Dear colleagues and alumni,
Please help us to disseminate this information regarding the new online
course organised by the Open University of Catalonia and sponsored by the International
Peace Bureau titled DISARMAMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT
We believe that today - more than ever - military budgets have to be
reduced and funds allocated to human development.
Best wishes,
Daniel Jakopovich
Council member of the International Peace Bureau
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Disarmament for Development
NGO: International Peace Bureau
Dates: October 1, 2014 - February 15, 2015
Language: English
Credits: 6 credits (150 h)
Cost : Registration and Enrolment fees €300
Organised by the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) in partnership with the
International Peace Bureau (IPB)
Introduction
The world spends over $1.7 trillion each year on the military. Even a
fraction of this sum could go a long way in tackling mass poverty and
mitigation and adaptation to climate change. Meanwhile weapons of all kinds
undermine development and do unacceptable harm to civilians. How can we work to
change this situation?
In order to achieve more just and peaceful societies, which is the dream
of most people and the mission of the UN, it is important to look seriously at
some of the major hampering factors.
This course deals in particular with the excessive military spending and
the misuse of resources that should have been used to meet people’s basic needs
and interests.
It addresses the need to change attitudes and rethink unsustainable and destructive
production and consumption patterns.
The Disarmament for Development perspective is presented within the broader
context of global efforts to create a Culture of Peace. IPB and UOC Disarmament
for Development program focuses on a set of issues often overlooked by those
working on poverty or peacemaking. This course offers an introduction both to the
issues and to ways of campaigning.
Objectives
The Disarmament for Development program is intended to enable students:
·To gain theoretical
perspectives on a multi-disciplinary topic of considerable scope.
·To access information
and knowledge relevant to the theme and to the politics and economics
surrounding the military choices that impact development.
·To acquire skills of
analysis and practical planning of actions to impact decision makers.
·To develop techniques
and strategies for building campaigns, projects and interventions in the
political arena.
·To learn ways to
inspire, to lead and to facilitate the participation of others in programs in
this field.
·To develop new ways
to communicate with a variety of interlocutors: governments, civil society
actors, academics, media, the general public.
Contents
- Disarmament for development
- Military spending at a time of global economic crisis
- Military tools
- Military bases
- Developing campaigns
- Links between investment in the military and the UN's Post-2015
Development Agenda
- The impacts of weapons on sustainable development
- Justifications and doctrines underpinning support for and investment
in military solutions
These contents are based on:
·Books and other
materials on this topic published or collected by the IPB.
·The experience of IPB
and its members / partners in this field since 2005.
For more information write to: secretariacp@uoc.edu, or mailbox@ipb.org
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