NICEC: Diversity and Conflict Management (DCM)

With diversity an increasingly pertinent issue in post-conflict Northern Ireland, the NICEC Diversity and Conflict Management (DCM) theme seeks to address issues arising from the growing necessity to manage diversity effectively.

NICEC-DCM emphasizes shared learning on Diversity and Conflict Management issues between Northern Ireland and the wider European area.

Issues to be addressed include:

• Maximization of social inclusion in democratic processes
• Public policy focus – meeting the needs of diverse societies
• Social acceptance of policing and security sectors
• Education – adapting the riches of a diverse society to educational programmes

The DCM Project Officer is Dr Billy Leonard.

DCM Activity

Dr Leonard facilitated workshops in the ‘Dublin Action Agenda’ – a conference organized by the European Platform for Conflict Prevention and staged by the Irish government as part of its 2004 Presidency of the EU Council.

Dr Leonard also participated in a ‘Human Right to Peace’ conference in San Sebastian in the Basque region of Spain and will take part in a workshop with the East West Institute on developing Moldova’s place in a wider Europe. .

As part of the NICEC-DCM agenda, Dr Leonard plans to partake in a fact-finding visit to Serbia-Montenegro as part of a wide ranging agenda examining DCM issues across the wider Europe.