Dr. Potre Diramptan-Diampuan

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URI Global Council Trustee for Southeast Asia and the Pacific (2018-2022)

Dr. Potre Diramptan-Diampuan comes to the Global Council after having previously served as a Regional Coordinator and a Senior Interfaith Advisor for the Philippines. She is a co-founding member of the United Kingdom- Philippines Partners for Peace (UKPPP), a group organized by the Filipino scholars (from Mindanao) to the UK with the support of the British Council – Philippines to assist in the peacebuilding efforts in Mindanao.  In the Philippine bureaucracy, Dr. Potre is also a Consultant at the Office of the Secretary of the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) on Peace and Other Special Concerns. As an educator, she has been in many teacher trainings to personally train and help teachers include peacebuilding approaches to their curricula and school activities. In addition, she has been functioning as a speaker and lecturer on topics intended to deepen interfaith and intercultural understanding across societies.