YMCA Europe’s Roots for Peace and German NGO “Dialogue for Understanding” continued cooperation to expand the Roots methodology, promote service to local communities and building a peaceful future. In April and early May 2023, the newly prepared multipliers – graduates of the courses held in 2022 in Yerevan (Armenia), worked as trainers at two sessions […]
It has been more than 10 years since the first cohort of Roots Peace Work Institute (PWI) graduated from the scheme – seems like an eternity for our modern world where constant moves and changes have become a norm. But once a Rooter, always a Rooter! And it was clearly demonstrated during the Roots PWI […]
Drumroll please – as we are about to announce the winner of Roots Local Capacities for Peace Award 2023 Winner! One of the major components of the Roots and developed based on the best practices of the previous project phases, the Award aims to strengthen the local capacities for peace at grassroots level and enhance […]
YMCA Europe is announcing this pilot Call for Applications within the framework of its new “Camp Europe” Initiative. INTRODUCTION Building upon the YMCA Europe Response elaborated in the immediate aftermath of the eruption of a full-scale war in Ukraine; guided by the extensive experience and know-how in conflict transformation work, the “Roots for Peace” project especially considered; […]
We are happy to continue long-standing cooperation with the Council of Europe Youth Department – European Youth Centre Strasbourg will be the venue of Roots “Give Peace a Chance” Study Session that will bring together 35 young people from all over Europe on October 15 – 21, 2023. The Background Today’s European geopolitical landscape is […]
“I am happy to have finally completed the PWI sessions and be part of the cohorts of the alumni. This has truly been a long way for me. The whole event has been very emotional to me since the first in-person session in Tbilisi was just 1 year after the war in Artsakh in 2020 […]
Roots & Next Quarterly #13 is here – a detailed reflection upon the first 3 months of 2023 and anticipation of a busy spring ahead of us. Stay tuned, more is coming! The Roots & Next Quarterly is available as pdf here.
On February 26 – March 04, YMCA Camp Duncan, USA hosted 23 participants from various US YMCA Camps and six European YMCAs for “Campacity”, International Conference organized by YMCA of the USA. Camps have always been a vital part of the YMCA movement. Camps that have changed the lives of thousands. The “Campacity” project is […]
My journey with the Peace Work Institute started in an extraordinary way. It started with an old friend, a cup of coffee, and a December day. I was living in Baku, Azerbaijan at that time and had decided to use the chance to meet up with an old friend who was flying to Tbilisi to […]
Since my childhood, I have had a list of must-see places.. Those that held something special about them, that seemed so far away – perhaps not so much in distance, but for the magic they carry.. For the stories that they give birth to.. And Roots took me to many of them – Rome, Kathmandu, […]
