Technology and Peace
Course Description: The advent of new technologies has fundamentally changed the capacity for processing and exchanging information in the 21st century. NGOs and governments, and companies alike are just beginning to understand the potential that these tools and systems can have in analyzing and addressing a range of social problems. This dynamic one-week course will explore how technology is being used to transform conflicts, build more sophisticated statistical models, fight diseases, monitor elections, distribute food, design better economic development measures, and much more. It will also consider some of the key challenges related to access, implementation, scale, and evaluation that working with technology presents. The course is designed for professionals from both the private and public sectors to assist them in developing strategies and skills to benefit their organization amid this rapidly evolving landscape. Participants can expect a hands-on and interactive learning environment with a variety of real world examples from organizations working in the field.
Dates: June 14-18th 2010.
Location: The UPEACE campus is situated on 600 acres of natural reserve in the mountains of Costa Rica. Imagine taking a course with a rainforest out the window and dormant volcanoes in the distance!
Cost: For Credit - $956. For Training: $700. Cost does not include airfare or lodging.
Airfare: Continental, American Airlines, and USAir all fly to San Jose Costa Rica. Airfare from US ranges from $250-700.
Lodging:
- Corteza Amarilla: Built in a 4500 square meters property, and with a unique type of architecture mixing Art Noveau, Deco, Barroque and some oriental influence, Corteza provides you a tropical atmosphere, surrounded by costarican trees that bloom through the year and all the magic of well-lit and exotic gardens. http://www.cortezaamarillalodge.com/
- Homestays can be arranged for 100 dollars for the week
Nick is the Executive Director of UPEACE/US and has been with the organization since graduating from the Peace Education Masters program at UPEACE in 2006. Nick oversees all activities of the organization, both programmatic and operational, and is the chief liaison with the senior administrators at the University. His favorite role however is helping out with the DCPEACE afterschool program in local elementary schools. Nick is passionate about ideas and projects that connect the fields of education, peacebuilding, technology, and global citizenship and, over the past few years, has worked with closely with a number of organizations including Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, the Genocide Intervention Network (GI-NET), the United Nations Association for the United States (UNA-USA) and the Prague Security Studies Institute (PSSI). Nick holds a BA with honors from Swarthmore College and was recently selected as a 2009 Global Fellow by the International Youth Foundation for his track record as a young social entrepreneur.
Apply Today by filling out the online application form on the UPEACE website.
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