Structure of seminar
The rest of the meeting was used to bolt down the main issues for the seminar. We ended by identifying which organisations would work on/lead which issue. These were as follows:
- Exhibition booths for organisations (WCRP)
- Cultural event (WCRP + host community)
- Interfaith Skills Building i.e. communication and interfaith leadership skills (WCRP)
- Combating Religious Intolerance (NHSF + IARF)
- Religious Education in Secondary Schools (BK + WAMY)
- Spirituality i.e. moral leadership and study of religious values (UJS + ABBY)
The purpose of the exhibitions is to allow each organisation to display what their organisation stands for and what work it does in its sphere of activity.
The purpose of the cultural event is to socially bring the participants closer and allow an opportunity for the greater public outside of the seminar process to become involved.
The Inter-faith skills building process would have the idea of training the 50 participants with basic communication and interfaith leadership skills. These 50 would then stimulate and train other youth after the seminar. It is envisaged that groups of say, six or seven, would get together and visit university campuses and would use the student union structures to train youth at local level.
For the last three items the lead organisation should aim to produce statements of principal that would be signed by all organisation participating in the seminar itself. The statements could then be shared with the media, local and national government bodies, with the student union and could be used to stimulate a post seminar roadshow/peace bus.
