… EDUCATION FOR PEACE …

Excerpts from extensive analysis at Peace Education Campaign Country Maps

The development of peace education in Colombia is shaped by the complex history of armed conflict, internal displacements, and the ongoing efforts to construct a lasting and inclusive peace. Targeted efforts addressing its challenges have resulted in Colombia emerging as a global leader in peace education.

Training for young volunteers at the University of Toloma. Ibagué, Toloma. November 2019. (Photo: Schools of Peace Foundation archive)

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have played and continue to play a significant role in strengthening peace education in Colombia, with their active engagement at the local level, collaboration with communities, and creation of resources for effective programs. Furthermore, a key aspect of peace education in Colombia is its local approach, with programs and initiatives tailored to meet the needs of local communities. . . .

One of the primary formal initiatives for peace education in Colombia is “La Cátedra de Paz,” which aims to create and consolidate a space for learning, reflection and dialogue on the culture of peace and sustainable development that contributes to the general well-being and improvement of the quality of life of the population, established by Law 1732 of 2014, and regulated by decree 1038 of 2015. . . . .

Non-formal peace education efforts in Colombia are led by numerous NGOs that engage directly or indirectly in peace education through educational programs, teacher training, community initiatives, and extensive research. They have a great impact in strengthening institutional commitments to peacebuilding, often acting as intermediaries between the government sector and educational institutions, as well as mobilizing other actors who are not formally linked to the educational sector.

Social organizations actively support the documentation of experiences and insights, contributing to a deeper understanding of the methods and underlying reasons that make peace and human rights integral to the educational sector. . . .

In Colombia a territorial approach to peace education has been one of the major trends that have emerged in the country. . . . The territorial approach has been implemented using various strategies, often leveraging local resources and asking teachers and communities to analyse the conflict dynamics in their specific settings. This ranges from initiatives to prevent recruitment into criminal gangs and improve economic conditions to initiatives that focus on strengthening local communities and conflict resolution.

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Where is peace education taking place?

What is happening in Colombia, Is peace possible?

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Peace Education Organizations, Models & Projects in Colombia

Overview initiatives/organizations connected to different approaches

Historical memory

• Red Departamental de Maestros y Maestras por la Memoria Histórica del Departamento del Caquetá
• Rodeemos el Diálogo RED.
• Comunidad de Prácticas Pedagógicas de Paz del Legado de la CEV
• The National Center of Historical Memory (CNMH)
• La Paz Querida
• Banco de República – La paz se toma la palabra
• Fundación Escuelas de Paz

Territorial

• Proyecto Paz – Secretaría de Educación del Tolima

Intersectional/gender

• Corporación Humanas Colombia
• Red Nacional de Mujeres (National Women’s Network)
• Ruta Pacífica de Mujeres
• Corporación Sisma Mujer
• CIASE

Ethnic/intercultural

• National Conference of Afro-Colombian organizations
• National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC)
• Proceso de Comunidades Negras (PCN)

Human rights

• Human Rights Study Center
• Fundación Escuelas de Paz.
• Centro de Investigación y Educación Popular (CINEP/PPP)

Ethic and conflict resolution

• Fundación para la reconciliación
• Escuelas de Palabras
• Aulas en paz
• Centro de Conciliación y Arbitraje de la Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá (CCACB)
• Educapaz – CRESE
• Fundación Escuela Nueva
• La Alianza para el Fomento del aprendizaje SocioEmocional en Colombia (AFSEC)
• Corporación Otra Escuela

Civil participation, democracy, and citizen competencies

• Programa Escuelas de Conversación Generativa ECG – (La Paz Querida)
• Civix
• Redepaz (Peace Network)
• Viva la Ciudadanía
• EDUCAPAZ

Teacher training

• La red de Escuelas Normales por la Paz
• Instituto Colombo Alemán para la Paz – CAPAZ
• Aulas en Paz
• PazatuIdea
• Fundación Escuelas de Paz

. EDUCATION FOR PEACE .

A blog by Ilda Corea of ​​the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (translation by CPNN)

The University Institute for Democracy, Peace and Security (IUDPAS), of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH), in conjunction with World Vision Honduras, awarded the Diploma in Culture of Peace, certifying 27 professionals who benefited from the training process and are trained to be agents of change in society.

The event was attended by the head of the Academic Vice-Rector’s Office, Lourdes Murcia; the dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Carmen Julia Fajardo; the coordinator of the Peace area of ​​IUDPAS, Esteban Ramos, and the director of projects of World Vision, Sady Alonzo.

The dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences assured that this academic programs confirms the firm commitment that UNAH has with society to address today’s social realities.

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Culture of peace curricula: what are some good examples?

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“Through the continuing education programs that the Faculty of Social Sciences has, through the two institutes, we try to strengthen the skills of the people who are working every day,” said Fajardo.

The diploma, carried out by the Peace area of ​​IUDPAS, offered participants theoretical and practical knowledge necessary to promote participatory processes for the construction of peace, conflict transformation and education for peace, promoting the development of a set of values, attitudes and key behaviors for care, respect for life and rejection of violence in all its manifestations.

The diploma course lasted 128 hours, distributed in the following eight modules: Theory of peace and violence; Education for transformative peace; Art and play in education for transformative peace; Emotions and subjectivities; Participatory methodologies and non-violent action for transformative peace; Gender, masculinity and diversity; Conflict, dialogue and non-violent communication and Analysis of current events and participatory experiences of peace building.

Student Cristely Abigail Flores commented: “This training process has taught us that it is in the group that we can make actions for change and not in individuality, because that is where peace as such is reflected.”

Since its creation, the IUDPAS has made available to the Honduran population non-formal education programs aimed at strengthening the capacities of professionals from different disciplines in matters of democracy, peace and security.
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.. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ..

An article from the Ministerio de Cultura y Juventud de Costa Rica

Music is a powerful tool to generate change; that is why the Ministry of Culture and Youth (MCJ) has launched the “Song of Peace for the Ocean” contest, so that a Costa Rican artist can compose the music for this hymn to the ocean.

video of the contest

The Government of the Republic of Costa Rica, through the Ministry of Culture and Youth (MCJ), assumes the commitment to the environment and the culture of peace, extended to human relations with the ocean, to encourage good conservation and protection practices.

This is the goal of promoting Costa Rican musical composition, a song in an orchestral format with a choir which will be performed by MCJ artists, within the framework of the Third United Nations Conference on the Ocean (UNOC), tol be held in June 2025, in Nice, France.

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What is the relation between the environment and peace

What place does music have in the peace movement?

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This goal will be achieved with the support of the La Libertad Metropolitan Park Foundation, the collaboration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Religion, the Ministry of Environment and Energy and the Costa Rican Institute of Tourism.

Given the relevance of the aforementioned conference, the Ministry of Culture and Youth will contribute with an artistic-cultural contribution through the presentation of the “Song of Peace for the Ocean.” This work will be performed by the Costa Rican Youth Symphony Orchestra and the National Symphony Choir of Costa Rica, highlighting Costa Rica’s cultural heritage and musical heritage.

This initiative is part of joint actions to conserve and protect the marine environment, as part of the “Declaration of Peace for the Ocean” that was signed by ministers, government representatives, members of civil society, the academic and scientific community, as well as other stakeholders, at the high-level event on “Ocean Action: Immersed in Change”, which took place in San José, Costa Rica, from June 7 to 8, 2024.

The “Song of Peace for the Ocean” proposes to bring together instruments and voices to motivate the global movement for a more sustainable management of marine resources.

Please see the participation rules here.

Proposals meeting the eligibility requirements will be received from October 9 to 25, 2024.

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. EDUCATION FOR PEACE .

An article from ANEP, Dirección General de Educación Inicial y Primaria (translation by CPNN)

Next Friday, August 9, in the Amphitheater of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, starting at 6:00 p.m., the book Culture of Peace will be presented, a work of support for teachers, educators, students and citizens who promote Human Rights.

Download the book here

The present edition of this book is a modest contribution from the Movement of Educators for Peace for the daily work of teachers, educators and student teachers.

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Culture of peace curricula: what are some good examples?

Promoting a culture of peace requires a set of knowledge and supportive attitudes and behaviors depends upon this basis. It is a collective construction that develops in the dynamic relationship between theory and practice in which the student and the educator are conceived as subjects of learning and teaching integrated within an educational community.

The different forms of violence that permeate our society are also expressed in institutions, but we have the opportunity to select and reproduce those that contribute to a culture of peace.

The educational institution that is based on the principles of a culture of peace constitutes the best environment for balanced and respectful personal relationships.

Learning and teaching in these conditions become a rewarding and productive effort that allows the integral development of the student and the educator. Therefore, educating in a culture of peace is not an additional effort that is demanded of educators but rather an aid to facilitate and make their pedagogical work more consistent.

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… EDUCATION FOR PEACE …

An article May 16 from the Universidad autónoma de Aguascalientes (translation by CPNN)

The Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, through the Center for Social Sciences and Humanities and in coordination with the National Council for Research in Communication Sciences (CONEICC), carried out the inauguration of the National Meeting for Communication Students 2024 “Communicate for a culture of peace”, an important communication event that brings together around 700 students from 15 different universities in the country.

Within the framework of the inauguration of this event, Dr. Sandra Yesenia Pinzón Castro, rector of the UAA, referred to the theme of this year’s edition. She pointed out that peace, although the most verbally collective goal, longed for in history, is an issue quickly forgotten, whether in domestic, public, or political contexts, both nationally and internationally.

In that sense, Dr. Pinzón recognized that, to achieve organic and lasting peace at all levels and contexts, it is first necessary to carry out an individual self-criticism examination. In the family context or in the case of each profession and activities such as students, teachers, administrators, managers, or specifically as journalists, one must be careful how information is disseminated, in order to avoid. actions such as offenses, omissions or distorted information that harm individuals and the social fabric itself.

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The rector expressed that regarding the slogan of “communicating for a culture of peace”, the meeting provides a favorable space to talk directly and indirectly about this topic, with the various perspectives of over forty specialists in communication, culture for non-violence and equity.

Dr. Sandra Yesenia recognized that the Autonomous University is fortunate to be the venue and co-organizer of this National Meeting of Communication Students, because it represents an invaluable opportunity to add reviews, proposals and commitments, in order to get closer to that still distant, but very, very longed for culture of peace and non-violence.

In the opening event, Dr. Ana María Navarro Casillas, head of the Communication Department of the UAA, expressed that these days of work should contribute to nurturing and continuing the academic professionalization of the university community of the UAA and of other institutions in the country.

Mr. Francisco Javier Pérez Rodríguez, president of the National Council for Teaching and Research in Communication Sciences (CONEICC), added that these meetings reaffirm the commitment as an organization and Higher Education Institutions to continue providing spaces for discussion and reflection for teaching. of communication and reinforce the work of innovation and research in communicators.

The event also had the presence of Mtra. María Zapopan Tejeda Caldera, dean of the Center for Social Sciences and Humanities (CCSyH); Dr. Rossana Reguillo Cruz, Researcher, activist and person in charge of the Inaugural Conference; teachers, students, graduates and communicators; as well as members of the University Executive Commission, CCSyH commission, speakers and students from public and private universities that make up the CONEICC.

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