The Generations For Peace Institute is due to launch in Amman, Jordan's capital, later this year and will provide three annual academic awards for the Conflict Resolution Programme in the Department of Government.

They will include the King Abdullah II of Jordan Generations For Peace Research Fellowship, HH Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Generations For Peace Scholarship for Graduate Studies and two Generations For Peace  summer field research awards to MA candidates.

Prince Feisal said: "These are very exciting times for Generations For Peace.

"The Institute will inspire high level applied research in sport as a peace building and development tool.

"We are also looking forward to working with Georgetown University whose international relations programmes are extremely highly regarded.

"The University also has a tradition of conducting innovative research to address critical conflicts around the world as well as a strong commitment to peace, social justice, and ethics.”

The Generations For Peace Institute will have both a Monitoring and Evaluation Unit and a Research and Development Department at its core and will continue to partner with academic institutions, research centres and scholars to provide the sport for peace and development community with knowledge and best practices in the field .

Sarah Kabbani, the managing director of Generations for Peace, said: "Georgetown University’s conflict resolution programmes are extremely highly regarded.

"The University also has a tradition of conducting innovative and multidisciplinary research to address critical conflicts around the world as well as a strong commitment to peace, social justice, and ethics."

Generations For Peace, which is officially recognised by the International Olympic Committee, trains leaders of youth to use sport to bring young people from both sides of the divide together, and will break new ground its sixth international camp for European participants held in Amman later this year.



Kabbani said: "This camp will be vital for our growth and will mark a significant and historic milestone  in the global development for Generations For Peace."

The certification programme will provide the 70 camp delegates from Europe- leaders of youth- with the knowledge and skills on how to work with children and youth, and also how to transfer this knowledge to other like minded leaders of youth.

This cascading process helps in building sustainability.

The delegates will come from 14 nations including, Russia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Georgia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, FYR Macedonia, Cyprus, Turkey, Republic of Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Uzbekistan, K0sovo, and Serbia.

Prince Feisal plans to expand the scheme, which was founded in 2007, around the world during the next few years.

He told insidethegames: "Though our initiative is focused primarily in Asia and Europe we have plans to reach out to the Far East and even in Latin America in the near future.

"Sport is no longer a luxury now, but a vehicle for values and beliefs worldwide.

"Sport cuts through boundaries and barriers and we need our youth...to make this a better world,"

So far, Generations For Peace has seen nearly 350 participants from 31 countries graduate through its pioneering 10-day camps.

Its programme has reached out to more than 42,000 children.

Prince Feisal said: "Generations for Peace is now a truly global entity."

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