OMNIBUS 1325

In autumn of 2006 the program “Mobile Academy of Peace Omnibus 1325” have been launched in three countries: Germany , Georgia and Russia . It is financed by “Zivik” project of the German Institute of International Relations “Auswaertiges Amt”, South Caucasus regional office of Heinrich Boll Foundation and Found “Apfelbaum”.

The name of the project is connected with the Resolution 1325, adopted by UN Security Council in 2000, with which member countries of UN Security Council are called to integrate gender aspects in the sphere of peace keeping and provide equal participation of men and women in all processes directed to peaceful regulation of armed conflicts.

The project consists of three-year qualification courses, which will be held in Germany and Caucasus , and they are addressed to men and women who are actively engaged in peaceful regulation of conflicts and peacebuilding in Caucasus .

The resolution 1325 of UN Security Council is the basis for these issues for the East-West Women's Network (OST-WEST EUROPAISCHEN FRAUENNETZWERK, OWEN e.V.) and, project partner organizations in Caucasus- South Caucasus regional office of Heinrich Boll Foundation and regional NGO “Don Women”.

• What is integration of gender aspects in concrete peacebuilding activities?
  
• What is the relation of the understanding “gender” with the perception of conflict?
  
• What are the roles of gender constructions in different forms of conflicts and their transformation?
  
• What do we need to change in order to reduce the dynamic of violence?
  
• How can we implement the gender aspect in our activities?
  

These are not all the questions, which the organizers and the participants of the course Omnibus 1325 are trying to answer and work on. The basic course of the program is over, the goal of which was integration of gender aspects in the analysis of armed conflicts and their peaceful regulations through revealing the importance of gender aspects for non-violent settlement of conflicts and peacebuilding, through education programs and strengthening of professional skills.

With direct participation of the trainers of OWEN: Marina Grasse, Katrin Wolf, Andrea Hapke and Dana Jirouš, more than 60 men and women from North and South Caucasus and Germany at the same time attended the parallel running courses in Georgia (Bakuriani), Russia (Novocherkask and Sochi) and Germany (Berlin). There were distributed different working materials and also the manual “Teach and Guide – Culture and Conflict” (Katrin Wolf and Andrea Hapke) with the help of which the participants will disseminate their experience in their places and will use their knowledge in their activities of achieving peace in Caucasus and in the whole world.
   Mobile Peace Academy OMNIBUS 1325 (see details)