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A Policymaker's Tool for Effective Nonviolent Strategies for Sustainable Peace

21 October 2021

16:00 CEST

(Event in English with interpretation into French and Spanish)

You are warmly invited to a webinar to launch our new publication A Policy aker’s Tool for Effective, Nonviolent Strategies for Sustainable Peace.

The publication aims to engage policymakers, including church leaders, in developing and implementing policies that promote nonviolence in response to societal challenges.

We invite policymakers, civil society members, researchers and all those interested in joining us for an interesting debate. Together we will learn more about successful nonviolent policy strategies, including in the field of peace education, negotiations, and inclusive decision making.

Please share this invitation with those in your network from local to national and international level!

SPEAKERS

Ambassador Lamberto Zannier

Former Secretary General and High Commissioner on National Minorities of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). From 2008 to 2011, he was the UN Special Representative for Kosovo and head of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo. From 2006 to 2008 he was coordinator for EU foreign policy, security, and defense issues at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Mr David Grosso

United States Attorney and politician who served on the Washington, DC city council from 2013 to 2021. Under David's leadership, the council's committee on education enacted policies in support of nonviolent approaches to school discipline challenges to ensure that every student could succeed academically. He also has an extensive background in US federal policy matters, having previously served as chief counsel to US Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton and as CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield's vice president of public policy. David currently works with Arent Fox law firm in Washington, DC.

Dr Marianne Severin

Researcher at the center for African studies, Les Afriques dans le Monde (LAM)/Science Po Bordeaux (France), as a specialist in the South African political context. She completed her PhD on the ANC and continues to work in South African political and socioeconomic contexts. Her research focuses on the South African political landscape as well as the protection of human rights including women's rights and disability rights in Africa.

Dr Elias Omondi Opongo, SJ

A Jesuit priest and director of the Hekima Institute of Peace Studies and International Relations (HIPSIR) in Kenya and regional coordinator of the Africa Forum for Catholic Social Teaching. Elias holds a PhD in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Bradford, UK and an MA in International Peace Studies from University of Notre Dame.

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