Activities
Lassalle-Institut implements its guidelines (see vision) in the following ways:
Methods of resolution and field of activities
A multidimensional, interlinked procedure is vital to a conflict which originated from complex religious, political and economic battles and misconducts. Therefore, Lassalle-Institut combines several methods of conflict resolution in the Jerusalem project.
Activities at the United Nations (UN)
Regular visitis of the team to the UN Headquarters in New York in order to inform the members of various UN bodies, the Road Map authors as well as the Israli and Palestinian representatives about the development of the project and to involve them in the realization of the vision.
Activities in Jerusalem
Regular visits of the team to Jerusalem for networking. In collaboration with our cooperation partners from East and West Jerusalem and surrounding areas, the vision "Jerusalem- Open City for Learning World Peace" is further developed and implemented in projects. In January 2007 Lassalle-Institut set up an office in Jerusalem.
Basic activities and conferences in Switzerland
Lassalle-Institut in Bad Schoenbrunn and in particular its Jerusalem office are continuously evolving the project, establishing it in Switzerland, preparing conferences at the Lassalle-Haus, visiting Jerusalem and the United Nations Headquarters in New York, doing fundraising and other activities.
Spiritual Field Development
Modern physics and mysticism agree that thoughts, emotions as well as words carry energy. With the objective of overcoming warlike conflicts, the heads of the Jerusalem project developed concepts, methods and rituals to foster peaceful thinking, speaking and acting.
Chronology
- March 2003: work stay at UNO in New York with diplomats, governmental organisations and NGOs
- May 2004: work stay at the UNO in New York
- July 2004: International Peace-Camp in Teufen
- August 2004: Think Tank with other NGOs in Tamera, Portugal
- September 2004: participation in the conference of Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs in Bern according to the role of Switzerland in the peace-building process in the Middle East
- October 2004: work stay in Jerusalem
- November 2004: participation in the conference "Women Defending Peace" in Geneva
- December 2004: "The power of sports"- a public presentation together with Adolf Ogi, former Swiss federal counselor and Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace to the United Nations Secretary- General
- July 2005: "From competition to cooperation"-Think Tank with other NGOs in Switzerland
- September 2005: work stay at the UNO in New York
- November 2005: work stay and foundation of Beit Catarina in Jerusalem, a spiritual- political living community of Katharina Werk in cooperation with Lassalle-Institut
- May 2006: work stay at the UNO in Geneva
- July 2006: international conference of the Jerusalem Project in Bad Schoenbrunn
- January 2007: opening of office in Jerusalem
- October 2006: work stay in Jerusalem
- December 2006: work stay in Jerusalem
- March 2007: work stay at the UNO in New York
- April 2007: work stay in Jerusalem
- End of 2007: First accomplishment of 'Future Leaders Forum Middle East'
- April 2008: International Conference 'Jerusalem - Open City' in Bad Schönbrunn
- September 2008: decision on cooperative partnership in the Jerusalem project between Lassalle-Institut, IPCC and Futura Institute on the occasion of the annual meeting and 'Open Day'
- January 2009: work stay with IPCC and FI at the UNO in New York
- March 2009: work stay in Jerusalem and meeting at the UNO in Geneva
- July 2009: preparation meeting for the International Jerusalem Conference in 2010, afterwards lunch for journalists in Zurich and an interview with Rami Nasrallah and Shlomo Hasson conducted by Swiss Television 'Sternstunde Philosophie'
- October 2009: work stay at the UNO in New York
- November 2009: the Swiss Federal Department for Foreign Affairs is willing to support actively the first International Conference 'Jerusalem: The Global Challenge'
- March/April 2010: work stay in Jerusalem
- August 2010: work stay at the UN in New York
- October 2010: First International Conference 'Jerusalem: The Global Challenge'
