Xavier Masllorens, new President of ICIP
The ICIP Board of Governors elected Xavier Masllorens as the new President of the Institution, in substitution of former president Rafael Grasa. The replacement is due to the renovation of part of the Board members appointed by the Parliament of Catalonia, which also meant the end of mandate of Grasa.
Xavier Masllorens, graduate in psychology and activist of social movements, has been former president of FundiPau, and General Director of the NGO Education without Borders and of the Organization for Intellectual Disability of Catalonia (Dincat). He has also worked as communication director for Sindic de Greuges and Intermon Oxfam.
The ICIP Board of Governors, as established by article 6 of the Law 14/2007 for the creation of ICIP, is composed by ten members: seven appointed by the Catalan Parliament (Cécile Barbeito, Carme Colomina, Vicent Martínez Guzmán, Xavier Masllorens, Óscar Mateos, Magda Oranich and Antoni Pigrau) and three other appointed by the Government (Carme Garcia, David Minoves and Manel Vila).
ICIP announces First Hip-Hop for Peace Contest
ICIP has announced the first edition of the ICIP Hip-Hop for Peace Contest with the aim of encouraging creativity and giving visibility to the commitment of young people in the field of peace.
The competition has two categories. The first one is open to students in secondary school, vocational training school and senior high school in Catalonia; the second category is open to young people between the ages of 12 and 25 who participate in youth, cultural, civic or social-educational action centers or organizations in Catalonia. In both cases, participating groups must have at least three members.
To participate, groups must compose a hip-hop piece with original rhymes and make a video recording of its performance lasting no more than four minutes. The lyrics of the songs must be related to the celebration of diversity; coexistence in urban areas or schools; criticism of violence; the denunciation of human rights violations; solidarity with people who are trapped by, or fleeing, armed conflict; or the role of youth in peacebuilding.
The deadline for submitting videos is Monday, November 28, 2016.
The First ICIP Hip-Hop for Peace Contest is being organized in conjunction with the Department of Education and the Directorate-General for Youth of the Generalitat of Catalonia.
A map of the Peace Capsules
The project Peace Capsules, which compiles reflections on what Peace is to different people from all over the world on a website, has been updated with a map which classifies these different visions of Peace by countries.
The project, created in 2014, aims at offering a view of the diversity of visions and expectations projected on the word Peace. People from different backgrounds and countries speak out their answer to the question: What is peace to you? according to their own experience living in a country under a conflict situation or to their commitment against war and in favor of peace.
Latest publications
Educació per la pau: com arribem a estimar i a odiar la guerra, by Nel Noddings. Published by ICIP and Pagès editors (in Catalan).
The role of children in Disarmament Demobilisation and Reintegration, ICIP Working Paper by Angela Marcela Olarte.
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