Comments and inquiries should be directed to: Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding 15 Charlton Avenue, Suva P.O Box 18167, Suva, Fiji Islands T: (679) 3310 208 / 3310 209 F: (679) 3310 250 E: info@pcpfiji.org Website: www.pcpfiji.org Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/pcpfiji Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding North Office 28 James Madhavan Street, Labasa P.O Box 3955, Labasa, Fiji Islands T: (679) 8816 005 F: (679) 8816 006 E: info@pcpfiji.org CONTENTS Foreword......................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Chairman’s Note........................................................................................................................................................ 5 Director’s Note............................................................................................................................................................ 6 Acknowledgement.................................................................................................................................................. 7 Organizational Structure..................................................................................................................................... 8 PCP Organisational Strengthening.............................................................................................................. 9 Restorative Justice in Prisons.........................................................................................................................12 Transitional Processes to Democracy Dialogues..............................................................................14 Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership.........................................................................................................16 Supporting Youth and Womens Sustainable Livelihood...........................................................18 Rural Leadership Training Program...........................................................................................................20 Leading Transitions: Building the Capabilities of Local Emerging Leaders and Enhancing the Skills Set of Community Based Organisations........................................................................................21 Collaborative Processes.....................................................................................................................................23 Finance Report.........................................................................................................................................................25 Our Vision: A Just, Peaceful and Sustainable Pacific. Our Mission: Pacific people transforming, reducing and preventing violent conflict. Foreword: The Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding works with peacebuilders in the Pacific to transform, reduce and prevent conflict. We vision to create a just, peaceful and sustainable Pacific. The organization actively works to promote gender justice through inclusive decision- making, empowerment and participation. In its sixth year of operations PCP embarked on a journey to increase the capacity of the organization. In its two offices; Suva and Labasa, PCP employed fourteen people, six interns and one volunteer within the year. Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding was guided by its Board of Trustees to support and nurture this new team as it worked to enhance peacebuilding efforts in the region. 4 | Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding Annual Report 2013 Chairman’s Note It’s been another challenging year for PCP and we are grateful that we have sustained ourselves in more ways than one. It’s sometimes easy for an organisation to rest on its laurels and be proud of the achievements over the past year. While PCP has certainly achieved much over the past year, there is no time to rest on our laurels. In fact we need to continue to explore new ways of engagement with the institutions and the communities we serve in. This is not always easy; therein lies our challenge. How do we remain relevant in an environment fused with conflict, turmoil and sometimes uncertainty? How do we go about discussing issues that are sometimes difficult to open up about and helping people understand that they can contribute towards peace in their community and towards society as a whole? Each person is important, each person wants their voice heard, in fact everyone wants to be heard and they all want their ‘issue’ resolved! We have come a long way from listening to resolving to listening again and trying to resolve. It is never easy. But dialogue continues and this is always a good start and the way forward begins. But with dialogue comes listening and sometimes this skill is not easy, however it is part and parcel of our work, to listen. As we continue to engage we learn that there is more out there that needs our attention and we continue to provide a service that is unique only to PCP and that is a demand that we are mindful of. We continue to persevere and we continue to learn and the PCP staff continue to evolve and learn and in the process strengthen their skills of facilitation and training. There are interesting times ahead and we look forward to the new challenges that await us. There are many good ideas that may manifest into useful and worthwhile projects and for that our continued engagement with our donors and supporters is crucial. As always we are grateful to them for their faith and belief in our work. It has also been very exciting for PCP to sign and MOI (Memorandum of Intent) with the Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) in Harrisonburg, Virginia, in the United States. This is an important and valued partnership. We thank our staff for the solid work and as we farewell a few we also welcome new people into the PCP family. To all of you who have been friends and supporters we sincerely thank you for your support and participation. Thank you very much Larry Thomas Chairman Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding Annual Report 2013 | 5 Director’s Note This year we would like to acknowledge and dedicate PCP’s achievements to our various partners and to the communities that we worked with this year. For without their resources, skills and needs, we would not have achieved what we have this year. Below are some quotes and stories from the field that speak volumes of our collaboration. Equality and respect for women – rather than violence inflicted upon them – ranks high as an aspiration of 16 women from 5 regions in the South Pacific who attended the 2013 Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), from May 6 to June 14, under PCP’s Women in Peacebuilding Leadership Program (WPL). “Our cultures have worked in areas of peace for thousands of years. But a legacy of colonialism and destruction of indigenous cultures has yielded a highly dysfunctional society in Papua New Guinea, including one of the most brutal police forces in the world. At SPI, we (WPL women) have learned to look at our conflicts through different lenses, learning to analyze our conflicts better, learning to take in the worldviews of others, learning to sit and listen and to understand the different dynamics in play” - ANA LATU DICKSON, one of the 16 Pacific women participating in the WPL Program. Ana Latu has recently joined the Pacific Theological College in Fiji. She is also a part of the programme that collaborates with PCP to host the Pacific Peacebuilders Training intensive with the backing of 20 churches from across the South Pacific. The Pacific Theological College continues to help build a network of trained women and men to address widespread social injustices, including violence against women in the Pacific region. 6 | Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding Annual Report 2013 Imagine a village head-woman in an I-Taukei community. It is unusual to come by because only men have been known to hold this post. Outside Seaqaqa Town is Saivou Village, which has been for the past two years, led by 55-year-old single mother, Anasitasia Vasemaca. For Vasemaca, education has no limits thus she attends workshops whenever she can. Because of this enthusiasm, she with five other villagers from Saivou were identified to be part of PCP’s Leading Transitions- Building the Capabilities of Local Emerging Leaders and Enhancing the skills set of Community Based Organizations’ project, a European Union Funded initiative. She commends PCP for enhancing her skills and knowledge of leadership and in trying to develop better leaders for a better Fiji. Ms Vasemaca often stresses at the trainings and in her village that ‘nothing is going to happen unless you do something about it’. She adds that the training has empowered her to do more for her village. Ms Vasemaca has been hard at work tapping doors of stakeholders and government departments trying to secure funding to aid their village and its organizations’ project plans. We continue to work hard as we journey to fulfill our Mission and the Vision of PCP. The articulation of our values and the challenges to live it out and stay true to this is always a strong reminder by our Pacific communities. We hope you will enjoy reading about our work in this Annual Report and look forward to your continuous support in 2014. Koila Costello-Olsson Director Acknowledgement The Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding is grateful to its donors, partners, clients and well- wishers for their continued support throughout the year: We extend our heartfelt appreciation to our following donors: • Brot fur die Welt (formerly Evangelicher Entwicklungsdienst- EED) • Conciliation Resources • European Union • International Women’s Development Agency • United Nations Development ProgramStrengthening Capacities for Peace and Development • US Embassy We record our deepest gratitude to our following partners: • Citizen’s Constitutional Forum • Dialogue Fiji • Eastern Mennonite University Centre for Justice and Peacebuilding • FemLink Pacific: Media Initiatives for Women • Fiji Women’s Rights Movement • Fiji Correction’s Service • Fiji Police Force – Juvenile Bureau Unit • Integrated Human Resource Development Program • Ministry of Education- Family Life Unit & Curriculum Development Unit • Strategic Framework for Change Coordination Office • Northern Development Programs • Office of the Commissioner Northern • Office of the Prime Minister • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Pacific Conference of Churches Pacific Theological College Pacific Youth Council Partners in Community Development, Fiji. Secretariat of the Pacific Community The Australian Pacific Technological College United Nations Development Program – Strengthening Capacities for Peace and Development ANZ Bank Jean Handley Vicki Sanderford O’Connor Barry Lalley (Bismarck Ramu Group, PNG) Tim Bryar Rodney Yee Zena Sherani PCP Interns: Elama Ama, Laisani Rabisa Rakula and Uate Tamanikaiyaroi The organization also bears deep regard to the communities that we have worked with throughout the year and we thank them for their support and wisdom: • Vunimoli Arya Mahila Mandhal • Tosovata Women’s Club • The villages of Raranibulubulu, Waikisi, Nubu, Nubunikavula, Naduri, Saivou, Lomaloma and Nayarailagi, Bulileka in the Macuata Province • The villages of Wainika, Wainigadru, Tawake, Naboutini in the Cakaudrove Province • The villages of Nadivakarua, Makolei, Vuya and Bua Lomanikoro in the Bua Province • The village of Balekinaga, Ra Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding Annual Report 2013 | 7 Organisation Structure BOARD OF TRUSTEES Director Koila Costello Olsson Finance Consultant Executive Assistant Geoffrey Nainoca Lita Stolz Programme Manager Projects Support Officer Michelle Reddy Louchrisha Hussain Finance Officer Team Leader Research Officer Facilitator Team Leader – Suva WPL Project Officer Team Leader Supervisor North – Labasa Ekta Singh Menka Goundan Priscilla Singh Vani Catanasiga Sindhu Prasad Assistant Finance & Admin Officer – Suva Assistant Finance & Admin Officer – Labasa Facilitator – Suva Facilitator – Suva Facilitator – Labasa Communications Support Officer - Labasa Jiulia Sisikakala Ashmita Roshan Usaia Moli Veni Cakau Tevita Tokalauvere Grace Fox 8 | Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding Annual Report 2013 PCP ORGANISATIONAL STRENGTHENING Funding Support for this activity was provided by: Brot Fur die Welt and Conciliation Resources Duration: June 2012- June 2013 Background: During PCP’s Strategic Planning Meeting in 2011, it was resolved that the organization would work to strengthen internal capacity, both human and financial. This is reflected in our Strategic Plan 2012-2014 as one of the key sections – “Organizational Development”. ACTIVITIES: how these contribute to the overall organizational goals. Organizational Development: Kristy Nowland of the International Women’s Development Agency helped PCP further develop its Human Resources capacity in January 2013. Ms. Nowland is the Program Manager- Fiji for IWDA. Zena Sherani, assisted the PCP Director, with the writing of the PCP Inhouse Facilitators Manual. She also conducted workshops in PCP offices in Suva and Labasa to familiarize the staff with the contents of the manual and also to gather feedback on its applicability and usefulness, amongst other things. PCP held a 6 monthly planning from Thursday 4th of July to Friday 5 th July 2013 at the Pacific Theological College. The facilitator was Barry Lalley from the Bismarck Ramu Group in Madang, Papua New Guinea and he was assisted by Tim Bryar of Conciliation Resources. During these two days, PCP reflected on their roles and projects using the ‘results/ effects’ chain. Following this “reflections” workshop, a refresher workshop was conducted by Rodney Yee of the Citizens Constitutional Forum to familiarize PCP staff members on organizational structure and job descriptions as part of the ongoing weeklong organizational training. The workshop provided a platform to better understand PCP and their roles and it motivated staff to work more effectively, be more focused and to be more committed to the organization’s vision from understanding their job descriptions and roles and In December, an organizational “Reflection and Planning” retreat was held at the Pearl South Pacific at which reflections of 2013 were done and also the planning for 2014 by project, the Strategic Plan was reviewed, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, risk and impact assessments were conducted together with revisiting a few of the key policies developed during the year. Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding Annual Report 2013 | 9 The review of the Strategic Plan 2012-2014 guided the Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation discussions. Staff reflected on challenges and learning’s from 2013 and planned for 2014. PCP also adopted the ‘Risk and Impact Assessment’ tool to guide its planning work. Rodney Yee of CCF facilitated this reflection. The risk and impact assessment was presented to the Board at its meeting in December 2013. The 2014 plans are to feature in an individual workplan, which is to be completed by end of January 2014. and Evaluation (PME) with partner organizations. This was conducted by Nives Konik from Bread of the World (BfdW ) at PTC. Financial Management: PCP’s Finance Officer had a one-week attachment with IWDA at their office in Melbourne to learn some of their procedures and processes for Financial Management. Staff Development PCP hosted meetings for Mr. Daryl Byler, Director for the Centre for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) at the Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) with PCP’s partner organisations, Bread for the World (BfdW ), International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA) and with PCP’s Director, Programme Manager, WPL Officer and Board of Trustees.The main objective of the meetings was to strengthen relationships as we exchange information on ideas for expanding the Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership (WPL) Programme, work towards strengthening the focus on “Leadership in Peacebuilding Programme within PCP and to agree to the next steps as in the proposed timeline. PCP also provided various opportunities for student attachments. During the year, we had ‘hands on’ attachment students from the Australian Pacific Technological College (APTC) and the University of the South Pacific (USP) for placements at PCP. These placements began in June with the Restorative Justice Programme. The interns were Elama Ama (APTC), Laisani Rakula (USP) and Uate Tamanikaiyaroi (USP). Each placement was for three months. Staff Capacity Building: On May 8th and 21st two in-house workshops on Mindful Communication were conducted in PCP offices in Suva and Labasa. These workshops helped to facilitate clear communication and effective strategies for meeting needs. This followed a participatory RJ Training of Trainers (RJ TOT ) that was facilitated by Jean Handley of Turning Point Partners (USA) and Vicki Sanderford O’Connor a Social Wellness Program Manager also from the United States of America. Renowned Peacebuilder Simon Fisher, one of the founding members of Responding To Conflict (RTC), worked with PCP in January 2013, facilitating a “Transition to Democracy Dialogue Process” and he also conducted an analysis with the staff and board using the Onion model, force field analysis, which assisted in shaping discussions on our peacebuilding strategy and engagement. Prior to the Pacific Peacebuilding Training Intensive course in June, PCP’s Programme Manager was invited to attend the Training of Trainerson Planning, Monitoring 10 | Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding Annual Report 2013 During the PCP In-house planning meetings it was decided that staff would explore the use of the ‘Conflict Assessment and Peacebuilding Planning’ tool by Lisa Schirch to assess the conflict and the context that PCP is currently working in. PCP Director facilitated the workshop in October with the Research Officer at St Luke’s Cathedral with one session on Conflict Assessment and a second session on Peacebuilding Planning in which current perspectives and worldviews were shared. Policy Development: PCP began work designing and strengthening its organizational policies. In 2013, staff were delegated to work on a number of policies such as the Political Participation Policy, the Engagement Policy and the Security Policy. These policies were workshopped at our ‘Reflections and Planning’ retreat in December and staff’s feedback included. A Child Protection Policy was also developed in late 2012 and was workshopped with staff in both the Labasa and Suva offices in July 2013. These policies have been presented to the Board for approval. A draft Operational Policy and Procedures Manual has also been created. Strengthening Monitoring and Evaluation: PCP held a Special General Meeting in May 2013 to adopt amendments to its Constitution. In August 2013, new board members Raijeli Nicole, Sekove Naqiolevu, and Ramesh Chand were elected to the Board of Trustees. The PCP Board of Trustees held quarterly meetings at its Suva Office. Additionally, regular staff and management team meetings were conducted to enable updates of workplans and staff movements. Communications: The Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding strengthened its communications and documentation arm in 2013 with the recruitment of a Communications Support Officer. In February 2013 a Communications Support Officer was recruited to develop communications strategies and plans for PCP. Given the increasing role of social media, a Facebook page was developed which helped in the organisation’s local and regional visibility and outreach and also acted as a platform to provide information on and to promote the projects undertaken by PCP and particularly the Women in Peacebuilding Leadership program. During 2013, PCP’s work was covered locally and regionally by various1 media coverage of its projects and other work undertaken in Fiji and the Pacific region. Information, educational and communications materials were also developed to support project and organizational branding which included business cards, banners, brochures, posters, signage and publications. ACHIEVEMENTS: In February 2013, PCP recruited three employees: two Facilitators in Suva and a Communications Support Officer for the North. The organization published its 2012 Annual Report, the PCP In-House Facilitator’s Manual, a publication on Vanua Levu Community Profiles and the Leading Transitions- Community Facilitators Manual. PCP also designed brochures in the vernacular languages (Hindi and I-Taukei). These documents are also accessible through the PCP website. A web design training with Datec enabled two staff to monitor and update the organisation’s website regularly to keep it up-to-date with current information. PCP hosted the International Peace Day event for the first time with funding support from the US Embassy. We held screenings of the highly acclaimed documentary “Pray the Devil Back to Hell’ at USP and at Village 6 in Suva. PCP Labasa also held a painting exhibition in two Labasa schools. These events introduced hundreds of people to PCP’s work. 1 News carriers include The Fiji Times, Fiji Sun, Fiji TV, Communications Fiji Limited, Fijilive, Radio New Zealand, PACWIN News, Eastern Mennonite University, and Croz Walsh Blogsite. Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding Annual Report 2013 | 11 RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IN PRISONS Funding Support for this activity was provided by: Brot Fur die Welt Duration: June 2012- June 2013/ September 2013- August 2015 Background: PCP has been working with the Fiji Correction’s Services (FCS) on institutionalizing Restorative Justice (RJ) since 2010. The principles of Restorative Justice view offences and violence as an act of harm, and are concerned about who is hurt during the harm. Restorative Justice places special emphasis on the victim who is often left out in the re-integration process in the retributive justice systems. ACTIVITIES: RJ Training of Trainers In February 2013 PCP conducted the Restorative Justice Training of Trainers (RJ TOT) that was facilitated by Jean Handley and Vicki Sanderford O’Connor from the United States of America. The training had three core modules on Mindful Communication, Victim Empathy and Circle Process. facilitate clear communication and effective strategies for meeting needs. A similar training was conducted for offenders in the Nasinu Correction’s facility with the help of Institutional Rehabilitation Officers. The training on Mindful Communication was part of implementing Phase two of PCP’s restorative justice model. Circle Process Following this training a series of workshops were conducted by the PCP Restorative Justice team on the three modules. Mindful Communications PCP Suva facilitators conducted in-house workshops on Mindful Communications. There were two in-house workshops on Mindful Communication in the respective PCP offices in Suva and Labasa. These workshops helped 12 | Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding Annual Report 2013 The circle process (a space in which all aspects of human experiences are recognized and welcomed) provides support to the harmed and create was mainstreamed throughout all the restorative justice training in the correctional institute as an opportunity to look at transforming conflicts and strengthening relationships. The training was conducted for offenders in the Corrections Centre’s at the Fiji Correctional Services (FCS) Nasinu Institute in August. Victim Empathy ACHIEVEMENTS This course was designed to encourage empathy in people who commit crimes. It is an effective program that helps build communities and restores relationships. Victim Empathy training was conducted by PCP at the Fiji Corrections Service Nasinu Institute in October with five offenders. PCP hired two facilitators that carried out the Restorative Justice Project in 2013. The program in 2012-2013 is the basis of the future Restorative Justice project in PCP. This was only due to the support and interest that the programme received from key institutions and individuals. A Case Study on Restorative Justice in Fiji was documented in November 2013. Another achievement was making the RJ PCP Model workable to suit the local context and the needs of the community and the organization (PCP and FCS) During the project in 2013, there were two ongoing activities. One was an evaluation of five offenders at the Fiji Corrections Service Nasinu Institute and second was the implementation of the PCP Restorative Justice model with one case that has been documented in the Restorative Justice in Fiji Case Study. The RJ Model continues to be piloted through 2014. Phase One: Institution: RJ awareness in 5 institutions in Central and Eastern divisions PCP Model of Restorative Justice in Fiji 2012-2013 Phase Three: Visit to offenders family: Offenders community and process: obtain consent for victim, offender, dialogue. Create and design program for: inmates, offenders, families and communities. Phase Two: Phase Five: Develop or establish community support group Create RJ team of Corrections Officers and PCP staff to implement program: Visit to Victims and Family to obtain consent for victim, offender and community dialogue. Contact victim and family: arrange for a date to meet. Meet victim(s) provide counselling sessions. Obtainconsent. Meet family of victim. Obtain consent. Arrange to meet with victim’s community. Meet community and obtain consent. Conduct RJ awareness. Assist in selection of those to be part of community of care and support group. Conduct dialogue awareness sessions. Create RJ team of Corrections Officers and PCP staff to implement program: Select offenders that have completed phase 1,2 (Rehab Framework) and Contacted Victims. RJ Awareness for Inmates. Selection of cases three per centre: • Identify victims and locations of victims. • Identify contacts and location of offender’s family Meet with individual offenders and family members in ISPB meeting. Obtain names, roles of selected contact support group members. Meet and organize schedule of training program design. Conduct training sessions. Identify community support group roles and responsibilities. Two meetings. Phase Four: Create and design program for: inmates, offenders, families and communities. Two meetings. RJ Awareness for Offenders in 5 institutions: Nasinu, Women’s, Korovou, Medium and Minimum 1X5 days training, planning sessions for 15-20 officers: 1X5 days training, planning sessions for 15-20 officers: Draw work planner and monitoring process support groups obtain consent for RJ dialogue Phase Four: Decide on dates, time and venue for dialogue. Visit to Victims and Family to obtain consent for victim, offender and community dialogue. Decide process possible for RJ dialogue Set venue for dialogue: welcome and introduce process/ day Identify hopes, concerns and outcomes of dialogue and possible on- going processes Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding Annual Report 2013 | 13 TRANSITIONAL PROCESSES TO DEMOCRACY DIALOGUES Funding Support for this activity was provided by: Conciliation Resources (CR) Duration: September 2011- September 2013 Background: The Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding continues to seek ways to strengthen the use of peacebuilding methodologies for conflict analysis, prevention and transformation in Fiji. Working with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), government and the security forces, this project hopes to create a social and political environment, developed by local people and local initiatives that is conducive to transitioning Fiji to be a sustainable and inclusive civilian democratic governance. ACTIVITIES: Transitional Dialogue Consultations Key stakeholders attended a transitional dialogue towards just and peaceful democratization for Fiji in January from 16th- 19th 2013 at the Pearl Resort. Participatory methods were used to ensure inclusive and genuine dialogue. The lead facilitator was international expert Simon Fisher, assisted by PCP facilitators and Tracey Vennings of UNDP Pacific Centre. PCP hosted a series of consultations with Civil Society Organizations’ (CSOs) and government departments in 2013 to enable groups to build relationships, develop common strategies and approaches, and to engage effectively in Dialogue on Transitional Processes to Democracy. From May 29th- 31st we hosted a two-day CSO consultation for key leaders from political parties, trade unions, religious groups, women’s movement, youth movement and NGOs. This process was facilitated by Paul Clifford, a peacebuilding expert from the Responding To Conflict institution at the Pearl Resort. During this consultations CSOs were able to meet together to discuss and to decide in plenary the four main areas 1) The Constitution, (2) Women’s participation, After the dialogue process, follow up interviews were carried out from February 11th to March 8th for participants’ feedback on their experiences at the dialogue. 14 | Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding Annual Report 2013 (3) Youth Participation and (4) Freedom of the media in the transition to Democracy that they would take to government for discussions. On July 12th PCP hosted another one-day consultation with key government officials, permanent secretaries and deputy secretaries. A second round of consultations was held from July 25th26th with Civil Society Organizations. The last consultation intended to have CSOs and government stakeholders. Government representatives were unable to attend and so this second round of consultations was attended by CSOs and political parties. This was held from 31st July- 2nd August and facilitated by Tim Bryar and Paul Clifford. It gave an opportunity to the stakeholders to continue discussing the essential aspects for a transitional process to democracy. At the end of the activities, PCP facilitators visited some of the participants from CSOs and Government to gather feedback on their participation in the consultations. ACHIEVEMENTS: The intended outcomes were met in that PCP successfully created a space for civil society leaders to engage in open and meaningful consultations and dialogue. Since the coup civil society has been deeply fragmented and people have over the years taken positions on what they perceived to be the conflict and how they should approach it. This space and those before it have re-built relationships and have enabled people to come together in informal and formal spaces to understand each other’s perspectives and to participate effectively to impact the democratization process. Relationships were strengthened and participants committed to work together in solidarity when meeting with government to dialogue around their concerns. Besides this, participants were introduced to the dialogue process and tools and to PCP’s work. Research papers Following the implementation of the consultation, dialogue processes with CSOs and Government to discuss the Transitional Processes to Democracy and re–affirming the importance of remaining engaged with meaningful dialogue, four key issues were identified on which further work needed to be done. PCP therefore commissioned four participants to explore these key areas with the assistance of an outline that provided guidance to discussion areas. Papers were written on (1) The Constitution, (2) Women’s participation, (3) Youth Participation and (4) Freedom of the Media in the Transition to Democracy. These were shared with all the dialogue participants. Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding Annual Report 2013 | 15 WOMEN’S PEACEBUILDING LEADERSHIP Funding Support for this activity was provided by: Brot fur die Welt and Conciliation Resources is also a co-funder supporting the Fiji women participants. Duration: April 2012- April 2015 Background: The Women Peacebuilding Leadership Program (WPL) provides a graduate scholarship opportunity for Pacific Women, through PCP, to study in the internationally recognized Eastern Mennonite University in United States of America. It develops women in peacebuilding by providing a quality practice-based peacebuilding education in conflict analysis, prevention and transformation through classes that focus on practice based methodologies. The cohort-based programme enables participants from specific geographic regions to learn new skills and knowledge in peacebuilding and to apply these skills and learnings in their institutions and communities. The Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership Program began in 2012. The first class consisted of 4 Pacific women- 2 from the Solomon Islands and 2 from Fiji. They joined eight other women from Liberia, Somalia, Somaliland, Puntland and Kenya to undertake peacebuilding studies at the Summer Peacebuilding Institute at the Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). ACTIVITIES The Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership conducted Cohort 1 Training in Monrovia, Liberia from March 10th- 16th. Cohort 1 included women from Fiji (2), the Solomon Islands (2), Liberia (4), Kenya (1) and Somaliland (3). As the training commenced, monitoring and evaluation also took place to gather feedback regarding the women’s participation in the trainings. Upon completion of their studies, these women (Cohort 1) are expected to graduate with a Graduate Certificate in Peacebuilding in December 2013. 16 | Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding Annual Report 2013 Cohort 2 training was conducted at the Eastern Mennonite University in Washington, DC from April 30th- 16thJune. 16 women from the Pacific were part of the second Cohort; 5 from the Solomon Islands, 3 from PNG, 6 from Fiji and 2 from West Papua. These women met up in Fiji before leaving for EMU where a welcome cocktail was hosted by PCP at the 5 Princes Hotel before the 16 students left for studies at EMU. The group was addressed by Jeff Robertson, Chef De Mission for the US Embassy. Fiji TV and the Fiji Times provided in-depth coverage for this event, which was well attended by partners and families. The Fiji Times continued to cover stories whilst the students were at EMU. The women also had an opportunity to visit femLINK Pacific and the Fiji Women’s Rights Movement in Suva as part of an orientation program organised by PCP. PCP Director and PCP’s WPL Project Officer traveled with the 16 women to EMU where the Summer Peacebuilding Institute offered four seven-day courses between May 4th and June 14th, 2013. WPL Director, Jan Jenner and assistant, Emily Hershebeger, were the main organisers of this. The course content included Conflict Analysis, Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR), Practice for Peacebuilding and Library Week. A baseline survey of Class 2 participants began in Massanetta Springs and was conducted with the Centre for Justice and Peacebuilding at EMU in May (1st- 6th). Information gathered from the baseline survey of the 16 women provided the basis of the monitoring activities that are conducted periodically (6 monthly) to systematically assess the progress or the lack thereof of the efficiency of activities implemented and will then feed into the evaluation of the overall program at project completion stage. From August 11th-16th PCP and EMU organized a six-day Leadership for Peacebuilding training in Nairobi, Kenya for the Cohort 1 women consisting of women from the Pacific, Somalia, Somaliland, Kenya and Liberia. Progress monitoring was also undertaken during this course. Of the four women in this cohort, one was unable to be a part of the monitoring exercise due to lapses in communication and her inability to submit assignments on time. This participant will continue with her studies in 2014. ACHIEVEMENTS: Having our AGM occur when Mr Byler was in country allowed him to meet partners who would otherwise have not met him. These included Tim Gill of AUSAID and Rosalba Tuseo of the European Union who were interested in the current WPL participants and how they fared after EMU studies. Two meetings with the US Embassy helped PCP to explore the level of support we were specifically looking at and how EMU as our partner could lobby for WPL graduates from their end. Also during this visit PCP directly initiated relationships for CJP, Mr Byler with 47 people and over 7 organisations/institutions that work in peacebuilding locally and regionally. The 6 monthly progress report suggested progress of the Cohort One women of the Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership Programme. Evidently from this monitoring, class one women have shown some sort of growth, change, and development in their spheres of influence. These were also shared in the form of success stories one of which is the publishedcase study on one of the participants, Jerolie Navala Belabule. President of EMU Loren Swartzendruber, extended an invitation to host His Excellency Mr. Winston Thompson, Fiji’s Ambassador to the United States and Mrs. Queenie Thompson on June 2nd, 2013 at EMU together with 30 SPI staff, faculty and the 16 WPL Pacific Students. It was the first time that EMU had an Ambassador from the Pacific country visit the University. Five of the WPL speakers from Bougainville, PNG, West Papua, Solomon’s and Fiji made presentations to highlight key issues that they work on and the relevance of this course to their work in the Pacific. The progress made by the four women was discussed in particular in the various areas of influence (personal level: confidence, knowledge, behavior, connection with others, status as a peacebuilder, and approaches), course work and assignments, strategic peacebuilding workplan and mentoring. Daryl Byler, the Centre for Justice and Peacebuilding’s (CJP) incoming director visited PCP between September 27th and October 4thas part of conversations regarding PCP and EMU’s collaborative future. PCP also met up with Bread for the World (BfdW) at this meeting. These discussions had begun in February 2013 following a visit by WPL Director, Jan Jenner and these discussions continued with various CJP partners and the participants in country as well as during SPI 2013. Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding Annual Report 2013 | 17 SUPPORTING YOUTH AND WOMENS SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD Funding Support for this activity was provided by: International Women’s Development Agency Duration: June 2012-June 2013 Background: The Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding has been working rural-based communities in Labasa, Vanua Levu since 2007. Funded initially by the AusAid NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP) the project has had ongoing assistance from the International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA) since 2010. In May, Kristy Nowland and Georgia Ride of IWDA conducted an evaluation of the “Supporting women and young people to build sustainable livelihoods in multi-ethnic communities in Fiji Project” that had begun in 2010 with support from IWDA. The evaluation was to ascertain the relevance, impact, effectiveness and the lessons learned from the project and to inform PCPs future thinking. In 2013, PCP and IWDA began the “Supporting Women and Young People to Build Sustainable Livelihoods in Multiethnic Communities in Fiji” project to empower multiracial and multicultural women’s groups in decision-making processes in their communities. The project was designed upon the request of five rural community women’s groups in Vanua Levu to improve relationships across cultures, empower women’s voices and their participation in decision-making that will strengthen community, economic and food security. These women’s groups were Naleba Multiracial Women’s Group, Naqai Women’s Group, Vunimoli Arya Mahila Mandhal, Vunicuicui Multiracial Women’s Group and the Bulileka Women’s Club, which is now known as the Tosovata Women’s Club. However, since July 2012 only two of these women’s group- Vunimoli Arya Mahila Mandhal and Tosovata Women’s Group continued to work with PCP. 18 | Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding Annual Report 2013 OUR COMMUNITIES: ACTIVITIES: Bulileka: PCP’s North Facilitator constantly monitored the women’s groups through a series of community visits. During these visits, discussions were centered on the progress of the group registrations, their activities and their future plans for the projects. On one of these visits, Cooperatives Officer, Ramesh Chand was able to do a presentation on microfinance and having a cooperative account. It was after this presentation that the women were able to fundraise $115.00 to open up a cooperative account. PCP’s North Facilitator also helped the groups build networks with government departments like the Northern Development Program, the Integrated Human Resources Development Programme, the Department of Women and the Cooperatives Department. Formerly known as the Bulileka Mothers Club the group began work with PCP in 2009, building their capacity in resolving livelihood and economic security issues. During this partnership the members of the group have successfully attended business training with the Northern Development Program, which enabled two members to set up projects to support their livelihood. Tosovata Women’s Group: In 2010 the group was renamed and registered as the Tosovata Women’s Group after a few members of the club left to form another club. The Tosovata Womens Group currently has 13 active members from various Christian denominations and is village based. The women meet every Wednesday for their group work, which includes sewing, weaving, gardening, and for their weekly soli. With this they have been able to upgrade their community hall with the purchase of a cupboard and fundraise $115.00 to open up a Cooperative Account with the Microfinance Unit following a visit from the Cooperatives Department in Labasa. The group is also in the process of establishing a bee farm as their income-generating project with the support of Integrated Human Resources Development Program. PCP was instrumental in establishing links between the group and various government departments. During PCP’s ongoing program the group attended business training with the Northern Development Program and technical training in Beehive Production with the Agriculture Department. Vunimoli: Vunimoli Arya Mahila Mandhal The Vunimoli Arya Mahila Mandhal is a faith-based Indo- Fijian women’s group that has been in partnership with PCP since 2009. With 12 members, the Vunimoli Arya Mahila Mandhal is focusing on investing in an income-generating project that will contribute towards a better future for their community. During this partnership the group was able to install a water tank and upgrade their community temple kitchen with assistance from the Canada Fund. Through support from the Agriculture Department the group also successfully planted 200 coconut trees to help them achieve their long-term goal, which is to start a Virgin Coconut Oil project. ACHIEVEMENTS: A Stakeholders presentation was held on 15th July in Labasa to inform our relevant partners and the communities of our work in the past years, our achievements and the challenges we face. Another focus of the presentation was the launching of PCP’s first publication “Vanua Levu Community Profile”. This publication is a summary of the work undertaken with the women and youths of the four rural communities in Vanua Levu. For the women from the two communities that continued work with PCP in this project, they were able to increase their participation in decision-making processes in gender sensitive communities. The program has helped them to build networks with relevant stakeholders. This opportunity of interaction has increased the confidence of the women to speak in English and to have their voices heard. They have also begun approaching and utilizing the assistance provided through various government departments to support their venture. Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding Annual Report 2013 | 19 RURAL LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM Funding Support for this activity was provided by: International Women’s Development Agency Duration: June 2013- June 2014 Background: This project is based in the Northern Division and is an extension incorporating the recommendations and lessons learned from the evaluation of two of PCP (North Office) community projects - the IWDA supported “Supporting women and young people to build sustainable livelihoods and the EU supported “Transitional Leadership” project. OUR COMMUNITIES: Bulileka, Vunimoli, Waiqele, Nabekavu, Wainikoro, Nakama. The communities were selected upon requests from village heads and members to be part of PCP programs. Some had been involved with PCP in earlier projects. ACTIVITIES: Familiarization and scoping visits were conducted in these communities to elicit baseline information and the issues/ needs these communities needed to have addressed. From this feedback, the PCP North team with the assistance of the Suva office staff developed curriculums surrounding the issues raised. In November PCP conducted the first “Leadership” training for the women living in the rural communities 20 | Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding Annual Report 2013 of Bulileka, Waiqele, Nabekavu and Wainikoro in Labasa. Seventeen women of multi racial background from these communities attended three days of training on Women in Peacebuilding, Conflict Resolution and Human Rights and Women Rights. The training was the first piloting of the curriculum. The women received certification for their participation at the end of the training. The second pilot of this project is scheduled for February 2014 with participants from the communities of Vunimoli, Nakama and Nabekavu ACHIEVEMENTS: The PCP North facilitators successfully designed the training curricula for the first time and successfully carry out the first training under the IWDA support. 17 women under this project have acquired certificates from this training. LEADING TRANSITIONS: BUILDING THE CAPABILITIES OF LOCAL EMERGING LEADERS AND ENHANCING THE SKILLS SET OF COMMUNITY BASED ORGANISATIONS. Funding Support for this activity was provided by: European Union Duration: November 2011- October 2013 Background: In 2012 the Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding began work in Vanua Levu by identifying sixteen (16) communities for its “Leading Transitions Project”. Through a series of scoping, familiarization, and follow up visits, the 16 communities were confirmed and 100 emerging community leaders, including men, women and youths were identified. The project aimed at developing the 100 emerging community leaders with the necessary skills to work in villages and settlements on issues such as conflict management, participatory planning and consultation skills. The beneficiaries of this project will be up to 800 community members who will be able to call upon the community leaders to assist them with local initiatives pertaining to economic security, food security and social cohesion. OUR COMMUNITIES Macuata Province: Seaqaqa District: Nayarailagi, Naduri, Lomaloma and Saivou villages Labasa District: Raranibulubulu, Nubunikavula villages Waikisi, Nubu and Cakaudrove Province: Tawake, Naboutini, Wainiika and Wainigadru villages Bua Province: Vuya, Makolei, Bua Lomanikoro and Nadivakarua Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding Annual Report 2013 | 21 ACTIVITIES: ACHIEVEMENTS: Using peacebuilding framework and methodologies, PCP conducted a series of training workshops in the communities of Vanua Levu for the identified 100 emerging community leaders offering the necessary skills to enable work in villages and settlements on issues such as conflict management, participatory planning and consultation skills. At the end of the training sessions in July 2013, 96 out of the 100 community facilitators, received certificates for their participation. The training sessions were divided into two cycles. Cycle one looked at thematic areas of Effective Communication, Leadership and Good Governance. Cycle two focused on Mediation, Conflict Resolving methods and Community Development approaches. These were conducted four times per cycle to cater for the 16 communities that were divided into four groups of four villages. The first training occurred in November 2012 whilst the rest were carried out in 2013 between the months of February and July. Within this timeframe three Provincial Council presentations were conducted to inform the Provincials Councils of Bua, Cakaudrove and Macuata about our work in their respective provinces. In August and September, eight monitoring visits were conducted in the four districts to observe how the community facilitators were implementing the knowledge and skills gained from the trainings. This resulted in two more visits to assist two communities in “Dialogue” meetings. These “Dialogue” Assistance visits were conducted in Makolei, Bua with the women’s groups and in Nayarailagi village with the youth group. There was also a Result Oriented Monitoring visit conducted by the European Union in August. Part of this project was also to see that at least two projects were implemented in these communities, which saw the collaboration between PCP and the Northern Development Program (NDP). The NDP conducted a “Finance Literacy & Business Training” and a “Honey Quality “Control & Integrated Training” for two districts as part of PCP’s Community Development plans. In October 15th, PCP launched the “Training Manual for Community Facilitators” in the English and Fijian versions. EU Help Desk Consultant Eleni Tevi attended the launch on behalf of the European Union Delegation.This manual is intended to guide community facilitators to implement the same trainings in the groups or village they represent. These manuals were distributed to all community facilitators in November. 22 | Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding Annual Report 2013 Follow-up evaluation and monitoring during and after the trainings found that these community facilitators were using the skills and knowledge imparted to them at the community level. The project also allowed communities to meet and build relationships with stakeholders such as Integrated Human Resources Development Programme, Northern Development Program and establish networks with other communities. Six training modules were designed and tested. These modules were on Leadership, Good Governance, Effective Communication, Conflict Resolution, Mediation and Community Development approaches. The modules are included in the Training Manual for Community Facilitators in the English and I-Taukei languages-another achievement of this project. COLLABORATIVE PROCESSES Background: The Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding seeks to build and participate in a collaborative network for the sharing of knowledge and resources for peacebuilding and conflict transformation work in Fiji, the Pacific and internationally. ACTIVITIES: Each year the Pacific Peacebuilding Training Intensive (PPTI) offers a certificate course in Peacebuilding and Counselling. This year (the fourth for PPTI) PCP Director Koila Olsson taught Stress and Trauma Healing with WPL recipients Alita Waqabaca from Empower Pacific and Priscilla Singh from PCP at the Pacific Theological College from June 17th-28th. Ms. Olsson was the regional expert for WPL and co-taught the Leadership in Peacebuilding class with Caroline Stauffer of EMU in Kenya for Cohort 1 participants in August 2013. In September, PCP co-facilitated with Richard Sawrey of PPTI in the PTC Ecumenical Pastoral Counseling course on Human Development and micro counseling skills for approximately 30 students from the Pacific, with majority of them being women. From the 11th- 12thof November, Ms. Olsson was invited to provide technical guidance for the ANZ Bank Country Operational Heads from the Pacific meeting at the Suva Hub in Kalabu. Present at this meeting were 30 regional leaders majority of who were women. Following this event, Ms. Olsson facilitated the CCF’s Annual Planning Retreat from the 13th- 15th of November. She was also invited by the Fiji Women’s Rights Movement to work with the leaders of the Women’s Forum in preparation for the Fiji Women’s Forum Strengthening retreat. The initial discussion began in November 2013 with the actual retreat-taking place later in 2014. PCP is a member of the Oceania Psychology Registry, through which Ms. Olsson provided 28 counseling sessions during the year. The funds generated from the counseling sessions goes towards PCP’s Consultancy Funds. International Peace Day To celebrate the 2013 International Peace Day, PCP collaborated with the US Embassy (funders) and the Pacific Youth Council. The event was celebrated from the 17th– the 20th of September in the central and northern divisions. There were two events that were organized in the Central area, and one event organized in the North. The Suva branch hosted two documentary screenings of the acclaimed “Pray the Devil Back to Hell.” The documentary is of significance and relates to PCP’s values for creating a just, peaceful and Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding Annual Report 2013 | 23 sustainable Pacific by employing non – violent approaches to solving conflict. The documentary was screened at the Village Six cinemas and at the ICT Centre at the University of the South Pacific in Suva, which also featured a chalk talk, where guests shared their peace messages in writing. The turnout was good as there was a wide spread of age groups in attendance for both screenings. ACHIEVEMENTS: The International Peace Day and the Learning Exchange programs were well covered by the local and regional media2. The International Peace Day event saw a big turnout by the public to the documentary screenings with many people that attended were keen to know what PCP is about. In Labasa, two half-day participatory workshops were implemented at two schools (one primary, one secondary) at which the participating students brainstormed and illustrated their understanding of PEACE. The students were provided with paints, brushes and cotton fabric, which they used to portray their messages of peace. During this activity also talks were given to the students on peace, Peace Day and about PCP as an organization and its role in Pacific. Peace Day t-shirts were printed for staff and volunteers and movie passes for the documentary screenings were also given out. PCP and Pacific Youth Council Learning Exchange PCP and PYC have conducted two learning exchange programs for local and regional youth so far. The learning exchanges conducted on October 5thand November 29th were designed to help youth trainers grasp the idea of a research based quality self-reflective assessments and develop a learner-centered approach to design future trainings and workshops for the betterment of young people. The learning exchange is an introductory method to Dialogue Education’ principles. Through this learning exchange the regional youth were introduced to conflict assessment and peacebuilding planning framework. The participants were also introduced to dialogue education. The participants of this learning exchange have training experiences in Gender Based Violence, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Drug and Substance Abuse and Human Rights. PCP was grateful to host the leadership team from Brigham Young University, Centre for Intercultural Understanding based in Hawaii. The team included David O Mackay together with 8 Pacific students, as they were keen to understand the work of PCP and to explore future placements for BYU students. PCP facilitated a 2-day meeting for the Citizens Constitutional Forum to launch the Minority Rights Report on Minority Groups in Fiji. This report was launched by His Excellency, European Union Ambassador Andrew Jacobs and attended by key stakeholders from minority communities in Fiji, NGOS and donors. Bread for the World (BfdW) hosted its Pacific Regional Partners meeting in October at Sonaisali Island Resort in Nadi, which was attended by the Director and Programme Manager. The meeting was to reflect on critical developmental issues and to share approaches to address this. PCP made a presentation on its peacebuilding approaches and the lessons learnt. Partners were also invited to input into the new BfdW strategic plan. 24 | Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding Annual Report 2013 2 News carriers include The Fiji Times, Fiji Sun, Fiji TV, Communications Fiji Limited, Fijilive, Radio New Zealand, PACWIN News, Eastern Mennonite University website, Croz Walsh Blogsite. 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