PIERRE WEIL

THEORETICAL AND/OR PRACTICAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE CADIDATE TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE EDUCATION FOR PEACE

Mobilizing consciousnesse for Peace

1 - Research and publication of a fundamental theory on the genesis of violence and of life destruction on our planet, with the building of a theoretical model of the Education and of the Consciousness for Peace.(See 2.3)

2 - Research and publication of theoretical works about the relationship between consciousness states and internal peace.(See 2.3)

3 - Writing and publishing of the Art of Living in Peace - Towards a new Peace Consciousness, in French, English, Spanish, Catalan, German and Portuguese. Copyright by UNESCO. In this work we find the interrelation among consciousness, ecology and Peace, in the three levels mentioned in the biography.

4 - Building and application of a program for the awakening of peace consciousness, made of 8 seminars under the title of The Art of Living Life. These seminars, given in a period of one to two years, are the following:

- General Introduction: The Art of Living in Peace

Consciousness and Internal Peace:

The Art of Living in Consciousness

The Art of Living in Plenitude

- Consciousness and Social Peace:

The Art of Living in Harmony

The Art of Living the Conflict

- Consciousness and Peace with Nature:

The Art of Living Nature

The Art of Living the Passage

- Transition:

And Life goes on...

This program is used for the formation of multipliers of the Seminar on the Art of Living in Peace, as the backbone of the basic holistic formation and for the general public. About 4,000 people have had this training.

5 - A large program of consciousness raising regarding Education for Peace is being implemented on TV, reaching millions of watchers (See 2.5)

6 - During one week, before the Gulf War, UNIPEACE hoisted about 50 white flags in front of the Brazilian Congress buildings, accompanied by outdoor signs in favour of peace. This campaign was widely divulged by the media and, as a consequence, it was showed in the nation-wide program of GLOBO TV, mentioned further on (See 2.5.1)

7 - Regional or International Implementation of Activity Programs with the Goal of Reinforcing Education for Peace by means of Associating with the Public Opinion.

8 - Building and launching of a National Permanent Campaign in favour of the Education for Peace, in Brazil, named Hummingbird Program (Programa Beija-Flor, in Portuguese ). Supported by: UNESCO, Brazil President's Office, the National Students Union, the Education and Justice Ministries.

This program is divided into two parts:

- INFORMAL ONE, based on the reading of the Art of Living in Peace and its spontaneous application by educators, by the media and by the general public. Diffusion by means of conferences, congresses, interviews on radio and TV, newspaper reporting.

- FORMAL ONE, addressed to schools and to universities, and also to the regional ministries of education, culture and justice or to the local education bureaux. From 1992 to the present time, countless agreements have been signed with Universities and with grammar and secondary schools, throughout Brazil.

- The Hummingbird (Beija-Flor) Program has achieved an international scope.

- In South America animators were formed in Quito and Seminars on the Art of Living in Peace were given in Argentine, in Venezuela and in Costa Rica.

- In Europe, the European Association of Education for Peace, specially organised by educators for Peace trained during the last years by Pierre Weil, is focused on applying the Beija-Flor Program in different european countries. Thus, the program has been applied in Switzerland, in Belgium, in France, in Spain, in England, in Scotland and in Portugal. The "Peace Classes" are taught in Kosovo and in Bosnia.

- An opening towards the USA is foreseen for year 2000.

This formal part is formed by the following projects:

- Seeds of Peace, a first contact project through public lectures followed by touching experiences.

- Seminar on the Art of Living in Peace, during 12 hours, at the touching level.

Formation of animators with the goal of duplicating the Beija-Flor Program.

9 - Pierre Weil, with the collaboration of Jean Yves Leloup and of Monique Thoenig, organised a Basic Holistic Formation in 3 years, the goals of which can be summarised in one phrase: Transformation for the awakening of dull consciousness and for peace.

This training was given, during these last tem years, to more than 2,000 people, in Brazil and in Portugal. As a large number of its participants are opinion builders, the influence of this training in all sectors, cultural, political, scientific and in the media, is remarkable. Each one becomes a catalyst of change in the direction of a stronger consciousness of Peace and in regard to the environment. It is, then, a deep changing factor of the public opinion.

A holistic training of teenagers and the School of the Sun House constitute a basis, in the long run, for this action.