This Conference, organized by the Italian Representation to the International Organizations in Geneva and the UNOG in collaboration with AESI, will focus on the University Cooperation for Peace as an important tool to help and promote reconciliation between young people divided by conflicts (such as in the Middle East and in the Balkans). This Cooperation will also be viewed as an essential means of contributing to intercultural and interfaith dialogue. The meeting will provide an opportunity to discuss respective experiences in this field. To this end, we will look at several initiatives promoted by AESI in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and United Nations with the Universities of the Middle East and the Balkans.
We will focus in particular on Israel and the Palestinian Territories, on Lebanon and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The debate will also consider Italy’s commitment andUNOG to fostering reciprocal knowledge and respect, both on a national and on an international level.
During the Seminar we will therefore analyze the roles of education and Academic Institutions as crucial tools of public diplomacy in action for young people. Tools which, from each country’s domestic perspective, are also vehicles of integration for an effective management of cultural and religious diversity. The meeting, in a roundtable format, will include many distinguished representatives of the Italian Diplomats/Military and UNOG Representatives (the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Italian Development Cooperation, Ambassadors and General of Military Peace Forces etc.) as well as from Italian and the Middle East and East Europe
Universities.
