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- What motivated you to become involved in peace and conflict resolution?
- Commitment to peace, justice and reconciliation: Over the last seven years, Hannes facilitated processes for a prominent Middle East think tank to initiate reforms across the region; he facilitated several joint dialogue initiatives in Sri Lanka and Nepal to help resolve those conflicts and bridge the gaps in perception and understanding. Between 1991 and 1994, Siebert headed the media and youth divisions of the National Peace Secretariat in South Africa, the multi-party body dedicated to reducing violence and promoting dialogue during the tense run-up to the first democratic elections. In the late ‘90s, Siebert was a member of the World Economic Forum’s “Transitions to Peace” initiative on peace-building in South Africa, the Balkans, Northern Ireland and the Middle East. Siebert has been an associate of the Center for War, Peace and the News Media at New York University. In this capacity, he initiated and coordinates the West-Dar al Islam Media Dialogues program, which facilitates dialogue between major media institutions in the U.S. and Middle East. A former newspaper editor and television producer, Siebert still produces children's animation and interactive media projects. He recently helped to launch a children's initiative that supports orphanages in war-torn regions if south Asia, caring for children that are victims of war and human trafficking.
- Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself (no more than 3 paragraphs)
- As an international consultant, trainer, facilitator and mediator, Hannes worked in Africa, USA, Middle East, Balkans and South Asia. He is Chairman and Director of the Peace Appeal Foundation and Director and co-founder of the Media Peace Centre, an initiative which designs and produces worldwide media projects supporting peace-building and conflict intervention initiatives. He is currently facilitating and advising on aspects of the peace processes in Sri Lanka, Nepal and Lebanon, working at track one, two and three levels, and developing innovative interventions designed to help heal ethnic divides.
- Please list the countries and/or regions in which you have direct and significant expertise
- South Africa, Lesotho, Namibia, Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Israel/Palestine and Lebanon.
- What is your current country of residence?
- Nepal, Lebanon and South Africa
- What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?
- Facilitator and Peace Process Advisor to Nepal Transitions to Peace and Ministry for Peace and Reconstruction; Director of Peace Appeal Foundation.
- What is your personal or organizational website?
- http://www.linkedin.com/in/hannessiebert
- What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)
- http://www.peaceappeal.org
- What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)
- http://www.peacetools.org
- Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise?
- Alternative Dispute Resolution, Peacebuilding, Conflict Resolution
- Which are your primary skills areas?
- Training, Program Design, Advocacy, Intervention
- What are some of your current areas of research (if any)?
- Military Integration; Peace and Negotiations' Process Design; Track one and half interventions; Peace structures; Peace Tools
- If appropriate feel free to list several of your publications
- Media Covering Conflict; Debunking the Big "O"; Sri Lanka's One-text Negotiations Process; Creating Inclusive Peace Structures: A comparrative study
Hannes Siebert's Blog
Nepal Transition to Peace
Nepal:
Creating Mechanisms to Manage Peace and Negotiations Processes
The Nepal Transition to Peace (NTTP) Initiative is a national peace support program designed in consultation with the Government of Nepal, its Peace Secretariat, and political parties to build their capacity to engage in the peace process, create an inclusive multi-party dialogue to address all stakeholders’ concerns, and institutionalize government peace structures. The Initi…
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Events
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17th International Youth Leadership Conference
January 4, 2009 at 12am to January 9, 2009 at 12am – Olympik Tristar Hotel -
International Conference on Adult Peace Education
January 10, 2009 at 9am – Sri Lanka -
Belfast, First European Conference on Politics and Gender
January 21, 2009 at 9pm – "Queen's University" -
World Conference of Humanitarian Studies
February 4, 2009 at 6pm to February 8, 2009 at 6pm – Groningen, The Netherlands
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Please let me know if I can be of assistance in this regards.
Thank you.
Shanti,
Bishnu Pathak
I see you from Chiara's list of friends. I am privileged to be able to communicate with you through this network. I see from your profile that you have been doing important works towards conflict resolution, peacebuilding and development in many situations and geographical areas. I think that I have a lot to learn from your insights and learning. Do you see any ethnic dimension in the Nepal situation or take into account ethnic dimension so that ethnic conflict does not occur in Nepal?
I look forward to hearing from you positively.
Warm regards,
Bobichand
Thank you for contacting me. Yes I am a friend of Lisa's, but perhaps you mistake me for someone else as I do not know Adriaan Verheul. I am currently here on a similar contract as Lisa, same sending organisation through CPS, although I work with a different local partner, COCAP.
I do agree that the economic issue will come up, like many others after the CA election results.
Chiara
Thanks for the invite, and as I am close to Nepal I may just wind up in Kathmandu sometime soon. How's the work going there? I am currently working for UNDP, and so you can no doubt guess the state of my work...
Keep in touch, when you have the time...
Please feel free to contact me with any questions with which I may be able to help. Chris
very pleased to hear from you - Norbert mentioned your work several times and I would be thrilled to learn more about it. Please get in touch when back in the country - I'll send you my details by email.
Take care, Xx
I hope to open a line of communication with you. It seems we share some common interests so I wanted to make my introduction. I'm Chris from New Orleans. I'm studying Comparative legal systems at Tulane Law School and am very interested in Human Rights and Mediation and Negotiation. Given our common interests this might be a good way to start communication so we can refer to each other in the future. Please take a minute to view my page and leave a message if you like.
peace.
Thank you for adding me as a friend in the peace and collaborative development networking. I hope we could get benefit from such a resourceful network of peace and development. I returned Kathmandu on 24th of November and planning to join office on 27th of November.
With regards,
Kesab
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nice to meet you. i agree with you about the people living on the border between bosnia and croatia. it was my first connexion with an enviornment post war (after the war) -even if i still have in mind the Romanian revolution from 1989, even as a kid- and one of the reason that make me stay to work in this field.
about the article, it could be a good idea. do yo have anything specific in mind. i would really like to collaborate with you.
best regards
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