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PEACE AND CO-OPERATION SCHOOL AWARD 2009

"LEARNING TO LIVE TOGETHER AND IN PEACE"
Building peace with the United Nations

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In 2009 the Peace and Cooperation School Award pays tribute to the teachers and school children around the world who endeavor to live together and in peace. At the same time, it wants to focus on the work done by the United Nations to achieve this crucial objective.

In the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, article 26, section 2, it is said that “Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.”

Every year, the United Nations dedicates September 21st to celebrate the International Day of Peace.
http://www.un.org/events/peaceday/2007/index.shtml

Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, in his special message the 21st of September 2007, underlines that “peace is the most important commitment of the United Nations” and recommends that “on this International Day, we make the commitment that peace should not only be a priority, but a passion, let's make the commitment to do more, wherever we are and in any way we can, so that each day is a peace day”.

Airline Ambassadors, the World Association of Early Childhood Educators (AMEI-WAECE) and Peace and Cooperation take up this recommendation of the Secretary General of the United Nations and propose that in 2009, September 21st is designed to make us reflect on how we can live together and in peace. For this purpose, they call on students, teachers and schools to actively participate in the celebration of this International Day.

Message from the General Director of UNESCO to
Peace and Co-operation

"Peace and Co-operation, an organisation that has achieved recognition for its untiring defence of peace and non-violence. One of its most outstanding initiatives has been to recognise, with its “Peace and Co-operation School Award”, the efforts of those who work towards the ideals of peace, multicultural relations and diversity from all corners of the world"

Koichiro Matsuura
General Director of UNESCO
Barcelona Forum, September 21st 2004.

An Appeal to Teachers

Education in the promotion of peace must constantly be included in your work as educators if you want to aid in the promotion of better human relations.

PEACE AND COOPERATION wants to help you with this difficult task by offering you different activities to motivate students and give content to these objectives that, for certain, form part of your school's Principles of Education.

Your work is important, and because of that we encourage your participation and offer you our deepest gratitude.

Rules

THEME: “ LEARNING TO LIVE TOGETHER AND IN PEACE” - Building peace with the United Nations

5 Categories are established:

A. DRAWING: Up to six years old.
State in a piece of paper or cardboard, using any means you choose (color pencils, crayons, paint) what is peace for you.

B. POSTER AND SLOGAN: For children 7 to 12 years old. What do you do to defend peace?
Help the United Nations to create a world in which we can live together and in peace. Portray your ideas in a poster with a catchy slogan. You can use any technique or materials you prefer.

C. MURAL: From 13 to 16 years old.
If we all agree on the need to live together and in peace, why is it so hard to do so? Show in a mural the vision of a world in which it is possible to live together in peace. If you want, you can make a collage.

D. PHOTOGRAPHY:16 to 18 years old.
Become a reporter that uses a camera to take pictures of the things that can help us to live together in peace. If you do not have a camera, you can submit images that you find in magazines or newspapers.

E. MESSAGE: For all categories and groups
Send a letter or email to the Peace and Cooperation Foundation to the attention of the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, proposing how to achieve world peace and what school children can do to achieve it. Try to do it in English (because it is the working language of the U.N.) or in Spanish. The Peace and Cooperation Foundation will forward your messages.

F. TEACHERS:Multimedia Format (video).
Teachers are invited to celebrate the International Day of Peace (September 21, 2009) in their school and send us a video of the celebration.

Teachers can also send a video, this can either be from recently or created earlier, that reflects the different activities which can make up an educational proposal that develops in time or in its key moments, and with one or more components that are part of the “Education of peace and living together.” They can be:

Corners: create specific corners or adapt those that alereadi exist in your classroom.
Class Assembly
Define a specific work project. Use the specific methodology of this approach in your classroom.
Classroom workshops.
Expression and representation techniques such as surveys and interviews, picture reading, case studies, role plays, simulation games, values clarification, conflict analysis and resolution, group dynamics, stereotype and prejudice analysis, comedian, drama, comics, news, photo stories etc.
Presentation and information games, cooperation, trust, self-esteem, conflict resolution, communication, relaxation games.
Celebrations of key days and weeks.
Solidarity Campaigns.
Field trips to exhibits and places of interest.
Exchanges and partnerships between schools.
Letter exchanges.
Open school days.
Round tables, discussions, talks, video forums.
Exhibitions and shows.
Edition of monographic magazines, newspapers or murals.
Classroom libraries.
Others.

The videos selected will be published in the on-line Educational Television of the World Association of Early Childhood Educators (AMEI-WAECE) so they can be seen as examples for other educators around the world. (see this link: http://www.waece.org/TV/index.php).

Note: Since the celebration of the International Day of Peace is September 21st and works should be submitted before July 1st, before the celebration, you can submit videos of activities you have already done with your children.

Languages: Entries may be presented in any of the UN 6 official languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.

Deadline: Works may be sent before July the 1st 2009 to the headquarters of Peace and Cooperation in Madrid by post or e-mail.

Madrid:

Fundación Paz y Cooperación
C/Meléndez Valdés, Nº 68, 4 izq.
28015 Madrid (Spain)

Tel. (34) 91 549 61 56
Fax: (34) 91 543 52 82

Email:
pazycooperacion@hotmail.com www.peaceandcooperation.org

The entries must clearly state: the participant's full name, date of birth, address and telephone number as well as their school's name, address, telephone number and, if available, e-mail address.

All entries will be the property of Peace and Cooperation.

Jury

It will gather on September 21, 2009, International Day of Peace, at the Egyptian Institute.

Prizes

Four diplomas in each category.
Five prizes of 300 Euros.
Two airline tickets donated by Airline Ambassadors.

Award Ceremony

7th February 2010, School Day for Understanding and Peace.