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Sep

Professor Harvey Niere Joins 4th National Peace Education Summit in Manila

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MSU Main Campus - Marawi City > 16-Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions (SDG Goals) > Professor Harvey Niere Joins 4th National Peace Education Summit in Manila

Aliah Pacalna Cali-Pascan, DPA, JD

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Professor Harvey Niere, Associate Peace Research Officer of the Institute for Peace and Development in Mindanao (IPDM) at Mindanao State University (MSU) Marawi City, was an onsite participant at the 4th National Peace Education Summit held at the Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria in Ortigas.

The summit’s agenda featured a series of important sessions dedicated to fostering peace and reconciliation. A key highlight was the panel discussion titled “Knitting Peace in the Algorithm: Navigating Digital Peacebuilding in the Age of [Panel Moderator: Dr. Dan Jefferson B. Lopez, OIC-President, Calaca City Global College].” The panel included prominent figures such as Col. Francel Margareth Padilla-Taborlupa, Spokesperson of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), and Ms. Bai Rohaniza Sumndad-Usman, Founding President and Executive Director of the Teach Peace Build Peace Movement.

High-ranking officials delivered messages and solidarity speeches throughout the day, including Secretary Carlito G. Galvez, Jr., Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (PAPRU), and H.E. Ambassador Gusti Agung Wesaka Puja, Executive Director of the ASEAN Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (A-IPR). The summit also saw the unveiling of the foundational course offerings of the Philippine Peace Institute (PPI) by its Executive Director, Andres S. Aguinaldo, Jr.

Prof. Niere’s colleagues from MSU Marawi City, Dr. Aliah P. Cali-Pascan, Peace Action Officer, and Dr. Khayronesak Abbas, Associate Peace Action Officer, also attended the event online.

The day concluded with a “Commitment to Peace” session for all participants and a solidarity dinner.

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The institute for peace and development in Mindanao (IPDM) was created by the MSU Board of Regents during its 182nd Meeting on December 7, 2001. The institute assumed the functions of two defunct units: the Muslim Christian Center for Peace Studies and the Muslim Mindanao Development Institute. It is now the central coordinating unit for all existing peace and development programs of the campuses of the University. MSU was established on September 1, 1961 as one of the government responses to the so-called “Mindanao problem.” The problem includes a violent struggle of segments of the Filipino Muslim population to redress long-standing grievances and assert Muslim selfhood and identity in the face of real and imagined threats of cultural and spiritual assimilation by the majority Filipino Christian population. The University was mandated to accelerate the “integration” of the cultural communities in Mindanao into the mainstream body politic and to accelerate the development of its service areas through instruction, research, and extension. In the pursuit of these objectives, the University also seeks to infuse spiritual and moral values, national consciousness and solidarity, and mutual understanding among Filipinos, which are necessary for peaceful coexistence and sustainable development. IPDM was therefore, created with the expectation that it would contribute to the easing of tensions and the promotion of justice and peace between Filipino Muslims and Christian by expanding knowledge, improving understanding and heightening sensitivity in relations between the peoples of Mindanao in particular, and the Philippines in general.

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