Activities

Ms. Rula Shahwan- the Policy and Conflict Resolution Studies Center Manager started the seminar by introducing the center and its mission in providing academic and cultural knowledge to create intellectual dialogue between the different parties in the Palestinian society and international thinkers and philosophers to discuss the changes and developments happening in the local and international arena and its implications on the Palestinian cause.

Mrs. Rula Shahwan- the Manager of the Policy and Conflict Resolution Studies Center opened the seminar that was attended by H.E. Mr. Sunil Kumar – the Ambassador of the Embassy of India in Palestine. Mrs. Shahwan started her speech by introducing the center and its goals to ease the access to academic knowledge for students, academics and researchers and to conduct political researches and papers to support politicians and Palestinian decision makers.

Representatives of the University of Granada welcomed the participant delegations and presented information about the different specializations and the research centers of their university. In addition, Dr. Enmacio Larotcha – the Head of the Euro-Arab Foundation presented introductory information about the foundation and the services it provides. Dr.

 Diego gave an in depth and very interesting account of how international peace institutes came together to help resolve the longstanding issues of political, economic, and ethnic conflicts in Colombia.  The talk began with Diego addressing the audience getting a feel for what they knew about Colombia geographically, politically, culturally, and economically.  He assisted the audience by situating them within the historical and present context of Colombia by giving a detailed overview of Colombia’s geographical significance geopolitically, economically, as well as the internal make up of th