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Political scientist with minors in international relations and conflict resolution and MA in European Studies. Post-graduate Program in Finance. Currently working as business researcher at Pisacane. Contact me via email for any inquiry. EN/ES/DE
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A so called Track II Diplomacy initiative is intended to bring non-officials in order to engage i... more A so called Track II Diplomacy initiative is intended to bring non-officials in order to engage in dialogue with the aim of conflict resolution. In this case, as noted by Professor Kaufman (2003: page 183), this initiative will be referred as Citizen’s Diplomacy instead of Track II Diplomacy because it intends to bring together the partners in conflict of the Chilean education conflict. The Chilean education conflict has affected the lives of millions of Chileans, especially of those who are currently studying. It has marked the Chilean society as it began three years ago, with no clear intentions of ceasing the protests or acknowledging the students’ demands. This citizen’s diplomacy initiative proposes a 10-day workshop in which the partners in conflict will be brought together and be induced to build trust among them. Afterwards, the initiative intends to teach them different methods and skills of conflict resolution and consensus building in order to attempt to achieve a document of consensus which must be signed by all participants.
This initiative is supported and performed in collaboration with the Universidad Alberto Hurtado, a private Jesuit university in the center of Santiago de Chile, who has in the past resolved similar conflict with its own students by dialogue and engaging directly with the student federation. It is a proposal for the Organization of Ibero-American States as it brings together all Spanish- and Portuguese- speaking countries together for intergovernmental cooperation in the field of education among others in the context of the integral development and democracy.
A citizen’s diplomacy initiative focused on the Chilean education conflict could help the next government (elected in the next presidential elections on November 2013) by providing an alternative solution reached through consensus. It will also raise awareness in the Chilean society that grassroots diplomacy initiatives can provide to current Track I negotiations a more plausible and effective solution which is not constrained by any ideological, societal, religious or any kind of pressure. However, this initiative is not intended to replace current or future official negotiations that may occur.
A so called Track II Diplomacy initiative is intended to bring non-officials in order to engage i... more A so called Track II Diplomacy initiative is intended to bring non-officials in order to engage in dialogue with the aim of conflict resolution. In this case, as noted by Professor Kaufman (2003: page 183), this initiative will be referred as Citizen’s Diplomacy instead of Track II Diplomacy because it intends to bring together the partners in conflict of the Chilean education conflict. The Chilean education conflict has affected the lives of millions of Chileans, especially of those who are currently studying. It has marked the Chilean society as it began three years ago, with no clear intentions of ceasing the protests or acknowledging the students’ demands. This citizen’s diplomacy initiative proposes a 10-day workshop in which the partners in conflict will be brought together and be induced to build trust among them. Afterwards, the initiative intends to teach them different methods and skills of conflict resolution and consensus building in order to attempt to achieve a document of consensus which must be signed by all participants.
This initiative is supported and performed in collaboration with the Universidad Alberto Hurtado, a private Jesuit university in the center of Santiago de Chile, who has in the past resolved similar conflict with its own students by dialogue and engaging directly with the student federation. It is a proposal for the Organization of Ibero-American States as it brings together all Spanish- and Portuguese- speaking countries together for intergovernmental cooperation in the field of education among others in the context of the integral development and democracy.
A citizen’s diplomacy initiative focused on the Chilean education conflict could help the next government (elected in the next presidential elections on November 2013) by providing an alternative solution reached through consensus. It will also raise awareness in the Chilean society that grassroots diplomacy initiatives can provide to current Track I negotiations a more plausible and effective solution which is not constrained by any ideological, societal, religious or any kind of pressure. However, this initiative is not intended to replace current or future official negotiations that may occur.