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Northern Ireland Foundation Citizenship Award 2010 Report

Sanja Mrkic (CCSD), Martin McGuinness (Deputy First Minister, OFMDFM), and Vuk Mitrovic (CCSD), Forum for Cities in Transition, 2011 conference, Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland

Back in May 2010, on behalf of the Northern Ireland Foundation, I…

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Added by Allan Leonard on June 14, 2011 at 9:30 — No Comments

Forum for Cities in Transition -- Inaugural Conference: 3-8 May 2010, Mitrovica

The inaugural annual conference of the Forum for Cities in Transition will take place in Mitrovica, from 3-8 May 2010.



In April 2009, at a conference held at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and where the Forum for Cities in Transition was established, the delegates from Mitrovica volunteered to host the first annual conference. They are living up to their promise.



The attending cities will be from the founding cities: Derry/Londonderry and Belfast (Northern… Continue

Added by FCT on January 6, 2010 at 18:30 — No Comments

Cypriots' Voice: Joining efforts towards a solution

CYPRIOTS’ VOICE addresses the following announcement to the authorities and the people of Cyprus:



CYPRIOTS’ VOICE: Joining efforts towards solution

Decision of Meeting: 21-22 Nov. 2009



The Cypriots’ Voice Bi-communal Forum, having convened (21-22 Nov. 2009) and having… Continue

Added by FCT on November 22, 2009 at 12:00 — No Comments

Brussels 20091006

In what has become an annual event, the EU's Committee of the Regions organises a week-long series of seminars under the banner "Open Days".



This year, I made the effort to attend, particularly because one of the scheduled seminars hosted by the European People's Party Group, "City diplomacy:… Continue

Added by Allan Leonard on October 6, 2009 at 17:30 — No Comments

Kirkuk between Kurds and successive Iraqi governments (Awad Mohammed Ameen)

Kirkuk between Kurds and successive Iraqi governments



Awad Mohammed Ameen (Member of Kirkuk Provincial Council)

23 July 2009



When looking at the problem of Kirkuk, from modern political and historical perspectives, there should be a return to 1920 when the Iraqi state was founded after the First World War. The British appointed Prince Faisal bin Al-Sharif Hussein (member of the Hashemite dynasty in the Hijaz) king of the new state to honor and reward their… Continue

Added by FCT on July 23, 2009 at 18:00 — No Comments

A wreath laid in Iraq (Boston Globe)

A wreath laid in Iraq



15 July 2009

Farah Stockman (Boston Globe)



UMass Boston professor Padraig O'Malley laid a wreath today at the site of a bombing in Iraq that killed at least 72 people last month which appeared to be aimed at fomenting ethnic tensions in the volatile Kirkuk region.



Kirkuk is one of five “divided” cities… Continue

Added by FCT on July 15, 2009 at 17:00 — No Comments

From Basra to Brandeis: An interview with Ban Al-Mahfodh (Joiner Center UMass Boston)

From Basra to Brandeis: An interview with Ban Al-Mahfodh



T. Michael Sullivan (Joiner Center UMass Boston)

June 2009



Your personal journey has taken you from Basra to Brandeis, where you recently obtained an M.A. in Sustainable International Development. It seems an improbable route for a journey. Can you comment on… Continue

Added by FCT on June 1, 2009 at 9:30 — No Comments

Stratagem Iraqi delegation

Last week, Stratagem (NI) Ltd hosted a delegation of representatives from Kirkuk, Iraq (and some for other places), for a week-long series of meetings and seminars. Programme was under a United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) contract. Topics included:



>an overview of the Northern Ireland peace process

>internal governance of Northern Ireland

>its constitutional relationships with the rest of the United… Continue

Added by Allan Leonard on May 15, 2009 at 16:30 — No Comments

Divided Cities (Chicago Public Radio)



Professor Padraig O'Malley is interviewed by Chicago Public Radio for Worldview programme: "Divided Cities"



What happens when you bring government officials from cities divided along ethnic and political lines together in one room? Arguments? Perhaps an outbreak of violence? According to veteran peace negotiator Padraig O’Malley, you get exactly the… Continue

Added by FCT on April 29, 2009 at 13:30 — No Comments

Foreign visitors seek lessons from Boston's divided past (Boston Globe)

Mark Hamilton, a Belfast officer, said Boston's busing story resonated because he had dealt with a situation in which students were attacked.



Foreign visitors seek lessons from Boston’s divided past



17 April 2009

James Smith (Boston Globe)



Robert Lewis Jr., who lived through… Continue

Added by FCT on April 17, 2009 at 16:30 — No Comments

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The logo for the Forum for Cities in Transition was based on the semi-circular arrangement of tables for the plenary sessions at the initial conference that took place April 14-16, 2008, at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. There is further inspiration from King Arthur's famed Round Table, with no head and everyone who sits there having equal status. In this design, the circle is presently half-complete, but with leaders of each city at their place, there will be collaborative work among Forum participants to realise a full circle.

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