Forum for Cities in Transition's Podcast: Recent Episodes
Forum for Cities in Transition
The Forum for Cities in Transition is an international network of mayors, councillors, municipal officials, business people, and representatives of the voluntary and community sector.
The Forum works on the principle that cities that are in conflict or have emerged from conflict are in the best position to help other cities in the same situation.
The Forum for Cities in Transition is an initiative of the John Joseph Moakley Chair at the University of Massachusetts Boston. The Secretariat is shared by the Northern Ireland Foundation and the Moakley Chair. The Forum's website is maintained by the Northern Ireland Foundation.
The city of Derry, once a flash point during The Troubles in Northern Ireland, was the setting for the latest meeting of the Forum for Cities in Transition.
Participants from other divided cities around the world attended the conference as part of a long process to bridge ethnic gaps.
UMASS International relations professor Padraig O’Malley told Here & Now‘s Monica Brady-Myerov that “what keeps people apart is not people, it’s artificial barriers created mostly by their governments.”
BBC Radio Foyle presenter Sarah Brett interviews Professor Padraig O'Malley and Michael Doherty about the second annual Forum for Cities in Transition conference hosted by Derry-Londonderry
In northern Iraq, Kirkuk has always been a flashpoint with Kurds, Turkmen and Arabs, who all claim it as their own. It has a special place in the new Iraqi constitution, but nothing has changed for years. http://www.npr.org/2011/03/30/134975038/iraq-updat
Marie-Louise Muir interviews Robi Damelin and Seham Ikhlayel from the Parents Circle - Families Forum on the "Cartoons in Conflict" exhibition at Farset International, Belfast. 18/8/2010
WBUR interviews Professor Padraig O'Malley, who talks about recent annual conference of the Forum for Cities in Transition in Mitrovica, Kosovo. 16/6/2010
Mark Patterson (BBC Radio Foyle) interviews Gerard Diver, Willie Lamrock, Jim Roddy, and Maeve McLaughlin on Derry Londonderry participation at Forum for Cities in Transition annual conference in Mitrovica, 24-28 May 2010. 31/5/2010
On BBC Radio Ulster programme, Sunday Sequence, which is hosted by William Crawley, Andrea Rea presents piece on seminar on transformation, which was held at the Institute of Governance, Queen's University Belfast. 31/1/2010
Section on peace walls in Belfast, featuring Sean Murray and Neil Jarman. Reported by Jane Peel, for BBC Radio 4 PM programme, hosted by Eddie Mair. 13/8/2009
Mark Devenport interviews Padraig O'Malley and Quintin Oliver on Northern Ireland peace process and its application for conflicts in Iraq and elsewhere. 24/3/2009