Diversity
Presentation
"The beauty of the rainbow lies in its different colours"
African proverb.
Diversity is evident on a local as well as a global level and it offers an opportunity to enrich Peace Building and the Peaceful Transformation of Conflicts based on the principal of equality of different cultures. Ignorance, little or no knowledge of other cultures, and inadequate or nonexistent communication generate conflicts that may require the integration of intercultural clues to facilitate their transformation. The interrelation and coexistence of people on a community level, without losing the global perspective, are key factors in the process of Peace Building.
Goals
- To acknowledge, integrate and make visible the contributions of the different cultures worldwide in Peace Building and the Peaceful Transformation of Conflicts.
- To integrate an intercultural perspective into Peace Building and the Peaceful Transformation of Conflicts.
- To implement a policy of gender equality in our organization.
- To promote mutual knowledge and relationships between people and groups based on the principle of equality as a tool in the Transformation of Conflicts.
- To strengthen community networks promoting grassroots participation based on diversity.
- To promote sustainable human development on a local and global level.
Projects
- Implementation of Integral Project for Community relations in cooperation with the Municipality of Gernika-Lumo.
Phase III (2007-2008: Community Intervention, Diversity and Coexistence.
Financed by the Department of Human Rights of the Basque Government and the Municipality of Gernika-Lumo. - Project to promote the integration of gender perspective in the work of Gernika Gogoratuz and Gerniktik Mundura within the frame of the Plan for the Promotion of Equal Opportunities In cooperation with other non-profit organizations.
Financed by the Diputación Foral de Bizkaia, 2007. - Alkar Ezagutuz Project, in collaboration with CEPA (Centro de Educación para adultos-Centre for Adult Education) of Gernika-with the general goal of favouring coexistence in the town, framed in the context of Integral Projects on coexistence at a municipal level.
Financed by the Department of Human Rights of the Basque Government and the Municipality of Gernika-Lumo.
Activities
- Seminar Workshop on Interculturality and Community Development.
Organized by Gernika Gogoratuz in cooperation with the Master of Decentralized International Cooperation, Peace and Development of the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU), Culture House of Gernika-Lumo, Ideasur and Gernikatik Mundura. Gernika-Lumo - Leioa.
Financed by the Department of Housing and Social Services of the Basque Government and Gernika Gogoratuz.
2008 - VI Seminar Workshop on Interculturality and Community Development.
- Alkar-Garapena Meeting: Immigrants as active agents in Gernika and worldwide
Participants: Gernikatik Mundura, Ideasur, Gernika Gogoratuz, Association of Morroccan Immigrants in Euskal Herria (Azraf), Biltzen, Begi Berriak, Foro de Codesarrollo, Gazte Asanblea de Gernika, Cáritas Gernika, Amazonas Ondo, Association of Russian-lepovena and Members of the Romanian, Moldavian and Pakistani Communities
Co-organizers: Culture House of Gernika-Lumo, Municipality of Gernika-Lumo and Mancomunidad de Servicios Sociales de Busturialdea. Gernika-Lumo, March 22-24, 2007.
Publications and Audiovisual Material
- 2007
V Seminar Workshop: Interculturalidad y desarrollo comunitario (Interculturality and Community Development). - 2006 IV Seminar Workshop: Interculturalidad y convivencia (Interculturality and Coexistence).
- 2005 III Seminar Workshop: Interculturalidad y medios de comunicación (Interculturality and Modes of Communication).
- 2004 II Seminar Workshop: Interculturalidad y voces de mujer (Interculturality and Women’s Voices).
- 2003 I Seminar Workshop: Interculturalidad y construcción de la paz (Interculturality and the Construction of Peace).
Contact
Ińaki Goitia Gandarias
Responsible for the area of Diversity and Peace