The Peace Work Institute (PWI) is one of the key components of YMCA Europe Roots for Reconciliation (RfR) programme in 2016-2019, with the aim to empower youth opinion leaders in acting for change in their sending organizations and respective communities as multipliers of peace culture and movement. It was Session 1, but has been done […]
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year, the friends of YMCA Europe! If you are following our media channels even every once in a while, you most probably have read about the “Roots for Reconciliation” project. The year of 2017 is a special year for the “Roots” – it has just turned 10 years old! I […]
On May 19-22, 2016 Tbilisi, Georgia was the host of the first event within the third phase – “Local Capacities for Peace Programming Committee Meeting & Program Forum”. 20 participants from YMCAs of Armenia, Georgia & Nagorno Karabakh, as well as the Staff of YMCA Europe and “Roots for Reconciliation” project took part in the […]
The current refugee crisis that modern Europe is facing affects all of us living on the continent. The sight of thousands of desperate women, men, children and elderly desperately fleeing homes and looking for safety once again highlights the most significant factor that is essential for all the people around the globe in order to […]
The Peace Work Institute – within the YMCA Europe Rots for Reconciliation project was a series of 3 one-week-long residential training sessions. The first session was held in Istanbul October 2012), second in Yerevan (June 2013) and the last one in Strasbourg (December 2013). The aim of the Peace Work Institute predominantly was in line […]
The graduates of the Roots for Reconciliation Peace Work Institute series elaborated these initiatives aiming at peace culture education and cross-border dialogue. First in the timeline was the study visit to Nagorno Karabagh (August 23 – 29), then the ‘Bridges for the Future’ regional Balkan event in Pristina, Kosovo (September 6 – 11), and recently […]
The idea for the “Bridges for the future” project was designed by graduates from previous `YMCA Europe Roots for Reconciliation` Peace Work Institute events (Istanbul, Yerevan, Prague, Strasbourg). The only way to shed the “Balkans melting pot” reference is to dispel myths and start at a grass roots level with the youth. The added value […]
It is the third and final event of the series of 3 one-week-long residential sessions within the YMCA Europe Roots for Reconciliation project. The aim of this initiative is to empower youth opinion leaders coming from conflict-affected areas all over Europe to act for change in their sending organisations and respective communities as multipliers of […]
