Founded in 1999, the Hague Appeal for Peace Global
Campaign for Peace Education (GCPE) is an international organized network
that promotes peace education among schools, families and communities to
transform the culture of violence into a culture of peace. The Global Campaign
for Peace Education is presently coordinated by Global Education Associates in partnership with the Peace Education
Center at Teachers College, Columbia University.
The Global Campaign for Peace Education has two
goals:
The Campaign seeks to foster a culture of peace in communities around the world. It has two goals:
First, to build public awareness and political support for the introduction of peace education into all spheres of education, including non-formal education, in all schools throughout the world.
Second, to promote the education of all teachers to teach for peace.
Campaign Statement
A culture of peace will be achieved when citizens of the world understand global problems; have the skills to resolve conflict constructively; know and live by international standards of human rights, gender and racial equality; appreciate cultural diversity; and respect the integrity of the Earth. Such learning can not be achieved without intentional, sustained and systematic education for peace.
The urgency and necessity of such education was acknowledged by the member states of UNESCO in 1974 and reaffirmed in the Integrated Framework of Action on Education for Peace, Human Rights and Democracy in 1995. Yet, few educational institutions have undertaken such action. It is time to call upon ministries of education, educational institutions and policy makers to fulfill the commitments.
A campaign to facilitate the introduction of peace and human rights education into all educational institutions was called for by the Hague Appeal for Peace Civil Society Conference in May 1999. An initiative of individual educators and education NGOs committed to peace, it is conducted through a global network of education associations, and regional, national and local task forces of citizens and educators who will lobby and inform ministries of education and teacher education institutions about the UNESCO Framework and the multiplicities of methods and materials that now exist to practice peace education in all learning environments. The goal of campaign is to assure that all educational systems throughout the world will educate for a culture of peace.
Monthy Newsletter
The monthly newsletter of the Global Campaign
for Peace Education features articles and news as to
how and where the GCPE network is active and growing. It includes a monthly
introductory letter from a member of the GCPE; reports from the field chronicling
successes and challenges; profiles of peace educators; listing of events,
conferences, and trainings in peace education from around the world; new
publications in the field; job postings; and occasional action alerts. The
newsletter will also feature updates, events and activities of the Peace
Education Center.
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#59 October 2008
Introduction by Elavie Ndura-Ouédraogo, Ed. D. (
Associate Professor of Educational Transformation,
George Mason University)
News & Highlights: Kenya, Sri Lanka, Israel, Nigeria, Costa Rica, India, Japan...
#58 September 2008
Introduction by Kitwala Nginilla (Dar es Salaam Institute of Peace Education - Tanzania)
News & Highlights: Ghana, Kenya, Lebanon, Philippines, Rwanda, S. Africa, Thailand, Uganda, USA
#57 August 2008
Introduction by Tony Jenkins
News & Highlights: Philippines, South Africa, Ghana, New Zealand, Nepal, Uganda...
#56 June 2008
Introduction by Cécile Barbeito Thonon (Escola de Cultura de Pau, Programa d'Educació per la Pau, Spain)
News & Highlights: Georgia, South Africa, Jamaica, Algeria...
#55 May 2008
Introduction by Eloísa Nos Aldás, Co-Director, PEACE Master (Master in Peace, Conflict and Development Studies) UNESCO Chair of Philosophy for Peace, Universitat Jaume I, Castellon, Spain
News & Highlights: Philippines, Pakistan, Nigeria, Kenya, Israel, USA
#54 April 2008
Introduction by Betty Reardon (Founder Emeritus - Peace Education Center at Teachers College, Columbia University and the International Institute on Peace Education)
News & Highlights: Article 9 Conference; Interview with Dr. Reardon; Israel, Palestine, Senegal.
Peace Education in the Field: Armene Modi (India) receives “Real Heroes Award”
#53 March 2008
Introduction by Steven Brion-Meisels (Director, Peace Games Institute)
News & Highlights: Nigeria, Uganda and Indonesia...and much more.
#52 February 2008
Introduction by Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury (Bangladesh / Former Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the United Nations)
News & Highlights: India, the Philippines, Fiji, Kosovo, Kenya, Saudi Arabia...
Peace Education in the Field: Reports from Europe, Israel, UK
#51 January 2008
Introduction by Tony Jenkins (USA)
News & Highlights: IIPE 2008; News from the Balkans, Nepal and Israel.
#50 December 2007
Introduction by Dr. Ofelia "Bing" Durante (Philippines)
News & Highlights: IIPE 2008; News from Afghanistan, Turkey, Bangladesh, Nepal, Liberia, Boston, Palestine, Philippines, Sierra Leone, and the Gambia.
#49 November 2007
Introduction by Kathleen Freis (USA - former Coordinator, GCPE)
News & Highlights: Peace Education for Women Through Soccer, Nigeria
#48 October 2007
Introduction by Dr. Ghassan Abdallah (Palestine)
News & Highlights: Liberia launches a Peace, Citizenship, & Human Rights Education Initiative Peace Education in the field: Profile of Amada Benavides and Fundación Escuelas de Paz, Colombia
Research: Conflict Resolution Education (CRE)/Peace Education (PE) Evaluation Project Proposal
#47 September 2007
Introduction by Elizabeth Evans-Risco (Peru)
News & Highlights: Peace One Day Internet TV Channel Launch; New Peace Education Plans in Nepal; Education Under Attack – UNESCO Study Peace Education in the field: Reports from India & Colombia
#46 August 2007
Introduction by Tony Jenkins
News & Highlights: Basque Plan of Action for Human Rights & Peace Education Peace Educator Profile: Elizabeth Evans-Risco (Peru)
#45 July 2007
Introduction by Loreta Castro (Philippines)
News & Highlights: 25th Anniversary Celebration of the IIPE Peace Educator Profile: Leban Serto (India)
#44 June 2007
Introduction by Werner Wintersteiner (Austria)
News & Highlights: Program on Education
for Participative Democracy, Culture of Peace and Human Rights
Peace Education in the Field: Peace Educator Profile - Andria Wisler
#43 May 2007
Introduction by Tony Jenkins
News & Highlights: 25th Anniversary Celebration
of the IIPE, Peace Education in Japan
Peace Education in the Field: News from Nigeria
and India
#42 April 2007
Introduction by Magnus Haavelsrud (Norway)
News & Highlights:
Amnesty International in Yemen, ICRC International Humanitarian Law Education
Peace Education in the Field: Updates from India and
the US
#41 March 2007 Introduction by Janet Gerson News & Highlights: Launch
of “Peace Education Online Communities” Human
Rights Working Group Visits Peru Peace
Education in the Field: Updates from Nigeria and Norway
#40 February 2007
Introduction
by Tony Jenkins
News & Highlights:
Peace Education in the Philippines; Global Warming education in UK,
World Social Forum Peace Education in the Field: Updates from
Peru, India, and Israel/Palestine
