Training, seminars, and workshops related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals are offered in cooperation with UNITAR and CIFAL Istanbul.
Social Change Initiative
Fellows leave the 10-week on-site course with their own action plan to implement new learning and ideas from the course, and to apply new leadership skills and a systems mindset to their social change initiative intended to promote peace and development. Fellows will be assigned academic mentors, as well as mentors from Rotary in Türkiye for ongoing support during their fellowship. Possible areas of focus for a social change initiative could include: Human rights and governance; Poverty and economic development; Inter-religious initiatives; Gender, women and development; Public health; Refugees and social cohesion; Youth, conflict prevention and development; Resiliency building; Climate change; Natural resources and land governance; Media.
1-week Capstone Seminar
Fellows return to campus for a one-week on-site capstone seminar. This will be an opportunity to reconnect with the cohort, present the progress of their social change initiatives and plans for the future, and network with the incoming cohort of Rotary Peace Fellows. The capstone is a required component of the program to receive the postgraduate diploma in peace and development studies.
Preliminary Online Course
| Handbook Overview |
| Introduction to the Team, Faculty and HAC/Rotary Club |
| Introduction to Positive Peace Philosophy and Sustainable Development in MENA |
| Introduction to Preliminary Readings and Videos |
Introductory Module
| Introduction |
| Critical/Academic Writing and Referencing |
| Peace and Development Studies & MENA |
| Competencies for Psychosocial Interventions in Humanitarian Situations |
Sustainable Development Module
| Putting Sustainable Development into Practice |
| Socio-economic Development |
| Gender, Peace and Development |
| Migrants/Refugees, Peace and Development |
| Environment, Peace and Development |
| Case Analysis: Sustainable Development Issues in the MENA |
| Case Analysis: Best Practices in the MENA |
Conflict Resolution Module
| Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution and Conflict Transformation (3P+R=Peacekeeping, Peacemaking, Peacebuilding and Reconciliation) |
| Negotiation and Mediation for Inclusive Peace |
| Women in Conflict Resolution and Transformation |
| Youth in Conflict Resolution and Transformation |
| Middle Eastern Conflict Resolution Mechanisms |
| Evaluating Interreligious Dialogue in the MENA |
| Community-led Conflict Transformation in the MENA |
| Role of Cultural Intelligence in PVE/CT (Prevention of Violent Extremism/Counterterrorism) |
Diplomacy and Cooperation Module
| Modern Challenges and New Diplomatic Practices |
| Normalization Diplomacy |
| Media & Social Media for Peace |
| Humanitarian Diplomacy in the MENA |
| Refugee Diplomacy in the MENA |
| Science Diplomacy in the MENA |
| Sports Diplomacy in the MENA |
