Join the Youth Peace Summit
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The Desmond Tutu Peace Centre is hosting a Youth Peace Summit in Cape Town in June 2010. Check out the invitation.
Programmes
3:39 pm April 14, 2010
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Collaborations for Peace symposium
Posted in Collaborations for Peace, Events
The Symposium
Throughout the world civil society is increasingly making its voice heard. Greenpeace, Amnesty International, Medicenes Sans Frontier and many other organisations are lobbying and calling for governments to account, making leaders answerable through mobilising worldwide support.
The results are that those in power can no longer dismiss NGOs as fringe groups or radicals fuelled by passion. Today they have credibility and have vital roles in exposing agendas that are driven by power and economics.
South Africa, thanks to its struggle heritage, has always had a robust civil society and now it must again step up to speak on behalf of those that the politicians can’t or don’t want to hear. Dr Mamphela Ramphele hopes for a civil society that would “become the key to fixing social problems that would become deadly if unaddressed”.
The Symposium planned at the occasion of the 1st visit of the Global Stewardship Group to South Africa aims to:
1) Provide a forum for the sharing of expertise by the international guests and those in SA who are in the business of building peace
2) Find ways in which to pool collective resources that will ensure effectiveness in addressing issues that undermine global peace and stability
3) Counter the intransigence that often results when organisations work in competition and in isolation
4) Contribute to a vibrant and constructive public discourse that begins to close the gap between the policy makers ad civil society.
The Global Stewardship Group (GSG) is a team of global leaders who are lending their knowledge, experience and time to strengthen efforts to end mass atrocities across the world. The GSG provides overall guidance and serves as a cornerstone of leadership for innovation, learning and cross sector engagement to address these pressing issues. Individual members of the GSG are: 1) diverse, 2) strategically connected, 3) cross-sector, 4) multi-level, and 5) dedicated to building a more effective global system to end mass violence and atrocities.
The Format
The Key Note speaker, Ms Yasmin Sooka, Executive Director of the Foundation for Human Rights will address the theme and frame the discussion.
The Respondent, Advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza, Former TRC Commissioner, will reflect on the address and add institutional reflections to the debate.
Four Panellists from the Global Stewardship group will form part of the panel with responsibilities to pose two questions to the key note speaker and the respondent. They will also speak on their own experiences and views on collaborating. They are:
Mr Youk Chang (Director, Documentation Centre of Cambodia)
Ms Gemma Mortensen (Executive Director, Crisis Action, UK)
HE István Lakatos (Ambassador at Large for Human Rights—Hungarian Foreign Ministry, Hungary)
Mr Randy Newcomb (CEO, Humanity United, USA)
The Audience will have an opportunity to comment and pose questions to the speakers.
Schools For Peace
Posted in Inspire Commitment to Peace
The Schools for Peace programme aims to train teachers as mediators in conflict resolution and to inspire to action young people affected by violence at schools and in their communities. It will address the racism, sexism and xenophobia prevalent in South African schools. It will be co-sponsored with the South African Department of Education, provincially and nationally.
Peace Forums
Posted in Create Spaces for Marginalised People
The objective of the Peace Forums is to identify social injustices suffered by various marginalised groups and highlight the leadership and policy gaps required to address these issues.
A National Priority? TRC Recommendations and the Need for Redress
Posted in Ensure Accountable Leadership, Events, General
The Desmond Tutu Peace Centre, the Foundation for Human Rights and the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation co-hosted a three-day conference entitled “A National Priority? TRC Recommendations and the Need for Redress” at the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront on from 28 to 30 October 2008.
Interfaith Dialogues
Posted in Ensure Accountable Leadership
Dialogue between religious leaders of different faiths can play an important role in promoting commitment to peace. The Desmond Tutu Peace Centre has initiated discussions with leaders of different religions to identify how the centre and Archbishop Tutu’s Mpilo Ministries can bolster their efforts.
World Leadership Forum
Posted in Ensure Accountable Leadership
The Desmond Tutu Peace Centre has initiated a process of learning more about the leadership challenges that inhibit world peace. It has availed itself as a resource to support the efforts of organisations such as The Elders and the Mo Ibrahim Foundation in brokering peace. Future dialogue will position the centre as a physical space for discussing how leadership can facilitate peace.
Collaborations for Peace
Posted in Collaborations for Peace
Collaborations for Peace, aims to reach out to like minded organizations around the world to work together in order to encourage dialogue and foster understanding.
