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Associazione “Operatori di Pace – Campania” ONLUS

Peace Workers Campania is a non profit organization of professional civilian peace-keepers, working in the field of peace work and human rights, with the specific aim at promoting nonviolence and positive transformation of local and international conflicts.

Peace Workers Campania (“Operatori di Pace - Campania”) is the not-to profit organization of professional civilian peace-keepers, working in the field of peace work and human rights, with the specific aim at promoting nonviolence and positive transformation of local and international conflicts. The Association is open to partnership with local and international public authorities and with other peace-based and nonviolence-oriented NGOs, especially through actions like social promotion and education (in the areas of peace, nonviolence and human rights) into schools, universities and not-to-profit sector, social events to sensitize public opinion in acting for peace and nonviolent conflict resolution and project in conflict areas based on the methodology of action-research and in the direction of Civilian Peace Corps.

Forma jurídica de la organización

Organizzazione Non Lucrativa di Utilità Sociale – Not to Profit Organization for Social Purpose

Ciudad

Naples

País / Región

Italy

Idioma de trabajo

English

Sitio web

www.operatoripacecampania.it/

Objetivo(s)

Peace Workers Campania (“Operatori di Pace - Campania”) is devoted to the mission of promoting peace, human rights and nonviolence at any level of social life, either as a general environment for positive peace and social justice and as a methodological acquaintance in order to work for peace in a “positive trend”, as in Galtung theoretical and practical approach, and for nonviolent approach to solve conflicts (“conflict transformation” as “constructive transformation”). Its general objective is to promote an environment, with special regard to young generations, of positive peace and human rights, and the specific objective is to run the idea and the practice of a Civilian Peace Corp according to the European Union frame for ECPC and to the original inspiration by European Parliamentarians Alexander Langer and Ernest Gulcher, in all their tasks (interposition, mediation, escorting, management, education).

Medios de acción

Peace Workers Campania (“Operatori di Pace - Campania”) is devoted to the mission of promoting peace, human rights and nonviolence according to the methodology of Galtung’s theoretical and practical approach, Paatfort’s empathic and socio-cultural approach to solve conflicts without violence and Langer’s attitude, also based on action-research, to develop inter-cultural, inter-ethnic and inter-communitarian environment, in order to open space for positive communication and conflict transformation, and for nonviolent innovations to solve conflicts, with the main idea for “conflict transformation” as a “constructive transformation”.

Educational and awareness raising programs in Italy.

Confidence building and conflict transformation especially in Mediterranean and Balkans

  • Educational Programs in the field of “Open Schools” and inside regional and national programs with schools of any level based on the core-projects: “Violated Freedoms and Rights in Emergency and Conflict Situations”, “Peace Calendar”, “Conflict Atlas and Forgotten Wars”

  • International Solidarity and Social-Cultural Project “S.A.R.A” (“Social and Anthropological Roma-focused Action-research”) related to inter-cultural education project for Socio-cultural and Anthropological Action, and Vocational Project for Not-to-Profit Operators “A.C.H.I.E.V.E” (“Alternative Conflict Handling to Inhibit Emergencies and Volunteering Empower”);

  • Action Researches for Peace Interventions in Conflict and Post-Conflict Areas like: “Peace Caravans in the Balkans” (Carovana di Pace nei Balcani) in Serbia, Bosnia e Croatia (2009), “Roma Kings” (I Re dei Rom) through Belgrade, K. Mitrovica (Serbia), Bucarest, Sibiu (Romania), Chisinau, Talmaza, Soroca (Moldova) (2010) and “Bosnia-Herzegovina: Faces and Stories” (Bosnia-Erzegovina: i Volti, le Storie) in Sarajevo, Mostar, Prijedor (2011) plus “Civilian Peace Corps Project in Kosovo” (2011-2013) and PULSAR Project (2014) in Kosovo.

Lugar(es) de la acción

Italy, Mediterranean and Balkans.

Enfoque para la paz

Conflict transformation, cutlure of peace, positive peace, non violence.

Palabras claves del actor

Positive Peace, Social Justice, Nonviolence, Human Rights, Awareness, Dialogue, Transformation

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