Invitation for the Participation in 2023 Peace Days
Future = Positive Peace
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, September 20 – 22, 2023
The Network for Building Peace is organising Peace Days under the slogan ”Future = Positive Peace” in cooperation with forumZFD in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Forum Civil Peace Service) and Peace Education Hub at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Sarajevo. This event will also include the award of the Peace Prize ”Goran Bubalo” that will take place for the eleventh time and marking of the International Peace Day on September 21, 2023 and the International Peace Education Day on September 20, 2023 and will gather peace activists, teachers, experts, educators and young activists.
Peace Days will be an additional opportunity to promote peace in the country and the region and invite decision makers to resolve conflicts peacefully. The event will particularly focus on the link between peace building and support to the local socio-economic development and EU integration for the purpose of creating new jobs, strengthening the education sector and peace education, culture of remembrance, the health sector and the judiciary and digitalisation and green transformation of Western Balkan societies. The three-day event will include the Peace Pedagogy Summer School, ”Peace Activism for Peace” Conference intended for youth in particular, 11th ”Goran Bubalo” Prize Award Ceremony and a regional seminar entitled ”Peace Education and Human Rights: How Can Divisions at Schools and Discrimination against Youth in Community Work Be Overcome”.
These social aspects and institutions are the ones building long-term and positive peace that Peace Days focus on. A positive peace also includes attitudes, institutions and structures that build and maintain peaceful societies, and they are closely related to economic development, environmental protection, and higher resilience and adaptability to social change. Youth are key positive peace and change enablers in all aspects of our lives. Youth bring power, motivation, inspiration and wish for the elimination of divisions. We are also inviting the representatives of the formal and informal education sector and all interested persons to join us during Peace Days.
In addition to awareness raising, Peace Days also include educational activities and a conference during which youth will be able to present their opinions and perspectives of peace building at their local communities and the links to the socio-economic development. Conclusions, new contacts and networking during Peace Days will be used by the Network for Building Peace and its partners to step up their efforts in sustainable peace building and intensify their work at local communities, especially in the framework of the Local Works Project – Snaga lokalnog. Please register using this link.
Agenda
Day I
Event 1: Peace Pedagogy Summer School (Part 1)
Date: September 20, 2023 (Wednesday)
Venue: Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Sarajevo, classroom 125, 1st floor (Franje Račkog 1)
Organisers: Peace Education Hub and forumZFD in Bosnia and Herzegovina
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Arrival and registration of participants |
| 16:00 – 17:15 | Workshop 1: ”Peace Education for Teachers: Holistic Peace Building Approaches” Presentation of research and discussion about the role of teachers in peace education (Peace Education Hub and forumZFD in Bosnia and Herzegovina) Note: The workshop will take place in person and online, working language: B/C/S |
| 17:15 – 17:30 | Break |
| 17:30 – 19:00 | Workshop 2: ”Doing Belonging: Human Rights Education in a Graffiti Project on the Nuremberg Trials” Trainer: Soeren Torrau, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany) Note: The workshop will take place in person and online, working language: English |
| 19:00 – 20:00 | Get-together and refreshments |
Day II
Event 2: Conference ”Youth Peace Activism”
Date: September 21, 2023 (Thursday)
Venue: Youth centre, Grbavica
Organiser: Association Network for Building Peace
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Arrival and registration of participants |
| 09:30 – 09:40 | Opening of the conference and introductory remarks of the representatives of the Network for Building Peace |
| 09:40 –10:30 | Panel 1: Peace at Local Communities through the Prism of 5 Young Activists |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Panel discussion following the presentations |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | Break |
| 11:15 – 12:05 | Panel 2: Peace at Local Communities through the Prism of 5 Young Activists |
| 12:05 – 12:35 | Panel discussion following the presentations |
| 12:35 – 12:55 | Presentation of ”The American Bosnian Collaboration Project” that is the result of cooperation between the US William and Mary University and the Peace Building Centre of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Sarajevo Presentation of the project ”Development Path based on Peace: A Contribution to the Local Community” by the youth association ”Youth Centre” Bugojno and Youth Council of Bugojno Municipality |
| 12:55 – 13:00 | Closing remarks |
| 13:00 – 13:50 | Lunch break |
Day II
Event 3: ”Goran Bubalo” Peace Prize Award Ceremony
Date: September 21, 2023 (Thursday)
Venue: Youth Centre, Grbavica
Organiser: Association Network for Building Peace
| 14:00 – 14:15 | Introductory remarks, President of the Network for Building Peace |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Peace message – Presentation and introduction of competition winners |
| 14:45 – 15:00 | ”Goran Bubalo” Peace Prize Award Ceremony |
| 15:00– 15:15 | Press statements |
| 15:15 – 16:00 | Refreshments |
Day II
Event 4: Peace Pedagogy Summer School (Part 2)
Date: September 21, 2023 (Thursday)
Venue: Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Sarajevo, classroom 125, 1st floor (Franje Račkog 1)
Organisers: Peace Education Hub and forumZFD in Bosnia and Herzegovina
| 17:00 – 18:15 | Workshop 3: ”Montessori Pedagogy as a Peace Message” Trainer: Marija Sablić, Department of Pedagogy, Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Osijek, Croatia Note: The workshop will take place in person and online, working language: B/C/S |
| 18:15 – 18:30 | Break |
| 18:30 – 19:45 | Workshop 4:Empathy, Language, and Peace: A Framework for Classroom Practice Trainer: Adriana Merino, Yale University Note: The workshop will take place in person and online, working language: English |
| 19:45 – 20:30 | Get-together and refreshments |
Day III
Event 5: Regional Seminar
”Peace Education and Human Rights”
Date: September 22, 2023 (Friday)
Venue: Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Sarajevo, classroom 125, 1st floor (Franje Račkog 1)
Organisers: forumZFD in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Peace Education Hub
| 09:30– 10:00 | Arrival and registration of participants |
| 10:00 – 12:00 | Lecture and discussion “How Can Divisions at Schools and Discrimination against Youth in Community Work Be Overcome? Facilitator: Nedim Krajišnik (COI, Step by Step) Trainers: Prof. Nenad Veličković, Ph.D., Professor, Author, Founder and Editor of Školegijum, Sarajevo; Vanesa Galić, Project Manager, Nansen Dialogue Centre (NDC) Mostar; Vjollca Krasniqi, Sociologist, Associate Professor at the University of Priština, Kosovo; Predrag Raosavljević, Head of the Department for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination, Assistant Ombudsman for Human Rights, Banja Luka Note: The workshop will take place in person and online, working language: B/C/S, interpretation will be provided into English |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Refreshments |