The professional development certificate in peace and development studies is an interdisciplinary one-year program that balances theoretical and practical learning while capitalizing on the varied experiences of expert lecturers and global participants.
The 12-Month Program Will Entail:
- A 4 weeks online Pre-Program Preparation
- A 10-weeks on-campus coursework (based in Chulalongkorn University Bangkok, field visits included);
- A 9-months individual action plan implementation with monthly check-ins, midterm and final evaluation, and the virtual mentor facilitation during the individual action plan period;
- A one-week consolidation session in Bangkok to report on their individual project and its societal impact
Online Pre-Program Preparation
The online Pre-Program Preparation is to get the fellows ready for the whole program, an online learning platform is provided. The fellows login to Chula e-learning platform using Microsoft Team Application 4 weeks before departing to the Chulalongkorn University. It is an opportunity to acquaint with peace lexicon and preparation for information gathering for their action plan development. The e-learning is equipped with the e-learning guidebook, videos, reading materials, and recommended internet sources. Sessions of questions and answers are also arranged and recorded for later view. At this stage fellows can retrieve lessons on their convenient time, while remaining on track with program’s online requirement.
It is recommended that the fellows register for the online Positive Peace Academy short course by the Institute for Economic and Peace to level different knowledge background on peace studies and locate their change making interests.
Our 10-week on-site residential course is designed to give Rotary Peace Fellows a comprehensive overview of Peace Studies and Transformative Change in the individual and societal level. The sessions will be divided into 4 modules including 2 Field Visits (See more in the Field Study). The course seeks to provide Rotary Peace Fellows with solid theoretical understanding, and to offer a set of practical tools, strategies and techniques, capacity development in Peace Leadership.
Our curriculum is centered on four core Modules:
Module 1
PEACE AND CONFLICT ANALYSIS
Module 1 lays foundation knowledge necessary for building a global culture and practice of peace informed by local and regional challenges and experiences. This part includes comparative peace models, connection of positive and negative peace, systemic conflict analysis, gender perspectives, comparative analytical frameworks, and new analytical technique and methods like geographical information system. Focused topics and issues in this part, and using an elicitive pedagogy which builds on the experiences of peace fellows, facilitators and professors, provides a state of the art framework to understand best practices in making peace at the globally, regional, community and interpersonal levels.
Module 2
THE CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Module 2 aims to explore appropriate interventions for immediate resolutions and long term transformation for social change. This part includes understanding the complexity of peace processes (from settlement to reconciliation), theory of transformation, constructive intervention approaches from different types of mediation, dialogues to nonviolent actions. Ideas of inclusive public policy is presented to draw a link between peace and development.
Module 3
PEACE LEADERSHIP AND CHANGE MAKING
Module 3 has the objective to motivate peace and development initiatives and to translate ideas to actions. This part helps define peace leadership with comparative leadership models, e.g. adaptive leadership. Discuss change making strategies, understand resistance to change, mobilization for changes, team building, actor network analysis, sustainability transition, analysis of case studies. Self-reflection and transformation is introduced in view of resilience for peace activism.
Module 4
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT DESIGN AND PLAN
Module 4, the final module, aims to assist the modification and refinement of individual action plan of development/peace initiatives. Workshop on project planning and evaluation, policy advocacy; submission, presentation and evaluation of action plans, approval of individual action plan.
The action plan is expected to be implemented back at the location the fellows are based or any proposed locations. It is highly encouraged that the action plan is partnered with local Rotarian for possible funding and partnership to maximize its impact (optional), since it will not be funded by the program. Fellowship applicants may consider reasonable, contextually sound action plan, as well as sources of possible funding earlier in the application/proposal process.
The Consolidation Week
The fellows return to Rotary Peace Center at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, after completing the action plan to share what has been discovered and to exchange lesson learned. In the same event, the fellow will connect with the new coming cohorts, member of the Rotary Clubs and experts from other Rotary Peace Centers. The collection of the fellow’s change making experiments can be considered as resources for peace depository in the Rotary Peace Knowledge Hub in the future. The Consolidation week is the week of discovery, connection, and retreat. It will be organized in collaboration with the Rotary Clubs to keep pace with the peace education among the Rotarians. At the same time, to establish Rotary Peace Knowledge Hub, experts from other Rotary Peace Center, especially from the region, should be invited to help construct the experiences from peace initiative discovery of the fellows.
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HOW TO APPLY
All Rotary Districts are encouraged to recruit qualified candidates in their area to apply for the fellowship.
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