Education for Peace Sarajevo

(www.efpinternational.org)
The Education for Peace (EFP) program is a unique community development program
dedicated to assisting young generations and their teachers, parents and leaders to engage in
creating a culture of peace based on unity in diversity. It provides in-depth, systematic and sustained
programs of training in the foundations of peace, democracy, inter-ethnic understanding, human
rights and gender equality. The ultimate goal of EFP is to assist the participating populations in
establishing an all-inclusive civilization of peace.
Education for Peace (EFP) creates a civilization of peace by assisting individuals, families,
schools, communities and groups to prevent conflict, strengthen inter-group cooperation and apply
the principles of unity-in-diversity, equality and justice.
Today Education for Peace is creating peace on three continents, affecting the lives of
millions of people around the globe.
EFP is implemented by the International Education for Peace Institute as well as EFP
organizations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, and the United States. In partnerships with
governments, foundations, non-governmental organizations, schools, and individuals, EFP
continues to expand its service to the development of peace throughout the world.
EFP seeks:
To conduct community and social development projects in any part of the world with
a focus on creating a more peaceful and violence-free world;
To provide the structure for the development and implementation of the peace
education projects around the world;
To offer both community-specific in-class and international web-based Education for
Peace programs for school communities and leaders in various countries of the world
where the ravages of war, prejudice, terror and rapid social, economic, and cultural
change have created conditions of insecurity and conflict in families, schools, and
communities alike;
To establish a comprehensive on-line library on issues pertaining to Education for
Peace and make it available to educators and policy makers everywhere;
To conduct research on the principles of Education for Peace and make the findings
available globally;
To develop curricula of Education for Peace based on established universal scientific
principles and the unique cultural and social circumstances of each participating
group, making the curricula accessible to all through the Web, in as many languages
as possible;
To train educators and Education for Peace specialists who would, in turn, use their
knowledge and expertise in pursuit of peace through peace education;
To offer expert consulting services to governmental and non-governmental agencies
regarding issues of conflict, violence, and peace.
The Faculty of EFP-International is comprised of experts in fields of education, psychology,
law, conflict resolution, political science, history, religion, peace studies and sociology. The senior
faculty is complemented with a large number of educators from various countries with a minimum
of two years of intensive training in EFP concepts and methodologies. EFP Training programs of

EFP-International are administered by the Academic Council of EFP-International with following

membership:
Dr. H. B. Danesh is the founder and president of the International Education for Peace
Institute and the former president of Landegg International University, Switzerland (19982003).
He is a retired professor of conflict resolution and peace education at Landegg International
University (19982003). Dr. Danesh has conducted research and published on issues of peace
education, leadership studies, the causes and prevention of violence, Conflict-Free Conflict
Resolution (CFCR), and the psychology of spirituality.
Dr. Roshan P. Danesh is a lawyer, consultant, and scholar, who works, teaches, and
publishes in the areas of conflict resolution, constitutional law, law and religion, and public law. Dr.
Danesh was previously the chair of Department of Conflict Resolution at Landegg International
University, Switzerland. He is the co-author of Conflict-Free Conflict Resolution (CFCR) Program
and creator of the Youth Peacebuilders Network (YPN) of the Education for Peace Program.
Sara Clarke-Habibi, MA, was Associate Director of the International Education for Peace
Institute, Switzerland from 20022006. Ms. Clarke-Habibi was national coordinator of the
Education for Peace pilot project in Bosnia-Herzegovina from June 2000 to January 2002, and has
since remained an advisor to its program and policy activities. She is co-author of the Education for
Peace Curriculum Resource Book and the multi-media EFP-World e-Learning Program.
Stacey Makortoff, MA, Ph.D Candidate is the Academic Program Coordinator for EFPInternational in Vancouver and has completed her MA in Peace and Conflict Studies from the
European University Centre for Peace Studies in Austria.
Naghmeh Sobhani MA is the Director of the EFPBALKANS office, based in Sarajevo. She
has directed all Education for Peace programs implemented in Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2001
and has been instrumental in the success of EFP in this higly conflicted, post-war society Naghmeh
has field experience in human resource and project management in the USA, Niger, Burkina Faso,
Togo, Eritrea and Ethiopia. She has administrative experience in educational institutions including
Banani International School in Zambia, and the University of Connecticut, USA.