The Indonesian Central Board of Muhammadiyah in cooperation with the Kuala Lumpur-based Cheng Ho Multi-Culture Education Trust, and Centre for Dialogue and Cooperation among Civilisations (CDCC) will organize the 5th World Peace Forum to be held on November 20 – 23, 2014, in Jakarta, Indonesia.
The 5th World Peace Forum will address the following issues:
- Why does conflict resolution matter? To what extent can conflict resolution serve as a basis for establishing long-lasting peace?
- What can we learn from successes and failures of conflict resolution designed and implemented in various parts of the world?
- How can we promote the principles of process and methods of conflict resolution in bringing peace to conflict-torn areas around the world?
The 5th World Peace Forum is aimed at:
- Contributing to peacebuilding and peacemaking through sharing lessons learned from conflict resolutions that influence peace processes among engaging parties, peace practitioners, and policy makers.
- Extending peace networks through entrenching the ongoing collection of best practices of conflict resolutions among stakeholders.
The discussion forums at the 5th World Peace Conference, Jakata, will cover:~
- Conflict Resolution: Lessons from Aceh and Maluku
- Conflict Resolution: Lessons from Thailand and the Philippines
- Conflict Resolution: Lessons from Afghanistan and Kosovo
- Conflict Resolution: Lessons from Nigeria and Central Africa
- Conflict Resolution: Lessons from Myanmar
- From Conflict Resolutions to Peace-Building: The Role of Faith-Based Organisations and Media
- Which other groups and parties need to be involved in order to make dialogues more inclusive in managing conflicts and promoting conflict resolutions?
- What strategies and steps need to be taken to promote effective conflict resolution and long lasting peace settlement?
- What is the road map and what are short and long term plans in promoting effective conflict resolutions?
- What mechanism needs to be devised to design and implement those strategies and steps and achieve the above plans?
- The Way Forward: Promoting Conflict Resolutions
