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• to coordinate these activities with those of the United Nations system and of intergovernmental and non governmental organizations.

Attention has already been given to the process of reflection by which the concept of a culture of peace has been refined a continuing process in which each action is assessed and evaluated as the basis for future activities.
In order to provide an integrated approach to UNESCO's activities for a culture of peace an intersectoral committee was established in April 1994 chaired by the Director General. Consultations concerning joint activities are held regularly between the staff of the Culture of Peace Programme Unit and other units at headquarters and in the field.
National Programmes of Culture of Peace have been initiated in El Salvador, Mozambique and Burundi. As described in a later section, these programmes are based on a process of broad based participation, dialogue and co operation of all parties to the conflicts in the countries concerned.
The basis is also being laid for sub regional culture of peace programmes. In line with the increasing unity of the Central American region, discussions are under way concerning possible programmes in Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. If linked up with the pioneer programme in El Salvador, they could constitute the first sub regional programme. Similarly, there is the possibility of other programmes in Southern Africa which could join with that of Mozambique to form a sub regional programme.
Support has also been provided to the National Culture of Peace Programme that is being undertaken by the Philippines. This programme, along with other national initiatives, is described in Chapter 8. Among the national initiatives are a number of colloquiums in which UNESCO has helped to develop the process of co operation and participation of all parties to the conflicts in Congo, Sudan and Somalia.

Finally, the Culture of Peace Programme is developing an information and networking system. This system, which links up the many institutions promoting a culture of peace throughout the world, will be discussed in the final chapter of the monograph.
All of these tasks reflect the catalytic role assigned to the Culture of Peace Programme. Its role is not to construct a culture of peace by itself but to initiate and support ongoing, long term processes in UNESCO itself and in the framework of a broad social movement. It is expected that this movement will take on a life of its own and become a self sustaining irreversible transformational process.
This is why the Programme emphasizes multiplier processes' education, the training and deployment of individual peace promoters' and the transformation and development of institutions and organizations to promote a culture of peace. The most important of these institutions is UNESCO itself.

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The role of the Culture of Peace Programme is catalytic - to initiate and support ongoing, long-term processes in UNESCO itself and in the framework of a broad social movement which can become self-sustaining and irreversible.

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