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I hope that this regional workshop has defined some key actions to disseminate the
culture of peace (culture of care) all over the Arab Region and, as programmed, all over
the world in future actions. The U N E S C O Office A m m a n is ready to strengthen and
spread the ideals of ASPnet and Life-Link in Jordan and in the Arab Region.
Anjum Haque
Head of UNESCO Office Amman
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The success of this ASPnet - Life-Link regional workshop was made possible through
the support, contributions, dedication and commitment of several individuals and
organizations. U N E S C O and Life-Link gratefully acknowledge the following individuals
and organizations:
The National Commission for U N E S C O to Jordan and the Arab Countries that
participated in the workshop.
The views and opinions expressed in the document are those of the authors and do
not necessarily represent the views of U N E S C O . The designations employed and
presentation of materials throughout this report do not imply the expression of any
opinion whatsoever on the part of U N E S C O concerning the legal status of any
country, territory, city or area or authorities, concerning its frontiers or boundaries.
© U N E S C O Office A m m a n 2008
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CONTENTS
Introduction 4
Methodology 5
Summary of Presentations 6
Recommendations 17
Annexes
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1. Introduction
Youth and schools communication, dialogue and collaboration across national and
cultural borders are parts of shaping a n e w international and global security. The n e w
millennium is the perfect time for initiating concrete and positive actions to take place at
schools worldwide.
The Life-Link program inspires youth at schools world-wide to take an active and
responsible role in increasing a Comprehensive and C o m m o n Security, realizing that
longstanding local and international security can only be built through citizen diplomacy
and constructive collaboration. Youth at schools undertake short-term, concrete Life-
Link caring and sharing actions that will, as an ultimate goal, bring sustainability to our
living room, Planet Earth. Life-Link has introduced the concept of "care" in order to
m a k e "peace" more oriented to individuals. T o Care for Myself, to Care for Others and
to Care for Nature clarifies one's role in society and towards nature.
The ASPnet - Life-Link Project will involve public community schools as well as private
schools, thus bringing youth from different socio-economic backgrounds together in a
c o m m o n program. This program will discuss vital concerns for survival that w e all must
engage in and take back to our h o m e communities.
2.1 Introducing the Pilot Project. In this proposed six month pilot project, schools,
teachers and students in ASPnet schools in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, O m a n , Palestine
and Egypt will share in this project. The pilot project is expected to enhance the role
of the ASPnet and Life-Link Friendship-Schools Programme by generating greater
understanding and fostering collaboration for common security in the n e w
millennium. This c o m m o n goal will be achieved through social and environmental
actions and within the framework of the U N Decade for Education for Sustainable
Development ( U N D E S D ) , the Decade for Culture of Peace and the Decade for Water
for Life and U N Millennium Development Goals ( M D G s ) .
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international security, a comprehensive c o m m o n security that includes environmental
concerns.
In 1997, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the year 2000 as the
International Year for the Culture of Peace; and in 1998, the same Assembly declared
the period 2001-2010 the International Decade for Culture of Peace and N o n -
Violence for the Children of the World. The focus of the year and decade will be to
promote the implementation of a culture of peace at local, national, regional and
international levels and to ensure that governments will be world leaders.
The Water for Life Decade was launched on the 22 n d of March 2005. The challenge
of the decade is to focus attention on action-oriented activities and policies that
ensure the long-term sustainable management of water resources, in terms of both
quantity and quality, and include measures to improve sanitation.
3. Methodology
The regional workshop for ASPnet National Coordinators and Life-Link Friendship-
Schools Programme, organized in close collaboration with the Ministry of Education,
was constructed according to the following format:
(ii). The selection of participants for the workshop w a s done by the National
Commissions for U N E S C O to Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, Egypt, O m a n and Jordan. T h e
participating Arab countries were selected by U N E S C O Office A m m a n and Life-Link.
(iii). The selected participants included the National Coordinators for ASPnet in their
countries.
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(iv). T h e resource persons (trainers) for the workshop were carefully selected on the basis
of their expertise and experience relevant to the main subjects of the workshop. T h e
experts came from the Ministry of Education, Life-Link, U N E S C O and U N R W A .
(v). T h e format of the workshop was basically structured to provide an overview and
background of the Life-Link Friendship-Schools Programme and ASPnet, followed by
experts' presentations relevant to the main subjects of the Life-Link Programme. T h e
workshop also had three discussion sessions on the different aspects of the Life-Link
Programme. Participants were circulated to these sessions one after another. T h e
workshop also had a session on h o w to plan for implementing peace actions as extra
curricula activities in schools.
4. S u m m a r y of Presentations
This chapter provides a brief summary of the speeches presented at the official opening
and closing ceremonies and presentations delivered by the experts of Life-Link and
U N E S C O staff at the two day workshop.
D a y 1, M o n d a y 3 December, 2007
The opening ceremony was held under the patronage of H . E . D r . Tayseer Al-Nuaimi,
Minister of Education and Chairman of the Jordan National Commission for U N E S C O .
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His Excellency stressed the importance of strengthening communication and
collaboration among youth all over the world, most importantly in ten of UNESCO's
Associated Schools distributed throughout the Kingdom's three regions. His Excellency
added that one of Jordan's priorities is to enable youth and guide them correctly towards
building their capacities, reinforcing their abilities, widening their horizons and providing
them with skills that will enable them to serve their homeland and society.
Dr. A n j u m Haque expressed her thanks and acknowledgement to Dr. Hans Levander, the
Chairman of the Life-Link Friendship-Schools, for organizing the seminar in A m m a n ;
M s . Charlotta Mansson, First Secretary General of the Swedish Embassy in A m m a n ;
H . E . Minister of Education, Dr. Taiyeer Al-Nuaimi; and the representatives of the Arab
and European Countries sharing in the pilot project.
Dr. Haque shed light on variousfieldsof cooperation between Life-Link Association and
U N E S C O Office A m m a n , such as establishing a fruitful partnership during the Decades
for Peace and Water for Life, both vital issues addressed collaboratively during the
workshop held in M a y of 2007 in A m m a n . The imperative cooperation that these issues
call for w a s encouraged by the invitation extended to Jordan to attend the Life-Link
Conference in Sweden last August in order to promote the ASPnet project.
Dr. Haque concluded her speech by recognizing this seminar as an essential step in the
fostering of coordination between both organizations working to build up the pilot
project. She expressed her thanks to Jordan National Commission for U N E S C O and
ASPnet school coordinators and teachers from the ten schools, wishing all the
participants a fruitful time at the workshop and sustainable cooperation.
M s . Charlotte Mansson extended her thanks to U N E S C O and Life-Link for inviting the
Swedish Embassy to take part in the inauguration of this workshop. She then expressed
her great pleasure in witnessing the cooperation that had taken place between U N E S C O
and Life-Link during the last year. This partnership is being further developed and has
lead to a far reaching networking between schools, students and teachers in this region as
well as other regions of the world.
She emphasized that Sweden has a long tradition of grass-root engagement and there is a
great interest among young people to partake in international development and to care for
peace and the environment. This genuine will to contribute to change is likewise
demonstrated by all the participants from a variety of countries taking part in today's
workshop and in the Culture of Care - Culture for Peace project.
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Ms. Charlotte Mansson finalized her speech by emphasizing her hopes that the
cooperation and partnership between U N E S C O and Life-Link will continue to grow new
leaves in other countries not yet participating.
Dr. Hans Levander welcomed the distinguished guests and participants and introduced
the three prominent qualities of the Life-Link Friendship-Schools Programme. The first
quality is the Life-Link Ethics of Care: each individual must care for him/herself, care for
other people and individuals, and care for the earth's resources. These ethics were
identified by U N E S C O Office A m m a n in December 2006, and have established the
foundation of the present Life-Link and U N E S C O ASPnet pilot project.
The second quality includes the Life-Link concrete program with proposed lessons or
peace/care actions within the ethics mentioned above. The program was discussed at the
Life-Link and U N E S C O workshop in A m m a n in M a y 2007 that welcomed U N E S C O
national coordinators from the region as participants.
A third quality of the Life-Link is the global network of youth, teachers and schools using
the Life-Link program. Fifty of these schools n o w join the ongoing pilot project.
The delegates organized their posters and the other products (research, magazines, artistic
works, and recycled material), inviting the guests to observe, ask questions and comment
on their work. The students answered questions about the impact and outcomes of the
sessions.
M r . Robert Parua's speech addressed International Decade for Culture of Peace and
Non-violence for the Children of the World (2001-2010). Mr. Parua started his
presentation by giving an introduction of what Culture of Peace means and the why we
need a Decade for Peace. After that he reviewed the general progress that has been
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achieved since launching the Decade for Peace, predominantly in ensuring equality
between w o m e n and men.
M r . Parua presented the Domains of Action for the decade that promote international
peace and security, and he then emphasized that for peace and non-violence to prevail w e
need to foster a culture of peace through education. The presenter then talked in detail
about the informal education action plan points and specified the U N E S C O role in this as
well as its "prize for peace" education. M r . Robert Parua discussed U N E S C O ' s Program
and the U N E S C O ASPnet Peace Pillars award initiative. H e finalized his presentation by
providing the participants with a list of related websites and wishing them a fruitful
workshop.
Dr. Hans Levander introduced a presentation that mapped out the steps to building this
project.
• What? The outcomes and follow-up activities can be assessed through statistics
and other methods by D r . Goran Save. M o r e than 12,000 student assessment
forms and around 200 teacher assessment forms have been completed by
participating students and involved teachers and school and national coordinators
have filled in on-line reports.
Dr. Save's presentation w a s about the preliminary statistical analysis of the Student
Assessment Form feedback. The statistical sample structure derived from thefirst2 0 %
of schools that registered complete data (baseline and follow-up). T h e sample w a s
comprised of the following:
• 10 Countries
• 22 schools
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• 53 Classes
• 1,419 students
Dr. Save m a d e s o m e comparisons of students' responses before and after the lessons and
found significant differences in most of the questionnaire's items.
M r . Suhail Shaheen completed his presentation by thanking all of the students and
teachers w h o participated in this project and demonstrated a willingness to disseminate
the message to others.
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(ii). Jordanian Experience
T w o students from the participant school gave a general description of their private
ASPnet school; presented the outcomes of their work on this project; presented the
steps/procedures of their work; gave samples through a musical composition; and
finished their presentation by introducing their o w n eco-club that links a group of
interested students and teachers. They do a lot of recycling every year in cooperation
with the Friends of Environment Society. O n their stand w e can see special magazines
m a d e of recycled paper. They strive to preserve the well-being of animals, have m a d e
several field visits to Dana Nature Reserve, and they also participated in a play titled
'Let's W o r k Hard' which focused on recycling.
M r . Riad Chirazi, a teacher and ASPnet School Coordinator from International College
School in Beirutfirstgave a general background about his school, its philosophy, and
objectives. H e then discussed Culture of Care and the school's collaboration with non-
governmental organizations to achieve the goals of this project. Activities forged in this
cooperation include:
• Care for poor families and orphans and assistance to the medical team
• Assist in the education of underprivileged children
• Support disabled youth and prevent delinquency
• Support the development of public libraries in Lebanon
• Raise awareness on poverty and social inequalities a m o n g school students
• Help in the integration of people with special needs
• Spread awareness about different kinds of accidents and injury prevention
• Raise environmental awareness on global warming issues
M r . Riad Chirazi completed his presentation by listing the study cases that were
presented in the sessions and the action plan that they finished. Finally, he mentioned
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that they started with 18 students in the session and by the end it seems that more and
more students liked the idea and believed in it until they became 30 students.
The presenter started her presentation by giving a general idea about the ASPnet schools
in Palestine, their message and approach. She then discussed h o w they progressed from
knowing and understanding very little about the project to slowly achieving greater
initiative by taking serious steps such as the following:
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M s . Sawsan Saleh completed her presentation by commending the good feedback and
daily contacts from teachers inquiring about activities and providing ASPnet with photos
and films. The office is preparing the draft participation program for 2008-2009 to be
submitted to U N E S C O Participation Programs.
The presenter started his presentation by sharing a general idea about the ASPnet schools
in Egypt and their projects for 2006-2007. H e discussed the Life -Link project and listed
the 10 participant schools (7 - Ordinary schools, 2 - Special Schools, 1 - Nationality
School) and went through the steps of implementing the projects inside the schools.
The school administrators encouraged the students and the parents as well to participate
in the project, so they started with a small number of students but ended with 70 students
and 25 teachers and parents.
The presenter mentioned several activities established within the project, such as
collecting food and clothes in R a m a d a n M o n t h and delivering 300 food bags to poor
families.
M r . Shawki Abdel Fattah completed his presentation thanking all of the teachers and
students w h o implemented the project and those w h o are working on developing the
project's Teacher Guidelines.
The presenter welcomed the organizer and the participants and addressed the preliminary
steps that needed to be taken to launch the project. They needed to introduce the project
to the authorities and schools by setting meetings with the Secretary General, the Minister
of Education, school coordinators and the teachers in the participating schools.
The schools then applied the Teacher Guidelines and received positive feedback from
teachers:
• " A wonderful project, I recommend to be applied in all classes of the school next
year."
• "The project is good and our students learned a lot, but it w a s difficult to
implement it because of the time."
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• " N o w I learned h o w to be a good friend even with the environment."
• "I'll always remember that peace doesn't have to be between countries, but also
with ourselves, others and nature."
The presenter completed her presentation by sharing her lasting impression of the project:
she is proud of peace actions extended by schools, the new website is great and easy to
use, and the teachers' guidelines were well organized and elaborated.
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D a y 2 . Tuesday 4 December. 2007
The Water for Life ceremony included a student's power-point presentation that
introduced the water scarcity scenario of 2070 and a p o e m cited by another student.
Delegates combined water samples they had carried from their h o m e countries into a
c o m m o n bowl. Photos of water perspectives around the world were then shown.
Dr. Talli's presentation addressed the International Decade for Action, Water for Life
2005-2015.
In her presentation Dr. Talli gave an introduction of the decade 2005-2015, critical years
to focus global attention on what should be obvious: water for life. She then talked in
detail about the Water for Life Decade that was launched on the 22 n d of March 2005 - the
background, goals and the central themes.
Dr. Talli talked about T h e Right of Water as a crucial element for sustainable
development, including the preservation of our natural environment and the alleviation of
poverty and hunger. Water is indispensable for h u m a n health and well-being. Dr. Talli
then addressed the significance of World Water D a y and the key messages of Water for
Life Decade that provide an opportunity to promote public awareness and the
dissemination of information related to the conservation and management of water
resources.
Dr. Talli listed the partners of the action (Life-Link, Ministry of Health, The Water
Authority, U N - W a t e r , U N D P , W H O , U N I C E F ) and discussed ways to promote the
decade.
Finally, Dr. Hadeel Talli gave a list of related websites and thanked all the participants,
wishing them a sustainable cooperation in their second day in A m m a n .
Dr. Hans Levander, Chairman of Life-Link, presented some photos with high
magnifications of h u m a n body organs and demonstrated the significance of water for the
human body's mere survival.
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2. Closing Ceremony of the ASPnet - Life-Link Workshop
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RECOMMENDATIONS
1) U r g e U N E S C O and M o E to strengthen the collaboration and coordination
between ASPnet and Life-Link Friendship-Schools Programme.
4) Provide teachers and coordinators with up-to-date materials, books, and other
resources.
8) Disseminate the materials of the workshop and the final report to all ASPnet
schools and Life-Link Friendship-Schools.
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Annexes
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• National Anthem
• Recitation from the Holy Qur'an.
• Internationally recognized music.
• Speech by the Director of U N E S C O Office A m m a n .
• Speech by H . E . Swedish Ambassador M r . T o m m y Arwitz.
• Speech by the Chairman of the Life-Link Friendship-Schools
Programme, Dr. Hans Levander.
• Speech by His Excellency, the Chairman of the Jordan National
Commission & Minister of Education, H . E . Dr. Tayseer Al-
Nuaimi.
ll:30am-01:00pm Culture of Care -> Culture for Peace Pilot Project Action 1.
I. Why?
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II. How?
Teacher's Guidelines and website - structure by M r . Andrei
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1 0 - 1 5 minutes presentations.
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