International fair of the peace initiatives
The International fair of the Peace initiatives is a living room organized by the French Coordination for the Decade which declines the culture of non-violence and peace in its various dimensions: justice, non-violent resolution of the conflicts, mediation, defense of the human rights, development and respect of the environment, disarmament, equality man-women, etc, in order to allow many people to familiarize itself with the culture of non-violence and peace.
1er International fair of the Peace initiatives - 2004
The first International fair of the Peace initiatives took place June 4th, 5th and 6th 2004 in Condorcet Space of Cité of Sciences and Industry, in Paris, Co-organized with the Catholic aid/Caritas France and CCFD (catholic Committee against the hunger and for the development), under the high patronage of UNESCO, in partnership with Le Monde , the Life , Télérama and RFI and with the support of the Town hall of Paris and the French Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Its godfather was Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Nobel Prize of peace.
This Living room brought together on 84 stands 114 exhibitors who presented their peace initiatives and French and international non-violences and it knew one big hit with the participation of more than 10 000 visitors.
Workshops made it possible to the visitors to live an experiment of peace and non-violence through roleplays, of workshops theater-forum or artistic activities.
Four roundtables and of the conferences suggested throughout all Living room allowed the meeting and the debate between scientific research (sociology, psychology, sciences of education) and practices citizens (associative, political).
Projections the documentary ones, concerts, spectacles, exposures of photographs, of posters, sculptures, paintings, drawings or other creations expressed the contribution of art to the culture of peace and non-violence.
2e International fair of the Peace initiatives - 2006
The second International fair of the Peace initiatives was held in Paris June 2nd, 3rd and 4th 2006, in the Center of the Congresses of the Villette, the Cité of Sciences and Industry. It was organized by the French Coordination for the Decade.
150 French and international exhibitors (cf the list of the exhibitors) presented on 120 stands their initiatives of non-violence and peace and many animations whose 40 interactive workshops will be proposed. 15 000 visitors were awaited.
Are partners of this second Living room the CCFD, Non-Violence XXI, Partage and the Catholic aid /Caritas France. It is supported by Pax Christi France. The partners media are Le Monde , the Life , Télérama , RFI and TV5 Monde.
The second International fair of the Peace initiatives will be held under High patronage of the UNESCO, which is leader of the international Décennie of the promotion of a culture of non-violence and peace with the profit of the children of the world (2001-2010).
International meetings
This second Living room accommodated in its center the International meetings “Actors of peace for a culture of non-violences” , coorganized by the French Coordination for the Decade and the international Coordination for the Decade.
En 7 international roundtables and 60 crossroads, these International meetings supported the meeting and the common reflection between actors of the whole world implied in the promotion of the culture of non-violence and peace and the general public. They encouraged the creation of networks and synergies to the international scales and were the occasion to give a better visibility to the culture of non-violence and peace.
Many actors and actresses of the culture of peace and non-violence intervened during these International meetings. One can quote those of the 7 roundtables:
- Mr. David Adams (Fundación Cultura de Paz, Madrid/the United States)
- Mr. Nafez Assaily (Library one Wheels for Non-violence and Peace/IFOR, Palestine)
- Mrs. Teresa Campos Chong (CECPA, Peru)
- Mr. Ibrahima Fall, Assistant general secretary of UNO in charge of the political questions and special representative of the General secretary of UNO for the Big lakes (Senegal)
- Mrs. Hildegard Goss-Mayr, Niwano Price of Peace (IFOR, Austria)
- Mr. Arnaud Gorgemans, director of EurAC - European Network for Central Africa (France)
- Mr. Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Nobel Prize of Peace (SERPAJ-AL, Argentina)
- Mr. Jean-Baptiste de Foucauld (new Solidarity vis-a-vis unemployment, France)
- Mrs. Isabelle Geuskens, Women Peace Program (IFOR, Netherlands)
- Mrs. Besa Hasani (Caritas Kosovo)
- Mr. Yazid Kherfi (To be able To act)
- Mr. Fulgence Koné (OIEC)
- Mrs. Solange Koné (ASAPSU/REPROJECI, Ivory Coast)
- Mr. Sri Loganathan (ASSEFA, India)
- Mrs. Elisabeth Maheu-Valiant (French Coordination for the Decade - IFMAN, France)
- Mr. Ivan Marovic (Otpor, Serbia)
- Mr. Boban Mirkovic (Caritas, Kosovo)
- Mr. Alain Moukouri, general secretary of the diocese of Brazzaville (Caritas, Congo)
- Mr. Jean-Marie Muller (MAN/Committee ICP, France)
- Mrs. Sigrid Niedermayer (Sector Education, UNESCO)
- Mrs. Susi Snyder (WILPF, Switzerland)
- Mr. Cornelio Sommaruga, international president of Initiatives and Change (Swiss)
- Mr. Rajagopal (Gandhi Peace Foundation, India)
- Mr. Eleume Narciso Ramos (ASCOBA, Colombia)
- Mr. Alessandro Rossi (Nonviolent Peaceforce)
- Mrs. Stella Tamang (Bikalpa Gyan Kendra/IFOR, Nepal)
- Mrs. Jacqueline Uwimana (Umuseke, Rwanda)
- Mr. Jean Basket maker (Arch, Canada/France)
Sites
- 1er International fair of the Peace initiatives
- complete Program of the 2e International fair of the Peace initiatives
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