Partners and funders
Building Visions for the Future of Jerusalem: A Bottom Up Approach” is a Leonard Davis Institute (Hebrew University) and Israel-Palestine: Creative Regional Initiatives (IPCRI) collaboration funded by the European Union. Here you can find information about the partners.
The Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations
The Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations - Since 1972, the Leonard Davis Institute has served as a center for researchers from in International Relations and Political Science focused on; external affairs, security, diplomacy, international institutions, negotiation and conflict resolution. The Institute organizes extensive public events, including international conferences, seminars, and workshops on important issues related to national agenda. The Institute’s audience encompasses the academic community, Israeli governmental institutions, the diplomatic corps, communications media, and the interested general public. The Leonard Davis Institute has working Papers series in both English and Hebrew. The Institute also runs community projects including “Building Visions on the Future of Jerusalem” which works with empowerment and giving a voice to residents and marginalized communities in East and West Jerusalem.
IPCRI - Israeli Palestinian Creative Regional Initiatives
IPCRI aspires towards justice, equality and freedom by challenging the power dynamics resulting from the status quo. Through facilitating new relations between the different sides, we seek to create innovative ways to change the reality on the ground. IPCRI develops innovative projects that enrich the public discourse and influences political decision-making.
Our unique "development for peacebuilding" approach combines action research with project implementation, directed towards advocacy. With our thirty years of experience and excellent networks, we build up political pressure required for sustainable policy change.
The EU peacebuilding initiative
“The global objective of the EU Peacebuilding initiative (EUPI) programme is to support and promote the conditions for a sustainable resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through civil society and citizens' positive engagement.”
“The EU remains committed to a just and comprehensive resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, based on the two state solution, with the State of Israel and an independent, democratic, contiguous, sovereign, and viable State of Palestine[1], living side by side in peace and security and mutual recognition, and with Jerusalem as shared capital of the two states – the State of Israel and the State of Palestine. This position is based on the Oslo Accords and the international consensus embodied in the relevant EN Security Council Resolutions. As repeatedly stated by the High Representative/Vice President of the European Commission Mogherini, this is the only realistic and viable way to fulfil the legitimate aspirations of both parties.”
“Since 1998, the EU has been actively supporting civil society initiatives in the Middle East as an essential mean of reinforcing dialogue and restoring mutual confidence. Initially such support was provided through the European Union’s People to People (P2P) Programme (1998 - 2001) and subsequently from 2002 to the present, through its successor, the EU Partnership for Peace Programme (PfP), currently renamed "EU Peacebuilding Initiative" (EUPI).”
