The Association "Rondine Cittadella della Pace" has been active in the promotion of the culture of peace since 1997. The main activities of the Association are concentrated in the management of the International Hall of Residence. Here the students, coming from the opposing sides of conflict, live and study side by side in a project of dialogue and peaceful coexistence. They follow undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses at university take part in the educational activities and return to their home countries to embark on high visibility academic, institutional or industrial careers, furthering the cause of dialogue and reconciliation.
The Association's mission statement can be summed up as follows: promoting conflict resolution through the experiences of young people who are able to uncover a real person within their enemy.
The International Hall of Residence houses about 30 students (between the ages of 19 and 26) of different cultures and coming from countries in conflict, particularly from: the Russian Federation, paying special attention to the autonomous republics of Chechnya, Ingushetia, North Ossetia; the Southern Caucasus: Georgia (including the region of Abkhazia which proclaimed itself independent); Armenia, Azerbaijan; the Middle East: Israel, the Palestinian Territories, Lebanon; the Balkans: Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia; India, Pakistan, Sierra Leone and Rwanda.
Every year students are selected according to those places available respecting the equal representation of all countries. Please consider that the selection is valid for 2 years.
DEADLINE 20th MARCH 2016
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