Northern Ireland Focused Programs

• Session for the Ulster Democratic Unionist Party
  (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2004)
  A session for senior members of the Democratic Unionist Party that examined strategies related to governance, negotiation and persuasion, leadership and risk-taking.
  
  Canada
  Kim Campbell, former Prime Minister of Canada; Secretary-General of the Club of Madrid; and Lecturer, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

  South Africa
  Roelf Meyer, Chair, Civil Society Initiative, and former government Minister and Chief Negotiator, South Africa

  United States
  Jim Cooney, Executive Director, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
  Alexis Keller, broker of the Geneva initiative for an Israeli-Palestinian peace accord, and Fellow, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
  Marty Linsky, Lecturer, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and co-author of Leadership on the Line
  Brian Mandell, Lecturer and Chair of the Negotiation Project, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
  Gary Orren, Professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and expert on public opinion, politics and persuasion

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• Working Together for Sustainable Peace
  (Templepatrick, Northern Ireland, 2003)
  Presentations by practitioners from Northern Ireland and elsewhere, along with working groups, allowed over 100 participants to examine the challenges for community and political action in Northern Ireland.
  
  Israel
  Naomi Chazan, Professor at Hebrew University of Jerusalem and former Deputy Speaker of the Israeli Parliament

  Northern Ireland
  Eamonn Deane, Director of the Holywell Trust
  Jackie Redpath, Chief Executive of the Greater Shankill Partnership
  Pat Convery, Social Democratic and Labour Party Councillor
  Patricia Lewsley, Member of Legislative Assembly for the Social and Democratic Labour Party
  Jim Wells, Member of Legislative Assembly for the Democratic Unionist Party
  Monica McWilliams, Leader of the Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition
  Seamus McAleavey, Chief Executive of the Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action
  Dave Wall, Director of the Voluntary and Community Unit of the Department of Social Development
  Quintin Oliver, Stratagem
  Jacinta De Paor, LIVE Programme Co-ordinator, Glencree Reconciliation Centre
  Stevie Johnston, Director, Workers’ Educational Association
  Niall Fitzduff, Director, Rural Community Network
  Colm Bradley, Director, Community Technical Aid
  Joe Law, Co-Director, Trademark
  Monina O’Prey, Programme Manager, Community Foundation for Northern Ireland
  Dr. Fionola Meredith, Training and Policy Worker
  Isobel Loughran, Training and Education Worker, Women into Politics
  Mark Thompson, Director, Eolas
  Martin Snoddon, Director, Conflict Trauma Resource Centre

  South Africa
  Roelf Meyer, Chair of the South African Civil Society Initiative, and former South African Minister of Defense and Minister of Constitutional Affairs

  Spain/Basque Region
  Gorka Espiau Idoiaga, spokesperson and Deputy Director of Elkarri, the Social Movement for Dialogue and Accord in the Basque Region

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• Approaches for Optimizing Opportunities
  (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2003)
  Provided executive training for leaders from Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Great Britain on campaign strategies, persuasion, leadership and participatory planning.
  
  Canada
  Kim Campbell, former Prime Minister of Canada

  Ecuador
  Jamil Mahaud, former President of Ecuador

  United States
  Philip Heymann, Professor of Law, Harvard University, former US Deputy Attorney General
  Gary Orren, Professor, Kennedy School of Government
  Marty Linsky, Lecturer, Kennedy School of Government
  Pippa Norris, Lecturer, Kennedy School of Government
  Xavier de Souza Briggs, Professor, Kennedy School of Government

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• Seminars on Social Action and Peace-Building
  (Northern Ireland, 2003)
  In four separate sessions in different parts of Northern Ireland, small groups of community leaders discussed the challenges they face and shared successful strategies they used.
  
  Angola
  Rafael Marques, Representative of the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa in Angola

  India
  Kalpana Sharma, Deputy Editor of The Hindu

  Serbia
  Vesna Nikolic-Ristanovic, Senior Researcher at the Institute of Criminological and Sociological Resarch in Serbia

  South Africa
  Brandon Hamber, editor of Past Imperfect: Dealing with the Past in Northern Ireland

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• Workshop on Strategies for Building Trust in Northern Ireland
  (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2003)
  Designed for 18 leaders to tackle the issue of lack of trust in Northern Ireland - between Catholics and Protestants and between the community and political sectors.
  
  Colombia
  Juan Esteban Orduz, former Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy of Colombia to the United States
  Luis Fernando de Angulo, founder, Fundación El Alcaravan

  Guatemala
  Jose Maria Argueta, former Ambassador and Guatemalan National Security Advisor

  South Africa
  Roelf Meyer, Founder of the Civil Society Initiative and former Minister of Constitutional Affairs of South Africa

  United States
  Martha Minow, Professor of Law, Harvard University
  Herb Kelman, Director, Program on International Conflict Resolution and Analysis, Harvard University
  Donna Hicks, Deputy Director, Program on International Conflict Resolution and Analysis, Harvard University
  Philip Heymann, Professor of Law, Harvard University, former US Deputy Attorney General
  Peter Zimmerman, Kennedy School of Government Senior Associate Dean for Executive Education and Program Development

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• Community Action and Peace-building: Mechanisms for Addressing Difference
  (Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2002)
  Allowed 100 community leaders to consider strategies for effective community action in relation to such subjects as young people, victims, human rights, cross-border cooperation, single identity work, and peace-building in areas of tension.
  
  Cambodia
  Youk Chhang, Director, Documentation Center of Cambodia

  Croatia
  Snjezana Kovacevic, Program Director, Centre for Peace, Nonviolence and Human Rights, Croatia
  Branka Kaselj, Director, Centre for Peace, Non-Violence and Human Rights, Croatia

  Northern Ireland
  Avila Kilmurray, Director, Northern Ireland Voluntary Trust
  Paddy Sloan, Chief Executive, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
  Michael Morrissey, Lecturer in Social Policy, University of Ulster; Chair of the Urban Institute in Belfast, Northern Ireland
  Mary Lynch, Regional Manager, PRONI Institute of Social Education

  United States
  Sara Zucker, Director, Project on Justice in Times of Transition, Harvard University
  Billy Robinson, Director, Counteract
  James Cooney, Executive Director, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

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• Extending the Limits: Constraints and Challenges
  (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2002)
  Provided executive training for leaders from Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Great Britain on leadership and management, participatory planning and alliance building, economic development, and rule of law.

  Ecuador
  Jamil Mahuad, former President of Ecuador

  Mexico
  Ernesto Zedillo, former President of Mexico

  United States
  Philip Heymann, Professor of Law, Harvard University, former US Deputy Attorney General
  Kenneth Winston, Harvard Kennedy School
  Peter Zimmerman, Senior Associate Dean for Executive Education and Program Development at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
  Steve Goldsmith, former Mayor of Indianapolis
  Ambassador Richard Haass, Director of the US State Department Policy Planning Staff
  Xavier Briggs
  James Cooney, Executive Director, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
  John Cullinane
  Brian Mandell
  Fred Schauer
  Martha Minow, Professor of Law, Harvard University
  Marty Linsky, Lecturer, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and co-author of Leadership on the Line

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• Reunion Session for Participants in Executive Training Programs
  (Newcastle, Northern Ireland, 2002) -
  Through a combination of exercises, case studies and discussions, participants built on their experiences in past programs at the Kennedy School of Government in order to strengthen skills related to leadership and governance. 

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• Crafting Strategies for a Shared Future
  (Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2001)
  Created a forum for 150 community and political activists to consider mutually advantageous strategies for action, particularly on the EU’s Support Program for Peace and Reconciliation.
  
  Chile
  John Biehl, Director, Colombia and the Andean Region, International Crisis Group; former Secretary General of the Presidency of Chile

  Ecuador
  Jamil Mahuad, former President of Ecuador; Fellow, Center for Public Leadership, Harvard University

  Northern Ireland
  Avila Kilmurray, Director, Northern Ireland Voluntary Trust
  Duncan Morrow, Lecturer in Politics, University of Ulster

  United Kingdon
  Nik Gowing, Program Anchor, BBC World
  Elizabeth Meehan, Director, Institute of Governance, Public Policy and Social Research, Queen’s University

  United States
  James Cooney, Director, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

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• Rights, Inclusion and Approaches to Dealing with Differences
  (Lusty Beg Island, Northern Ireland, 2001)
  Facilitated 100 community leaders to consider differences within and between communities, and the debate surrounding a bill of rights for Northern Ireland.

  Northern Ireland
  Eldred de Klerk, Associate, Community Development Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland
  Brice Dickson, the Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission.
  Roy Garland, Joint Chair of the Meath Peace Group of the Guild of Ancient Uriel, Northern Ireland
  Avila Kilmuray, Director, Northern Ireland Voluntary Trust
  Billy Robinson, Director, Counteract, Northern Ireland

  Israel
  Galia Golan, Professor of Russian and East European Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

  South Africa
  Justice Albie Sachs, South Africa

  United States
  James A. Cooney, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
  Frederick Schauer, Academic Dean, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
  Sara Zucker, Director, The Project on Justice in Times of Transition

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• Strategic Perspectives on Governance and Growth
  (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2001)
  Provided executive training for leaders from Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Great Britain on leadership and management, links between social, political and economic development, and policing.

  Canada
  Kim Campbell, Former Prime Minister of Canada

  Northern Ireland
  Debora Spar
  Ira Jackson

  United Kingdom
  Commissioner Paul Evans, Head of the Policing Standards Unit for the UK

  United States
  Martin Linsky, Harvard University
  Bryan Hehir
  Philip Heymann, Professor of Law, Harvard University, United States
  Frederick Schauer, Academic Dean, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
  Julie Wilson
  Peter Zimmerman, Senior Associate Dean for Executive Education and Program Development at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

  East Timor
  José Ramos Horta, former President of East Timor

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• Community and Governance in a Time of Transition
  (Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1999) –
  Created a venue for over 200 political and community leaders from throughout Northern Ireland to engage with one another and to discuss priorities and mechanisms for communication and collaboration in the new political environment.

  Canada
  Kim Campbell, former Prime Minister of Canada
  
  El Salvador
  Saul Suster, co-owner of Omnisport, El Salvador

  Ireland
  Jim Dougal, European Commission Office
  Sammy Douglas, Chair, NIVT
  Dr. Maurice Hayes, Member of the Irish Senate
  Inez McCormack, Irish Congress of Trade Unions

  Israel
  Naomi Chazan, Deputy Speaker of Israeli Parliament

  Northern Ireland
  Paul Arthur, University of Ulster
  Hugh Frazer, Conference Rapporteur
  Avila Kilmurray, Northern Ireland Voluntary Trust
  Seamus McAleavey, Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action
  Dermot Nesbit, Member of Northern Ireland Assembly

  United Kingdom
  Chris Gibson, Confederation of British Industry
  
  Slovakia
  Marek Kapusta, Project Coordinator, Rock Volieb Export, Slovakia
  
  South Africa
  Roelf Meyer, Member of South African Parliament
  Brandon Hamber, Project Coordinator, Center for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, South Africa

  United States
  Wendy Luers, Foundation for a Civil Society

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• Remember and Change: Survivors of the Conflict Shaping Their Own Future
  (Templepatrick, Northern Ireland, 1999)
  Addressed issues of memory and recognition for a range of individuals and groups who can be considered victims of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

Guatemala
Eva Morales, human rights activist, Guatemala

Northern Ireland
Paul Cavanaugh, North-West, Community Network,
Dr. Helena Schlindwein, consultant, Northern Ireland
Marie Smyth, research fellow, INCORE, Northern Ireland

South Africa
Brandon Hamber, Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, South Africa
Mbuyi Mhlauli, witness to the TRC, South Africa

United States
Senator J. Robert Kerrey, Nebraska, United States

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• Workshops for Community Leaders in Northern Ireland
  (Northern Ireland, 1998)
  Focused on issues related to women, youth, prisoners and victims, as well as on ways in which community groups can have an impact on the peace process in Northern Ireland.

Croatia
Branka Kaselj, Executive Director of the Centre for Peace, Non-Violence and Human Rights

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• The New Political Architecture
  (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1998) -
  Brought together senior leaders from Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Great Britain to address difficult and pressing issues related to implementing the new peace agreement such as parades, policing and prisoners.

United States
Peter Zimmerman, Senior Associate Dean for Executive Education and Program Development at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Philip Heymann, Professor of Law, Harvard University, former US Deputy Attorney General

Northern Ireland
Debora Spar
C. William Maynes
Sheldon Hackney
Marty Linsky                         
Jim Lyons
Lani Guinier 
John Cullinane
Louis Davis
Thomas DiBenedetto
Ira Jackson

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• Communities Facing Times of Change: Their Role in the Peace-Building Process
  (Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1998) -
  Allowed a diverse group of over 170 community leaders in Northern Ireland to discuss and analyze the fears, hopes and multi-faceted challenges related to peace-building.

Croatia
Branka Kaselj, Executive Director of the Center for Peace,Non-Violence and Human Rights in Osijek Croatia

Nicaragua
Carolina Enriquez, Education and Action for Peace Program at the center for International Studies in Mangua, Nicaragua

Israel
Maya Kahanoff, Activist promoting tolerance among groups of Arabs and Jews

South Africa
Tlhoki Mofokeng, Community Services Coordinator at Center for the Study of Non Violence and Reconciliation, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Managing Change in a Diverse Society
  (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1996)
  Brought together political leaders from Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Great Britain to consider methods to protect diverse communities and create social cohesion.

Great Britain
David Campbell Bannerman, Conservative Party
Claire Kavanagh, Liberal Democratic Party
Nigel Warner, Labour Party

Northern Ireland
David Adams, Ulster Democratic Party
Paul Arthur, University of Ulster
Hugh Carr, Social Democrat and Labor Party
Baroness Denton, Minister for Economic Development
Marietta Farrell, Social Democrat and Labor Party
Steven Farry, Alliance Party
Tommy Gallaher, Social Democrat and Labor Party
Richard Holmes, Ulster Unionist Party
William Hutchinson, Progressive Unionist Party
Margaret Logue, Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
Rev Roy Magee, Farset Youth and Community Development
Elizabeth McCaffrey, Alliance Party
Elaine McClure, Ulster Unionist Party
Frank Mc Coubrey, Ulster Democratic Party
Dodie McGuinness, Sinn Fein
Sean McManus, Sinn Fein
Monica McWilliams, Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
Drew Nelson, Ulster Unionist Party
William Smith, Progressive Unionist Party

Republic of Ireland
Brian Fitzgerald, Labour Party
Frances Fitzgerald, Fine Gael
Mary Mannion, Progressive Democrats
Catherine Murphy, Democratic Left
Rory O'Hanlon, Fianna Fail

United States
James Cooney, Kennedy School of Government
Lloyd Cutler, Former White House Counsel
Jack Donahue
Henry Louis Gates, Harvard University Dept of African American Studies
Philip Heyman, Harvard Law School
Senator Edward Kennedy
Randall Kennedy
Dutch Leonard, Kennedy School of Govermment
Marty Linsky, Kennedy School of Government
Dean Joseph Nye, Kennedy School
Mark Roberts, Harvard School of Public Health
Kathy Whitmore,  Former Mayor of Houston

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• Reconciliation and Community: The Future of Peace in Northern Ireland
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  Examined Northern Ireland's unfolding transition in light of global experiences in overcoming legacies of conflict.
  
  

  Colombia
  Antonio Navarro Wolff, President Democratic AllianceM19

  Costa Rica
  Oscar Arias, Nobel Laureate in Peace and former President of Costa Rica

  Czech Republic
  Jan Urban, Writer

  El Salvador
  Ambassador Ricardo Castañeda, Permanent Mission of the Republic of El Salvador to the UN
  Ana Guadalupe Martinez, Vice President, National Assembly
  Joaquin Villalobos, Former Leader of the FMLN Guerilla Movement
  Carmen Maria Gallardo Hernandez,  Executive Director, FUNDAPAZ

  Great Britain
  Jon Snow, Channel 4 News

  Israel
  Arthur Koll, Political Counselor, Embassy of Israel, United Kingdom
  
  Northern Ireland:
  Trevor Smith, Vice Chancellor, University of Ulster
  Michael Ancram, MP Northern Ireland, Minister of Political Development
  Reverend Dr. Gordon Gray, Christian Education Movement
  Dr. John Alderdice, Alliance Party
  Stephen McBride, Alliance Party
  Reverand Dr. Roy Magee, Farset Youth and Community Development
  John Robb, New Ireland Group
  John Darby, Director INCORE
  David Cook, Police Authority for Northern Ireland
  Mark Durkan, Social Democratic and Labour Party
  Ken Maginnis, MP, House of Commons
  Jeffrey Donaldson, Ulster Unionist Party
  Alex Atwood, Social Democratic and Labour Party
  Bronagh Hinds, Ulster People’s College
  Dr. Maurice Hayes, former Northern Irealnd Ombudsman, Chairman, the Irelands Funds
  Dr. Brian Keenan, Ulster Department of English
  Gary McMichael, Ulster Democratic Party
  Tom Hartley, Sinn Fein
  Vani  Boorah,  Department of Applied Economics, University of Ulster
  John Hume, MP Social Democratic and Labour Party
  David Ervine,  Progressive Unionist Party
  Paul Arthur, Professor of Politcs, University of Ulster

  Palestine
  Hasan A Rahman, Chief Representative Palestine Liberation Organization,

  Poland
  Hanna Suchocka, MP Former Prime Minister
  Jerzy Wiatr, MP Deputy Chairman of the Democratic Left (SLD)
  Jerzy Osiatynsky, MP Poland

  Republic of Ireland
  Fintan O’Toole, Writer
  Michael Longley, Poet and Writer
  Dick Spring, TD Tanaiste and Minister of Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Republic of Ireland

  South Africa
  Roelf Meyer, Minister of Provincial Affairs & Constitutional Development
  Dullah Omar, Minister of Justice
  Alex Boraine, Director, Justice in Transition in South Africa
  Peter Gastrow, Advisor to the Minister for Safety and Security, Gauteng Province

  Spain
  Jesus Rodes, Former Director of the Police Academy of Catalunya

  United States
  Harold Saunders, Director of International Affairs, Charles Kettering Foundation
  Raymond W Kelly, Former Police Commissioner, New York City
  James LeMoyne, United Nations Political Advisor on the Central American Peace Process
  Joseph Montville, Director, Preventative Diplomacy Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies

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