ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN-INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PEACE AND DEMOCRACY EDUCATION An International Conference November 19-23, 2006 Antalya, Turkey Prof. Gavriel Saloman and Prof. Mohammed Dajani Conference Co-Chairmen “Peace and democracy education is a participatory holistic process that includes teaching for and about democracy and human rights, nonviolence, social and economic justice, gender equality, environmental sustainability, disarmament, traditional peace practices, international law, and human security” Hague Appeal for Peace
About the Conference IPCRI will be convening an Israeli-Palestinian-International Conference on “Education for Peace and Democracy”. The Conference will bring together peace and democracy educators, curricula writers, encounter facilitators, peace studies practitioners, conflict resolution practitioners, human rights educators, mediators, and activists from academia, research sector, governmental and community organizations and others from Israel, Palestine and beyond, with a special emphasis on other crisis regions. The conference will be a tremendous opportunity for dialogue, debate and visioning with collaboration and cooperation between the body of theory and practice. The conference will be meeting grounds for dialogue and mutual learning from the field of peace and democracy education from the viewpoint of academia and from the field of practioners. The conference will raise critical issues and acquire new insights into the profound peace and democracy education developments in Israel, Palestine and around the world. Furthermore, the Conference will provide an excellent opportunity to build connections across multi-disciplinary sectors. 1