Peres Center for Peace

The Peres Center for Peace and Innovation
Founded1996
FounderShimon Peres
TypeNGO
Focus
  • Health and medicine
  • Sports
  • Agriculture
  • Environment
  • Business
  • Education
  • Youth
  • Technology
  • Arts
Location
Area served
Method
  • Dialogue
  • People-to-people interaction
  • Capacity building
  • Youth cooperation
  • Business and economic cooperation
  • Humanitarian response
Employees35
Volunteers5
Websitewww.peres-center.org
Part of a series on
the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Israeli–Palestinian
peace process
History
Camp David Accords1978
Madrid Conference1991
Oslo Accords1993 / 95
Hebron Protocol1997
Wye River Memorandum1998
Sharm El Sheikh Memorandum1999
Camp David Summit2000
The Clinton Parameters2000
Taba Summit2001
Road Map2003
Agreement on Movement and Access2005
Annapolis Conference2007
Mitchell-led talks2010–11
Kerry-led talks2013–14
Primary concerns
Secondary concerns
International brokers
Proposals
Projects / groups / NGOs

The Peres Center for Peace and Innovation, located in Jaffa, Israel, is an independent non-profit, non-governmental, and non-political organization founded in 1996 by Nobel Peace Laureate and former President of Israel Shimon Peres. Its aim is to further Peres' vision of people in the Middle East working together to build peace through socio-economic cooperation and development and people-to-people interaction.

Mission

The Peres Center for Peace and Innovation describes its mission as "promot[ing] lasting peace and advancement in the Middle East by fostering tolerance, economic and technological development, innovation, cooperation and well-being – all in the spirit of President Peres’ vision."[1][2]

Activities

The peacebuilding activities of the Peres Center fall into the following fields: Agriculture and Water; Business and Economics; Civil Leadership; Community Programs in Jaffa; Culture, Media and Arts, Medicine and Healthcare; Social Media and Information Technology (IT); and Sport.

Agriculture, water and the environment

Implementing programs that facilitate cross-border research, capacity building and cooperation in order to enhance crop management practices, environmental protection, and water quality. Projects include cross-border pest management, aquaculture, crop production workshops, regional water research, joint olive oil production and more.[3]

Business and economics

Providing space for interaction between stakeholders on both sides through joint economic research (in partnership with the AIX Group), capacity-building workshops and professional networking to foster cross-border cooperation across a wide range of business fields including hi-tech, confectionery, food, textile and shoe-making and more.
Projects include private sector partnerships, regional economic research, cross-border tourism projects, technology projects, and the creation of a Palestinian business directory.[4]

Civic leadership

Designing and implementing programs that engage Israeli and Palestinian civil society and community leaders, creating a strong cross-border network while providing enrichment and professional training. Programs generate dialogue channels between Palestinians and Israelis and between Jews and Arabs within Israel across professional fields.[5]
Projects include international youth exchanges, a leadership program for young politicians and forums for public debate.

Culture, media and the arts

Delivering theater, photography and arts programs that bring together Palestinian, Israeli, Jewish and Arab adults, youth and children.
Projects include a cross-border photojournalist program, an arts program for children, and a play that expounds messages of coexistence in schools.[6][7][8]

Medicine and health

In cooperation with the Israeli medical community, assisting in the creation of an independent Palestinian medical system through human resource development, advancement of complex medical services and cross-border cooperation and knowledge transfer, as well as providing humanitarian medical aid to Palestinian babies and children.
Projects include a program that allows for the treatment of Palestinian babies in Israeli hospitals and a program for training Palestinian doctors.[9]

Social media and technology

Designing programs that enable the people of the Middle East, particularly young people, to engage in virtual dialogue with each other.
Projects include a popular Facebook group, dialogue curricula for school groups through computer centers and a diplomacy-based game.[10]

Sports

The Twinned Peace Sports Schools bring together Israeli, Palestinian, Jewish and Arab boys and girls to play together through sports. These include football, basketball, wheelchair basketball, cricket, table tennis and Australian football.[11][12]

Awards and recognition

  • United Nations Gold Award (Blood Relations Campaign)[13]
  • 2010 Wingate Award for Best NGO in the Field of Peace and Sport[14]
  • Ashoka Entrepreneurship Award
  • 2010 Peace and Sports Award (Monaco) for Best NGO[15]
  • 2010 Global Sports Forum Barcelona award for Best Project[16]
  • 2010 - Emilio Ambasz Prize for Green Architecture
  • Yesodot Ha'emek Prize for Israeli Architecture.[17]

Peres Peace House

Shimon Peres in 2007

Since December 2009, the offices of the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation are housed in the Peres Peace House in Ajami, a largely Arab neighborhood of Jaffa.

The Peres Peace House also contains the Shimon Peres Archives, an auditorium and conference rooms, and a conflict resolution library. Many of the Peres Center's activities, including public lectures and coexistence activities,[18] take place within the Peres Peace House, as well as activities for the empowerment and development of the local Jaffa communities. These include legal aid services, community empowerment programs and a mentoring program for underprivileged children.

The cost of the center was estimated at $6 million and timeline of three years. According to Haaretz, as of August 2009, the cost and building time of the Peace House have been highly underestimated.[19] The center was opened in December 2009. The building (2,500 sq m), a distinctive architectural landmark on the Jaffa coast next to the poor Arab neighborhood of Ajami, was designed by renowned Italian architect Massimiliano Fuksas.[20]

Through the years the building was open to the use of the local Arab community and the Center promoted projects to empower local groups and individuals. The first event held at the building was a graduation ceremony of 21 women, mostly Arab who graduated from a Women's Economic Empowerment Program and received their computer technician certificates.[20]

Leadership

The Director General of the center is Efrat Duvdevani, formerly Director General of the President's House during Peres' Presidency. Her predecessor was Ido Sharir, formerly Chief of Staff to President Peres. Before Mr. Sharir, Ron Pundak served as Director General for over 10 years. The men and women who comprise the executive board are CEOs, Directors, and Presidents of various organizations, as well as scholars, academics, and journalists. The first Director General of the Peres Center was Ambassador Uri Savir, who, together with Shimon Peres, established the organization and currently serves as Honorary President.[21][22]

Reception

Over the years the Center has won both negative and positive critiques. Author Witt Raczka questioned the efficacy of the organization.[23]

Controversy

Tax-exempt status

The Israel Tax Authority denied the Peres Center's request for tax-exempt status in Israel. According to Haaretz, after the Center applied for the tax-exempt status the Tax Authority demanded that the organization stop funding the training of the physicians from the Gaza Strip in Israeli hospitals.[24] The demand led the organization to suspend its application rather than stop the project.[25][26]

In 2016 the Peres Center received tax-exempt status in Israel. The Peres Center for Peace and Iinnovation also has tax-exempt status in the United States, the United Kingdom and Italy.[27]

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Peres Center for Peace - Who We Are". Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  2. ^ "The Peres Center for Peace - Our Mission". Archived from the original on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  3. ^ "The Peres Center for Peace - Agriculture, Water and Environment". Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  4. ^ "The Peres Center for Peace - Business and Economics". Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  5. ^ "The Peres Center for Peace - Civil Leadership". Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  6. ^ "The Peres Center for Peace - Culture, Media and Arts".
  7. ^ "Frames of Reality Exhibition Review". Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  8. ^ "הריאליטי המציאותי בבית פרס לשלום". Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  9. ^ "The Peres Center for Peace - Medicine and Healthcare". Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  10. ^ "The Peres Center for Peace - Social Media and Technology". Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  11. ^ "The Peres Center for Peace - Sport". Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  12. ^ "British MPs arrive for first cricket tour of Israel". Haaretz. 11 October 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  13. ^ "Blood Relations Campaign Wins United Nations Gold Award". Saatchi & Saatchi. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  14. ^ "מרכז פרס לשלום זכה באות ויינגייט לשנת 2010". one.co.il. 27 May 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  15. ^ "The best initiatives for peace through sport rewarded at the Peace and Sport Awards" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  16. ^ "Winners of global sports forum awards". www.sportbusiness.com. March 11, 2010. Archived from the original on August 20, 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  17. ^ e-architect (2010). "Architecture Awards, Israel, 2010 : Buildings + Architects".
  18. ^ "Foto Friday – Frames of Reality". 21c Israelity Blog. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  19. ^ Uri Blau (20 August 2009). "Peace Building". Haaretz. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
  20. ^ a b Ron Friedman (18 December 2009). "Peres Center arrives alongside Ajami". The Jerusalem Post.
  21. ^ "The Peres Center for Peace - Staff". Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  22. ^ "The Peres Center for Peace - Board of Directors & Honorary President". Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  23. ^ Witt Raczka (2015). Unholy Land: In Search of Hope in Israel/Palestine. Hamilton Books.
  24. ^ "Peres Center for Peace - Training Doctors".
  25. ^ Jonathan Lis (9 December 2011). "Peres Center told: Choose between Gaza health project and tax break". Haaretz. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  26. ^ "P.A. Denies Border Crossing to Injured Gazans". Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  27. ^ "International Friends Association". Retrieved 19 October 2012.
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