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1. Rotary Peace Centers Committee New Member Orientation
The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International

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2016-17 Committee Members
Chair
Peter Kyle
Vice Chair
Anne L. Matthews
Trustee Liaison
Young Suk Yoon

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2016-17 Committee Members
Naoyuki Takagi
John Blount
Mohamed Delawar
Jackson Hsieh
Mark Maloney
Gulam A. Vahanvaty
Carol Fellows
Duane Sterling
Juan Arbocco Rossi
Jerry Meigs (RPCMGI Liaison)
Maria Saifuddin Effendi (Academic Advisor)
Steven Nakana (Alumni Advisor)

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Rotary Peace Centers Program Vision
The Rotary Peace Centers program
has a vision of sustainable peace:
encompassing a network of
peacebuilders and community leaders
dedicated to preventing and resolving
conflicts across the global community.

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Rotary Peace Centers Mission
Partnership with 7 leading universities
around the world
Empower
Academic
Training
Global
Impact
Be a
Catalyst
Build
Capacity

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Rotary Peace Centers Mission
Partnership with 7 leading universities around the world

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Alumni Updates
Alumni Update:
• 999 total alumni
• 88% work in peace and conflict
resolution

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Rotary Peace Fellow alumni locations
• 30% North America
• 22% Asia
• 4% Middle East
• 16% Europe
• 7% South America
• 2% Central America
• 11% Africa
• 8% Australia/Oceania

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Rotary Peace Centers Strategic Plan
These programmatic areas aim to:
 ensure consistent academic and
practical skills training across
centers
 refine the concept of the Rotary
peace centers
 foster increased collaboration
between Rotary, the Rotary Peace
Centers and NGOs
 enhance the impact of peace fellow
alumni in the field
 increase overall awareness of the
program and quantity of
applications
 facilitate Rotary Peace Fellow
alumni and Rotarian collaboration

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Rotary Peace Center Programs: 2 Options for Study
Master’s Degree
Empowers the leaders of tomorrow
Professional Development Certificate
Strengthens the leaders of today

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Rotary Peace Fellowship
Master’s Program
“Building the leaders of tomorrow”
 Five centers, six universities
 Duke University and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (United States)
 International Christian University (Japan)
 The University of Bradford (United Kingdom)
 The University of Queensland (Australia)
 Uppsala University (Sweden)
 15-24 month course
 10 new fellows at each center each year

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Rotary Peace Fellowship
 One center at Chulalongkorn University in
Thailand
 3 month course
 Up to 25 fellows in each session, up to 50
per year (2 sessions)
Professional Development Certificate
“Strengthening the leaders of today”

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Program Evaluation
Multi-pronged approach:
• Satisfaction surveys to fellows at
key points during the fellowship
• Curriculum and partnership
reviews
• Triennial site visits
Future Planning Committee:
• Evaluate the impact of the RPC
program
• Identify and assess the innovative
features of other peace scholarship
programs
• Propose options for change to the
RPC program
• Develop criteria for and evaluate
the impact of additional Rotary
Peace Centers

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The Application Timeline
RECRUIT
• Clubs and Districts
recruit applicants
INTERVIEW AND ENDORSE
APPLICANTS
• Clubs and Districts interview,
select, and endorse candidates
for the fellowship
• 31 May applications are due to
district
APPLICATION
DEADLINE
• All endorsed
applications are due to
TRF by 1 July
Application Processing
• Rotary processes
applications, committee
and readers read and
score all applications by
September meeting
Selection Committee
• Finalists and Alternates
will be selected in
September
Announcements
• Applicants, Clubs
and Districts will
be notified about
results in
November
December - May
January - May
June - September

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Fellowship Funding
The Rotary Peace Fellowship funds the following:
 Monthly Living Stipend
 Full university tuition
 Intensive language training (ICU only)
 Contingency funding (emergency funding)
 Conference funding ($1200)
Applied Field Experience ($7000)
 Round trip airfare to and from study city

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Peacebuilder Districts
A select group of districts have made DDF
contributions to support the Rotary Peace
Fellowship program:
 Peacebuilder districts support the Rotary
Peace Centers by allocating a minimum
of $25,000 annually.
 Districts committed to building peace
continue to donate US$25,000 a year to
maintain their Peacebuilder standing.
 Each Peacebuilder district will receive a
peacebuilder district banner, peace pins
and a certificate.

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Rotary Peace Centers Major Gifts Initiative (RPCMGI)
A goal of US $150 million to support the program by 30 June 2017. The initiative includes:
 Endowed Gifts goal of US $90 million
107 gifts of US $250,000 or more and 40 gifts of US$1,000,000 or more have provided 75
percent of the support to date
 Term Gifts goal of US $5 million (emphasizing gifts of US$50,000 or more)
 Districts worldwide contribute DDF to a pool of funds supporting the fellowships
Rotary Peace Fellow giving polio
drops in Pakistan
Gifts and Commitments
As of 31 March 2016, there have been approximately $142
million in gifts and commitments to the RPCMGI
 US$63.5 million in bequest and insurance commitments;
 US$18.5 million in life income agreements;
 US$55.8 million in outright gifts and pledges;
 US$4 million in Districts giving DDF to endowed funds

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Naming Opportunities
Naming opportunities include:
 US $25,000—Rotary Peace Centers general
support
 US$60,000 – Provides one year of funding for
approximately five certificate Fellows
 US$75,000—Funds a Rotary Peace Fellow at a
two-year center for one time
 US$100,000—Rotary Peace Center Annual
Seminar endowment
 US$750,000—Rotary Peace Fellow endowment-
one every two years
 US$1,500,000—Rotary Peace Fellow
endowment- one per year

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University Partners
 University Staff
 Rotary Peace Center Director
Administration Staff
 Center expectations
 Contracts
 Stipends and Discretionary Funds

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University Representatives
Duke University and University of North Carolina
Susan Carroll
Duke/UNC Managing Director
Neil Cooper
Center Director
University of Bradford
Erika Forsberg
Center Director
Uppsala University
Surichai
Wun’gaeo
Center Director
Vitoon
Viriyasakultorn
Deputy Director
Chulalongkorn University

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University Representatives
Osamu Arakaki
Center Director
Walter Dawson
Associate Center Director
Satoko Ono Center
Coordinator
Miyoko Misumi
Incoming Center Coordinator
International Christian University
Melissa Curley
Center Director
University of Queensland

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Host Area Coordinators
Serve as the primary contact for: the host area Rotarians, the Rotary Peace
Fellows and the university hosting the Rotary Peace Centers
2016 - 2017 Host Area Coordinators:
 Magnus Elfwendahl - Uppsala University
 Ken Robertshaw - University of Bradford
 Shaughn Forbes- University of Queensland
 Bart Cleary- Duke University/University of North Carolina
 Katsuhiko Tatsuno - International Christian University
Andrew MacPherson - Chulalongkorn University

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Rotary Peace Centers Staff
Kat O’Brien, Supervisor
Sarah Cunningham,
Marketing & Recruiting
Emily Ruf, Specialist
Mike Pfriem,
Alumni Relations Supervisor
Jill Gunter, Manager
Tyler Allen, Specialist Samantha Sorin,
Coordinator

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Committee Timeline for 2017 Application
 11 May: New Member Orientation GotoMeeting
 19 May: Application Readers Training Webinar
 01 July: Start of Application Processing
 09 September: Final application batch sent
 16 September: All committee scores due to Samantha
 28– 30 September: Rotary Peace Centers Committee Meeting in
Evanston
 Late October: Rotary Peace Fellow Selection results announced

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Questions?