Timetable
| Program Curriculum | Explanation |
| Preliminary Program Orientation: September 1-5, 2025 | Online |
| Self-paced online courses | |
| Self-paced overview of recommended readings | |
| Week 1. Introductory Module | |
| Day 1 (Sep. 8): Introduction | BAU RPC Team & available BAU instructors and Rotary members |
| Day 2 (Sep. 9): Critical/Academic Writing and Referencing | Asst. Prof. İrem Konca (BAU) |
| Day 3 (Sep. 10): 1. Competencies for Psychosocial Interventions in Humanitarian Situations (half day) and 2. Peace and Development Studies & MENA (half day) | Asst. Prof. Çiğdem Koşe (BAU) / Prof. Esra Albayrakoğlu (BAU) |
| Day 4 (Sep. 11): Peace and Development Studies & MENA | Prof. Esra Albayrakoğlu (BAU) |
| Day 5 (Sep. 12): Community Engagement Event 1 | |
| Week 2 & 3. Sustainable Development Module | |
| Days 6-8 (Sep. 15-17): Giresun / Kulakkaya Field Trip | Post-Conflict Institution Building, Sustainable Agriculture & Development |
| Day 9 (Sep. 18): Rest Day | |
| Day 10 (Sep. 19): Case Analysis: Best Practices of Sustainable Development in the MENA | Prof. Esra Albayrakoğlu (BAU) |
| Day 11 (Sep. 22): Case Study: Water Issues in the MENA | Dr. Tuğba Evrim Maden (Turkish Water Institute) |
| Day 12 (Sep. 23): Gender, Peace and Development | Prof. Nilüfer Narlı (BAU) |
| Day 13 (Sep. 24): 1. Gender, Peace and Development (half day) and 2. Migrants/Refugees, Peace and Development (half day) | Prof. Nilüfer Narlı (BAU) / Prof. Ulaş Sunata (BAU) |
| Day 14 (Sep. 25): Migrants/Refugees, Peace and Development | Prof. Ulaş Sunata (BAU) |
| Day 15 (Sep. 26): Community Engagement Event 2 | |
| Week 4 & 5. Conflict Resolution Module | |
| Day 16 (Sep. 29): Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution and Conflict Transformation (3P+R=Peacekeeping, Peacemaking, Peacebuilding and Reconciliation) | Assoc. Prof. Menent Savaş Cazala (Galatasaray Univ.) |
| Day 17 (Sep. 30): Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution and Conflict Transformation (3P+R=Peacekeeping, Peacemaking, Peacebuilding and Reconciliation) | Assoc. Prof. Menent Savaş Cazala (Galatasaray Univ.) |
| Day 18 (Oct. 1): Negotiation and Mediation for Inclusive Peace | Prof. Dr. Ahmet Sözen (Doğu Akdeniz Univ.) |
| Day 19 (Oct. 2): Women in Conflict Resolution and Transformation | Assoc. Prof. Bezen Balamir Coşkun (TED Univ) |
| Day 20 (Oct. 3): Community Engagement Event 3 | |
| Day 21 (Oct. 6): 1. Middle Eastern Conflict Resolution Mechanisms and 2. Evaluating Interreligious Dialogue in the MENA | Prof. Sezai Özçelik (Çankırı Univ.) |
| Day 22 (Oct. 7): Community-led Conflict Transformation in the MENA | Assoc. Prof. İlkim Büke Okyar (Yeditepe Univ.) |
| Day 23 (Oct. 8): Youth in Conflict Resolution and Transformation | Prof. Emre Erdoğan (Istanbul Bilgi Univ.) |
| Day 24 (Oct. 9): Conflict Resolution Practice Application | Dr. Esra Elmas |
| Day 25 (Oct. 10): Community Engagement Event 4 | |
| Week 6. | |
| Days 26-28 (Oct. 14-16) Urfa, Mardin Field Trip – South/Southeast Turkey trip | Interreligious Dialogue & Cultural Heritage |
| Day 29 (Oct. 17): Reflection Day | Prof. Esra Albayrakoğlu (BAU), Assoc. Prof. Yüksel Alper Ecevit, Asst. Prof. Firuze Simay Sezgin |
| Week 7 & 8. Diplomacy/Cooperation Module | |
| Day 30 (Oct. 20): Sports Diplomacy in the MENA | Assoc. Prof. Yüksel Alper Ecevit (BAU) |
| Day 31 (Oct. 21): Space Diplomacy in the MENA | Asst. Prof. Itır Toksöz (Doğuş Univ.) |
| Day 32 (Oct. 22): Refugee Diplomacy in the MENA | Assoc. Prof. Damla Aksel (BAU) |
| Days 33-34 (Oct. 23-24): Ankara Field Trip | Diplomacy and Development Policymaking |
| Day 35 (Oct. 27): Humanitarian Diplomacy in the MENA | Asst. Prof. Volkan Şeyşane (Anadolu Univ.) |
| Day 36 (Oct. 28): REPUBLIC DAY BREAK | |
| Day 37 (Oct. 29): REPUBLIC DAY BREAK | |
| Day 38 (Oct. 30): Normalization Diplomacy | Dr. Burak Toygar Halistoprak (Antalya Bilim Univ.) |
| Day 39 (Oct. 31): Media for Peace | Prof. Sevda Alankuş (Yaşar Univ.) |
| Week 9. Preparation Week for Project | |
| Day 40 (Nov. 3): Preparation week for Social Change Initiative (Introduction to field research and project management) | Dr. Esra Dilek (Özyeğin Univ.) |
| Day 41 (Nov. 4): Preparation week for Social Change Initiative (Introduction to field research and project management) | Dr. Esra Dilek (Özyeğin Univ.) |
| Days 42-43 (Nov. 5-6): Çanakkale Field Trip | Disaster Management & Cultural Heritage |
| Week 10. Reflections Week | |
| Day 44 (Nov. 10): Roundtable on Cyprus Conflict | Roundtable |
| Day 45 (Nov. 11): Paths to Peace: Lessons, Reflections, and Future Directions | Panel |
| Day 46 (Nov. 12): Meeting with Mentors | |
| Day 47 (Nov. 13): Reflection Day | Prof. Esra Albayrakoğlu (BAU), Assoc. Prof. Yüksel Alper Ecevit, Asst. Prof. Firuze Simay Sezgin |
| End of the Program | |
