Evens Peace Education Prize 2013

  • The Jury of the Evens Prize for Peace Education 2013

    Míriam Acebillo Bacqué, Researcher and Teacher at the Escola de Cultura de Pau, part of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), the laureate of the Evens Prize for Peace Education 2011 | Vanessa Andreotti, Coordinator of the EDGE research group (Ethics, Diversity, Globalization and Education) at the University of Oulu, Finland | Tomas Baum, Director of the Flemish Peace Institute, Chairman of the jury, Belgium | Maria Carme Boque Torremorell, Head of Teaching at the Department of Education of Ramon Llull University in Barcelona, Spain | Eric Debarbieux, Professor and Researcher at Paris-Est Créteil University. Director of the International Observatory of Violence in School. Head of the Ministerial Delegation for the Prevention of and Fight against Violence at School, France.



 

The Ecole Léon Jouhaux in Villeurbanne, France, received the Evens Prize for Peace Education 2013 for the introduction of innovative methods in constructive conflict management and for its success in the implementation of genuine peace at school.

With the 2013 Evens Prize for Peace Education, the foundation wanted to recognise and distinguish an elementary school in Europe that integrated and systematically implemented peace education principles in it.

The independent jury of experts was particularly impressed by the practices set up to improve and encourage the participation of children in the classroom and in school life, the involvement of parents and the system applied for enforcing rules.

In order to support the dissemination of good practices, the other candidate schools were invited to visit the laureate school and share their experiences and good practices on the occasion of the award ceremony.

The winning school receives the sum of €25,000, allocated partly to the dissemination of its good practices throughout Europe.

In close collaboration with experts the school team developed a training module for other teachers, covering peer-mediation practices and children’s participation in the classroom and in school life. This module was approved by the regional educational authorities and included in the teacher-training offer proposed by the Academy of Lyon.

In addition, they produced a series of short films featuring the above practices with the active involvement of pupils in order to facilitate further dissemination of their successful methods and experiences.

For further information about the 2013 prize winner click here.

The Ecole Léon Jouhaux in Villeurbanne, France, received the Evens Prize for Peace Education 2013 for the introduction of innovative methods in constructive conflict management and for its success in the implementation of genuine peace at school.

With the 2013 Evens Prize for Peace Education, the foundation wanted to recognise and distinguish an elementary school in Europe that integrated and systematically implemented peace education principles in it.

The independent jury of experts was particularly impressed by the practices set up to improve and encourage the participation of children in the classroom and in school life, the involvement of parents and the system applied for enforcing rules.

In order to support the dissemination of good practices, the other candidate schools were invited to visit the laureate school and share their experiences and good practices on the occasion of the award ceremony.

The winning school receives the sum of €25,000, allocated partly to the dissemination of its good practices throughout Europe.

In close collaboration with experts the school team developed a training module for other teachers, covering peer-mediation practices and children’s participation in the classroom and in school life. This module was approved by the regional educational authorities and included in the teacher-training offer proposed by the Academy of Lyon.

In addition, they produced a series of short films featuring the above practices with the active involvement of pupils in order to facilitate further dissemination of their successful methods and experiences.

For further information about the 2013 prize winner click here.

  • The Jury of the Evens Prize for Peace Education 2013

    Míriam Acebillo Bacqué, Researcher and Teacher at the Escola de Cultura de Pau, part of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), the laureate of the Evens Prize for Peace Education 2011 | Vanessa Andreotti, Coordinator of the EDGE research group (Ethics, Diversity, Globalization and Education) at the University of Oulu, Finland | Tomas Baum, Director of the Flemish Peace Institute, Chairman of the jury, Belgium | Maria Carme Boque Torremorell, Head of Teaching at the Department of Education of Ramon Llull University in Barcelona, Spain | Eric Debarbieux, Professor and Researcher at Paris-Est Créteil University. Director of the International Observatory of Violence in School. Head of the Ministerial Delegation for the Prevention of and Fight against Violence at School, France.