GPC-3: [Workshop] Positive Peace: Towards a Resilient and Sustainable Future with Positive Peace

​The Institute for Economics and Peace, a Rotary partner, will introduce the "positive peace" framework, followed by an interactive panel with Rotary Peace Activators discussing how to operationalize positive peace in local communities around the world.

​Speakers:

​Patricia Garcia AO is a Rotary Peace Fellow (Chulalongkorn University, 2017) and a highly respected humanitarian and human rights advocate with experience in project design and delivery, campaigning and fundraising. Patricia has worked for more than 20 years in some of the world’s most dangerous conflicts including Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan and the Thai-Burma border. She has been appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2016 and was a finalist in the 2016 NSW Australian of the Year awards for her contribution and services to the international humanitarian aid and development sector over the past two decades. Patricia was a Human Rights Research Fellow at the University of Sydney’s Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPACS) from 2000–2002 and she designed the Human Rights course for the Master of Peace and Conflict Studies at CPACS. She is a 2017 Rotary Peace Fellow and is currently working with the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) as the Partnership Development Manager. Patricia is also an Honorary Associate at the University of Sydney where she is a sessional lecturer on peace and human rights with a passion to promote and advance the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Agenda.

​Nino Lotishvili is a specialist in intercultural communication (University of Lugano, Switzerland, 2013) and a Rotary Peace Fellow (Class 22, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 2017) with a decade of experience as a peace building practitioner. Coming from Georgia - one of the conflict affected areas from South Caucasus, Nino’s professional quest for conflict transformation and her own life experience  led her to unite inner and outer peace building concepts. As a result, she launched her own initiatives: NGO Peace Research Center Tbilisi and conscious travel company Mindful Georgia to support conflict affected communities and individuals to reclaim their inner wisdom and innate power to give rise to more resilient and peaceful communities, promoting thus well-being and inner resilience throughout Georgia and the South Caucasus region. She is currently managing and implementing Cultivating Inner Peace for Women to Blossom project, with the purpose to guide and support women activists on their healing journey.  In her leisure time, Nino enjoys gardening, dancing tango, painting, playing ukulele, practicing yoga and meditation, trekking and hiking.

​María Julia Moreyra is an Argentinian lawyer and Magister in International Relations. She is a Peace Fellow (Chulalongkorn University, 2016). She also has a Diploma in “Feminist Political Innovation” (2021-2022, Asuntos del Sur, Argentina). Her area of expertise and knowledge is the fight against gender violence and particularly human trafficking, where she is academically qualified and she has field experience. Currently, she works for the Ministry of Women, Gender Policies and Sexual Diversity of Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. In addition, she is Regional Coordinator for Latin American and the Caribbean of Peace Women Across the Globe (PWAG), a Swiss international organization which was created as a nomination of 1000 women from 150 countries to the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005. At this organization she works the topic “Women, Peace and Security”, since this theme is of utmost importance for PWAG. She is also Instructor of International Women’s Peace Group. 

​

​2023 GLOBAL PEACE CONFERENCE (GPC-3): Over 24 hours of peace talks, skills-based workshops and networking

​​Do you care deeply about your community and looking for ideas to bring about positive change?

​​​Join us on 4 March 2023 for the third 24-hour online Global Peace Conference: an exciting, interactive convergence of thought-provokers, peacebuilders and everyday people building peace in their spheres of influence. 

​CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL AGENDA

​​The theme of this year’s conference is “Strengthening Our Peacebuilding Community”. This theme is an extension of our desire to connect our planet with people power, towards a peaceful and just existence for all. This year’s 24-hour conference has programming in four global geographical regions, with plenaries and skill-building sessions, covering all time zones across the globe and enabling anyone, anywhere, to participate.

​​This volunteer-led initiative of Rotary Peace Fellows and other members of the broader Rotary peace ecosystem is based on the premise that everyone has the power to change the world. We work in civil society, academia, and government. We work in conflict resolution, sustainable development, and business. We are change makers in our community wherever we are based across the globe, and have a passion to transform conflict into growth and potential.​

​​This 24-hour Global Peace Conference is not a typical academic conference or business networking opportunity. Our value is in dialogue and in collaboration, so everyone—YOU included—has a part to play in making our conference meaningful. 

​​The event will feature:

• ​​Local peacebuilders from all over the world

• ​​Interactive sessions at all time zones

• ​​Ample opportunity for training and networking

​Join us by registering above! The conference is free of charge thanks to the generosity of volunteers and donors from the Rotary peace community, including Carol Fellows and Tim Bewley. The Red Dot Foundation also provided technical support to realize this session.

​If you would like to make a donation to help keep future conferences free and inclusive, please click here. Thank you for your support!

​WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS AFTER THE CONFERENCE?

​During the inclusive, open planning meetings to prepare for the conference, it was decided to develop a conference declaration setting out positive peace as a unifying concept to unite Rotary Peace Fellows, other peacebuilders, and the Rotary family. The goal is also to articulate a vision for the conference as a vehicle to strengthen the Rotary peace ecosystem and to build relationships with and elevate grassroots peaceubilders. Please provide feedback on the draft conference declaration:

​COMMENT ON THE DRAFT HERE

​Thank you for your constructive input!