From March 15 to 21, 2026, the historic city of Tbilisi, Georgia served as a host for the next generation of peacebuilders. The Roots Peace Work Institute (PWI) successfully held its second session, bringing together over 20 young leaders from 10 European countries. Building on the foundation laid during their first meeting in Dresden, Germany, […]
After the first session in November 2025, the Drivers of Democracy Project, a joint initiative of YMCA Ukraine and Kiev University Politechnical Institute Department of Sociology and Law, brought together again 26 students and youth activists, as well as four project leaders. They are all interested in learning about applied conflict transformation, so today’s discussion […]
The YMCA has historically assumed working in and with conflicts as central to its service delivery. Committed to our roots and legacy the YMCA Europe pursues peace and reconciliation as a strategic priority.
The Roots for Peace programme, ongoing since 2007, remains a best practice in this line. In the framework of this initiative the Peace Work Institute scheme was piloted during 2012 – 2015 and approvingly evaluated by an externally facilitated outcome assessment process.
This evidence-based evaluation highly recommends the YMCA Europe to repeat the series of the Peace Work Institute for the next generation of the YMCA pan-European peace-cohort.
