Rotary Club Presentation - About the Rotary Peace Program & Making Peace Sustainable

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Presentation toRotary Club

Spencer LeungRotary Peace Fellow 2013

+Agenda

About Rotary Peace Chula Program

The Rotary Peace Program

About myself

Personal Peace Initiative

Post Fellowship Hope

+Armed Conflicts 2012

+About the Rotary Peace Program at Chulalongkorn University (Thailand)

Eleven week of intensive course in Bangkok

Designed as a comprehensive overview of the peace studies and conflict resolution fields.

Objective: To build up a global community of peace builders, Rotary Peace Center hopes to make a lasting contribution to peace and communities across the globe.

+Rotary Peace Fellows - Class 15(Jun-Aug 2013)

20 Fellows

13 countries

Profile: Professors, Police, NGOs,

Legal, Human Rights Activist, Peace Monitor, Consultants, Business, etc.

+Study Objective

Centered on the core themes of conflict analysis and mapping, conflict tracking, conflict transformation, and peacebuilding.

Provide Fellows with a solid theoretical understanding of these concepts.

+Our teachers

+Our studies (Classroom)

About Peace

Causes of Conflict

Gender Awareness

Conflict Analysis

Conflict Resolution

Mediation

Media

Security Sector Reform

Conflict Transformation Capacity building Transitional Justice Post Conflict

Reconstruction

Trauma and self-care

Case Studies: Southern Thailand

+Field Trips

Human Trafficking Chiangrai Chiangmai

NGOs Prevention Care

Law Enforcement(Police and Custom Dept) Prevention

Genocide / Transitional Justice / Social Transformation Phnom Phen Battangban Siem Reap

NGOs ECCC, Eco-tourism, Human

Rights, DC-Cam, Election Monitoring

Northern Thailand Cambodia

+Northern Thailand– Human Trafficking

DEPDC New Life Center

Gab Fai Community Theatre Project (GABFAI)

Mai Sai Immigration Office

+Northern Thailand – Community Building

Adventist Development and Relief Agency Thailand (ADRA)

Hill Area Development Foundation (HADF) School sponsored by RC Mai Sai

Sharing with Rotarians in Chiangrai

+Cambodia – Post War Reconciliation

The Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam)

Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)

EK Genocide Memorial

Friends Economic Development Association (FEDA)

+Cambodia– Post War Development

ADHOC

OSMOSE

The Alliance for Conflict Transformation (ACT)Connecting Communities, Environment and Responsible Tourism (ConCERT)

+About myself

Born and raised in Hong Kong

Moved to Thailand about 3 years ago

Started Adams Organic in Thailand

Getting involved with local farmers and farming communities

Graduated from the Rotary Peace Program Chulalongkorn University (Thailand) in Aug 2013

Sponsored by Rotary District 3450

Current focus is on rural sustainable development and helping farmers to grow and market their organic produces

+My Personal Initiative– Conflict within a country

Main drivers for conflict Poverty Inequality Human Rights abuse Fight for national resources Education and earning opportunities

Conflict between Urbanization, Rural Development and Environment Protection. Causes & Effect Possible solution

+Core Issues

Find solution in reversing the cycle

Urbanization

EconomicDevelopment &Industrialization

Rural LivelihoodDeprivation

EnvironmentalConflict

DesertingRural Communities

De-urbanization

RebuildRural Communities

Improve Rural Livelihood

ProtectOur Environment

+Post Fellowship Hope

Peace making is not a linear process.

Can only be attained through a web of interaction.

I shall continue enhance my knowledge in sustainable farming practices and peace.

To share my learned knowledge and expertise with farmers, students, consumers, local communities and business entrepreneurs across the region.

Seek help from the Rotarian Communities in building a peaceful web supporting network for sustainable rural development.

Promote conscious buying, consumption, trade and sustainable leadership

Aim to reduce inequality between the rural and the urban

Aim to reduce social inequality and conflict, and make peace sustainable

+Solution

“Making Peace by supporting sustainable living”

+Proposal to the Rotary community

Support rural development through sponsorship

Support more vocational training in the agriculture sector

Focus on sustainable organic farming practice

Or simply coordinate and buy more organic produces

+About the Organic Industry

It is not new but is growing rapidly with a good prospect “Business aspect of the organic industry”

It is a green industry and is a good balance between economic development and environment protection.

It requires new technology and methodology

It needs young creative entrepreneurs and knowledgeable participants

It creates jobs and vocational training

It recreates community development and bio-diversity

It provides good quality food for public to consume.

By focus on local consumption, it reduces carbon footprints

+Farming Communities

•Buyers•Government

+Value Chain

+Rotary’s Participation

Subject Focus Area Some Possible Areas for Rotary’s participation

Production Farm Level •Capital financing to farmers•Green house installation•Water management improvement, etc…

R & D Tertiary institutions •Financial support to institutions•Vocational training, etc…

Pest Control Bio-pest control development

•R & D support•Capital financing to rural suppliers, etc…

Fertilizers Compost and other organic fertilizers

•R & D support•Capital financing to rural suppliers, etc…

Seeds Seeds bank •R & D support•Seeds bank establish, etc…

Technologies Renewable energySocial mediaMobile technologies

•R & D support•Capital financing to rural suppliers•Social internet network for info sharing•Buyer/Seller internet network•Mobile network for instant info, etc….

Logistics Distributive network •Provide logistic support to local NGOs, etc…

Rotarians Buy / Consume •Community Support Agriculture (CSA), etc…

+Rotary’s Participation in the Value Chain

+Rotary’s Integrated Community Approach in supporting sustainable farming

Buyer / Consumer / Promoter / Sponsors / Community Developer / Trainers

+Summary

Urge Rotary community to provide more support towards the agriculture sector

Help create jobs opportunities and entrepreneurship through e.g. micro-financing support

Help enhance research and technology development in organic development

Help provide vocational training to young farmers/graduates

Help facilitate cross-community/cross-border buying/selling and co-operation

Help create a fair trade market for organic produce

Help create the “missing link” for technology and knowhow sharing

+Objectives

Promote develop sustainable rural development through collaboration and cooperation

Create jobs through supporting the green industry

Reduce inequality between urban and rural Liberty, Equality, Fraternity and Self-Realization

Provide vocational training to younger generations

Protect our One Planet

Provide clean and good food for consumption

Promote mutual understanding, mutual learning

Promote PEACE

+Thank you Rotary!

Thank you!