Civil Peace Service Forum
| Forum Civil Peace Service (forumZFD) |
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|---|---|
| legal form | non-profit registered association |
| founding | 1996 |
| Seat | Cologne ( ⊙ ) |
| purpose | Training and deployment of peace workers |
| Chair | Oliver boy |
| sales | 6,987,254 euros (2017) |
| Members | 168 (2019) |
| Website | www.forumzfd.de |
The Forum Ziviler Friedensdienst (forumZFD) eV is an amalgamation of almost 40 organizations and currently around 130 individuals who are committed to the civil peace service . The organization is based in Cologne and was founded in 1996. The organization sees itself as an advocate for the idea of civil peace service and civil conflict management . In order to strengthen this idea, the association itself acts as a supporter of projects in the civil peace service and sends its own " peace experts " to conflict regions. It also supports and coordinates secondments through its member organizations.
As part of its Academy for Conflict Transformation, it also offers training opportunities of various lengths for peace workers and conflict handlers, as well as training on specific topics. The three nine-week and one four-month qualification courses in civil conflict management take place each year mainly in English and can be completed with the "Peace Expert" certificate.
Use of skilled workers
At the moment there are almost 30 skilled workers mainly in various countries in the Western Balkans (ex- Yugoslavia ) and Israel and Palestine . There, dealing with the past and trauma as well as the interethnic dialogue are fields of action. In 2008 the Philippines were added as a further project region, where the conflict is focused on Mindanao . In addition, forumZFD also carries out municipal conflict counseling projects in Germany. The cities of Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Tübingen, Hamburg-Bergedorf and Quakenbrück are currently taking advantage of the advice.
financing
The association is financed from membership fees, donations and other fundraising measures. The funds for the foreign projects as well as the qualification work come largely from the Civil Peace Service program in development cooperation of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
Networks
The association is a founding member of the European Network for Civil Peace Intervention (EN.CPI - until 2014 European Network for Civil Peace Services) and the global Nonviolent Peaceforce. It is therefore part of a worldwide movement that advocates the dissemination of professionally designed civil society alternatives for constructive conflict management.
Foundation, endowment
A foundation of the same name, founded by the forum, has existed since 2014.
Awards
The forum ZFD has been awarded the Gustav Heinemann Citizens Prize (1997), the Göttingen Peace Prize (2005) and the Sievershauser Encouragement Peace Prize (2014).
Academy for Conflict Transformation
The Academy for Conflict Transformation is the training facility of the forum ZFD. In courses, trainings and other events, she imparts knowledge and skills for professional peace work at home and abroad. Most qualification measures are aimed at people who work or want to work in civilian peace service projects or closely related areas (e.g. conflict-sensitive development cooperation). In addition, the academy also offers events and information for beginners and part-time mediation courses.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Transparency and openness are important to us. In: forumzfd.de. Retrieved November 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Organizations involved in the ZFD forum: Bund für Soziale Defense (FSIO); Alliance 90 / The Greens KV Mettmann; Alliance '90 / The Greens, Mönchengladbach District Association; Bündnis '90 / Die Grünen, local association Ratingen; CARE Germany / Luxembourg eV; Change Support Team; German Evangelical Working Group for Adult Education; German Peace Society - United War Resisters ; Dietrich Bonhoeffer Association; One world center Herne; Evangelical working group for conscientious objection and peace; Evangelical Church in Baden; Friends of the Willy Brandt Center eV; Women's Network for Peace; Nottuln Peace Initiative; Gustav Heinemann Peace Society; International Doctors for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) German Section; Hattingen-Witten church district; Committee for Fundamental Rights and Democracy ; District Church Office Münster; Readers Initiative Publik eV; Live without armor; Ecumenical Center Berlin; OWEN eV - Mobile Academy for Gender Democracy and Peacebuilding; pax christi German section; pax christi Hagen; pax christi diocese offices in Aachen, Essen, Freiburg, Cologne, Limburg, Mainz, Munich, Munster, Paderborn and Rottenburg-Stuttgart; Friedensau University of Applied Sciences; United Church Districts Dortmund and Lünen - Youth and Ecumenical Unit. As of June 2, 2010.
- ↑ http://www.stiftung-forumzfd.de/
- ^ Aken, Jan van [Red.]: The NGO manual: non-governmental organizations. Greenpeace Media, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-9811689-0-7 , p. 436.
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from February 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
