Activity 3 - Experiential Learning

The project involves the delivery of four inter-related activities, with participants from Northern Ireland and the six border counties in the Republic of Ireland. Activities from all four work streams will take place across the region, and amongst both rural and urban communities.

Activity 3 provides the research and training component of the whole project and aims to capture the institutional and personal learning and best practice through issue based action research. The approach will be bottom up and exploratory and will result in new ways to understand and articulate the peace building work that is being conducted and continues in Ireland, North and South.

Actions will include: Holding five master class seminars, a bi-annual international conference, two internal research studies per year, one external research study per year; and the development of web based publications.

The consortium will work towards mainstreaming peace building and highlighting the benefits of transfer ability for this group of people. Both Donegal and Glencree centres are accredited learning centres with NIOCM and FETAC respectively. Training will be offered to a range of organisations including those in the public sector, and will consist of both accredited and non-accredited training on good relations including inter-generational and intercultural issues.

Paddy Logue, IPC Experential Learning Co-ordinator: