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INITIATIVES AND
PROJECTS
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Andalucía
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Andalusian
Plan of Education for a Culture of Peace
On
October 5, 2002, the order of the Education and Science Council
was published in the Government report of the Junta de
Andalucia of this autonomous region
according to which the Andalusian Plan of Education for the
Culture of Peace and Non-violence is approved and begins
with "an opened proposal to the reality of Andalusia,
in order to get a better learning environments and values in
education". The opinion of the Junta de Andalucia
is, "the education
constitutes, as a factor of progress, social cohesion and
development, the essential base of the Culture of Peace and
one of the pillars on which any future project is based
in order to face successfully the constant changing processes
of
our society".
The
base of the values of the Andalusian Plan of
Education for the Culture of Peace and Non-violence are specified in four pedagogical scopes:
Education
for a democratic society
Education for a culture of peace, human rights, democracy
and tolerance
Building a better school coexistence
Preventing a culture of violence.
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Castilla La Mancha |
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Toledo:
Capital of the Culture of Peace
On
July 25th, the full meeting of the Council of Toledo unanimously
approved the proposal to declare the city of Toledo the “Capital
of the Culture of Peace”, in accordance with the initial project
presented by the Asociación Cultural Amigos del Toledo Islámico
(Cultural Association of the Friends of Islamic Toledo), one of the
main private associations supporting the three historical
cultures of the city.
In
the same full meeting, it was agreed that this capital status
would be offered
to the Fundación Cultura de Paz (Foundation for a Culture of
Peace), with the aim of signing collaboration agreements to promote local, national and international activities in this city related to the
culture of peace.
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Manifesto
for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence Adhesion
In
an official ceremony held in Toledo on November 22nd, 2001, the
Regional Government, educational schools of Castilla-La Mancha,
and teaching Unions, joined to the Manifesto for a Culture of
Peace and Non-Violence. More than 500 students from the region also
attended this event.
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Federico Mayor
Zaragoza: "We
need to build a future based on the security of peace and not on
silence"
Summary
from El Día (Toledo), November 23rd, 2001
The
Chairman of the Fundación Cultura de Paz encouraged young people "to
remain firm in solidarity and not giving up",
as "today we launch a shout of hope and request the transition to a
culture of peace". Mayor Zaragoza
emphasized that "this change of culture should be promoted in educational schools among parents, students and teachers" in order
that "in ten years we can say it was possible: that violence is unnecessary and
we can use the
dialogue to understand each other".
Mr.
José Bono, President of the Autonomous Community, highlighted that the
educational world is the most appropriate one to spread the tolerance values, as he
assures in his
speech, "tolerance is a value which is learned both at home and
at school; otherwise we will never learn it". Paraphrasing
Martin Luther King Jr., Bono urged the students who attended this
event in San Pedro Martir Church, to join
the "revolution against injustice".
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La
Rioja
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On
October 28th, the Autonomous Region of La Rioja joins
to the Manifesto 2000 for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence.
In
a ceremony held at the Monastery of
San
Millán de la Cogolla, all political parties, unions and
representatives from different sectors from La Rioja society,
subscribed the Manifesto 2000 for a culture of peace and
non-violence, following the initiative of
the Foundation for a Culture of Peace.
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Navarra
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The Autonomous Region of Navarra and its educational schools joined the Manifesto 2000 for
a Culture of Peace and Non Violence
The
Government of Navarra and its educational schools signed the Manifesto 2000
on December 10th of this year, following the initiative promoted by the
Fundación Cultura de Paz.
Europa
Press
The
Manifesto 2000, which was drafted by a group
of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, has already been signed by over 72 million people
all over the world. The Chairman of the Fundación Cultura de
Paz,
Federico Mayor Zaragoza, was adamant with regard to the importance of
"creating, even inventing, our own attitudes, our own answers, with
respect to our attitude
during centuries following the Roman proverb si vis pacem, para
bellum (if
you want peace, prepare for war), with the consequences that we all know". Federico Mayor Zaragoza recommended
to reduce the “male predominance in the world” and to recover the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The President of the
Autonomous Region of Navarra, Mr. Miguel Sanz
stated that there was no need to justify adhesion to the Manifesto because
there always are enough reasons recommending to have an
active attitude against violence". He also recalled that the Parliament of Navarra
adopted a resolution for promoting
the culture of peace at schools of the Autonomous Region and that
the Fundación Cultura de Paz coincides with this initiative.
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