The connection comes just a month after King Abdullah II of Jordan met with International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge to open the new Generations for Peace Institute.

Meeghan Zahorsky, an MA Scholar at Georgetown University for the Institute, is one of the key contributors to the programme, and will bring her expertise to a series of meetings in Amman with Jordanian and Lebanese pioneers of the Generations for Peace initiative.

HRH Prince Feisal Al Hussein, Founder and Chairman of Generations For Peace, said of Zahorsky: "Meeghan's visit to Amman is highly symbolic for Generations For Peace.

"This weekend's meetings are an excellent opportunity to analyse and evaluate our programmes and help us to understand where our work can have even greater impact.

"It will be an invaluable learning experience for our delegates, who will be able to see their impressive work to date in a new light.

"It will also be a hugely beneficial experience for Meeghan as it adds to the research, supported by our Institute, that she has already conducted into other sport for peace organisations around the world before coming to Jordan."

Zahorsky has spent the weekend in a series of meetings with various delegates, enabling her to collate and analyse data from programmes conducted in Lebanon.

"It has been a very rewarding, and a somewhat humbling, experience to apply the more analytical aspects of conflict resolution to the work that these remarkable young Generations For Peace pioneers and delegates are doing around the region.

"It is clear that we can both learn a huge amount from each other and I am convinced that some of the tools and techniques that we have introduced this weekend will greatly enhance the Generations For Peace projects and programmes in the field."

Generations For Peace's work has engaged more than 4,000 children and youngsters in Lebanon in various sporting activities, with its work also increasing in Jordan itself.

Generations For Peace has already made a significant impact in Lebanon, with more than 4,000 children and young people from the north and south of the country having been engaged in related sports activities.

Following her visit, Zahorsky will be compiling a report on her findings, which will form the basis of an important resource for Generations for Peace pioneers and the field of conflict resolution.

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