Aughakillymaude
Community Association
Community
Foundation for Northern Ireland
COMET
Concordia
Derry
City Council
Donegal
County Council
Donegal
County Enterprise Board
Enterprise
Northern Ireland
Eurolink
Fermanagh
Trust
International
School for Peace
Irish
Central Board Area Network
Mediation
Northern Ireland
NICEC
N.
Ireland Pre-School Playgroup Association
Northern
Ireland Union of Supported Employment
NORIBIC
Public
Achievement
Women's
Support Network
Youth
Action Northern Ireland
Youth
Council for Northern Ireland
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This
project assists the capacity of local civic leaders, to positively contribute
to peace-building and good relations in Northern Ireland through learning from
international best practice. | The
Project is: | - Developing
cross-sectoral networks of people in diverse civic leadership positions, informed
by international conflict resolution techniques;
- Improving
civic leaders' ability to build to better relationships within and between communities
in Northern Ireland;
- Strengthening
capacity and technical knowledge around conflict resolution and peace-building
amongst civic leaders;
- Increasing
ability of local people to be active in local, national and international conflict
resolution and peace building networks.
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two key themes are: | - Policing
and Community relations - The programme facilitated dialogue amongst a wide range
of participants through an exchange trip in 2003. The key aim of the programme
was to stimulate reflection on policing as a civic endeavour which supports reconciliation
in Northern Ireland by examining the developments in Boston.
- Diversity
and the city - An exchange to Amsterdam in October 2005 will include civic leaders
from Belfast and Newry. The project will help participants to develop ideas and
relationships which will help them to improve social cohesion amongst citizens
and between communities especially as Northern Ireland struggles with becoming
a more international society. A major follow up conference is planned for Newry
in June 2006.
| | Relationships
built through this programme have led to increased interest by peace builders
throughout the EU in how mediators of this region have used mediation to contribute
to resolving deep societal division. |
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NICEC
PROJECT
TITLE: Shared Learning: From the Local to the Global and Back Again
The
aim of the project is to develop new and build on existing networks which address
Diversity and Conflict Management and Social and Cultural Regeneration themes
that support reciprocal learning between Northern Ireland and the European Union
(EU), accession countries and the Commonwealth of Independent States. |
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project activities are delivered on a consortium basis through a collaborative
partnership from both academic and practitioner organizations. The University
of Ulster acts as the lead organization for the project, and organizations involved
in the delivery of activities have included: |
- Northern
Ireland Public Sector Enterprises Limited (NICO), based in Northern Ireland;
- Quartiers
en Crise / Eurocities Partnership (QEC/Eurocities), based in Brussels;
- Elkarri
Network, based in the Basque Country;
- EUCLID
International (UK), based in Liverpool;
- The
European Platform for conflict Prevention and Transformation (EPCPT), based in
the Netherlands
- The
NANSEN Network, based throughout the Balkan
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| The
NICEC project objectives include: |
- Creation
of sustainable long-term partnerships between relevant stakeholders
in Northern Ireland and in targeted EU and greater European
states and regions.
- Promotion
of applied policy learning in Northern Ireland and in Europe
through a range of mechanisms (best practice exchanges,
discussion seminars, workshops, mentoring, showcasing events
and conferences)
- Encouragement
of cross sectoral (public, private and voluntary / community)
trans-jurisdictional learning and to promote cross sectoral
synergies out of which new networks will emerge.
- Building
of sustainable self sufficient networks through own or alternative
funding sources in recognition of the value of their activities
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