THE INTER PARLIAMENTARY COALITION FOR GLOBAL ETHICS
THE GLOBAL CENTER FOR INTEGRITY AND RIGHTEOUSNESS
THE JEWISH COUNCIL OF THE EMIRATES
ALSADIQIN

Roundtable Conference: February 12-13, Dubai
Strategy for Joint Abraham Accords Model Curriculum
for the Culture of Peace and SDG's

The InterParliamentary Coalition for Global Ethics
in partnership with the
Global Center for Integrity and Righteousness
The Jewish Council of the Emirates
Alsadiqin
Elan Global Group/sponsor
OSPCR-Office of Support and Promotion of Costa Rica/sponsor

Press Release The Dubai Roundtable Conference held February 12-13,2023, launched an initiative towards an agreed upon strategy to develop a joint model curriculum on education for the culture of peace among the Abraham Accord nations, based on the UN resolutions on a "culture of peace" , the shared values of the Abraham Accords partners, and the UN SDGs. The roundtable discussions focused on the potential for a partnership between all the member nations of the Abraham Accord to develop agreement on the main principles and values to be included in a model education curriculum for early education through academic level education. The initiative also related to the UNESCO recommendations on education for peace as a guideline.

Participants in the strategy roundtable included:

• H.E. Prof. Emil Constantinescu, former President of Romania, founder of the Institute of the Levant;
• Prof. Alberto Zucconi, Chairman of the Board of the World Academy of Arts and Sciences and Sec. Gen. of the World Universities Consortium;
• Prof. Fabio Franceschi, Chair, Comparative Law Department and Representative for the King Hamad Center for Peaceful Coexistence Chair at Sapienza University, Rome
• H.E. Imam Saleh Seboweh Acting President GIC and Director GIC North America
• H.E.Imam Tawhidi, Vice President of the Global Imams Council; and Council members
• Rabbi Yitzhak Dayan, Chief Rabbi of Geneva and Council of European Rabbis representative to the United Nations;
• Martin Oliner, Founder/President, Global Center for Integrity and Righteousness, Board Member of Presidents' Council of American Jewish Organizations
• M.K. Michael Biton, National Party, member of the Knesset Caucus for the Abraham Accords and former Minister of Strategic Affairs/ via zoom;
• Awadh Al Breiki Chief Global Officer | Trends Research & Advisory UAE
• Saoud Saqer, Public Diplomacy Strategist UAE
• Matthias K. Boehning, WEA Permanent Representative to the UN in Bonn,Co-Director, WEA Sustainability Center
• Sheikh Professor Tamer Mohamed Mahmoud Metwally, Professor of Belief and Religion at University of Hail, Saudi Arabia, son of Sheikh Muhammed Mahmoud Metwally, General Director of Noble Qur'an Affairs in Al-Azhar. via zoom
• Rabbi Ben Abrahamson, founder and Director of Alsadiqin via zoom
• MP Nancy Khedouri, member of Bahrain Shura Council via zoom,
• H.E. Andre Azoulay, Adviser to His Majesty King of Morocco, via zoom,
• Loay al Shareef, UAE influencer
• Attorney Nadeem Amar, Founder and Chairman Ohr Druze Center for the Culture of Peace/former Mayor of Julis
• Mr. Frederic E. Teboul, Attorney and Strategist
• Abdulkarim Dandashi, President and Founder, GPSM, Global Partners for Peace and Security in the Middle East
• Sergio Kopeliovitch, founder, Childrens' Art for Peace and Peace Museum USA,
• Alyona Badalova, founder and President, My Ways Cultural Center, NY,

The roundtable conference concluded with the Dubai Declaration whereby the participants pledged to continue to work together to achieve the goals set forth and agreed upon.

The Dubai roundtable would be followed by an academic conference in Rome hosted by the Comparative Law Department at Sapienza University in Rome, March 2023 and a conference in Europe in May. Finally, the initiative would be presented at the United Nations headquarters in June as a best practices model for all UN member states to consider with respect to their own geopolitical requirements and needs.

For details:
Shoshana Nicole Bekerman
Director, IPCGE
www.ipcge.org
IPCGE Introduction Video

Agenda:

Sunday  February 12
1:30 - 6:00 pm 
Roundtable Strategy Meeting
Education for a Culture of Peace and the SDGs as a Foundation for the Success of the Abraham Accords
2  - 3 pm
Strategy for the development of a joint model curriculum for the culture of peace and SDGs,
3-4 pm
Academic, Social and Media framework to achieve the goal
4-4:30 pm
Presenting the proposed curriculum as a global model
6 -7 pm Reception

February 13
Meetings in Abu Dhabi
videos 2023 Dubai Roundtable (with subtitles)