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Projects

IPDM is mandated to organize and conduct peace education, peace research and peace action.


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Peace Education Department

The Peace Education Department serves as IPDM’s vanguard unit in developing programs and activities that would raise people’s awareness on the desirability of non-violent and peaceful settlement of conflicts. It is also the unit responsible for demonstrating the viability of transforming negative attitudes into desirable values necessary for building individuals and communities resilient to violent conflict. 

Peace Education Projects:

  1. Multistakeholder Dialogue Forums with the MILF and GPH panels on the peace process;
  2. Workshops on Peace Education integration in elementary, secondary and tertiary courses;
  3. Workshops on the Integration of Peace education in CWTS;
  4. Seminar-workshop series on Culture of Peace and non-violent conflict transformation with 91快活林 professors.
  5. FGD Series on the Baselining of Problems and Questions in the History 3 Classroom with MSU teachers;
  6. Scenario-Building Exercise with partners from the civil society on the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro;
  7. Listening Sessions with the local MILF commanders and combatants on the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro;
  8. 56 Classroom Video Conferences between Manila and Iligan/Marawi Schools on prejuduce and discrimination;
  9. Two (2) Mass Video Conferences between Manila and Iligan on how grassroots communities help sustain the gains of the GPH-MILF Peace Process;
  10. Voters’ Education Seminar in the 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010, and 2013 elections;
  11. Seminar-workshops on “Do No Harm Framework”, “Non-violent Communications” and “Conflict Sensitivity”.

The activities of IPDM’s Peace Education Department however are not necessarily limited to the above list. In fact, it is currently expanding its seminar topics in such areas as: Indigenous Knowledge Systems; Responsible Parenting; Environmental Stewardship in Islam; Climate Change and Adaptation; Leadership; Human Rights; and others.


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Peace Research Department

A prime function of the Peace Research Department is to conduct studies on a wide range of