Hoy no están dadas las condiciones para iniciar un diálogo nacional que logre resultados; la propuesta del gobierno nacional tiene problemas estructurales.
Querídos amigos,
Están todos cordialmete invitados a nuestro evento el día 7 de Marzo a las 6pm en Londres. Para mayor información por favor click sobre el link: https://www.stethelburgas.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=823
Since October 2012 the Government of Colombia and the FARC have been negotiating a 6-point agenda to put an end to five decades of armed conflict.After agreeing on rural reform, political participation, and addressing production of illicit crops, last September the parties reached an initial agreement on transitional justice.
Gustavo Gallón, the director of the Colombian Commission of Jurists, will share his reflections on the pros and cons of this landmark agreement.
Limited capacity, early registration required. First come first served basis.
Language of the event: English
Organised by:
http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/justice-and-peace-in-colombia-developments-and-challenges-tickets-19802922073
El 3 de Noviembre de 2015 en las instalaciones del Consulado de Colombia en Londres se llevó a cabo la inauguración de la exhibición Los Rostros del Perdón, evento organizado por la Fundación Plan Perdón y apoyado por Rodeemos el Diálogo (ReD), St Ethelburga’s, Canning House, la Embajada y el Consulado de Colombia en el Reino Unido. Su apertura se dio en una de esas noches lúgubres, frías y ligeramente lluviosas londinenses que convirtió la sala del consulado en un perfecto resguardo para la reflexión íntima y personal alrededor de las siete imágenes e historias que hacen parte de la exhibición. En este ámbito ceremonial y tras unas breves palabras del Embajador, Dr. Néstor Osorio y la presentación de David Giraldo, director de la Fundación Plan Perdón, los relatos de propias experiencias de perdón y reconciliación de algunos de los casi cuarenta asistentes a la inauguración, no se hicieron esperar.
La exhibición presenta los rostros y las historias de colombianos y colombianas de diferentes edades, que han sido víctimas de cierto tipo de violencia en su país. Algunos han sido víctimas de la guerra, del narcotráfico, de la intolerancia, del maltrato, del abuso sexual o de manoteo escolar. Los Rostros del Perdón enfrenta al visitante con una realidad colombiana que a veces se confunde con cotidianidad y que en ocasiones parece parte esencial de su identidad. Éstos, son retratos de seres humanos reales, con nombre propio, de carne y hueso -como usted o como yo-, que a pesar de su terrible y sentido sufrimiento físico y psicológico decidieron perdonar a sus agresores y continuar adelante con sus vidas en vez de vengar, agredir, sentenciar, odiar o matar. Y que además de enfrentar sus miedos y reajustar sus vidas, se resistieron a quedar en el olvido de esa efímera memoria colectiva Colombiana, para contar su historia y ser ejemplo del perdón, el valor y la esperanza. Son entonces las imágenes de estos héroes del perdón, las que la exhibición trae para la comunidad colombiana y todos los interesados hasta el 20 de Noviembre de 2015 en el Consulado de Colombia en Londres.
Esta exhibición es una oportunidad para reflexionar acerca de las experiencias individuales de perdón, el diálogo y la reconciliación, y su potencial como herramientas de cohesión social claves para reformar la cotidianidad colombiana y su misma identidad más allá de la eventual salida negociada a los 50 años de conflicto colombiano que se negocia actualmente en La Habana.
Con su participación en este evento, los miembros de Rodeemos el Diálogo (ReD) reafirman una vez más su misión de promoción de la cultura del diálogo entre colombianos, colombianas, amigos y amigas de Colombia creyentes en la salida negociada al conflicto armado colombiano.
ReD agradece a Plan Perdón, al Cónsul General Rafael Merchán, el capítulo de javerianos en el Reino Unido y a todas las organizaciones convocantes por permitir nuestra participación en esta memorable iniciativa y hacerla un evento gratuito y abierto al público londinense en general.
Dear Colombians and friend´s of Colombia
We need some resources to improve the way we communicate, and to raise those funds, we came up with the crazy idea of cycling from London to Brighton. It is a 57 miles ride and you all have to know that this is a massive challenge, as none of us is either an experienced or committed cyclist, some of us do not even have a bike and those who have one, it may be getting dusty and rusty.
We will do this challenge=craziness, next Saturday 22 August, leaving from South London following a cycle path all the way to Brighton. We need all the support we can get to achieve this. For that we have created a crowd funding page where you can see more of what we are doing, and find ways of helping us by donating whatever you can.
Please help me by spreading the word and donating if you can. This is the link to the crowd funding page: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-great-peace-challenge#/story
Education Conflict and Peace in Colombia: an international seminar and workshop
29-30 June 2015 – Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge
Organized by:
● Cambridge Peace and Education Research Group (CPERG)
● Rodeemos el Dialogo (ReD) UK/Colombia
● UCL Institute of Education Colombian Students
Overview:
This two-day international seminar and workshop explores education as a critical but overlooked aspect of the Colombian peace process. Experts and participants will engage with the question, “How can the education sector contribute to sustainable and long-lasting peace in post-agreement Colombia?” Policymakers, researchers, educators and activists will have the opportunity to reflect critically together on the relationship between education policies, practices, and conflict drivers in Colombia and comparable contexts. They will also engage collaboratively in the identification of conflict-sensitive strategies for aligning education reform and the processes of conflict transformation and sustainable peacebuilding in Colombia.
Programme:
Day 1 comprises an expert panel discussion on interactions between education, armed conflict, and peace. Given the nature of the Colombian conflict, special focus will be on comparative case studies from Latin America which share the characteristics of asymmetrical armed conflict involving guerrilla and government forces, terrorism, narcotics production and trafficking, economic inequality, mass displacement, and Demobilization, Demilitarization and Rehabilitation (DDR) programming. The focus will not be on conflicts of religion and ethnicity which have less relevance to the Colombian case.
Day 2 will offer a workshop for participants with special interest in and knowledge of the Colombian context and education sector. The session will be divided into three parts: 1) introduction to the INEE toolkit for conflict-sensitive educational planning and provision; 2) a participatory conflict-mapping exercise of the Colombian education sector; 3) a participatory policy development and advocacy planning exercise for peacebuilding through education in Colombia.
Event Details and Registration:
See website: http://ecpccambridge.wix.com/conference Email: ecpc.cambridge@gmail.com
Background:
Since the 1960s, Colombia has been affected by armed conflict between the Colombian government, paramilitary groups, crime syndicates and left-wing guerrillas such as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), and the National Liberation Army (ELN). It is the longest internal conflict in Latin America. According to a study by Colombia’s National Centre for Historical Memory, 220,000 people have died in the conflict between 1958 and 2013, most of them civilians (177,307 civilians and 40,787 fighters) and more than five million civilians were forced from their homes between 1985 – 2012, generating the world’s second largest population of internally displaced persons (IDPs). Since 2002, peace negotiations have led to the demobilization of thousands of guerrilla combatants. Since 2012, the main parties involved have been moving closer to a political solution to the conflict, and the government has begun a process of providing assistance and reparations to victims. However, the details of the political settlement have yet to be finalized, and it is a fact that Colombian society remains divided by the conflict, both politically, economically, and socially. Education figures only marginally in the agenda currently guiding the Colombian peace negotiation process—an omission that is deeply disturbing. While Colombian educational reform efforts are currently underway, they are likewise completely disconnected from the peace negotiation process taking place in Cuba. Historically, Colombian education policy and curricula have not been framed through a conflict sensitive approach. Generally speaking Colombia’s violent dynamics have been either ignored or exacerbated in the classroom. Through both omission and commission, Colombia’s approach to education has contributed significantly to the ongoing conflict. An opportunity now exists to shape a positive role for education in the Colombian peace process.
Confirmed speakers:
Senator Claudia Lopez, Colombian Senator for the Green Alliance:
➢ Analysis of structural challenges of the Colombian education sector and proposed educational reforms in contribution to peace.
Julian De Zubiria, Founder of the Movement for Dialogic Pedagogy in Colombia, Consultant for UNDP and the Colombian Ministry of Education:
➢ Current state of the Colombian Education and proposed changes in contribution to peace: a pedagogical perspective
Dr. Andrei Suarez-Gomez, Research Associate Oxford and Sussex, Lecturer at Los Andes University:
➢ Introduction to the Colombian armed conflict and peace process
Dr. Tejendra Pherali, Senior Lecturer in Education and Int’l Development, UCL-Institute of Education:
➢ Influence of political-economic agendas on education: the case of Nepal
Professor Julia Paulson, Programme Leader, Department of Education, Bath Spa University:
➢ Relationship between truth commissions, historical memory and the education: the case of Peru
Dr. Jeremy Cunningham, Researcher, Conflict and Education Research Group, University of Oxford:
➢ Relationship between education and community cohesion: the case of Uganda Professor Alicia Cabezudo, Escuela de Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Vice President, International Peace Bureau – IPB Geneva (TBC)
➢ Peace pedagogies and teacher training
Sponsors:
● Education Equality and Development (EED) Research Group, University of Cambridge
● Centre for Research on Equitable Access and Learning (REAL), University of Cambridge
● Centre for Latin American Studies (CLAS), University of Cambridge
● Colombian Society, London School of Economics
● St. Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace
● Embassy of Colombia
● Avianca Airlines
Details and Registration:
See website: http://ecpccambridge.wix.com/conference Email: ecpc.cambridge@gmail.com
The evening is an exciting opportunity to link our Listen to the World and Community Reconciliation Programmes. Over the last year, we have been supporting a small and committed transnational group, Rodeemos el Dialogo (Let us surround the dialogue). ReD consists of Colombians and friends of Colombia who support the Colombian peace talks, and believe in the power of a culture of dialogue to affect transformation and build sustainable peace.
In support of the current peace talks, and amidst continued violence in the country, we want to show our solidarity with the work of ReD and organisations like them in building a peaceful future for the nation.
The evening will feature the Talentos Group London and as a special guest, the talented Carolina Herrera!
A guitar playing singer, Carolina’s repertoire ranges from Mexico, Venezuela and Brazil to Spain and Portugal; and not forgetting an American song or two. Since her first appearance on Charlie Gillett’s Saturday Night show on BBC London in March last year, Carolina has played the Queen Elizabeth Hall (as part of La Linea), Ronnie Scott’s on Sunday (twice) and on Robert Elms’ show on BBC London. She has also performed at the Radio 3 Village Stage WOMAD.
Come and join the party!
More info : https://www.stethelburgas.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=772
Cordialmente están invitados a nuestro evento de perdón que se llevara a cabo en la ciudad de Londres.
Speakers:
David Giraldo (LLB- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, LLM International Law- London Metropolitan University) Fundador Plan Perdon.
Juana Yunis (BA Political and Social Thought- University of Virginia, MPh in Politics, Development and Democratic Education (c)-University of Cambridge
Hosted at: St Ethelburga’s Center of Reconciliation and Peace. 78 Bishopsgate, EC2N 4AG London.
When: 27 de Mayo 6.30pm- 8pm
Free entry on a first come first serve basis.
RVSP: rodeareldialogo@gmail.com
Los invitamos a cantar por la Paz. Tarde de canciones de Paz – GRATIS – con el musico colmbiano Camilo Menjura
Show your support for peace in Colombia with a free afternoon of singing with Colombian musician Camilo Menjura.
| 2.00 – 2.15 | Arrival / Llegada |
| 2.15 – 4.15 | Rehearsal Singing / Ensayo Canto |
| 4.15 – 4.45 | Tea & biscuits / Decanso |
| 4.45 – 5.00 | Performance (free and open to all) /
Presentación (gratis y abierta al público) |
| 5.00 – 6.00 | Colombian Food / Comida colombiana |
We hope to use images or footage from the event to send a message to the peace negotiators in Havana.”
Esperamos hacer uso de las fotografías y videos del evento para enviar un mensaje a los equipos negociadores en La Habana
This event is acollaboration between Rodeemos el Diálogo, St Ethelburga’s and Camilo Menjura.
For more information / Informacion: rodeareldialogo@gmail.com
Register / Inscripciones:
https://www.stethelburgas.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=752
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