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Conflict Resolution Study Group to Bosnia Hercegovina in June 2010 – Early Admissions Available
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Started this discussion. Last reply by William TARPAI Oct. 27, 2009.
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We are writing to ask for your assistance in sharing information regarding our Summer 2010 International Human Rights training program in Bosnia, which will have an early admissions process this year.
The annou…
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- What motivated you (or your organization) to become involved in peace and conflict resolution?
- Sarajevo, my hometown, and the entire country of Bosnia and Hercegovina suffered a terrbile war from 1992 to 1995. I grew up in a multi-ethnic and multi-religous community, that was torn apart by violence, aggression, hatred and war. I was always interested in internaitonal relations, political affairs and diplomacy; the direct experience of war sharpened my interest in conflict resolution and peace studies.
- Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself or the work of your organization (no more than 3 paragraphs)
- Miki is a human rights activist and peace program specialist from Sarajevo, Bosnia Hercegovina. He works full-time as a deputy director of Initative for Inclusive Security aimed at inclusion of civil society in formal and informal peace processes. In addition, he directs the Bosnia program at Global Youth Connect, where he leads month-long study tours of Bosnia east summer. Before the war in Bosnia, Miki headed the UN Youth Chapter and was president of the local committee of AIESEC, the largest student association in the world. During the war, he was involved in numerous projects to ease the suffering of youth and the elderly. In 1994, he founded and directed Collegium Bosniacum, an organization of Bosnian students in Europe. Out of that work grew the initiative, Academic Lifeline for Bosnia Hercegovina, which aimed at rebuilding the country's academic institutions. In 1995, Miki headed the Vienna office of the World University Service, dealing with education issues in troubled regions. During this time, he also lived and worked in South Africa, Northern Ireland, Palestine, and Central American countries. Miki has consulted with many conflict resolution organizations, including Search for Common Ground, where he led efforts to develop child soldiers programs. He has led several delegations of international activists and conflict resolution practitioners to various post-conflict settings, including the Balkans, Northern Ireland, South Africa and Guatemala. He has served on the Board of Directors of several organizations, including the KARUNA Center for Peacebuilding, Global Youth Action, Sustaining the Soul that Serves, State of the World Forum, and others. Student Union. Miki holds a Master of Science degree in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason University. He teaches in the Conflict Transformation Across Cultures Program, (CONTACT) Summer Peace building Institute at the School for International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont, and is an associate faculty member for the Trauma and Conflict Program at Prescott Collage in Arizona. He is married to Guatemalan human rights activist Eva Morales, and they live with their two children in the Washington, DC area.
- Please list the countries and/or regions in which you (or your organization) have direct and significant expertise
- Balkans/Eastern Europe
Central America and Colombia
Israel/Palestine and Iraq
Afghanistan
South Africa
- What is your current country of residence (or location of your organization)?
- USA/Bosnia
- What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?
- Initative for Inclusive Security
- Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise (or the primary sectoral areas of your organization) ?
- Peacebuilding, Conflict Resolution, Gender, Youth, Civil Society
- Which are your primary skills areas(or the primary skill areas of your organization)?
- Training, Program Design, Advocacy
Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 7:49pm on October 26, 2009,
Ivana said…
- Hello Miki, my name is Ivana and I am writing to you from Sweden. I find the Conflict Resolution Study Group very interesting and I wonder if young people from all over the world can apply? Do I have to live in USA to be able to participate?
Thank you for your help,
Ivana
- At 3:03am on March 23, 2008,
Lee R. Briggs said… - Hi Miki! How the heck are you these days???
Lee
- At 2:39pm on July 26, 2007,
Corey Gil-Shuster said…
- Thanks so much for the information. I am bad at updating this site but I will try to keep you updated. Best of luck!
- At 1:19am on July 26, 2007,
Iva Vukusic said…
- hi miki. i guess i might write in the bhs languages but will not since i do not want to exclude the people who do not speak them. you have an interesting bio, the things you wrote about bosnia made me write. anyway, i live in sarajevo now (for the past ten months) and i am enjoying it. so, hello miki.
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Events
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Webinar, Nonviolent Strategy, Tactics, and Collective Identity, International Center on Nonviolent Conflict
March 25, 2010 from 12pm to 1pm – Online
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USAID, Global Pulse 2010 is a 3-day, online collaboration event, that will bring together individual socially-engaged participants and organizations from around the world
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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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3rd POST-YUGOSLAV PEACE ACADEMY
July 18, 2010 to July 27, 2010 – Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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