H E Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kawari, Cultural Adviser at the Emiri Diwan and Qatar's candidate to the post of Unesco Director-General, will present a lecture on Education combating extremism at the Peace Research Institute of Oslo on December 12.
The Peace Research Institute Oslo is regarded as the world's oldest and most prominent peace research centre.
Al Kawari will visit Oslo as part of his Unesco Director General candidature and will meet with the Norwegian Nobel Institute, Norwegian Government officials and NGO leaders during his official visit.
A dinner hosted by Oslo Urban Peace Week will be gathering leading Norwegian dignitaries and will be held at the prestigious Grand Hotel Oslo, the home of the Nobel Peace Prize Awardee 2016.
Anne Lene Hompland, Founder and Chair of Oslo Urban Peace Week, stated: “Al Kawari will be an honoured guest in Oslo and we are very pleased to have this opportunity to support his Unesco candidature through this official visit, but also to strengthen ties between Qatar and the NGO community in Norway”.
Al Kawari will participate in a series of organised meetings aimed at sharing of knowledge and to enhance cooperation between Qatar and Norway in relation to Peace based initiatives.
The Peace Research Institute Oslo is an independent peace and conflict studies research institution, based in Oslo and founded in 1959 by a group of Norwegian researchers led by Johan Galtung, the principal founder of peace and conflict studies, who was the institute's first director.
The Journal of Peace Research, the discipline's preeminent journal, is also published by the institute.
The institute is mainly funded by the Research Council of Norway and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and also receives funding from the Ministry of Defence, various international organisations such as the World Bank and the European Union, and private foundations.
The Oslo Peace Week Foundation aims to build a global resource centr for solutions that can support peaceful coexistence in sustainable and resilient cities.
Over time, this resource can become invaluable, as input from around the world is shared and traded, ensuring rapid implementation of proven solutions.
