Balay Mindanaw Foundation, Inc.

Kaangayan, Kalambuan, Kalinaw ... sa Mindanaw, sa Pilipinas, sa Kalibutan

ICPeace 2009 Operation Peace Works

Balay Mindanaw, through its International Center for Peace in Mindanaw (ICPeace), is opening its 2009 Operation Peace Works with a range of courses, trainings, study session, film showing, conferences and other events that deal with the knowledge, skills and experience of community advocates, youth, academe, military, local government officials and practitioners working in the fields of peace building, conflict transformation, conflict management, development work, governance and other related areas.

OPERATION PEACE COURSES (OPKORS!)

Training of Trainers in Peace building (ToT)
3-7 February 2009

Comprehensive Course on Community-based Peace building
15-28 March 2009
19 April- 2 May 2009
9-22 August 2009
8-21 November 2009

Conflict Management and Peace building for the Military and Police
9-13 March 2009
14-18 September 2009
12-16 October 2009

Trauma Healing and Stress Management
30 March-3 April 2009 (tentative)
15-21 November 2009

Training-Workshop on Mediation
(to be announced later)

PEACE STUDY SESSIONS

Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR)
and the Global Peace and Conflict Situation
2 February 2009

The Global Financial Crisis
and its impact to the community-based peace and development work
2 March 2009 (tentative)

PEACE CONFERENCES AND ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS

Integrating Peace Policies in the Security Sector Reform Program
1 March 2009 (tentative)

PEACE FILM SHOWING, PEACE BOOK READING AND OTHER PRODUCTIONS

Amazing Grace
(A film based on the life of the British anti-slavery pioneer
and lobbyist William Wilberforce in the 18th Century)
February 2009 (to be announced)

Vagina Monologue
March 2009 (to be announced)

ICPeace also offers film showing, book reading and story telling for kids

YOUTH PEACE CAMP
18-22 May 2009
(Venue: outside Cagayan de Oro City)

PEACE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
for Young Peace Practitioners
Application: February 2009
Selection and Orientation: March 2009
Actual Internship Period: April-May 2009
Commencement and Evaluation: May 2009

ICPeace maintains a corner of Peace Work products and handicrafts made by local and indigenous groups and cooperatives, as we try to help them in the promotion and marketing. Also included for sale here are peace books which we publish and reproduce.

ICPeace Team
Balay Mindanaw