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The Inter-Country Committees: A Road to Peace

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Country based activity for bilateral humanitarian and peace efforts, using programs and initiatives fitting into the RI and TRF Strategic Plans

The Role of ICC in Rotary

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The first ICC, between Germany and France was established in 1950 in Strasbourg France-Germany Intercountry Committee

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“Rotarians must be from now on at the forefront of the peace ideal.” Robert Haussmann

France-Germany Intercountry Committee

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Peace and the Role of ICCs

• ICC are bilateral activities of countries and their

districts

• ICCs can help in creating a climate for peace between

countries in the same region and far beyond

• Humanitarian projects help to provide an environment

for alleviating internal tensions

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Challenge for Peace Projects

• 1. Bilateral Project Goals
• Create environement where peace

negotiations have real chance of success

• - Train facilitators
• - Encourage clubs to build the roads.......
• - Rotarians with empathy, expertise....
• - Fight the epidemic „Lack of Peace“

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The Challenge

• Worlwide competition of ICC
• Funded by personal donation
• Addional/future donations welcome to

extend project....in time...in scope

• Main resource: Rotarians in the ICC

(minds- and hands-on)

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Participation and Implementation

• - Clubs and districts from two countries

that participate in a recognized ICC

• - In ICC both countries are host
• - Involvement of Rotary World Peace

Fellows as possible

• - Compatibility with TRF eligilibility
• parameters. See TRF code of policies,Apr.

2015 par.11.070.1, 11.070.2, 11.070.2.1

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Selection of Best Project(s)

• Selection committee
• Criteria: general, qualitative and

numerical

• Committee meetings: Internet, at hoc

during other reunions: Convention, Zone Institutes

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General Selection Criteria

• - Contribution to mutual understanding

and tolerance. How?

• - Opportunities to learn about

differences: behaviour, expressing yourself, culture, religion, history....

• - Points of disagreement: agree to .....

dis-agree

• - Needs assessment

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Qualitative Criteria

• - Are both sections equally involved?
• - Activities in both countries
• - Tools for Intensive Communication.

Possibilities of travelling

• - Opportunities for people from both

countries to be working together......as one common team

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Quantitative Criteria

• - How many Rotarians participate in

the Project?

• - How many non-Rotarians participate

actively, how many are attending activities

• - How widely is peace message being

spread, according to your criteria?

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PR

• - Handle with care
• - Useful or counterproductive?
• - Approval by local DG!

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Situations where Projects can be Desirable

• - Countries with past conflicts
• - Where open conflicts may happen
• - Perceived animosities
• - Attitudes differ: Issues like climate

change, death penalty, religion, atomic energy

• - Use your imagination to find and

promote roads to peace

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Schedule April 2015: Kick-off and promotion

• Kick-off by ICC Executive Council Chair
• National Coordinators follow-up with their

ICCs

• Promotion at ICC and other country

meetings

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Schedule May to September

• - Projects identified and elaborated
• - Obtain participation and local funding in

both countries. Include 10.000 USD cash gift in budget plan

• - Work with Regional Grant Officer at

TRF or Area of Focus Manager for Peace and Conflict Resolution,to ensure that you draft project to meet TRF criteria in the strongest possible way for approval

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Schedule October and November

• - Evaluation by Selection Committee
• - Mid-November. Selection of Winner, 2nd

and 3rd.

• - Winner files project with TRF. Awaits

approval while actively working with TRF staff to revise project to meet all criteria

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Schedule February to April

• - In February project is approved by TRF
• - With approval number Toni P. makes

donation of 10.000 USD dedicated to this project.

• April-May:
• „ ICC Council Chair announces Winner,

2nd and 3rd on the occasion of the Celebration of the 65th Anniversary of ICC“

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The Role of ICCs

• Focus on long term relations between Rotarians
• f two countries
• Common activities and service projects
• Special focus on team building projects

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Value added of ICC

• Know how build up through longer term commitment
• Combine efforts and project knowhow of Rotarians,

their clubs and their districts – who all have real interest in the other country

• Section with local expertise in each of the two

countries

• Encourage more clubs and districts to join – bring new

ideas

• Many more you will find out