Timetable
| Program Curriculum | Explanation |
| Preliminary Program Orientation: February 3-7, 2025 | Online |
| Self-paced online courses by IEP, UNITAR and USIP | |
| Self-paced reading of recommended readings | |
| Week 1. Mandatory Module | |
| Day 1 (Feb. 10): Introduction | BAU RPC Team & available BAU instructors and Rotary members |
| Day 2 (Feb. 11): Critical/Academic Writing and Referencing | Assoc. Prof. Duygu Tekgül-Akın (BAU) |
| Day 3 (Feb. 12): Competencies for Psychosocial Interventions in Humanitarian Situations | Asst. Prof. Bahar Tanyaş (BAU) |
| Day 4 (Feb. 13): Peace and Development Studies & MENA | Prof. Esra Albayrakoğlu (BAU) |
| Day 5 (Feb. 14): Community Engagement Event 1 (in Istanbul) | Gastrodiplomacy: Lunch and Workshop by Anna Maria Beylunioğlu-Atlı |
| Week 2 & 3. Sustainable Development Module | |
| Day 6 (Feb. 17): Putting Sustainable Development into Practice | UNITAR (Prof. Ebru Canan-Sokullu) |
| Day 7 (Feb. 18): Socio-economic Development | UNITAR (Prof. Ebru Canan-Sokullu) |
| Day 8 (Feb. 19): Gender, Peace and Development | Prof. Nilüfer Narlı (BAU) |
| Day 9 (Feb. 20): Migrants/Refugees, Peace and Development | Prof. Ulaş Sunata (BAU) |
Day 10 (Feb. 21): Community Engagement Event 2 (in Istanbul) | 2025 Rotary Presidential Peace Conference |
| Day 11 (Feb. 24): Post-Conflict Institution Building | Assoc. Prof. Yüksel Alper Ecevit (BAU) |
| Day 12 (Feb. 25): Case Analysis: Sustainable Development Issues in the MENA | Prof. Ayşegül Kibaroğlu (MEF Univ.) |
| Day 13 (Feb. 26): Case Analysis: Best Practices in the MENA | Prof. Esra Albayrakoğlu (BAU) |
| Days 14-15 (Feb. 27-28): Giresun / Kulakkaya Visit | Gender Empowerment & Sustainable Agriculture |
| Week 4 & 5. Conflict Resolution Module | |
| Day 16 (Mar. 3): Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution and Conflict Transformation (3P+R=Peacekeeping, Peacemaking, Peacebuilding and Reconciliation) | Assoc. Prof. Menent Savaş Cazala (Galatasaray Univ.) |
| Day 17 (Mar. 4): Negotiation and Mediation for Inclusive Peace | Prof. Esra Albayrakoğlu (BAU) |
| Day 18 (Mar. 5): Women in Conflict Resolution and Transformation | Assoc. Prof. Bezen Balamir Coşkun (TED Univ) |
| Day 19 (Mar. 6): Role of Cultural Intelligence in PVE/CT (Prevention of Violent Extremism/Counterterrorism) | Prof. Haldun Yalçınkaya (TOBB Univ.) |
| Day 20 (Mar. 7): Community Engagement Event 3 (in Istanbul) | Weaving Art and Design Workshop by Fırat Neziroğlu “Perpetual Peace” |
| Day 21 (Mar. 10): Middle Eastern Conflict Resolution Mechanisms | Prof. Sezai Özçelik (Çankırı Univ.) |
| Day 22 (Mar. 11): Evaluating Interreligious Dialogue in the MENA | Prof. Sezai Özçelik (Çankırı Univ.) |
| Day 23 (Mar. 12): Community-led Conflict Transformation in the MENA | Assoc. Prof. İlkim Büke Okyar (Yeditepe Univ.) |
| Day 24 (Mar. 13): Youth in Conflict Resolution and Transformation | Prof. Emre Erdoğan (Istanbul Bilgi Univ.) |
| Day 25 (Mar. 14): Community Engagement Event 4 (in Istanbul) | Option 1: Aromatic Scent Workshop “Scent of Peace” |
| Option 2: NGO Visit: KAGİDER/Women’s Entrepreneurs Assoc. of Turkey, SGDD-ASAM/Association for Social Development and Aid Mobilization, Hayata Destek Derneği/Support to Life Association | |
| Week 6. | |
| (Mar. 17-21) Mardin, Gaziantep, Hatay Field Trip | Cultural Heritage & Disaster Management |
| Week 7 & 8. Diplomacy/Cooperation Module | |
| Day 31 (Mar. 24): Modern Challenges and New Diplomatic Practices | Assoc. Prof. Uğur Yasin Asal (Istanbul Trade Univ.) |
| Day 32 (Mar. 25): Normalization Diplomacy | Rtd. Ambassador Mr. Ömer Önhon |
| Day 33 (Mar. 26): Media for Peace | Prof. Sevda Alankuş (Yaşar Univ.) |
| Days 34-35 (Mar. 27-28): Ankara Field Trip | Diplomacy and Development Policymaking |
| Day 36 (Mar. 31): RAMADAN BREAK | |
| Day 37 (Apr. 1): RAMADAN BREAK | |
| Day 38 (Apr. 2): Humanitarian Diplomacy in the MENA | Asst. Prof. Volkan Şeyşane (Anadolu Univ.) |
| Day 39 (Apr. 3): Refugee Diplomacy in the MENA | Assoc. Prof. Damla Aksel (BAU) |
| Day 40 (Apr. 4): Science Diplomacy in the MENA | Prof. Esra Albayrakoğlu (BAU) |
| Day 41 (Apr. 5 – Saturday): Sports Diplomacy in the MENA | Assoc. Prof. Yüksel Alper Ecevit (BAU) |
| Week 9. | |
| (Apr. 7-8-9) North Cyprus Field Trip | Frozen Conflict and Intercommunal Dialogue Initiatives |
| Day 45 (Apr. 11): Community Engagement Event 5 (in Istanbul) | Option 1: Choir Istanbul Option 2: Ensemble Orient-Occident Istanbul |
| Week 10. | |
| (Apr. 14-18) Preparation week for Social Change Initiative (Introduction to field research and project management) | Tunç Karaçay & Dilara Gök (Conflictus CR Training and Consultancy), Asst. Prof. Esra Çuhadar (Bilkent Univ.), Prof. Nilüfer Narlı (BAU), Dr. Esra Dilek (Özyeğin Univ.) |
| End of the Program | |
