Program Curriculum (3 Modules in 1)

Explanation

Preliminary Program OrientationOnline
  

Week 1. Introductory Module

 
Day 1: Theories of Peace and Development Studies 
Day 2: Peace Research Methodology 
Day 3: Instruments and Institutions 
Day 4: Challenges and Prospects for Peace and Development in the MENA 
Day 5: Community Engagement Event 1 (in Istanbul)Option 1: IPA – Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Workshop
 Option 2: Weaving Art and Design Workshop by Fırat Neziroğlu “Perpetual Peace”
  

Week 2 & 3. Sustainable Development Module

 
Day 6: Putting Sustainable Development into Practice – Institutions and Instruments for Partnership (partnership) 
Day 7: Issue Area 1: Equitable Economic Development (prosperity) 
Day 8: Issue Area 2: Gender, Peace and Development (people) 
Day 9: Issue Area 3: Migration/Refugee Crises: Challenges to Peace and Development (people) 
Day 10: Community Engagement Event 2 (in Istanbul)NGO Visit (KAGİDER/Women’s Entrepreneurs Assoc. of Turkey & ASAM/Association for Solidarity with Asylum Seekers and Migrants)
  
Day 11: Issue Area 4: Environmental Crisis: Challenges to Peace and Development (planet) 
Day 12: Case Analysis: Sustainable Development Issues in the MENA 
Day 13: Case Analysis: Best Practices in the MENA 
Days 14-15: Giresun / Kulakkaya VisitEnvironmental focus; sustainable agriculture
  

Week 4 & 5. Conflict Resolution Module

 
Day 16: Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution and Conflict Transformation 
Day 17: Legal Dimensions of Conflict Resolution 
Day 18: Negotiation and Mediation Skills 
Day 19: Western and Middle Eastern Conflict Resolution Mechanisms 
Day 20: Community Engagement Event 3 (in Istanbul)Option 1: HLO/ULMER Academy of Local Governance – Thematic Cohort Workshops
 Option 2: Meeting with Mediterranean Women Mediators Network (Turkey Antenna)
  
Day 21: 3P+R: Peacekeeping, Peacemaking, Peacebuilding and Reconciliation 
Day 22: Role of Cultural Intelligence in PVE/CT 
Day 23: Regional Peacekeepers in the MENA: Pros and Cons 
Day 24: Community-led Reconciliation and Conflict Transformation in the MENA 
Day 25: Community Engagement Event 4 (in Istanbul)Option 1: Aromatic Scent Workshop “Scent of Peace”
 Option 2: NGO Visit: Hayata Destek Derneği/Support to Life Association
  

Week 6.

 
Şanlıurfa/Mardin VisitCultural heritage & disaster management
Hatay/Adana VisitCultural heritage & disaster management
  

Week 7 & 8. Diplomacy/Cooperation Module

 
Day 31: Methodologies, Means and Modes of Diplomacy 
Day 32: Diplomatic Practice and the New Global Challenges 
Day 33: Diplomacy of Normalization 
Days 34-35: Ankara Visit: Governmental Institutions, NGOs, Foundations, UNPolicymaking in peace & development
  
Day 36: Citizen Diplomacy in the MENA 
Day 37: Science Diplomacy in the MENA 
Day 38: Migration/Refugee Diplomacy in the MENA 
Day 39: Workshop on “Roadmaps to perpetual peace and achieving our commitment to global multilateral solutions.” 
Day 40: Community Engagement Event 5 (in Istanbul)ULMER/HLO – Thematic Cohort Workshops (Gastrodiplomacy for Refugee Integration)
  

Week 9.

 
Day 42-44: North Cyprus VisitFrozen conflict area
Day 45: Community Engagement Event 6 (in Istanbul)Choir Istanbul (Its repertoire represents the cultural mosaic and versatility that nourish the roots of Anatolian and Turkish music)
  

Week 10.

 
Preparation week for Social Change Initiative (Introduction to field research, RRA/PRA, PPI, project management etc.) 
End of the Program

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