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The international forum

December, 1, 2006 in Moscow’s secondary school «School of Health » ¹ 1941 has passed the international forum «Youth of the world in struggle for peace», devoted to a 65 anniversary of the Victory near Moscow in the Second World War.
Schoolboys, veterans of the Second World War, representatives of embassies of those countries who during war were allies and also IEF representatives took in this program.
The veteran of war, Vice-admiral of Navy fleet, Vladimir S. Salov was the first who addressed his speech to the pupils of school ¹ 1941. He told about courage and valour of the soldiers who were protecting Moscow, about Panfilovtcy’s feat and about the Guards banners which were solemnly brought to an assembly hall by soldiers. More..

Micronesian Island of Pohnpei welcomes UPF Character Education Training

A highly successful 3-day Character Education and Life Skills Teacher Training Workshop was held in Pohnpei, Micronesia, involving 37 teachers, several Department of Education representatives, seven student leaders, community and traditional leaders. Altogether, 49 participants assembled for this UPF-sponsored workshop presented by Mr. Alan Saunders.
The workshop, held at the Sea Breeze Hotel Conference Room in downtown Kolonia, was a first for UPF-Micronesia, made possible by several key factors:
1. The publication of the 12-part series of character education textbooks “Discovering the Real Me,” as a starting point for the introduction of Character Education into the school system in Micronesia. In a pre-conference meeting, the teachers and staff of the Department of Education were impressed by the quality and broad appeal of these publications.
2. The support of Iso Salvador Iriarte, a high Traditional Leader and Ambassador for Peace, who opened the way by introducing this program to the Education Department.
3. The cooperation of UPF International in sending Mr. Saunders to Pohnpei.
4. Local funding support through workshop donations and regional resources. More..

Happy Birthday!

16th of November is the 50th birthday of IEF International Secretary General and Eurasian Dept. President Mr. Yank
Clifford Yank was born in Oakland, California in the USA on November 16, 1956. In 1991 on summer he was called to come in the Soviet Union to work on the ILS (International Leadership Seminars) Baltic. After the summer was over, Cliff stayed in Russia, working successively in Tver, Vladivostok, Alma-Ata, Kishinev, Kiev and Moscow.
Particularly from 1998 Mr. Yank became the coordinator of the IEF program in Moldova and the Ukraine. To this date he continues to work implementing the IEF activity in Eurasia. Recently after his long scientific work Cliff has got Ph.D. on the issues of society’s sustainable development project. Thus we heartisticly want to congratulate Mr.Yank with his distinguish 50-th birthday. And also we wish him a strength health, family’s prosperity and success in his job!

Slovenian Teachers Study Character Education

On November 3 and 4, 2006, a two-day character education seminar for school teachers took place in Cerknica, Slovenia.
The seminar was organized by Domzale primary school and UPF Slovenia. The 32 participants included 20 teachers from Domzale primary school, a youth center director, teachers from other schools in Slovenia, and several Croatians, including Ambassador for Peace Dr. Marko Tarle.
The initiative for the seminar came from Ambassador for Peace Lili Jazbec, director of the Domzale youth center, who became inspired by materials produced by the International Educational Foundation.
Mr. Alan Saunders, director of Universal Peace Federation’s Office of Character Education, traveled from New York to give the presentations. Most of the teachers were young and enthusiastic, and they listened attentively to Mr. Saunders' stimulating presentations. Several group discussions and practical exercises created a sense of unity among participants.
Participants enjoyed the ethnic musical concert in the evening organized by the school.

A Unification of the Best and the Highest

The academician Petr A. Nikolaev about newspaper and television criticism of the textbook on morals by IEF (Russia)
Two planes arrived in the US from the Soviet Union in the spring of 1991, carrying a large group of scholarly intelligentsia, including 150 deputies of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. The participants on that journey, officially invited as tourists, all knew full well that they would be attending a cultural program, but above all, they would be involved in very serious work of the greatest social importance. This was accentuated in particular by the presence in the delegation of staff of the First President of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev. I was fortunate to be a member of the delegation, and could see how joyfully and at the same time seriously they met with the organizer of the excursion, the leader of the Unification Movement — Mr. Moon himself. We knew that he had a favorable attitude toward our country, that he always supported us in his speeches, that he deeply respected the new leadership of the country, and that he even strived to offer material assistance. In fact, it was he himself who sponsored our trip to America. More..

A conference in St.-Petersburg (Russia)

In November 2-3 RPO "TCI" (Teacher's Center of Initiatives) has lead 7-th regional scientific-practical conference "Moral - ethical education of the person in XXI century: innovational approaches to the patriotic education" and Youth forum "Patriotism without extremism"
In the program of a conference there were conducted sessions, round tables, peacemaker’s podium, foremen - classes, business game, performance of the representatives of a Youth forum "Patriotism without extremism" which passed these days separately.
For the first time representatives of Orthodox, Catholicism, Islam, Buddhism and Judaism have taken part in a similar conference. At the end of a conference the participants have accepted the final resolution being a manual for an actions on patriotic and civil education among the youth. More..

Happy Birthday!

24th of October is the 82-nd anniversary of birthday by President of IEF (Russia) Petr Alexeevich Nikolaev.
One of the outstanding figures of Russia, Petr Alexeevich till now keeps the intense rhythm of life and much aspires to make a lot for a science and for this entire country of Russia. We sincerely congratulate on birthday of our President and we wish him strong health, happiness and success in realization all of his purposes. Thank you for persistent work, you are an example for all of us!

New Character Curriculum a Big Draw at Educators Conference

15th October, 2006
Alan Saunders, Director, Office of Character Education, UPF
Barrytown, New York, United States
The Center for Education held its fifth annual conference in Barrytown, New York, October 13-15, 2006. The theme of this year’s conference was “My Vision and Mission as an Educator.” The conference drew over 250 educators, many of whom were very interested in the educational projects of the Universal Peace Federation.
The Office of Character Education of UPF, Ambassadors for Peace and educators from schools in the US convened a one-day pre-conference workshop on October 13. The theme of the workshop was “Utilizing the Character Education Curriculum in the US and Internationally.” The workshop was very lively, and more than 30 educators and college aged-youth attended the event. More..

Linking Character Education with Human Rights

29th of September, 2006
Dr. Muhammad Habib Chirzin, President, Islamic Forum for Peace and Development, Millennium Commissioner, Indonesian National Commission on Human Rights, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
An Indonesia workshop organized by Dr. Muhammad Habib Chirzin, the Millennium Commissioner of the Indonesian National Commission on Human Rights, examined the human rights issues involved in disaster response.
The workshop took place September 21-22 at the Sapphire Hotel in Yogyakarta, a city in central Java, with cooperation of the Indonesian Ministry of Social Affairs, the Ministry of Communication, and the Ministry of Information. Participants included a member of parliament and representatives of national commissions, ministries and NGOs. More..

IEF school conference in Moscow - ‘Model school – growing of altruism and intercultural unity’.

June 29 – July 2, IEF conducted annual conference for model schools. There were participated 35 head masters, head master assistants in educational work and teachers from Russia and other CIS countries.
President of IEF, Nikolaev Pyotr Alekseevich - the member of Russian Academy of Sciences distinguished professor of Moscow State University has sent written address to the conference participants.
During the conference model schools presented the reports about their activity. In ‘IEF-cafe’ all participants had an opportunity to present materials on their achievements in moral education field. One of the most interesting part of conference was ‘kaleidoscope of trainings’, where IEF Experts hold a few author’s trainings: Young Guards, School of Tolerance within myself, Freedom and Responsibility. More..

IEF seminar in Kazakhstan

26th of April, 2006 in former capital of Kazakhstan in Almaty city the workshop on a theme "Moral education for the sake of prosperity of the country. The teachers for the world" was conducted. The workshop was organized by the employees of the International Educational Foundation (IEF) of republic of Kazakhstan at support of Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU) and Universal Peace Federation (UPF).
Among the participants there were 77 teachers from 46 schools of Almaty city including 4 directors of school and 15 deputy directors for upbringing work and 1 representative of Urban Institute of Improvement of Professional skill of the Teachers (for all 177 schools in Almaty). During the workshop the important themes concerning the approaches to moral education, questions of sexual education based upon the character education, causes and resolution of conflict were mentioned. More..

The report on the V-th International Symposium "Science and Education in interests of sustainable development"

On April 6th-7th in Moscow-Zelenograd during a Symposium the IEF general secretary Mr. Clifford Yank gave the report by name "Sustainable development values in educational process".
"There are certain basic goals for life, which people universally desire and pursue. The universal longing for a happy and prosperous life is innate in human nature. All people seek the material goods that make for happiness. Likewise, people strive to attain spiritual and moral goals that are needed for lasting happiness.
These spiritual goals are rooted in the three fundamental human life goals for individual maturity, loving relationships with others, and the relationship with the environment. These are the three main life goals needed for a comprehensive sustainable development program and consequently, they are the essential goals for education is the broadest sense. The three main educational goals are 1) personal maturity, 2) forming loving relationship with others, that is the family, and 3) contributing to society..." More..

IEF Moldova report of Activities for February-March

During February and March period IEF Moldova Dept. staff was continuing their collaboration with Tiraspol State University (Second biggest Pedagogical University in Moldova) through a joint project with Cathedra of Pedagogy and Psychology. Beforehand by the Chief of cathedra Mrs. Vasiliev, who is very good ally of IEF Moldova, and supports the «My World and I» (or «MW&I» - moral education course for students which was developed in post Soviet Union) including it’s concept and approach to Character and Family Life Education.
There were two presentations which was given on Need for Moral and Ethical Education, to 93 students. After that the essay contest was announced for selection of participants for 10 days training “Future Teacher Responsible for Quality of Education” (or FTTW - future teacher training workshop). Those were the students from 2 Faculty (Philology and Physic - Mathematics). All together 24 students submitted their papers to essay contest. The themes of essay were the following: 1. School of the Future. 2. Future Teacher responsible for quality of education. 3. Believe in the Future of Moldova those who. More..

UPF-IEF in Georgia: Moral Leadership as a Foundation for World Peace

On March 20th in Tbilisi at the Ambasadori Hotel, about 30 participants from Georgia (as well as some from Armenia and Russia) attended an introductory conference about the work and core ideas of the Universal Peace Federation (UPF) in co-operation with the IEF, under the title "Moral Leadership as a Foundation for World Peace".
Local Caucasus UPF and IEF representatives were joined by others from UPF and IEF Eurasia offices in Moscow as well as several guests new to these organizations. Participants were welcomed by emcee and presenter, Mr. Konstantin Krylov, Secretary General UPF Russia and by Tamaz Pavlovich Tamadze, president of the Georgian Roerich Society, "Mother of the World". More..

IEF-UPF activity in Central Asia

8th of March Clifford Yank – President of the IEF in Eurasia and Secretary General for the IEF International arrived to Dushanbe, Tajikistan for a special meeting with Minister of Education and 1-day Conference for VIP.
The meeting of Clifford Yank with the Minister of Education of the Republic Tajikistan – Rahmonov Abdujabbor Azizovich – had place on 10th of March in the Ministry of Education. The purpose of the meeting was to introduce IEF activity in the CIS and ensure the new Minister of Education of RT in the IEF readiness for cooperation in terms of character education in the schools of Tajikistan. Minister of Education expressed his appreciation to IEF for investing into such important sphere of life and confirmed the intention of Ministry of Education for cooperation after the signing of the contract by both sides. More..

1-Day IEF-UPF Workshop in Baltics

6th of March, 2006 in Riga in a just opened new building of Embassy of Peace has passed 1-day workshop entitled “Moral Leadership as the Foundation for World Peace”, which has collected 20 participants from Latvia and Lithuania.
With the salutatory word the seminar was opened by the president of the International Educational Foundation (IEF) Dr. Joon Ho Seuk. And lectures have been given by Mr. Jack Corley the General secretary of the Eurasian branch of the Universal Peace Federation and IEF vice-president, and also Clifford Yank IEF Eurasia President. Their reports "Necessity of moral and spiritual Education", "Causes and Resolution of Conflicts" and "Universal Values as the Basis for World Peace" emphasized a conducting role of a moral-ethical component of concept "leadership".
At the end of the workshop the ceremony was held, during which the ranks "The Ambassador for Peace" have received the Chief of Sociology Faculty of the Riga University by Stradynya, PhD Psychology Sandra Irgena, private businessman Natalia Bondina and pediatrician-doctor Lidia Shusterian. Thus, now in Latvia 9 Ambassadors for Peace already. More..