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April 2008
HEADLINE
 Module 4 Week 3
: Transforming Conflict : Building a Sustainable Peace
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| Dr. Mark Tamtai from Payap University (left) and Dr. Chaiyan Rajchagool from Chiangmai University (right). Dr. Chaiyan was a facilitator during the roundtable discussion on divergence and convergence from different religious perspectives. |
Roundtable of participants in Alumni room at Faculty of Political Science |
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Phra Paisarn Visalo, the abbot at Wat Pa Sukato, is the representative of Buddhism perspective. He can illustrate life phenomena and Dharma principles explicitly and concretely causing many people to realize the importance of Dharma which should be studied and practiced. |
Dr. Satha-Anand is an associate professor at Thammasat University. He is the founder and director of the Peace Information Center, Foundation for Democracy and Development Studies and president of the Social Sciences Association of Thailand. |
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Module 4 Week 4
: Transforming Conflict : Building a Sustainable Peace
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Dr. Jehan Perera is presently the Executive Director of the National Peace Council of Sri Lanka (NPCSL). He taught the participants about Sri Lanka conflict. |
Mr. Chaiwat Thirapantu is the president of CIVICNET, a non-governmental organization network, which seeks to promote civil society in Thailand. As the find lecturer in the course, he taught about building networks and alliances and invited the participants to reflect on their course experiences. |
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Participants during class have many opinions on Sri Lanka conflict and how to build networks and alliances to make peace. |
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An Evening with Global Peacemakers
APRIL 10, 2008
| The Rotary Center for Peace and Conflict Studies graduated its third class of peace fellows on the 10th of April with an event hosted by Chulalongkorn University. The evening began with presentations by the participants. Over 80 guests including embassy dignitaries, Rotarians, university associates, and other affiliates of the program were in attendance. The evening focused on celebrating the graduates and their achievements throughout the course. The course graduates are professionals from eleven different countries in the fields of law, international development, and humanitarian assistance. They have come to Thailand under the sponsorship of the Rotary Foundation to study peace building and conflict resolution. |
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| The presentations by participants, they are separated into four groups. They presented the different causes of the conflicts to the audiences. They invited their host counselors to join their presentations to show that the conflicts have many ways the resolve if you are willing to solve the conflicts. |
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| Robert S. Scott, Chairman of The Rotary Foundation board of Trustees |
Prof. Pirom Kamolratanakul, M.D., President of Chulalongkorn University |
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| Mr. Kishu Daswani, representative of participant |
Ms. Joy Balazo, representative of participant |
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Participants with RCPCS Director, Deputy Director, President of Chulalongkorn University and Chairman of TRF board of Trustees
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NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS |
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The Rotary Center for Peace and Conflict Studies at Chulalongkorn University is now accepting applications for its three-month certificate Rotary Peace and Conflict Studies Program.
Session V: July to September 2008
Full and part funding for the participants
are provided by Rotary International. The deadline for application is December 1, 2007.
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CONTACT US |
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Rotary Headquarters in USA
Jenn Weidman
Specialist, Rotary Peace and
Conflict Studies Program
The Rotary Foundation
One Rotary Center
1560 Sherman Avenue
Evanston, Illinois 60201-3698 USA
Tel: 847 866 3374
Fax: 847 866 0934
E-mail: rotarycenters@rotary.org
Rotary Peace and Conflict
Studies Center in Bangkok
Chulalongkorn University
254 Prachatipok-Rampaipannee
Bldg. 3F Pathumwan, 10330,
Bangkok Thailand
Tel: +66 2 652 5088
Fax: +66 2 652 5089
E-mail: peace@rotarychula.org
Website: www.rotarychula.org
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