Europe

Feasability visit in Armenia, November 2008

From 22 to 25 November 2008 two representatives of UNOY Peacebuilders, Yeritac from Armenia, UMove4Peace from Belgium, YDD from Ukraine and PATRIR from Romania met in Yerevan, Armenia. During the 5-day Feasibility Visit, the planning of a European trainers exchange on peacebuilding through arts was discussed. The training is to be implemented in Romania in the fall of 2009. The Feasibility Visit was financed by the EU Youth in Action Program and was hosted by Yeritac in its office in Yerevan. During the visit, the representatives from each partner organisation looked at the needs, possibilities, challenges, risks and opportunities of organising an international trainers exchange on art methods in real partnership. After some team building exercises, the participants shared expectations and fears on the project, made a SWOT-analysis and went over the various stages of the planning of the training. The whole process was done taking into account full partnership principles. Apart from discussing and clearly elaborate a plan and a strategy for developing the training in the fall of 2009, the meeting was an amazing and productive opportunity for four European members of the network to meet with each other and with representatives from UNOY’s International Secretariat, and to discuss how to further improve the joint cooperation among members in the European region. Updates on the development of the European Training will follow in the next months on our website!

Study session 2008, Budapest

The United Network of Young Peacebuilders in partnership with Peace Action, Training and Research Institute of Romania (PATRIR), Youth Action for Peace (YAP) and the Earth Charter Youth Initiative (ECYI), organised a study session entitled "Applicability of peacebuilding in youth work." It took place from 2-9 March 2008, at the European Youth Center in Budapest, Hungary and was supported by the Council of Europe (COE). The main purpose of this study session was to enhance the applicability of Peacebuilding practices in youth work.

Building Peace Skills Training 2007, Schoorl

The Building Peace Skills Training Seminar took place in Schoorl, in The Netherlands between the 8th and 15th of June 2007. Approximately 29 youth leaders from different cultural and social backgrounds already active in the fields of human rights, peacebuilding, advocacy, campaigning, project management and non-violence participated in the training seminar to deepen their knowledge and experience and build new relationships and networks.

For the Building Peace Skills Training Seminar report, click here.

Building Peace Skills Training 2006, Crimea

Bakhcicaray, Crimea

The Empowering and Training Young People for Non-Violent Social Skills training took place in Bakhcicaray, Crimea in the Ukraine between the 19th and 25th of August. Approximately 30 youth leaders from Eastern/South-Eastern Europe and Caucasia took part in the trainings teaching them a variety of diferent skills involved in peacebuilding. The training was coordinated by Katharina Block and Henry Wasung, the European Network Coordinators of UNOY.