SDDP Peace Education Initiative 2017- Challenges

SDDP Peace Education Initiative Report Title Peace Education Initiative 2017 Project Peace Education Initiative 2017 Triggering Question What are needed reforms designed and integrated into the existing educational systems so as to render education in the respective communities catalytic and supportive of mutual understanding, cooperation and peaceful coexistence among the people of Cyprus? Dates First Event: 29 Sept. to 1 Oct., 2017 Second Event: 7-8 Oct, 2017 Author(s) Yiannis Laouris Total Duration 2 days Statistics Participants= 11 Number of ideas=36 Number of Clusters=10 Ideas received Votes=23 Ideas on MAP R=17 Spreathink ST=58.1%

Executive Summary

The Triggering Question (TQ) was

What are the challenges facing the respecting educational systems in light of the continuing reconciliation process so as to render education in the respective communities catalytic and supportive of mutual understanding, cooperation and peaceful coexistence among the people of Cyprus?

In response to the TQ, the 11 participants came up with 36 characteristics, which were categorized in 10 clusters. Following the voting process, 23 ideas received one or more votes and 17 were structured to create the influence MAP shown below.

Sorted clusters from the Characteristics SDDP of the Peace Education Project 2017 TQ.

Influence tree from the Characteristics SDDP of the Peace Education Project 2017 TQ.

According to the participants of this workshop, appear to be the most influential were:

• Challenge 36: Political instability regarding reconciliation
  
• Challenge 05: The involvement of motherlands
  
• Challenge 32: The impact of religion
  
• Challenge 34: Denial to interact with the other
  

The workshop was facilitated by Yiannis Laouris, Harry Anastasiou, Katerina Fotiou and Ngam Leslie Timngum. The workshop was attended by 11 participants. In sum, the participants of the dialogue reported their satisfaction that their voices have been heard and documented and communicated their expectations for follow-up activities to address the diagnosis of their needs.

Sponsor and partners

• Conflict Resolution Department
• Portland State University
• Hatfield School of Government
• Rotarian Action Group for Peace

Participants

The participants were:

#	Name and Surname	Age	Gender	Occupation
1	Ulus Irkad	50+	Male	Primary teacher (Phd student on Peace Education)
2	Sophia Arnaouti	31-40	Female	Global Education Officer
3	Okan Bullici	18-30	Male	Psychologist
4	Evie Grouta	18-30	Female	Freelance Educator
5	Yeliz Osman	18-30	Female	PhD candidate
6	Hazal Ozaktan	18-30	Female	Freelancer
7	Maria Loizou- Theodosiou	50+	Female	Teacher
8	Zehra Azizbeyli	31-40	Female	Lecturer
9	Katerina Antoniou	18-30	Female	Lecturer
10	Nasia Hadjigeorgiou	18-30	Female	University Lecturer (School of Law)
11	Pantelis Makris	50+	Male	Special Education Consultant