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| 24 March 2009 – Officers from the German Military School in Munich visited Glencree to learn about peacebuilding work in Ireland. The group laid a wreath at the German Military Cemetery in an official ceremony. |
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20-22 March 2009 – YouthBank comes to Glencree for the “Looking at YouthBank differently” event. The purpose of the weekend was to up skill grantmakers so they can raise the bar for themselves within their local YouthBanks, to test out new YouthBank exercises specifically designed for the YouthBank toolkit, explore issues of inclusion and to strengthen the YouthBank network. For more information on YouthBank, click here.
16 March 2009 – Trinity College’s Irish School of Ecumenics, Belfast campus, held a session at Glencree on Truth and Reconciliation Commissions.
12-13 March 2009 – Glencree held a course on “Creative Approaches for Addressing Conflict”.
9-11 March 2009 – Ballymena Learning Together came to Glencree for a 3-day Peace Education course run by Co-exist. This event is part of a project that brings together five schools in Ballymena for cross-community sharing and learning.
| 9 March 2009 – Glencree joined with the South African Embassy to celebrate International Women’s Day 2009 in Mansion House in Dublin. Pictured here, H.E. Priscilla Jana, Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa, welcomes the guests. |
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5 March 2009 – The new administration building at Glencree was officially opened with a ceremony by Foreign Minister Micheál Martin and Chair of the International Fund for Ireland, Mr. Denis Rooney. Over 100 guests and friends came along to show their support. Click here for the press release.
21-25 February 2009 – Voluntary Services International brought a group of community activists to Glencree to learn about peacebuilding and to hear the lessons learned from Ireland.
19-21 February 2009 – Glencree held a course on “Alternative Dispute Resolution” facilitated by Geoffrey Corey.
16-18 February 2009 – Glencree held a course on “Creative Approaches for Addressing Conflict”.
2 February 2009 - Wilhelm Verwoerd presented learnings from the Sustainable Peace Network at an international conference, Truth in Divided Societies, at St Ethelberga's Church in London.
January - February 2009 - A team of Glencree facilitators are delivering Peace Education training to university lecturers from several colleges in Kabul. This is part of an on-going initiative in partnership with Trocaire, an Irish development agency. Later this year, Peace Education courses will be delivered at these colleges for the first time.
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