III URL Day for the promotion of the 2030 Agenda «Towards more just, peaceful and inclusive societies: youth and SDG 16»

Conferences and workshops

Start date

Fri, 05/12/2023 - 09:30

Venue

IQS-URL (Via Augusta, 390. Barcelona)

The Russian invasion of Ukraine, now more than a year ago, has intensified the global perception that we live in a world seriously affected by the violence of war, where the discourses of war, the rhetoric of rearmament and the paradigm of military security seem to have gained a new prominence.

Apart from Ukraine, more than thirty countries around the world - especially in Africa and Asia - are currently experiencing situations of warlike confrontation. Likewise, the role of numerous civil society organizations, women's groups, interreligious dialogue groups and the role of the United Nations highlight an intense and diverse range of peace-building initiatives, diplomacy, resistance to violence and citizen activism.

In this global context of contrasts, Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16 of the 2030 Agenda calls for "promoting peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, providing access to justice for all, and developing effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels". In fact, this goal has been identified as an "SDG plus" from various quarters, highlighting the centrality of peacebuilding in the achievement of the other SDGs of the Agenda.

The III URL Day for the promotion of the 2030 Agenda, entitled "Towards more just, peaceful and inclusive societies: youth and SDG 16", aims to promote the debate around this SDG. From the perspective of people and groups affected by the violence of war, and focusing on the role of our students, the conference aims to be a space for reflection that contributes to our work in promoting SDG 16 and the 2030 Agenda as a whole.

PROGRAMME

09:45 a.m. Inauguration by Josep A. Rom, Rector of the URL.
10.00 a.m. Round table (I): "Recovering memory in contexts of violence through music"

Dialogue between Jeison Castaño (Jeihhco), activist for peace, coexistence and non-violence in the communes of Medellin (Colombia) and students of the URL with the students of the URL Andrea Flores, student of Esade-URL; Paula Gelpí, student of the Faculty of Social Education and Social Work Pere Tarrés-URL; Rafel Jaume Venys, student of La Salle-URL; Cristian Cifuentes, student of ESDi-URL and Anna Pau, student of Blanquerna-URL.

Moderator: Òscar Mateos, Rector's Delegate for the promotion of the 2030 Agenda at the URL
11.15 a.m. Coffee break
11.45 a.m. Round table (II): “Peace building in contexts of violence as a profession: professional experiences of our Alumni in different organizations”

With the participation of alumni Daniel Farràs (Faculty of Social Education and Social Work Pere Tarrés-URL), delegate at SED Catalunya; Mar Ortega (Blanquerna-URL), Advocacy and Education for Global Citizenship technician of the Catalan Committee for Refugees-Catalonia with ACNUR; Juan Albacete (IQS-URL), Posdoc Researcher at IQS-URL and Elisabet Cantenys (Blanquerna-URL), executive director at ACOS Alliance.

Moderator: Oriol Pou, coordinator of the Chemical Engineering degree at IQS-URL
12.45 p.m. "The power of young people in the construction of the peace discourse", reflections by translator and cultural disseminator Ryma Sheermohammadi.

Moderator: Leticia Duboc, researcher and lecturer at La Salle-URL
13:45 p.m. Open questions and closing of the day

SPEAKERS

JEISON CASTAÑO (Jeihhco) is an activist for peace, coexistence and non-violence in the Medellín neighbourhoods, where a large part of the population are families displaced by the armed conflict. Through hip hop, he promotes the recovery of memory, dignity and work with young people to offer them life alternatives that do not involve armed violence, which is still present in these neighbourhoods.

Born in Medellin's Comuna 13, Jeihhco spent his childhood and adolescence in a territory where the street was the center of life, but also, from time to time, a battlefield of the Colombian armed conflict. He became acquainted with hip-hop in 1996, at the age of 11, but it was not until 2002 that he realized the transformative potential of the music that made him vibrate..

RYMA SHEERMOHAMMADI is a translator and cultural disseminator. Iranian-Spanish with a degree in translation and interpretation and a master's degree in conference interpreting. She has worked as an interpreter for the United Nations, the European Union and the presidential offices of more than 15 countries around the world. She is a translator for the United Nations Human Rights Council.

Through her work with political, social and cultural personalities such as Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi, directors Kiarostami and Makhmalbaf and authors such as Nafisi, she has combined social activism with her role as a communicator on issues related to Iran and the human rights situation, especially women's rights. She has been working for more than 20 years with Iranian activists on different projects related to freedom of expression as well as the defense of the greater rights of Iran's religious minorities (the Baha'is) and women's rights.