United Nations Study on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Education

ANNEX 2 - SURVEY ON EXISTING EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING PROGRAMMES

 

The Group of Governmental Experts decided  to conduct a wide survey of the existing educational and training programmes, courses and curricula in the field of disarmament and non-proliferation education, in all regions of the world. A questionnaire was sent to all member states governments as well as to university and other educators, disarmament and peace-related institutes, and non-governmental organizations. (See Information Note)

 

RESPONSES

The following list represents the submissions received to date by the Department of Disarmament Affairs in response to the survey. Each submission is linked to a copy of the original submission and where possible a link is provided to the website of the institution or non-governmental organization.

 

Governments and Other Government Entities

• Bangladesh
• Costa Rica Spanish
• Cote d'Ivoire French
• Dominican Republic Spanish
• Egypt
• Finland
• France French
• Germany
• Guatemala Spanish
• India
• Japan
  • Hiroshima Prefectural Government
  • Nagasaki, City of
• Malaysia
• Mexico Spanish
• New Zealand
• Philippines
• Poland
• Qatar
• Senegal French
• Sri Lanka
• Suriname
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Uzbekistan
• Ukraine, National Institute for Strategic Studies
• USA, Air Force Academy, USAF Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)

 

Academic and Educational Institutions

• Australia
  • School of Political Science and International Studies, University of Queensland, Australia o website
• Austria
  • Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution o website
  • European University Center for Peace Studies o website
• Brazil
  • Instituto de Fisica, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro o website
• Canada
  • Simons Centre for Peace and Disarmament Studies, University of British Columbia o website 
  • Lester B. Pearson Canadian International Peacekeeping Training o website
• Finland
  • VERIFIN, Helsinki University o website
• India
  • Disarmament Studies, Jamaharal Nehru University, New Delhi o website
• Ireland
  • Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast o website
• Israel
  • Graduate Program on Conflict Management and Negotiation, Bar Ilan University o website
• Italy
  • Carlo Cattaneo School Group, de Reggio Emilia Italian
• Japan
  • Faculty of International Studies, Meijigakuin University o website
  • Hiroshima Pre High School Teachers Union, Hiroshima City
• Malaysia
  • Strategic and Security Studies Unit, University of Kebangsaan o website
• Pakistan
  • Department of International Relations, University of Karachi o website
  • Institute of Policy Studies, Islamabad 
• Spain
  • Autonomous University of Barcelona - UNESCO Chair on Peace and Human Rights o website
  • Universitat Jaume I y Fundacion Caja Castellon - UNESCO Chair on Peace and Development o website
• South Africa
  • Arms Management Programme, Institute for Security Studies o website
  • Pomfret Peace and Disarmament Education Centre
• UK
  • Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford o website
  • Department of International Relations, University of St-Andrews o website
• USA
  • The Baker Institute for Peace Studies, Juniata College o website
  • Center for International Trade and Security, University of Georgia o website
  • Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies o website
  • Cooperative Monitoring Center, Sandia National Laboratories o website
  • International Association of University Presidents o website
  • John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York o website
  • Program in Arms Control, Disarmament and National Security, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign o website
  • Program on Global Security and Disarmament, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland  o website 
    - (for annotated bibliography)
  • Program on Science and Global Security Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs, Princeton University o website
  • Yale Law School o website

 

Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)

• Aotearoa/New Zealand Peace Foundation 
• Association of World Citizens, Switzerland o website
• Bangladesh Development Partnership Centre (BDPC) o website
• Educators for Social Responsibility, Metro Area's Nuclear Weapons Education and Action Project, New York o website
• Federation of American Scientists, Washington, DC o website
• Fundación Gamma Idear, Columbia
• German Foundation for International Development, Berlin o website
• Hague Appeal for Peace, New York o website
• Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, Takoma Park, Maryland o website
• International Institute for Policy Studies (IIPS), Minsk, Belarus
• International Peace Bureau, Switzerland o website
• International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), UN Office, New York o website
• Institute of Education for Sustainable Development (IEPADES), Guatemala o website
• Japan Center for Preventative Diplomacy, Tokyo
• Japanese Network of Museums for Peace, Kochi City
• Institute of Peacemaking, USA o website
• Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy, USA o website
• Movement Against Small Arms and Light Weapons in West Africa (MALAO) 
• NGO Committee on Disarmament, New York o website
• Norwegian Physicians Against Nuclear Weapons, Oslo o website
• Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, USA o website
• Nuclear Disarmament Education Project, Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies, USA  o website
• Paul Ango Ela Foundation (FPAE), Yaounde, Cameroun
• Peace Depot, Yokohoma o website
• Plutonium Action Hiroshima o website
• Programme for Promoting Nuclear Nonproliferation, UK o website
• Project Ploughshares, Calgary, Canada o website
• Project Ploughshares, Waterloo, Canada o website
• Psychologists for Social Responsibility, Washington, DC o website
• Responding to Conflict, UK o website
• Teachers for Peace, Sweden o website
• Wilton Park, UK o website
• Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control, Washington, DC o website
• Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's Reaching Critical Will, New York o website

 

Submissions from individuals

• Ms. Junko Abe
• Dr. Diane Perlman