious objection to military service International Fellowship Of Reconciliation (IFOR)  Derek Brett, IFOR
  Vicdani Ret (VR-DER)

Switzerland It was during the  Great War which started in Sarajevo that conscientious objection (co) to military service started to be recognised by States.  Ten years ago Sarajevo saw  a ground-breaking conference bringing together co movements and  government representatives  to help extend recognition in this region.   Since then conscription has been abolished throughout the Western Balkans, but objectors from nearby countries will tell of the problems they still face, and there will be a general discussion of the continued relevance of conscientious objection as an anti-militarist strategy.

139 RDP cultural diversity and war for peace international peace centre    Bosnia Herzegovina peace memories and reconciliation for new  peace building in the region SEE.
140 RDP ”the role of collective traumata for the collective identity and the possibility for the political abuse of these traumatizations by demagogic  leaders”  IPPNW ( member of the) [Int. Physicians for the prevention of Nuclear War/Doctors in Social]    Germany The main contribution of collective identity are collective traumata, which can be   - also after long periods of “sleeping” be activated in certain political situations especially by the manipulative abuse by demagogic leaders.  These leaders refer to collective trauma, where the group in its history has become a victim of another group, thus inducing severe anxiousness to once more become a victim and by this mobilazing the will to defend the group, i.e. to be ready to go to war
141 RDP Representing Peace and Justice: Theatres of Memory in Sarajevo and The Hague Leiden University College        Dr. Cissie Fu and Dr. Maja Vodopivec Dr. Cissie Fu, Assistant Professor, Leiden University College                                            Dr. Maja Vodopivec, Assistant professor, Leiden University College Nerderland This theory, practice, research, and experience-driven workshop explores the history and politics of collective and cultural memory. As the 21st century continues to pivot between peace and conflict and negotiate the significance and instruments of justice, the power of memory and the activity of recollection can create opportunities for understanding, dialogue, and reconciliation.The workshop will approach and present alternative avenues for peace and justice through the study and performance of memory.(discussing novel representations of peace and justice through theory,performance, and immersion in the cities).
142 RDP Dealing with the Past – Transitional Justice PAX CHRISTI  IPB Bishop Kevin Dowling, South Africa; Vesna Teršelič, Croatia; Ljubinka Petrović Ziemer, Bosnia Herzegovina; Youth Initiative for Human Rights, Bosnia & Herzegovina; Mairead Maguire, Northern Ireland;
Convenors: Anton Balog and Katarina Kruhonja, Croatia, Board Members Pax Christi International.
Germany A violent conflict or war influences the lifes and future of many generations. After an open conflict, the “other” is sometimes seen as the “enemy.” Overcoming violence and healing of wounds takes time and energy. In many cases, societies have to go through a process of talking to one other, telling their stories, expressing their pain and suffering, trying to find ways in the direction of reconciliation and living together. Transitional justice refers to a range of approaches that people use to deal with the legacies of widespread or systematic human rights abuses as they attempt to move from a period of violent conflict or oppression towards peace, harmony, democracy and respect for human rights. Transitional justice is a way of looking at contemporary problems that are the consequences of a violent past in order to consolidate a new peaceful, harmonious and democratic society. The workshop will address the question of what is required to sustain and build integrative, direct, bottom-up, inspirational, and empowering comprehensive processes of transformative justice with particular focus on the role of civil society/citizens, women in particularly.
143 RDP Middle East – Peace Process and activities of the peace movement Pax Christi - Deutsche Sektion Wiltrud Rösch-Metzler, Chairwoman of pax christi Germany

Germany Intending to support all actors who follow non-violent stepps to peace in the middle East, pax christi has a long tradition in partnership to groups in Israel and Palestine. An important guide line to us ist he International Law. The workshop will give examples of concret action and as well about the challenges to the policy of the EU and european cvountries. In a second part we want to exchange experience and learn from each other.
144 RDP Respect for diversity and non violent conflict resolution in early years Pomoc deci 1. Vasić Ljiljana, Director at Pomoć deci (Serbia)
2. Jones Ingrid, Director at Partner per Femijet (Partners for children) (Albanija)
BSC General attitude that young children do not notice differences, show no prejudice and do not have discriminatory behavior is challenged by the research that shows that children as young as three years of age notice differences very well and that at the age of six, one in six children has negative, discriminatory comments about those who do not belong to the child’s community in the segregated societies. Therefore, the right moment to start learning to respect diversity is in the early childhood. At the same time, parents and teachers still have the strongest influence on a child’s attitudes so that they can significantly influence development of empathy, willingness to include and respect those who are different. Non -governmental organizations in cooperation with educational institutions can develop and implement programmes for teachers to work with both parents and children.
145   Steps towards reconcilliation and tolerance PRIJATELJICE Tuzla Emina Haskić    Dalibor Lukić Bosnia Herzegovina War left large and still visible traces in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Traces are transmitted from generation to generation, and during this workshop we will try to present the results of our work on the issues of reconciliation and dialogue about the past. Results are the product of many years of direct work with children and young people in the RS and FBiH. Dealing with the past is a necessary process in BiH which should include young generations, because only in this way can we create a safer and better future.
146 RDP Strands of Peace in violent times "San Sebastian European Capital of Culture 2016"  (DSS2016) and “Medialab-Prado” Madrid Joint Project  Juan Gutiérrez   
       Svetlana Broz, director of the Sarajevo office of GARIWO, author of “Good people in an evil time”.   
Spain “Strands of peace” are the feats of hands stretched to help and rescue persons threatened or abused in times and situations marked by horror, terror, letal violence or sheer injustice for being considered enemies or aliens. These feats trespass the rules set by one's own constituency, and are motivated by unselfish reasons. 
The 6 hours workshop shall present, discuss and evaluate the peacebuilding potential of remembering stories displaying strands of peace and invite the participants to join  the “Strands of Peace project” of  DSS2016 by participating in  its europwide contest of stories with peacestrands searched among their elders and collected by schoolpupils.
Schoolteachers will be particularly welcomed. 
147 RDP War crimes trials in Bosnia and Herzegovina Transitional Justice Association in Bosnia and Herzegovina   Bosnia Herzegovina Comprehensive and scientific analyses of war crimes trials in BiH and ist affects
148 RDP The challenges of social reintegration of child soldiers UNIAlter / Les YMCA du Québec Alusine Bah (Concordia University, Canada) Catherine Habel (médecin-résident en Santé publique et médecine préventive à l’Université de Montréal, Québec/Canada) Canada What can we do with child soldiers in post-conflict periods. How to reintegrate these young victims in a society in mourning. How to respect the memory of the victims without condemning again these forced fighters. Issue of refugees, asylum seekers and psychological disorders that undermine integration into host societies (for Canada)
149 RDP Conflict, violence and mental health UNIAlter / Les YMCA du Québec Ana Pranjic (McGill and Concordia University, Québec/Canada) Canada This workshop addresses the traumatic impact of armed conflict and violence on the mental health of the affected populations. It presents a comparative analysis of several countries in Latin America and Bosnia, who faced civil wars and which are also found at the intersection of larger conflicts. The workshop aims to analyze and compare the mental health services of the respective countries to propose viable solutions to increase access to care for those affected.
150 RDP Genocide, Truth and Reconciliation: The Case of Aboriginal peoples in Canada UNIAlter / Les YMCA du Québec Widia Larivière (FAQ/Idle No More, Québec) Canada Aboriginal genocide in Canada. Problem of violence against women and the impact of colonization on Aboriginal Peoples. What relation to the past for what common future? The case of the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions in Quebec. Assessment of indigenous struggles in progress (Idle No More)
             
             

From 6 to 9 June 2014, an international meeting will takes place  in Sarajevothe Peace Event 2014, which will be an international exchange platform, for debate and information on different topics related to non-violence and peace. Thousands of people are expected there. This meeting will be based on conference and workshop allowing different peace activists from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Europe and around the world to share their experience and their challenge.

Sarajevo, Symbolic city for having been the theatre of the event triggering the First World War, one century ago, the city was also the martyr city of the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina, twenty years ago. Nevertheless, nowadays Sarajevo is the capital of a destroyed multicultural society, which is now being rebuilt, in the heart of a zone, where in each states, men and women strive to overcome the scars of wars that accompanied the break-up of the Former Yugoslav federation.

That is the reason why we would like to make it, in June 2014, a meeting place for peace.

Within this international meeting, will take place the First World Thematic Social Forum for Peace and Human Security, an international forum of Cities and communities for peace, events, cultural exhibits, a youth camp, and various thematic meetings.

An international organizing committee, which brings together various Bosnian and international organizations, was established in September 2012 and the mobilization for this meeting has since grown in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in neighboring countries and in several countries in Europe.

The international committee defined the outlines of the Peace Event and all the organizations who wish to participate will be invited to offer concrete proposals for round-table, workshops, exhibitions and cultural activities related to these topics.

The first step is this present call to proposals for workshops.

We are waiting to hear from you if you have any questions,

The International Coordinating Committee SARAJEVO 2014,

Contacts: mail forum  at   peaceeventsarajevo2014.eu
website www.peaceeventsarajevo2014.eu

 

 

Debates and thematic proposals for Sarajevo Peace Event 2014:

You will find below the first proposed topics for conferences, round tables and workshops. The programme will be completed gradually with the proposals from people involved in the preparation of the Peace Event. Workshops and round-tables will focus on the actual situation in Balkan region, rich of many experiences and initiatives, but also in other regions of the world where we can find the similar issues of War and Peace, and where, many discuss and experiment grassroots actions for peace and human security.

Active non violence (non-violent actions for social justice; non-violent revolutions)

Dealing with the past ( reconciliation ; peace memories ; culture of remembrance

Economy and War/Peace (war industry and arm trade; conversion of these industries)

Education for Non violence and Peace and active peace policy

History and Peace (history of the struggles and movements)

Human security (Human rights; gender justice; peace, economic, food, health and development security: alternative to national security)

Intercultural dialogue (cultural diversity; cultures and religions in peace building

Science and Peace (new technologies, scientists responsibilities, scientists for Peace)

Sustainability and Peace with Nature (ecological issues, economical systems and growth)

Women for Peace (role of women in/after war; gender issues and gender equality)

More precisely (as examples):

Exchanges  of experiences and practices, political target:

-     Acting against the war : grassroots experiences of actions in conflicts situations, solidarity action and the protection of human security

-  What does peace and raising awareness for non violent actions means nowadays?

-     How to act against warmongering, racist and xenophobic ideology and how to promote the education for peace?

-      Campaign against arm trade, landmines, etc...

-      Campaigns for the nuclear disarmament and the abolition of weapons of mass destruction.

-        Etc..

Discuss forum among researchers, witnesses and actors of civil society

-        Challenges of human security nowadays in the region of the Balkan (including  Turkey)

-        « Old » and « News » conflicts in the contemporary world

-        Social injustice, economic crisis and contemporary conflicts

-       Post-war challenges: reconstruction policy, stake of memory, reconversion of   soldiers/fighters.

-      Fight against impunity and peace building : transitional justice, national and international justice, memory issues

-      Global security, the end of occupation, foreign military bases, control and of natural resources

-        Phenomenon of privatization of the state monopoly of violence (mercenaries, private security, border management..)

-        The militarized management of socials issues ( for instance  migration)

-        Etc…

Find proposal form here


With the very best regards,
Lucas Wirl
Program Director
Jeannine Dressler
INES Executive Secretary


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