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Foyle MP launches Irish Peace Centres in the North West 07/03/2011
07/03/2011
For Immediate Release:
Mark Durkan, SDLP MLA and Foyle MP attended the launch of the Irish Peace Centres at The Junction in Derry on Friday 4th March.
Irish Peace Centres (IPC) is a consortium of peace-building organisations located across the island of Ireland. It seeks to cultivate and sustain positive relationships at a local level across the region and across traditional sectarian and new social divides. The consortium is managed by Co-operation Ireland, in partnership with Corrymeela Community and Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation.
The consortium adopts an integrated approach to peace-building which comprises capturing and sharing the learning of peace-building interventions; interface community dialogue; development of sustainable peace networks; exploring faith and peace; experiential learning both accredited and unaccredited; research studies; seminars; conferences; strategic interventions at local and regional levels; and international exchanges. The Irish Peace Centres project is funded through the EU Peace III programme.
Peter Sheridan, Chair of the Irish Peace Centres and CEO of Co-operation Ireland opened the proceedings with a welcome introduction to the consortium. He said: “Following the sad demise of the Donegal Peace Centre, a founding partner in the consortium, Co-operation is delighted to have been able to establish a base at St Columb’s Park House from where former An Teach Ban employees continue their work in peace-building and reconciliation. The excellent attendance from a range of practitioners and public representatives at the event is a testimony to the need for a clear focus on the continued effort of peace-building in the area.”
Mr Durkan’s attendance at the event was welcomed as a strong message of support for the on-going work of the Irish Peace Centres in the region. Paddy Logue, Research Co-ordinator of Irish Peace Centres, based in Derry/Londonderry said: We welcome Mr Durkan and others from statutory agencies and peace practitioners to the event, which is an opportunity to explore together possible areas of common interest and collaborative working. The integrated approach to peace-building enables the consortium partners to share best practice and develop in new areas, in ways that can be both effective and efficient and also avoids duplication in the work of practitioners in the North West region.”
Irish Peace Centres and INCORE at Magee campus in the University of Ulster have developed a strong research partnership in the North West which was marked by the recent launch of an international report into Story-telling as a Peace-Building Methodology. Free copies of the report and three other recent publications were made available at the event. With a base strongly established in the region, the Irish Peace Centres will be holding more events in the North-West over the coming months. Information is available on the website: www.irishpeacecentres.org.
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Notes:
1. For further information, contact Bronagh Sharpe at Co-operation Ireland, Belfast office (028) 90891025 bsharpe@cooperationireland.org.
Website www.irishpeacecentres.org
2. Irish Peace Centres is funded through the Peace III programme, managed by Special EU Programmes Body.
3. Irish Peace Centres is a national consortium of legacy peace-building organisations: Co-operation Ireland (Belfast; Derry/Londonderry; Armagh; Cork; Dublin); Corrymeela Community (Belfast; Ballycastle) and Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation (Co. Wicklow).
4. Image attached. (left to right) Peter Sheridan (Chair of Irish Peace Centres); Mark Durkan, MP (Foyle); Laura Stewart (Irish Peace Centres Co-ordinator), Paddy Logue (Irish Peace Centres Research Co-ordinator); David McMillan (Director at Clanrye Initiatives).
