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Hosted by the Oslo Coalition on Freedom of Religion or Belief in cooperation with UNESCO within the framework of the UNESCO Inter-cultural and Inter-religious Dialogue Programme and The Norwegian National Commission for UNESCO. Location: The Nobel Institute and Håndtverkern Conference Centre Opening session Location: The Nobel Institute. Co-moderators: Dag Nygaard, Oslo Coalition Chair and Ingvill Thorson Plesner, Teaching for Tolerance Project Director 14.00: Welcoming addresses Bishop Gunnar Stålsett, President of The Oslo Coalition on Freedom of Religion or Belief - International Advisory Council Rosa Guerreiro, UNESCO Inter-cultural and Inter-religious Dialogue Programme 14.20: Opening addresses Hilde Frafjord Johnson, Minister of Development, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 14.50: Drama and music in tolerance education Role play performed by pupils from the Hartvig Nissen School, Oslo (Inspired by the module "Delicate Balance - Jews, Moslems, Christians: Tensions, Tolerance and Coexistence", developed by Aviva Doron, UNESCO Chair in Intercultural and Interreligious dialogue,) Songs by Lakkegata School Children's Choir, Oslo 15.00: Key note address: “The role of education in fostering tolerance, respect, recognition and understanding in relation to religion or belief” by Robert Jackson, Professor, Warwick University, Institute of Education, United Kingdom Working session I Location: Håndtverkern Conference Centre. Moderator: Oddbjørn Leirvik, Teaching for Tolerance Project Group 16.15: Opening of “The Forum”: Exhibition of teaching material 16.30: “Overcoming stereotyped images of ‘the other': Obstacles and possibilities” Introductory speaker: Jeremy Gunn, Emory University (USA) and the ODIHR Expert Panel on Freedom of Religion or Belief, OSCE Panel: Aisha Lemu, Islamic Education Trust (Nigeria); Jolanta Ambrosewicz, Centre for European Studies, University of Jagiellonian (Poland) and the ODIHR Expert Panel, OSCE
Working session II Location: The Nobel Institute. Moderator: Ingvill Thorson Plesner, Teaching for Tolerance Project Director "Fostering tolerance and freedom of religion or belief through school education: Identifying obstacles and promising approaches in existing models, methods and material" 09.00: Case studies from different disciplines and regions History education: Dan Bar-On , Prof. at Ben-Gurion University, and Sami Adwan, Prof. at Betlehem University: “The history book project (Israel - Palestine)” Education for freedom of religion or belief: Liam Gearon. Prof. at Centre for Research in Human Rights, University of Surrey Roehampton, United Kingdom: “Human rights education in relation with religion or belief” Narratives on Tolerance: Jeremy Gunn, Emory University: “Collecting stories illustrating principles of tolerance” Questions and comments after the presentations 10.30: Coffee break 11.00: Approaches to tolerance and inter-faith education in different regions Approaches in countries of ‘transition': examples from Central Asia and the Balkans Terrise Bassler, Director of Education, Open Society Institute Approaches in the Middle East: Wolfram Reiss, Researcher, Universities of Rostock/Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, Research Project on Textbooks of the Middle East Selected country reports: Recep Kaymackan, Prof. at Sakarya Universitesi: Turkey Zakiyuddin Baidhawy, Research Fellow, Centre for Cultural Studies and Social Change, Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta: Indonesia Fedor Kozyrev, Director, Centre for Religious Pedagogy, St. Petersburg: Russia Oddbjørn Leirvik, Ass. Prof., Faculty of Theology, University of Oslo: Norway 12.55: Towards the after noon implementation work shops: Gerd-Hanne Fosen, Education Advisor, The Norwegian National Commission for UNESCO 13.00: Reception (incl. lunch) at the Nobel Institute Working session III Location: Håndtverkern Conference Centre. Moderator: Gerd-Hanne Fosen, UNESCO Norway. "Implementation: Identifying obstacles, possibilities and needs for development of new models, methods and material” 14.30: “Must hatred be inherited?” Film produced by the Norwegian Helsinki Committee 14.50: Thematic work shops (parallel sessions): 1: Inter-faith education. Prepared introductions and round table discussion 2: History education: Prepared introductions and round table discussion 3: Human rights education: Prepared introductions and round table discussion 4: Other tolerance and peace education: Prepared introductions and round table discussion 16.45: Coffee break 17.00: “Implementation: The practitioner's perspective” Opening statement: Panel: Hasnah Gasim, UNESCO ASP network coordinator, Indonesia: Building networks 'Ameta Mulla, Head master at Springdales School, India: School management Signe Marie Natvig Andreassen, Head master, Gran primary school (ASP school), Oslo 17.45: Plenary discussion 18.30: End of session Saturday 4th Working session IV Location: Håndtverkern Confernce Centre. Moderator: Bente Sandvig, Teaching for Tolerance Project Group “Implementation through curriculum and textbook development" 09.00: Case study (Panel) Salah Yassin, Director, Palestinian Curriculum Development Center, Ramallah: “Quality education through quality curricula” Wolfram Reiss, Researcher, Universities of Rostock and Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany: “Visions of society and education for peace and tolerance in Palestinian textbooks” Ruth Firer (Discussant), Peace Education Forum, Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem "Exploring and developing new methods" 09.45: Introductions to thematic work shops. Coffee break. 10.00: Thematic work shops (parallel sessions) 1: The use of stories in fostering tolerance: ”Exploring and collecting narratives on tolerance” 2: Role plays/drama in multi-cultural education: "Delicate Balance - Jews, Moslems, Christians: Tensions, Tolerance and Coexistence" (Medieval Toledo as a model), developed by the UNESCO Chair in Intercultural and Interreligious dialogue, Aviva Doron 3: Use of virtual and audio-visual method in tolerance, human rights and inter-faith education 11.45: Lunch and sight seeing Working session IV Moderator: Ms Ingvill Thorson Plesner, Teaching for Tolerance Project Director "Developing strategies for further network building and for development of models, methods and material at the regional and the global level" 15.30: Coordination and initiatives at the regional level: Samuel Lee, Director, Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding/UNESCO, Korea: “Teachers' training in the Asia-Pacific region” Joseph Kreidi, UNESCO, Beirut Office: Coordinator of the project “Cultural aspects of Islam and Christianity” Anara Tabyshalieva, Chair, Institute for Regional Studies (for Central Asia in the Kyrgyz Republic): “Network initiatives on tolerance and human rights education in Central Asia: Challenges and possibilities” Rebecca Williams, Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Program, Human Rights Section Council of Europe project: “The Religious Dimension of Inter-Cultural Education” 16.15: Regional network meetings: 1) Asia and Africa 2) North/East /Central Europe and the Americas 3) Euro-Mediterranean 17.15: Coffee break 17.30: Coordination and initiatives at the international level: Elena Ippoliti, Program Officer, UN High Commissioner on Human Rights, HRE Programme Rosa Guerreiro, Executive Advisor, UNESCO, Intercultural and Interreligious Program Abdelfattah Amor, Chair of the UN Human Rights Committee 18.00: Plenary discussion 18.30: End of session Sunday 5th Closing session Moderator: Lena Larsen, Oslo Coalition Coordinator “Teaching for tolerance and freedom of religion or belief: Conclusions and future prospects” 10.00: Round table discussion. Moderator of the round table: Robert Jackson 11.30: Concluding remarks: Jeremy Gunn 11.50: Cultural events 12.00: Closing addresses 12.15: End of session 12.30: Lunch
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