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National Peace Council of Sri Lanka

National Peace Council of Sri Lanka

Name:
National Peace Council of Sri Lanka (NPC)

Web address:
http://peace-srilanka.org

Email:
peace2sri.lanka.net
jehan1sri.lanka.net

Mailing address:
12/14, Purana Vihara Road, Colombo 06, Sri Lanka

Areas of work: Peace building is at the core of National Peace Council's programme that involves the creation of a conductive environment for peace and conflict transformation through non-violent means. In pursuit of this goal, the organization has designed its programmes to tackle the mobilization of civil society towards peace and a negotiated settlement to the ethnic conflict, through education, awareness building and dialogue.

From of National Peace Council specific activities include

  • Conducting of Seminar and Workshops
  • North-South exchanges, participatory of media persons
  • Forming civil groups
  • Multimedia advocacy campaigns
  • Analysis of currant situation
  • Informal diplomacy at treacle 2 level
  • Women and Peace Building

Office addresses:
12/14, Purana Vihara Road, Colombo 06, Sri Lanka
Office Tel. No: +94 11 2818344, +94 11 2854127
Office Fax: +94 11 2819064

 

Current projects

Title: "Don't Close the Road" Photo Exhibition (Media Unit)

Partners:

  • NPC network
  • FLICT network
  • National Institute of Education
  • Constitutional Affairs Ministry

Project description:
A pictorial depiction of the costs of war and the history of the ethnic conflict


Title: AED People's Forum Project (Research Unit)

Partners:

  • Colombo, Hanwella – Vijaya Sports Society
  • Gampaha, Wattala – Wattala Peace Foundation
  • Kandy, Pathadumbara – Centre for Development Alternatives
  • Kalutara – Education Development Foundation
  • Galle, Karandeniya – Human Resource and Rural Development Foundation
  • Matara, Dikwella – Jeewashakthi Foundation
  • Badulla, Hali Ella – Uva Farmer's Development Foundation 

Project description:

  • To develop and deepen democratic space and strengthen the peace process by generating a tradition of people's dialog at grassroots.
  • Bringing people together from key sectors and different walks of life to discuss our present conditions and develop a vision for our future.
  • Support the emergence of a "People's plan of action" for the development of good governance and place, and to widely disseminate this plan and its values, and thereby transform the role of people from passive observers to informed participants.


Title: Interactive Exchange visits for Media

Partners:

  • Southern Journalists Association
  • MERCY Foundation – Trincomalle
  • Gandhi Seva Sangamaya
  • North – South Journalists Association (Jaffna, Colombo, South)

Project description:

  • Exchange visit from South to North (Vanni)
  • Exchange visit from North/east to South (Matara)
  • Exchange visit from South to East (Batticaloa)
  • Joint Programme in Colombo
  • Printing of book after each visit
  • Joint Launch of 4 books in Colombo
Objectives
  • Facilitate an island–wide network of peace–journalists
  • Promote the effective and positive role of journalists in peace building
  • Create a positive shift in the attitudes of journalists representing different communities


Title: NPC Strategic planning 2005-2006

Partners:

  • Colombo- Keleni Vally Peace Coordinating Committee, Wijaya Spots Club
  • Gampaha - Samaja Sajeewi Sangamaya
  • Kalutara - Education Development Foundation
  • Kandy - Centre for Development Alternative
  • Matale - Youth Resource Development Guild
  • Nuwara-Eliya - Hill Country Assembly
  • Galle
  • Human Resource & Community Development Foundation
  • Organization for Protect Human Resources
  • Human Power Foundation
  • Fisheries Organization of South
  • Rural Women Front
  • Southern Province Media Association
  • Matara
  • Jeewa Shakthi Foundation
  • Media Forum for Peace
  • Hambantota - Media Forum for Peace
  • Jaffna - HUDEC
  • Mannar - SPECT Organization
  • Vavuniya - Seva Lanka
  • Batticaloa - EHED (Eastern Human & Economical Development Center
  • Ampara - Kalmunai Peace Foundation
  • Trincomalee - Mercy Foundation
  • Kurunegala - Wayamba – Human Resource Centre
  • Puttalam - Rural Development Foundation
  • Anuradhapura - Sama Sevaya
  • Polonnaruwa- Farmer Organization
  • Badulla - Uva Farmers Foundation
  • Monaragala - Uva Human Rights Organization
  • Rathnapura - Human Right Development Organization
  • Kegalle
  • Human Resource Centre
  • Gami Sarana Kendraya

Project description:

  • Increased engagement of media and opinion formers in the peace process.
  • Peace committees in districts.
  • Awareness created among different social sectors.
  • Reliable partners and networks in place.
  • Assessment of human resource requirements and institutional capacity.
  • Developing human resource capacity of networks through training.
  • A pool of trained activists in place.


Title: Women and Peace Building (Prabodhini - Gender Unit)

Partners:

  • Nuwaraeliya – Palm Foundation
  • Kandy – Centre for Development alternatives
  • Baticaloa – EHED
  • Marata – Sanvida
  • Kalmunai – Kalmuani Peace Foundation
  • Jaffna – Human Development Centre
  • Anuradhapura – Samasevaya
  • Monaragala – SEEDO
  • Kurunegala – Muslim Women Society
  • Vavunia – Sevalanka

Project description:
To contribute to the prevention of conflict and promotion of harmonious ethnic interaction between ethnically different communities through mediation and building partnerships based on inter-ethnic and inter-cultural understanding.


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