The Project for Conflict Resolution and Development (PCRD) is a development organisation working primarily in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, that researches, designs, trains and facilitates processes that enable disadvantaged and/or at- risk communities and organisations to positively deal with conflict and transformation.

In 2004 South Africa celebrated 10 Years of Democracy and in 2005 the Project for Conflict Resolution and Development (PCRD) celebrated its tenth anniversary more...

The Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) and Shams Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Participation on 16 April 2008 organised the second Forum ‘Delivering Security to the People – Challenges to Palestinian Security Sector Governance’ in Nablus. The Forum, launched in March 2008, aims to enhance the Palestinian dialogue on security sector reform and to support a sustainable reform process based on the security needs of the Palestinian citizens. The Forum brin more...

UNICEF and the Graduate Program in International Affairs at The New School present a three-day international conference on Rethinking Poverty: Making Policies that Work for Children. This is the fourth International Conference organized by UNICEF and the GPIA.

For full conference information or to register go to www.equityforchildren.org.


UNICEF and the Graduate Program in International Affairs (GPIA) at The New School will be jointly hosting a conference at The New School, in New York, more...

This online full course is being published by MIT OCW. Course Description:
This course is designed as an introduction to ethics and business, with a focus on business management. Over 13 sessions, students will have the opportunity to explore theoretical concepts in business ethics, as well as cases that represent the challenges they will likely face as managers; they will also have the opportunity to work with guest faculty and business and other professional practitioners. Individual session more...

This Unit gives you the opportunity to practise good study techniques using the theme of commemoration and memorials. It will help you to begin to think about how form influences meaning in the arts and how ideas influence approaches to the humanities. This online full course published under Creativer Commons license is made available by Openlearn, an OER dedicated Web site released by the Open University in UK.

The following properties have been approved by the World Heritage Committee to be included on UNESCO's World Heritage List. The list currently contains 830 different properties as of July, 2006.

Forced Migration Review (FMR) is free of charge and can be downloaded as a PDF document. It is published in English, Arabic, Spanish and French. FMR provides a practice-oriented forum for debate on issues facing refugees and internally displaced people in order to improve policy and practice and to involve refugees and IDPs in programme design and implementation.

This course covers the basic areas of anthropology including biological evolution, the prehistoric evolution of early civilizations, language, culture and social life, and the analyses of the nature and variability of human institutions. This course contains, assignments, projects, and related resources dealing with anthropology and early civilizations.

The course examines various aspects of culture in both pre-modern and modern East Asia, ranging from literature, art, performance, and cuisine to contemporary pop culture (film, manga, anime, etc.).

This course introduces students to Indian Culture through films, short-stories, novels, essays, and newspaper articles. The course readings are available online.