Getting to know each other better to understand each other better: purpose of the first meetings of the working group of the Grandes Ecoles Pour la Paix consortium

TheEuromed Polytechnic School (EPS) participated in the first meetings of the working group of the consortium GE2P (Grandes Ecoles Pour la Paix) which includes around twenty institutions and universities including Tel Aviv University (Israel), Universidad de Playa Ancha (Chile), Queen’s University (Canada), ECAM-EPMI (France), Bar Ilan University (Israel), the Beer Sheva School of Engineering (Israel), Moulay Ismail University (Morocco), Ibn Tofail University (Morocco), Mohammed V University (Morocco) and the Virtual Polytechnic University (Mali).

The GE2P label aims to:

-       Raise student youth awareness of the core values of peace, tolerance, understanding, equality and cooperation among peoples.

-       Educate and train students for Peace through teaching, research and dissemination of elements related to the knowledge and practice of Peace.

-       Exert a positive influence on student youth through actions that will have a concrete impact on their environment at local, national and international levels.

-       Create, develop and sustain a climate of peace on campuses and, by extension, at the scale of the respective countries for a harmonious and sincere coexistence.

During this meeting, EPS mentioned the development of specific projects notably with the Beer Sheva School of Engineering and recalled that the 1^1st st step is to work together concretely, feeding the different GE2P institutions through the involvement of faculty, researchers and students. In this regard, beyond classic pedagogical and research activities, sport can be a catalyst, carrying the values of good conduct and living together.