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The Ålands Islands Peace Institute offers courses to schools and to different organizations and groups. We also arrange international seminars and conferences. Some of the course topics are:
Education for journalists from the Caucasus, 2007-2009 During 2007 to 2009 the Åland Islands Peace Institute is involved in the Institute for War and Peace Reporting's (IWPR) training programme for journalists from Caucasus. The Åland Islands Peace Institute contributes with training in minority issues and international law.
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Utbildningar för kill- och tjejgruppsledare på Åland
Ålands Fredsinstitut erbjuder utbildningar för dig som är över 18 år och vill bli tjej- eller killgruppsledare. Du behöver inga särskilda förkunskaper för att delta i utbildningarna, det räcker gott och väl med ett stort intresse och engagemang samt en förståelse för könsstrukturer i samhället.OBS Utbildningen för killgruppsledare är uppskjuten till september pga askmolnet.
Om du från tidigare har en tjejgruppsledarutbildning men vill hålla tjejgrupper i Ålands fredsinstituts regi erbjuder vi en fortbildning för tjejgruppsledare lördagen den 8 maj (programmet är bifogat). Anmälan till fortbildningen för tjejgruppsledare sker senast den 3 maj till: ulrika@peace.ax eller tel: 23977.
Media and Democratic Participation, February 2008, Åland
The course in Media and Democratic Participation for young journalists from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, the UK, Sweden and Åland took place in February 2008. The course focused on minorities, freedom of expression, local media and democratic participation. The course was partially funded by the EU youth programme. Contributing were among others Gunnar Jansson (the European Council), Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark (the Åland Islands Peace Institute), Barbro Teir (editor of Hufvudstadsbladet and Volt), Rhodri Williams (guest researcher, the Åland Islands Peace Institute), Salla Nazarenko (project leader, IWPR), Robert Hårdh (human rights lawyer and secretary general, Swedish Helsinki Committee), as well as Ålandic journalists, politicians and civil servants.
Journalist training in Abkhazia
11 Dec 2007. December 3rd-6th 2007, Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark, Director of the Åland Islands Peace Institute, conducted a training session for journalists from Caucasus. The training was held in Abkhazia/Georgia, and focused on freedom of expression and its limits, and war propaganda.The training was organized in cooperation with the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR). The Åland Islands Peace Institute contributes to IWPRs three-year long training programme for journalists from Caucasus with training in minority issues and international law.
50 journalists and 24 newspapers take part in the project, which is financed mainly by the EU. The participants at the training in Sukhumi in Abkhazia came from Abkhazia, Dagestan, Armenia and Azerbaijan. Journalists from Georgia could not take part in the training due to restrictions by the Abkhazian authorities.
Abkhazia is a disputed area between the Caucasus Mountains and the Black Sea. The status of the area has been under change since the war in the 1990s
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| The border between Georgia and Abkhazia. |







