Harmony Centres and Clubs to Promote Sustainable Peace in Sri LankaNirekha De Silva
Recovering from thirty years of conflict, the greatest challenge Sri Lanka was facing in 2013 was to maintain the peace and stability it has achieved. Although political violence ended in Sri Lanka in May 2009, the ideologies of communalism and sectarianism remained in the fringes of Sri Lankan society. The Harmony Centres and clubs concept was introduced in Sri Lanka with the understanding that taking peace for granted and failure to invest in social harmony will return Sri Lanka to social unrest and conflict; and recognizing community initiatives are imperative in advancing the spirit of reconciliation as social harmony cannot be achieved by the directives of the state alone.
The mission of the Harmony Centres and Clubs is to promote inter-ethnic, intercultural, and inter-religious understanding and interactions and provide holistic education for conflict transformation in contributing towards the development of a trusting and resilient nation.
Harmony Centres and Clubs to Promote Sustainable Peace in Sri LankaNirekha De Silva
Recovering from thirty years of conflict, the greatest challenge Sri Lanka was facing in 2013 was to maintain the peace and stability it has achieved. Although political violence ended in Sri Lanka in May 2009, the ideologies of communalism and sectarianism remained in the fringes of Sri Lankan society. The Harmony Centres and clubs concept was introduced in Sri Lanka with the understanding that taking peace for granted and failure to invest in social harmony will return Sri Lanka to social unrest and conflict; and recognizing community initiatives are imperative in advancing the spirit of reconciliation as social harmony cannot be achieved by the directives of the state alone.
The mission of the Harmony Centres and Clubs is to promote inter-ethnic, intercultural, and inter-religious understanding and interactions and provide holistic education for conflict transformation in contributing towards the development of a trusting and resilient nation.
A Century of Supporting African Engagement in International AffairsChatham House
A short presentation highlighting how Chatham House has been both a major forum for discussion on Africa, and an important platform for African leaders.
Social reconciliation or social implosion 20 oct 2011Lionel Bopage
My presentation on National Reconciliation, Transitional Justice, Rights and Accountability in Sri Lanka at the Australian Tamil Congress and Global Tamil Forum Human Rights and the Commonwealth of Nations Conference, in Sydney: 20 October 2011
OER-INTEGRATED TEACHING AND LEARNING IN A POST-WAR NORTHERN SRI LANKAROER4D
OER-INTEGRATED TEACHING AND LEARNING
IN A POST-WAR NORTHERN SRI LANKA
Sasikala Kugamoorthy, M. Rajini, Shironica P. Karunanayaka and Som Naidu
The Open University of Sri Lanka
Monash University, Australia
Presentation at Open Education Global 2017
Multiculturalism in Western Society: Features and TrendsЕрден Ибраев
Integration intercultural processes are now intensifying within the global community. In this regard, the question of the phenomenon of interaction of cultures, the degree and mechanisms of their influence on each other, the role and place of individual cultures in the global polyphonic ethnocultural choir is gradually becoming more relevant.
A Century of Supporting African Engagement in International AffairsChatham House
A short presentation highlighting how Chatham House has been both a major forum for discussion on Africa, and an important platform for African leaders.
Social reconciliation or social implosion 20 oct 2011Lionel Bopage
My presentation on National Reconciliation, Transitional Justice, Rights and Accountability in Sri Lanka at the Australian Tamil Congress and Global Tamil Forum Human Rights and the Commonwealth of Nations Conference, in Sydney: 20 October 2011
OER-INTEGRATED TEACHING AND LEARNING IN A POST-WAR NORTHERN SRI LANKAROER4D
OER-INTEGRATED TEACHING AND LEARNING
IN A POST-WAR NORTHERN SRI LANKA
Sasikala Kugamoorthy, M. Rajini, Shironica P. Karunanayaka and Som Naidu
The Open University of Sri Lanka
Monash University, Australia
Presentation at Open Education Global 2017
Multiculturalism in Western Society: Features and TrendsЕрден Ибраев
Integration intercultural processes are now intensifying within the global community. In this regard, the question of the phenomenon of interaction of cultures, the degree and mechanisms of their influence on each other, the role and place of individual cultures in the global polyphonic ethnocultural choir is gradually becoming more relevant.
The slide show is supplied with colourful maps and explanation with easy vocabulary. It can be used as a quick revision for exam. Class 10 students of CBSE can use this slide show.
Media, Technology, and Society - TelecommunityFaindra Jabbar
Media, Technology, and Society
Topic: Telecommunity
Overview
What is a community?
Classical theory of community
New trend of community
Globalization
How globalization impact community?
The rise of global communities of practice
History and conceptual frameworks for internationalization of higher educationPatrick Arsenault, RCIC 🍁
This slideshow was used in a class presentation at the University of Missouri in winter 2016 by Patrick Arsenault as a requirement for his M.Ed. Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis.
2. Context
• The Long Story: 30 years of civil war in the
North, failed insurgencies in the South,
religious clashes since independence from the
British in 1948 after 500 years of colonization
• The short story: Regime change in January
brings political will to reconciliation and
conflict transformation resulted in renewed
interest in Memory Work an Historical
dialogue
3. Recommendations of the LLRC
• “The process of reconciliation requires a full
acknowledgement of the tragedy of the conflict
and a collective act of contrition by the political
leaders and civil society, of both Sinhala and Tamil
communities…”
• “Based on testimonies it received the
Commission feels that this commemorative
gesture, on such a solemn occasion, and at a high
political level, will provide the necessary impetus
to the reconciliation process the nation as a
whole is now poised to undertake…”
4. GIZ in Sri Lanka
• Priority area: conflict transformation/social
integration
• Sectors:
– social integration
– education
– private sector development
– vocational training
• GIZ implements projects on behalf of the German
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
Development (BMZ) and other partners (EU)
5. Overall Objective:
• To spur a dialogue on dealing with the past
and diversity through recording oral histories,
development of a travelling museum reaching
out to school and local communities in rural
Sri Lanka and establishment of a Peace
Memorial in Jaffna.
6. Specific Objectives:
• To incorporate peoples’ perspectives/stories into history-making/writing,
thereby challenging monumental/partial historic narratives
• To develop an inclusive historic narrative of Ceylon/Sri Lanka since its
independence, told from a people’s perspective which will contextualize
its spurts of cyclic violence
• To change the common misconception of a museum from that of a static
storehouse of the past, to a dynamic space of education and
transformation
• To create spaces for people-to-people contact and deep dialogue that
facilitates empathic understanding of the other, forgiveness and healing
• To provide educational resources to rural communities that will help them
contextualize and understand the importance of reconciliation and nation-
building
• To promote the respect of other cultures and build consensus on how we
live together as dignified citizens
• To memorialize the victims of all violent conflicts in post-colonial Sri Lanka
inspiring a commitment to peaceful means of dealing with future conflicts
7. Partners
• Ministry for National Dialogue, GoSL
• Office for National Unity and Reconciliation, GoSL
• Ministry of Culture, GoSL
• Ministry of Education, GoSL
• University of Colombo
• University of Jaffna
• German Ministry for Economic Development and
Cooperation
• European Union
8. Key Elements of the Project
• Mobile Museum
• Oral History Project
• Peace Memorial/ Museum in Jaffna
