Manual for training of facilitators (community component ... - INEE

The papers about peace will describe both passive peace and active peace. The participants
will probably not have used those terms. If they have mentioned an absence of
war or violence, then that is a passive peace.
If they mention harmony, tolerance, understanding, then they are talking about active
peace.
Point out after the presentations that passive peace is very narrow in its perspective.
It leaves people powerless because the causes of war and violence have been complicated
and ill feeling has escalated because so many wrongs have happened.
Active peace, on the other hand is a set of skills, values and attitudes that, if internalized
by people, can lead to the harmony and understanding that we call ‘peace’.
Now we are going to do a second brainstorm
which is to look at ‘conflict’, what
words come to mind to describe it, what
are the causes, are they long term, or short
term
This programme of peace education
has been designed to help learners
and their facilitators to learn the skills
and values of peaceful and constructive
behaviour, because peace does not belong
only to governments and leaders but to
each person.
If we all practise the skills of peace, this
will help the country move towards having
governments and leaders who also practise
these skills.
Look at the papers to see if the groups
have explained the idea of open (overt)
conflict and hidden (covert) conflict. If
they have not, look at the things they have
listed.
Poverty, lack of freedom, tribalism, racism
and sexism are all forms of covert conflict.
They are not directly causes of conflict but
they create an opportunity for conflict.
Domestic violence, war and inter-ethnic
clashes are all forms of overt conflict.
Many groups will also look at the causes
of conflict: miscommunication, inability to
solve problems, lack of respect, inequalities,
etc.
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