ANNUAL REPORT 2010 THE SYDNEY PEACE FOUNDATION 2 CONTENTS 4 Governor’s message 6 Sydney Peace Foundation Profile 6 Committee Members and Staff 7 Lord Mayor’s message 8 Chair’s Report 10. Director’s Report 14 IPRA Report 16 Sydney Peace Prize 18 Sydney Peace Prize Events 2010 20 Healing the World – Schools Peace Festival 22 Youth Peace Initiative Dr Vandana Shiva, 2010 Sydney Peace Prize Recipient 24 Donors 25 2010 Financial statements 27 Acknowledgements THE SYDNEY PEACE FOUNDATION 3 THE SYDNEY PEACE FOUNDATION 4 Peace with justice is a way of thinking and acting which promotes non-violent solutions to everyday problems and provides the foundations of a civil society. THE SYDNEY PEACE FOUNDATION 5 The Foundation COMMITTEE • awards the Sydney Peace Prize • develops corporate sector and community understanding of the value MEMBERS of peace with justice • supports the work of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies Chair • Encourages and recognises significant contributions to peace by Ms Mary Kostakidis young people through the Youth Peace Initiative Director Why is Peace with Justice Important? Emeritus Professor Stuart Rees AM • it provides for the security of children • it envisages an end to the violence of poverty Executive Committee • it paints a vision of individual and community fulfilment through the Ms Kiersten Fishburn creation of rewarding opportunities in education and employment Associate Prof. Tim Fitzpatrick The Sydney Peace Foundation is a privately endowed Foundation Mr David Hirsch established in 1998 within the University of Sydney. Professor Duncan Ivision Ms Beth Jackson Ms Shauna Jarrett Associate Professor Jake Lynch Dr Ken Macnab Ms Karen Reid Sydney Peace Foundation Ms Clare Petre Box 54 Holme Building Mr Abraham Quadan University of Sydney NSW 2006 Mr Kuranda Seyit T + 61 2 9351 4468 Mr Paul Wand AM F + 61 2 9660 0862 E [email protected] Ms Maree Whybourne www.sydneypeacefoundation.org.au Ms Jacqueline Williams Advisory Committee Mr Alan Cameron AM The Hon. Gareth Evans AO QC Mrs Kathryn Greiner AO Mr Steve Killelea Mr Hugh Mackay Dr Pat O’Shane AM Mr Joseph Skrzynski Ex Officio Members Deputy Chancellor, Mr Alan Cameron AM Vice Chancellor, Dr Michael Spence Staff THE SYDNEY PEACE FOUNDATION Dr Hannah Middleton 6 Ms Leah Chan Peace must be just… it must be neither punitive nor vindictive… the fruits of peace must be shared equally - Mahatma Gandhi MESSAGE FROM CLOVER MOORE MP, LORD MAYOR, CITY OF SYDNEY The City of Sydney is proud to support the the Asia-Pacific region are in many ways leading Sydney Peace Prize, and the Sydney Peace the way to a sustainable future. Foundation, as a reflection of the values we At the City of Sydney, we are committed to want our City to represent – open, diverse, ensuring a socially sustainable future – one that and tolerant, a City which welcomes the world is based on tolerance and compassion, but also and which supports justice – especially for the on social justice. marginalised and powerless. Our vision of Sustainable Sydney 2030 aligns Cities, which now house more than half the with the core values of the Sydney Peace world’s population, can be powerful agents Foundation as we work in partnership to create for change – not only building green and a civil society founded on the ideals of ‘peace sustainable economies, but building social with justice’. capital and social justice. I commend the Sydney Peace Foundation In this century, cities talk to cities, sharing for their work in 2010 and look forward to our THE SYDNEY PEACE FOUNDATION knowledge, talent and ideas and the cities of continued relationship. 7 CHAIR’S REPORT It has been another busy and fruitful year for of lifting communities out of poverty - inviting the Foundation. Each year the Sydney Peace business leaders and politicians alike to Prize recognises an individual whose work consider what he calls the power of small and has highlighted the central place of justice in the imperative of social responsibility. achieving a lasting peace. The focus this year The public forum was initiated by the Foundation’s was on environmental sustainability. Australia’s Director, Emeritus Professor Stuart Rees, in order only international prize for peace was awarded to provide an opportunity for members of the in 2010 to scientist and environmental activist public to engage with Professor Yunus. Dr Vandana Shiva, who offers solutions to some of the most critical problems posed by the We were delighted to host a reception earlier effects of globalisation and climate change on in the year for supporters – an Audience with the poorest and most populous nations. Peacemakers – where our key speakers were We were delighted that the award was former Sydney Peace Prize recipient and former presented by eminent environmental scientist Secretary General of Amnesty International Irene Professor Tim Flannery. Both distinguished Khan, a founding father of the discipline of peace individuals have made invaluable contributions and conflict studies, Professor Johann Galtung, to our understanding of the way forward if we and Steve Killelea, founder of the Institute for are to ensure the planet’s capacity to sustain all Economics and Peace, creative force behind future generations. the Global Peace Index and one of this country’s great philanthropists. Irene Khan and Thanks to the work of a promotional team led Johann Galtung were in Australia to speak at by Emeritus Professor Stuart Rees, the Prize the International Peace Research Association recipient this year attracted an unprecedented Conference hosted this year by USYD’s Centre amount of publicity, along with a near capacity for Peace and Conflict Studies. audience in the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House for the City of Sydney Peace Our Partner in Peace, the City of Sydney, Prize Lecture. this year renewed its commitment to support the Foundation for the next five years. The This year several past prize recipients also City’s support has been critical in enabling graced our shores, along with key international the Foundation to make this award and in the figures in the area of peace and conflict studies. process ensuring that thousands of citizens Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus have the opportunity to hear the recipient spoke at a public event in Sydney co-hosted deliver the City of Sydney Peace Prize Lecture. by the Foundation - along with Business for We applaud the City’s courage and Millennium Development, World Vision and the continued commitment to peace and justice Centre for Social Impact - where he engaged us – a commitment that sends a strong global further in keys to unlocking global poverty. message about the values we hold dear. Our The inaugural Sydney Peace Prize recipient thanks go to Lord Mayor Clover Moore, the City was here to harness the imagination of our Counsellors and administration. business leaders, to inspire them to engage in THE SYDNEY PEACE FOUNDATION Our general appeal this year – Friends of the social business models - innovative ventures Sydney Peace Foundation - raised $95,780. We 8 that create sustainable opportunities capable Inaugural Sydney Peace Prize recipient and Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus speaking in Sydney thank those of you who have continued to give, connection with the University of Sydney and our for your generosity has enabled the Foundation mutual benefit. It needs to be built on next year to survive the withdrawal of corporate sponsors with a governance structure that will provide a on the occasion of the Award to Hanan Ashrawi. sustainable future for the Foundation. We also welcome and thank our new Friends The Foundation has been graced with the who have found in our work a resonance with consistent and strong support of Chancellor their own commitment to social inclusion and of the University and Governor of NSW, Her social justice. Excellency, Professor Marie Bashir. We thank her It has been, however, more challenging to for her tireless work to promote social justice. secure funding for our education outreach Many thanks on behalf of the Executive initiative. The program targets youth and Committee to our Executive Officer, Dr Hannah explores our notions of fairness and respect Middleton for all her efforts and the resultant for each other as well as providing skills for successes throughout the year. active citizenship, and an appreciation that our democracy is only as good as our interest in We cannot thank our Director, Emeritus Professor engaging with it. Stuart Rees enough. He is the unstoppable force behind the Foundation. It is his national The Youth Peace Initiative - involving a and international network, the high esteem in network of schools - has been pared back to which he is held globally, his dedication and video conferencing pending further funding. determination that deliver results. Numerous grant applications this year have so far not yielded results. In a year when the University started to regularise and more closely regulate the Foundations, we have managed to build on our relationship with the University while maintaining our Mary Kostakidis distinctiveness. This was an essential first stage Chair in engaging with new governance requirements at the University and the positive outcome is a THE SYDNEY PEACE FOUNDATION reflection of the importance of the Foundation’s 9 Non violence is not inaction. It is not for the timid or the weak. It is hard work. It is the patience to win. Cesar Chavez Vandana Shiva was chosen as the recipient of the 2010 Sydney Peace Prize. In almost all circles, this decision was greeted as significant and timely. It was time to make peace with the earth but elsewhere around the world, the goal of peace with justice still seemed far away. At the beginning of the year the Chinese government executed a mentally ill British citizen.