International Conference on Education for Peace and Democracy
Building the Community of Israeli and Palestinian Peace and Democracy Educators
Nattarive Report
Introduction
On August 8-9, 2008 the Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information implemented a two days conference on peace education. This conference was the third of four such conferences planned for the current year. Following the success of the previous two conferences in January and in April, the August edition proved to be a useful event in the efforts to promote peace education in Israel and Palestine.
The conference gathered more than 150 people from Israel, Palestine and elsewhere to share their experience in peace education, their good practices and their ideas for the future. Most of the participants were facilitators, non-profit workers, peace activists and various practitioners in peace education, human rights related issues, academics, etc.
This event was an opportunity for dialogue and exploring prospects for collaboration. It was a meeting ground for dialogue and mutual learning from the field of peace education from the viewpoint of academia and from the field of parishioners. The Workshop raised critical issues and brought new insights into the profound developments in Israel, Palestine and around the world in the field of peace education.
A note on the need for the conference