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William TARPAI
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This is my type of contest. I want to encourage entrepreneurs from all around our country to be aware of this contest, and make efforts to link with entrepreneurs in Africa to use innovation to make new technologies work in exciting new ways that pr…
Keep up the good works Craig. It is very timely to update lists of organizations today, with more and more Americans, as well as citizens from around the world turning to social networking platforms to get involved with development work.
The attach…
It was pleasing to read a great example of grassroots America helping out in global development today. Surprisingly it was an article in Bicycling magazine. [ http://www.bicycling.com/ In the Bike Lane December 7th, 2009; "Riding With a Purpose" By…
Making the world a better place requires the commitment of everyone! Thank you for your efforts to make it happen.
I'm pleased to join your group, and want to share with you the International Red Cross movement's efforts Exploring Humanitarian Law (EHL). Please visit http://ehl.redcross.org/
The Exploring Humanitarian Law curriculum gives teachers easy-to-use m…
The Global Campaign for Peace Education has two goals:
1) to build public awareness and political support for the introduction of peace education into all spheres of education, and; 2) to promote the education of all teachers to teach for peace
With the war crimes trial of Radovan Karadzic finally starting in the Hague, it is a great time for young entrepreneurs who are interested in globally business to get onboard.
Having promoted micro-financing and entrepreneurship training in Bosnia for more than 4 years, especially in rural areas that had been ethnically cleansed during the war, they were clearly helpful for promoting small scale private sector development…
People Power is CRITICAL for making the world a better place. Having worked in several countries either 'in conflict', or post-conflict, linking diaspora, internally displaced persons and refugees to concerned citizens around the globe could be a tr…
Great timing for this course. The use of technology is making it possible for citizen diplomacy and involvement with international development. More of these courses should be provided in other locations around the US.
This is an excellent initiative. Good luck....
I have got some friends in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bosnia, Zimbabwe, Angola, and all 5 Central Asian countries that I will encourage to tell their stories.
USIP continues to do wonderful things. I definitely plan to give this post with distribution to encourage lots of entries.
American people need to become more involved in the world around us. We seem to get too rapped up in entertainment and the go…
It is sad to see how little attention is given to non-violence and non-violent actions by the power brokers who are running the wars in progress. My comments are based upon observations during a recent simulation exercise.
While it is pleasing to s…
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- What motivated you (or your organization) to become involved in peace and conflict resolution?
- I have been involved in peace and conflict resolution issues since 1976-77 (attending Uppsala University in Sweden as a member of the California State Universities and Colleges International Program.
- Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself or the work of your organization (no more than 3 paragraphs)
- - Since the 1960s supporter of the International Red Cross movement.
- Former Peace Corps and United Nations Volunteer
- Former UNHCR staff member
- Enthusiastic supporter of the US Institute of Peace (USIP) after attending these events in 2009:
•07/07/09 – 07/09/09 STRATEGIC ECONOMIC NEEDS AND SECURITY EXERCISE, UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE, WASHINGTON, DC
•02/23/09 – 02/27/09 ENHANCING SOCIAL WELL-BEING IN FRAGILE STATES, UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE, WASHINGTON, DC
•01/26/09 – 01/30/09 PILOT COURSE – SURVEY OF ECONOMICS AND CONFLICT, UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE, WASHINGTON, DC
- Please list the countries and/or regions in which you (or your organization) have direct and significant expertise
- Dominican Republic, Somalia, Bosnia, Mozambique, Angola, Tajikistan, and Pakistan.
- What is your current country of residence (or location of your organization)?
- US
- What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?
- International Service Committee National Capital Area Red Cross
- How many years professional experience do you have ?
- 15+
- What is your personal or organizational website?
- http://www.unhcr.org
- What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)
- http://www.cipe.org
- What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)
- http://www.usip.org
- Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise (or the primary sectoral areas of your organization) ?
- Civil Society, Conflict Resolution, Development, Facilitation, Information and Communication Technology, Internally Displaced, Humanitarian Relief, Organizational Development, Peacekeeping, Refugees, Social Entreprenuership
- Which are your primary skills areas(or the primary skill areas of your organization)?
- Advocacy, Budgeting, Capacity Building, Evaluation, Monitoring, Program Administration, Program Implemenation, Research, Training
- What are some of your current areas of research (if any)?
- -improving governance, civil society and entrepreneurial opportunity;
-involving diaspora in development;
-social networking and empowerment;
-improving peacekeeping
-building a bigger, better, bolder Peace Corps
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Bike Towns - Helping Health Workers Do Their Job
It was pleasing to read a great example of grassroots America helping out in global development today. Surprisingly it was an article in Bicycling magazine. [ http://www.bicycling.com/ In the Bike Lane December 7th, 2009; "Riding With a Purpose" By Deb Cosgrove - see below ]
I posted a comment saying Americans at the grassroots levels from all around our country can and should involve themselves in people to people development efforts like this. Americans… Continue
I posted a comment saying Americans at the grassroots levels from all around our country can and should involve themselves in people to people development efforts like this. Americans… Continue
Posted on December 15, 2009 at 5:05pm —
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- At 2:19pm on December 3, 2009,
Joaquin Salazar said…
- Dear Sr. William TARPAI, it was a really great surprise to notice that you are currently in Puerto Escondido in our superb "Dom Rep". Many greetings for you and admiration for all the interesting things you have done and are doing regarding peace education and related issues. It would be an honor to meet you when you by chance come through Santo Domingo.
Kind regards, Joaquín
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Events
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UPEACE Extended Deadline Application
February 17, 2010 at 6pm to March 15, 2010 at 12pm – UPEACE Campus, Costa Rica
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trainingcourse Peacebuilding and Local Governance
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Bologna, Italy Symposium on Conflict Prevention, Resolution, and Reconciliation
June 19, 2010 to July 17, 2010 – Johns Hopkins SAIS Bologna Center
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Training for Urban Planning Practitioners: Managing Conflicts and Urban Development in Multiethnic Communities
June 20, 2010 at 6pm to June 26, 2010 at 7pm – European Youth Center
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In the past thirty years Africa has been struggling with its broken economy to achieve Peace and Stability without convincing results and this can be explained in different ways.Some do say that, Africa's poor economic and political performances in…
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