1. Message from the Editor
I am pleased to present you the February 2012 Peace It Together edition. In this edition, I am happy to share our success on the Peace Seminar: Educating for Peace. Despite unpleasant weather conditions, 80 participants showed their interest in the given presentations and workshops.
UNOY Peacebuilders is also happy to share the outcome from the International Steering Group (ISG) meeting. UNOY Peacebuilders’ coordinators Matilda Flemming and Imke van der Velde were present at the annual meeting, together with the ISG-members Nikki Delfin (Philippines), Paula Ramirez Diazgranados (Colombia), Hovhannes Grigoryan (Armenia) and Rahel Weldeab (Eritrea).
Furthermore, UNOY Peacebuilders has recently launched a publication called Youth Participation through Virtual and Intercultural Dialogue, which is a final output of our ‘Youth Participation through Virtual and Intercultural Dialogue’ project facilitated in July 2011 in Schoorl, the Netherlands.
I wish you a pleasant time while reading our articles of the newest issue of Peace It Together Newsletter.
Peaceful regards,
Lenka Valacsaiova,
Editor
2. UNOY News
UNOY organizing a Peace Seminar
On February 4 and 5, UNOY Peacebuilders together with UPACT organised the seminar “Educating for Peace: Exploring Successes, Challenges and Opportunities in Youth Peace Initiatives”…
5 months with UNOY Peacebuilders
Everything, that has a beginning, ends at some point. I would hereby like to say my goodbye to UNOY Peacebuilders as the advocacy officer in charge from September 2011 to February 2012…
My name is Filipa Carreira and I am the new Africa Training and Desk Officer at UNOY Peacebuilders. I was born in Portugal but spent most of my life in Mozambique…
My name is Leena Laitinen, and as of February, I will be the new Communications Officer at UNOY Peacebuilders. I am from Finland, but I have been living…
The period I have been working at UNOY has been short but extremely productive. I had the pleasure of organising the Education for Peace Seminar, which was a challenge…
3. Network News
Report on the annual ISG Meeting
The International Secretariat (IS) at UNOY Peacebuilders is looking back on a very fruitful and intense meeting of its International Steering Group (ISG), which took place February 1 and 2 in UNOY’s office…
One of the major projects of UNOY Peacebuilders in 2011 was the ‘Learning by seeing, seeing by doing’ job shadowing project. This project helped to improve international cooperation between…
Building a future of peace in the Horn of Africa
Rahel Weldeab, from The National Union of Eritrean Youth and Students (NUEYS) – a network organisation of UNOY Peacebuilders…
4. Theme in Focus
Educating for a culture of peace
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 this can be achieved through peace education, which aims to equip the learners with the necessary knowledge and skills needed in order for them to embrace and promote the culture of peace.
Peace education has been a vital part of the work of the UN ever since their establishment in 1945. The UN realizes that peace education is the means to achieve the goals set in the UN Charter. Especially the UN bodies UNESCO and UNICEF have take action to promote peace education around the world…
5. Highlighted Resources
Virtual and Intercultural Dialogue
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…
Gender Toolkit: a manual for Youth Peace Workers
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…
Eerlijke Bankwijzer – Fair Bank Guide
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…
6. Opportunities and Events
Funding opportunity: Up to €1.500 for your peace project by Alert Youth Fund
Alert Fund for Youth Activities is a Netherlands-based independent youth fund. It supports progressive projects for young people by providing small grants…
Train the Trainer – training program in New Delhi
The Sambodhi Research & Management Institute is hosting a training program called “Train the Trainer” in New Delhi from March 15th to 17th, 2012…
WEBINAR – Strengthening Civil Society through social media
What would be the best way to increase civil society participation? Could social networking be the answer to improving the efficiency of these groups?…
50 Years After Test 596: China’s Nuclear Programme in East Turkestan and Its Impact Today
The Unrepresented Nations and People’s Organisations (UNPO) and the World Uyghur Congress are hosting a conference in Brussels…
