YMCA Europe Roots for Reconciliation Local Capacities for Peace Forum took place in Stepanakert (Nagorno Karabakh), with the participation of YMCAs from Armenia, Artsakh, Georgia, Russia & Ukraine, as well as representation from YMCA Europe and external program facilitator from Germany. It was a meeting to revisit and present respective projects implemented by attending organizations […]

And yet, there are some places that leave a deeper mark… And if there can ever be a list of them, I firmly believe that Toledo should be a part of it. The picturesque small town in the heartland of Spain has long been the meeting point of various cultures and ethnicities, a place welcoming […]

The Local Capacities for Peace Seed Grant Tool is a new Roots for Reconciliation element, yet its concept has been developed based on the best practices of the previous two project phases. It aims at strengthening the local capacities for peace in the region of South Caucasus and Eastern Europe, through structured follow-up of the Roots […]

The Tandem Grant Tool project component forms part of a larger scheme within YMCA Europe Roots for Reconciliation project: the Peace Work Institute. The aim of Peace Work Institute is to ensure capacity building and empowerment of the next generation of youth competent leaders and multipliers in conflict transformation work. Peace Work Institute was a […]

I have been involved in “Roots” since 2007 and during this period had attended, managed or facilitated dozens of events and activities, met hundreds (if not thousands) of people from all over the world, of all ages and walks of life and as a result, – built a beautiful mosaic of impressions and experiences. Yet, […]

Budapest has always been the symbol of freedom to me – as a boy growing up in Soviet Union it was a place where the people dared the unthinkable, to rise up in defence of most precious that human being can have – the freedom… Years passed and unthinkable thing happened again – Hungarians are […]