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50 Years After Test 596: China’s Nuclear Programme in East Turkestan and Its Impact Today

advocacyofficer — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:25:27 +0000

The Unrepresented Nations and People’s Organisations (UNPO) and the World Uyghur Congress are hosting a conference in Brussels on “50 Years After Test 596: China’s Nuclear Programme in East Turkestan and Its Impact Today”. The conference is the first one ever organized since the termination of nuclear tests, that considers the environmental and [...]

WEBINAR – Strengthening Civil Society through social media

advocacyofficer — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:20:32 +0000

What would be the best way to increase civil society participation? Could social networking be the answer to improving the efficiency of these groups? And if so, how could this be done so that it will actually make a difference?

This, and a lot more, will be discussed [...]

Train the Trainer – training program in New Delhi

advocacyofficer — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:15:49 +0000

The Sambodhi Research & Management Institute is hosting a training program called “Train the Trainer” in New Delhi from March 15th to 17th, 2012.

The program intends to offer professional trainers new skills and knowledge to further improve the design and delivery of their trainings. The course consists of 18-24 hours [...]

Funding opportunity: Up to €1.500 for your peace project by Alert Youth Fund

advocacyofficer — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:10:51 +0000

Alert Fund for Youth Activities is a Netherlands-based independent youth fund. It supports progressive projects for young people by providing small grants to youth change agents and youth organisations globally. A great opportunity for UNOY’s members!

“Alert considers it crucial that young people are heard and being listened to. [...]

Socialbrite

advocacyofficer — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:05:50 +0000

Socialbrite is a social media consulting service, which helps nonprofits, and social enterprises to develop their social media strategies. Besides the consulting services, they also offer a learning and sharing platform, which comprises of free articles, tutorials and resources concerning the use of social media. Some of their focus areas include social [...]

Eerlijke Bankwijzer – Fair Bank Guide

advocacyofficer — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:00:44 +0000

Launched on January 22, 2009, the Dutch Fair Bank Guide is a database that gives an outline on the various social, economical and environmental policies of the largest 10 Dutch consumer banks. The database highlights policies on issues such as human rights, arms trade, transparency and climate change.

The final [...]

Gender Toolkit: A Manual for Youth Peace Workers

advocacyofficer — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:55:36 +0000

In November 2011, UNOY Peacebuilders published a new edition of its Gender Toolkit. The publication comes as an important tool of UNOY’s Gender Mainstreaming project, which has been founded with support from European Youth Foundation of the Council of Europe, the Youth in Action Program of the European Commission, [...]

Virtual and Intercultural Dialogue

advocacyofficer — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:50:49 +0000

In July 2011 in Schoorl, The Netherlands, UNOY Peacebuilders organised the “Virtual and Intercultural Dialogue” project sponsored by the European Youth Foundation of the Council of Europe and the Haëlla Stichting, the Netherlands. The programme involved partners from eight European countries, four organisation from Western Europe (Spain, Italy, Belgium and Netherlands) and four [...]

Educating for a culture of peace

advocacyofficer — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:45:09 +0000

A culture of peace is something that every one can embrace, irrespective to where they come from or which nationality they hold. Vital to achieving a culture of peace is people’s knowledge of global problems and their skills to resolve conflicts, respect gender and racial equality and appreciate cultural diversity. All of [...]

Building a future of peace in the Horn of Africa

advocacyofficer — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:40:07 +0000

Rahel Weldeab, from The National Union of Eritrean Youth and Students (NUEYS) – a network organisation of UNOY Peacebuilders, published an interesting insight on peacebuilding in the Horn of Africa. Rahel explained a long, hard way of her home-land, Eritrea, from the colonisation era to the current ‘no-war-no-peace’ situation that resembles peace [...]