Peace & Reconciliation
EUROCLIO is constantly seeking to create synergies with other organisations working in the field of reconciliation, and contributes to peace-building by “promoting the ability to disagree about interpretations of the past and their implications for present social issues without resort to violence.” (EUROCLIO Policy Paper) EUROCLIO maintains on-going relations with its partners through exchange of information, invitation to events, and joint implementation of projects.
Posted in Peace & Reconciliation - ACGRC
Analytical Centre on Globalization and Regional Cooperation (ACGRC) and its partner from Turkey ARI Movement won the: “Black Sea NGO Award for Excellency in promoting regional cooperation in the Black Sea region”. The Black Sea NGO Award is addressed to NGOs registered in the Black Sea wider region: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Turkey and Ukraine. The aim of the award is to enhance the profile of the Black Sea Synergy and its role in proposing a regional, cooperative approach in the region as well as the multilateral dimension of EU external policies. The initiators of the award are the Representation of the European Commission in Romania, the Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation and the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
East Asia is another region in the world, where the interpretations of historical events play a dividing and even sometimes a tension rising role. Since 5 years the International NGO History Forum for Peace in East Asia and the Northeast Asian History Foundation have been organizing international meetings, inviting civil society organizations and institutions committed to peace building in the region and beyond, with a special target on history and history education. Under the title Rewriting the Next Hundred Years of East Asian History, the 4th Forum was held from 18-22 August 2011, at the beautiful campus of the Yonsei University, Seoul. The Conference involved certainly more than 300 Korean and international participants, which were asked under the slogan A Historical Step, A Peaceful Future to think about rewriting the next hundred years of East Asian history, as an answer to the past hundred years, which were characterized by tensions and wars. EUROCLIO was represented by its EUROCLIO’s Executive Director, Joke van der Leeuw-Roord as co-chair the meeting and asked to give several inputs to the event. The Korean organizers also asked for best practice on teaching controversies and finding keys to reconciliation from the EUROCLIO network. Slawomir Czerwinski from the EUROCLIO network from Poland was able to convince his audience that practical solutions are at hand. His presentation focused on innovative learning about the suffering of the Poles during the Second World War and the role of Willy Brandt in the process of reconciliation.
