TY - JOUR PY - 2015// TI - From fundamental principles to individual action: making the principles come alive to promote a culture of non-violence and peace JO - International review of the Red Cross (1999) A1 - Beeckman, Katrien SP - 263 EP - 293 VL - 97 IS - 897-898 N2 - This paper focuses on the individual perspective, as opposed to the institutional or operational one, towards the Fundamental Principles and their underpinning humanitarian values. It demonstrates the added value of this perspective, which goes beyond addressing challenges regarding the Fundamental Principles' understanding and application. By making the Principles and values come alive in peoples' behaviour, the individual perspective also enables Red Cross and Red Crescent staff and volunteers to inspire a change of mindset and behaviour towards a culture of non-violence and peace. Two tools created to this purpose, as well as their impact, are presented: (i) the Seven Skills for Seven Principles (747) framework, which unpacks the high-level Principles into more concrete and tangible components, values and intra- and interpersonal skills; and (ii) the Youth as Agents of Behavioural Change (YABC) initiative, which, using a non-cognitive learning approach, fosters a personal connection towards the Principles and increases participants' ability to role-model them.
Language: en
LA - en SN - 1816-3831 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1816383115000569 ID - ref1 ER -