The Virtual Co-Existence Resource Library (VCRL)

Resource Library for Civic Society

Project Proposal

A. Purpose of Proposed Project:

The Virtual Co-Existence Resource Library - VCRL library will make available to activists, teachers, community workers and anyone who is interested via the World Wide Web a comprehensive resource of activities, curricula, projects, information, conflict resolution, arbitration or negotiation techniques in a multi-lingual format. Educators and activists world wide will be able to add on from their experience utilizing “best practice” multiplication and create a virtual meeting house to discuss relevant issues.

B. Description:

The Virtual Co-Existence Resource Library - VCRL will initially house three types of information in six languages (Arabic, English, French, German, Hebrew, Russian and Spanish )

1.Material and project descriptions library and depository.

Here users will be able to download and submit lesson plans, activities, best practice material, background material for use in their community.

2.Clearing house of organizations and contacts

VCRL will create and host a “white pages “ of ngo’s, projects, people, organizations, activists and grass roots initiatives. VCRL will provide both http links and basic web design services for organizations that are accepted but do not have web design capacity.

3.Virtual meeting house pedagogical discussion center.

VCRL will provide and develop an international web based pedagogical development and resource group. VCRL will encourage and assist any use of information technologies in order to spread the knowledge and experience of successful initiatives world wide.

This information will be available to anyone on the web. of materials that are in use in the Middle East and within organizations working with us we will create a basic edition of VCRL.

C. Justification:

All over the world people are taking time and personal risk to help bridge the gaps that exists in their societies. If it be international problems such as between Israel and the Arab world, internal ethnic strife in Serbia, racism in South Africa or conflicts that have their root in economic disparity as in the US. There is a vast amount of material being used and a myriad amount of approaches and techniques. We would like to compile all this material in to a single Co-existence resource library - VCRL