Israeli-Palestinian Workshop on Education for Peace

December 5-6, 2008 Tantur, Jerusalem Following the workshops of January, April and August 2008 we are holding the Fourth Peace & Democracy Education Workshop that will once again bring together peace educators, curricula writers, encounter facilitators, peace studies practitioners, conflict resolution practitioners, mediators, and activists from academia, research sector, governmental and community organizations and others from Israel, Palestine and beyond. The Workshop will be a tremendous opportunity for dialogue, debate and visioning with collaboration and cooperation between the body of theory and practice. The Workshop will be meeting grounds for dialogue and mutual learning from the field of peace education from the viewpoint of academia and from the field of practioners. The Workshop will raise critical issues and acquire new insights into the profound peace education developments in Israel, Palestine and around the world. Furthermore, the Workshop will provide an excellent opportunity to build connections across multi-disciplinary sectors. This workshop will be organized by thematic tracks. Participants will be able to attend workshops and sessions in any of the tracks but for those who would like to focus more on a specific area will be able to do so. The following are the three tracks: Academic Track, Experiential Track and Classroom lesson plans and experiences in peace education.?The organization of the workshop on these tracks is based on the recommendations of the last two workshops. We hope that it will enable people to go deeper into the subject areas of their interest. Registration is open through November 30, 2008 Deadline for submitting abstracts is November 25, 2008 Deadline for Palestinian Permit Requests is November 19, 2008 Participation Call for Abstracts IPCRI is calling on potential participants to submit an abstract for making a presentation at the workshop. This is not a formal academic conference therefore; abstracts will be evaluated on a wider basis than the normal academic criteria. We are looking for creative, exciting and innovative approaches to peace education. Deadline for submitting abstracts is November 28, 2008 With the letter you will find: A registration form An abstract form A form for Palestinians who need a permit to enter Israel Explanation about costs and finances: Costs, budgets and finances We have no funding for this workshop. In the last workshop, almost everyone asked for a full or partial scholarship. We will try to raise funds to support scholarships. We cannot promise anything at this point. But our policy is that everyone who has something to contribute and to benefit from participating will participate. Lack of funds will not stand in the way. We are requesting that everyone pay as much as you can afford taking into account the real costs of this workshop: The price for the workshop for 2 days, full board, a bed, and the program is 500 NIS (about $145). The price for the workshop for 2 days, meals and program without a bed is 380 NIS (about $110) These costs do not include any salary money for IPCRI staff who will be working hundreds of hours preparing and planning the workshop. We have no funding for this conference. We are asking everyone to pay something. The minimum payment is 100 NIS. We hope that most people will be able to cover their full expenses. We will be glad if you can pay MORE than the full cost so that we can sponsor more people who are not able to pay the full costs themselves. PAYMENTS Payment should be made at the time of registration.?How and when to pay: We ask that you pay when you send us your registration forms, preferably before you arrive at the conference. Please pay in one of the following 3 ways: 1) Print and fill out page one of this form and send it to IPCRI with your check for the amount that you are able to pay. Our mailing address is: IPCRI PO Box 9321 Jerusalem 91092 2) Fill out page one of this form and send it by email to mailto:sasha@ipcri.org sasha@ipcri.org and pay online: http://www.ipcri.org/donate.html Please indicate on-line that the payment is for the Peace Education Workshop on December 5-6, 2008. 3) Come to the IPCRI office in Tantur or send your payment in cash or check to the IPCRI office with your registration form. Sleeping arrangements We only have 90 beds in Tantur. We need extra places for people to stay over in Jerusalem. Please indicate on the registration form if you need a bed or if you have other arrangements. Please also indicate if you have extra places at your home in Jerusalem for people to stay over. Palestinians who need permits Palestinian participants who require a permit to enter Israel should fill in the Request for Permit Form and submit it together with the Registration form. Deadline for Palestinian Permit Requests is November 19, 2008 Friday Evening program There was a recommendation that we organize a Friday evening tour of Jerusalem, if we do this it will cost an extra 50 NIS per person. Please indicate on the registration form if you are interested and willing to pay for the tour. Gershon Baskin and Hanna Siniora – Co-CEOs, IPCRI Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information P.O. Box 9321, Jerusalem 91092 Tel: +972-2-676-9460 Fax: +972-2-676-8011 Cellphone: +972-(0)52-238-1715 mailto:gershon@ipcri.org gershon@ipcri.org mailto:hanna@ipcri.org hanna@ipcri.org http://www.ipcri.org Contribute to Peace Contribute to IPCRI Make your contribution online It’s fast, it’s easy —-IT HELPS All contributions accepted large and small $10 a month is easy and everyone can afford it (more if you can as well!) http://www.ipcri.org/donate.html