Inside this issue:

• Alignment of Local Government and Local Development
• Irelands 4^th Periodic Report under International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Committee
• CWC presents at Wexford Local Development Conference – National Challenges, Local Responses: Where to next for Local and Community Development in Ireland
• CWC Member Profile – Tommy Coombes, Community Worker, Bluebell, Dublin
• ‘The Community Work Approach to Peace Building’ A Resource Guide to Inform and Engage the Sector
• Joint Visit to Ireland by Advisory Committee for the Framework Convention on National Minorities (FCNM) and the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI)
• Candle-lit Vigil in Memory of Marioara Rostas
• Note from Geneva – Anastasia Crickley, member of UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination  
• St Michaels Estate let down yet again.  Rita Fagan calls for action.

• Towards Climate Justice: a strategy guide for the community sector in responding to climate change 

A Resource Guide to Inform and Engage the Sector

This Resource Guide forms part the CWC PEACE III Project ‘Harnessing Equality for Lasting Peace’ Project and has been moulded by facilitated sessions at seminars, workshops and residentials with community workers in the region on a cross-border basis

The work has been informed by Dr. Kenneth Bush’s ‘Aid for Peace’ methodology and also by practice within the International Development Sector.

The purpose of ‘The Community Work Approach to Peacebuilding’ Resource Guide is to:

• Explore and begin a dialogue on the relationship between Community Work and Peacebuilding focused on Social Change;
•  Provide examples of creative ways to bring about such change using case studies;
•  Broaden understanding of the ways to measure successes as well as examine the potential for improvement;
•  Assist community workers in achieving positive outcomes and impacts for the communities that they work with; and
•  Be a practical resource for community workers by providing contact details for case studies and other useful links.

 The eight case studies included are drawn from the following projects/organisations:

• EXPAC ‘Conflict of Interest’;
• Donegal YMCA – Cross Border Community Leadership and Family Support;
• Community Dialogue – Asylum Seeking Community in Belfast;
• The Playhouse –  ‘Theatre of Witness’ Project;
• Donegal CWC –  ‘HELP’ Project;
• Abhaile Arís;
• Londonderry YMCA – ‘Gateway to Protestant Participation’ and
• C. Galligan/Sligo County Community Forum — Intercultural Studies Course.

 To download a copy of the Resource Guide, please click  CWC Peacebuilding Report – Final 2011

To see the full submission please click here