Rotary Peacebuilding Summit

1. “How to Design Rotary Peace Projects:
Global Grants and Beyond”

2. • Rebecca Crall
Area of Focus Manager Peace & Conflict Prevention and Resolution
• Brian Farr
Global Chair, Rotarian Action Group for Peace
• Steve Goldsmith
Mediators Beyond Borders International, Rotary Service Partner
• Summer Lewis
Rotary Peace Fellow
Rotary-Institute for Economics and Peace Partnership Coordinator
Presenters

3. Rebecca Crall
Area of Focus Manager
Peace & Conflict Prevention and Resolution (PCPR)

4. Agenda
• Rotary and Peace
• Strengths and Challenges
• Rotarian Action Group for Peace
• Mediators Beyond Borders
• Working with Rotary Peace Fellows
• Questions

5. Rotary and Peace
PEACE - What does it mean to you?
What defines a “Peace Project”?

6. Strengths and Challenges

7. Strengths and Challenges
Clocks & Clouds
Many projects fail when we apply “clock-like” fixes
to “cloud-like” problems

8. Brian Farr
Rotarian Action Group for Peace

9. 3 Areas of Focus
Assist Clubs
in implementing peace
and conflict prevention/
resolution projects
Focus: Infrastructure for large-
scale peace projects
Peacebuilder Clubs & Districts
RAGFP Global Council
Primary Activity:
Child/youth peace
education projects
Educate Rotarians
including Rotary clubs,
districts, multi-districts
Focus: Capacity Building
Build Rotarians' personal
capacity to build peace
in their areas of influence
Primary Activity:
Create a primer on
peacebuilding for Rotarians
Raise the Profile
of Rotary International's
work in peace and
conflict resolution
Focus: Capture the Rotary
spirit regarding peace and
make it contagious
Primary Activity:
Competition for
Interactors/Rotaractors to
create 2 minute viral
peace videos, etc.
RAG for Peace Strategy

10. A Peacebuilding Primer for Rotarians
Your Piece of Peace

11. Part 1: Simplify, Unify, Engage

12. The 8 Pillars of Positive Peace
Part 2: Building A Culture of Peace

13. Maximizing the Peacebuilding Impact of Every Rotary Project
Part 3: Your Rotary Piece

14. • Youth Programming
• Capacity Building
• Refugee Integration
• Scholarships
PCPR Global Grants

15. Do No Harm
• Do No Harm + Conflict Sensitivity
• Community Needs Assessments for Peace

16. Steve Goldsmith
Mediators Beyond Borders International

17. Service Partner for Rotary
Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBBI)

18. MBBI Around the World

19. The only lasting peace is
the one built by
disputants themselves
People Building Peace

20. People Building Peace

21. Supporting the application and
development of indigenous
peacebuilding processes in
pastoralist (nomadic herder)
Kenya: A Country Peace Project

22. Empowering civil society leaders
to create a more peaceful and
prosperous Sierra Leone through
leadership development,
conflict transformation training, dialog
facilitation, and technical assistance.
Sierra Leone: A Country Peace Project
*Seeking support

23. Developing global cohorts of
women who are trained to apply
conflict transformation skills in
local contexts as peacebuilders in
their communities and regions.
Women in Peacebuilding
International Training Institute:
A Peace Project with a Multiplier Effect

24. Working Groups
UN Working Group Child & Youth Alternative Dispute Resolution

25. Partners in Peace through:
• Connecting to districts & clubs
globally
• Training Rotarians in Peacebuilding
• Engaging in joint project
• Connecting to Rotary Peace Fellows
MBBI Rotary Working Group:
Collaborating in Peacebuilding

26. Summer Lewis
Rotary Peace Fellow
Rotary-Institute for Economics and Peace Partnership Coordinator

27. Rotary Peace Fellows

28. Rotary Peace Fellow Skills & Experience

29. “A Stronger México” Workshop
May 2017
304 Rotaractors, university students,
and civil society organization
members from across México
Puebla, México
GOAL
Strengthen youth leadership in
México by equipping participants
with knowledge and skills in peace
and conflict resolution, based upon
the conceptual foundation of the
Pillars of Positive Peace
I MPACT
Participants formed collaboration
networks, are working on projects
together, and have shared their
learning locally; training has been
replicated in various regions
STRUCTURE
Intensive workshops on the
Pillars of Positive Peace, and
plenary sessions by speakers
from Rotary, academia, and
civil society organizations

30. Engaging Rotary Peace Fellows
Consider enlisting a Rotary Peace Fellow to work on your peace project
• To find Peace Fellows:
• RAGFP Peace Map: https://www.rotarianactiongroupforpeace.org/
• Mike Pfreim: michael.pfriem@rotary.org
• IEP Ambassadors: lsmolenski@economicsandpeace.org
• Rotary-IEP Partnership
• Rotary Peace Academy: www.rotarypeaceacademy.org
• Curriculum for workshops with RPFs as trainers

31. • Rebecca Crall - Rebecca.Crall@Rotary.org
Area of Focus Manager Peace & Conflict Prevention and Resolution
• Brian Farr - brianfarr@q.com
Global Chair, Rotarian Action Group for Peace
• Steve Goldsmith - info@mediatorsbeyondborders.org
Mediators Beyond Borders International, Rotary Service Partner
• Summer Lewis - Summer.Lewis@Rotary.org
Rotary Peace Fellow
Rotary-Institute for Economics and Peace Partnership Coordinator
Thank you!