11 Peace Education Around the World International Expert Meeting on Theory and Practice of Peace Education Feldafing 9–11 February 2004 Peace Education and the Challenges for Development Cooperation Dr. Rüdiger Blumör Division: Health, Education, Social Protection

21 Content 1. Introduction: two challenges for development cooperation 2. Background: Education and conflict transformation - education and social conflict - individuum and conflict - education and conflict from the child‘s perspective - approaches 3. The new sector project - goals and aims - guidelines - components

31 Introduction: Two challenges for development cooperation Thesis 1: Scientific findings with regard to peace education are applicable on modern industrialised societies. Challenge 1: With regard to development cooperation differentiated analysis, models and approaches are needed. Thesis 2: Peace education requires favorable political conditions which support its institutionalization and guarantee its operation. Challenge 2: With regard to development cooperation how to support the establishment of conflict sensitive education systems that are coherent at and between macro, meso and micro levels. (see Essentials of Peace Education by G. Gugel, U. Jäger)

41 Background: 1. Education and social conflict – the socio-political perspective Education as instrument of power the function of schooling: selection and socialisation Causes of social and political conflict – international relationships structural violence (poverty and misery) the new wars and the fourth world: failing states and markets of violence Education as cause of social and political conflict segregation vs. integration indoctrination vs. enlightment language policy in Africa

51 Background: 2. Individuum and conflict – socio-psychological perspective Social, moral, ethical development of children stereotypes, prejudices, foe images cognitive and emotional learning cultural comparative approaches Family and conflict violence at home, violence against children and women School and conflict violence in schools

61 Background: 3. Education and conflict from the child‘s perspective The marginalised child deprived of education: Child labour Child abuse and child prostitution Street children and homelessness Children as victims and perpetrators (child soldiers and war orphans) Juvenile delinquency Children with disabilities Refugee children and displaced children

71 Background: 4.1 Approaches Promoting democratic behaviour and living together peacefully through education (e.g. curriculum development, teacher education, school development) - development of social and personal competencies - conflict transformation/management in and out of school - participation of students and parents in decission making - peer education/mediation - pre-school programs - school as safe place - civic education

81 Background: 4.2 Approaches Education and crisis prevention - compensatory measures in post-crisis situations (reintegration of marginalised children and youth) - preventive measures during different stages of crisis (e.g. intractable conflicts) - conflict/crisis sensitive education systems education programs as components of peace building coherence on and between levels of interventions

91 Education and conflict transformation – the new sector project Principal client:German Ministry for Economic Coooperation and Development (BMZ) Volume:1 Mio. € (for phase 1) Duration:8 years in total first phase 3 years ( ) Contact:Dr. Rüdiger Blumör

101 Education and conflict transformation Overall goal: Children and young people in partner countries of German development cooperation learn to live together peacefully and show commitment to social cohesion. Aim: Education concepts and instruments for promoting democratic behaviour and living together peacefully are applied in focal sector strategies and programs of development cooperation. referring to education programs/projects education measures in cooperation with other sector programs

111 Education and conflict transformation Guidelines Education as human right (e.g. UN convention on the right of the child 1989) Poverty reduction strategies (MDG, program of action 2015) Education for all world education forum Dakar 2000 decade on education for sustainable development ( ) UNESCO report on education for the 21. century

121 Education and conflict transformation Project components Development of appropriate concepts, methods and instruments major activities: - analysis and documentation of experience - implementation of innovative approaches (pilot measures) - sensitization, training, networking Advisory services for BMZ (sector strategy papers, program development) Strengthening the cross-sectorial cooperation between basic education and other sectors within development cooperation