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Selected activists and educators on road to more peace
Last July we gathered educators and peace builders with experience in community building in conflict regions across Europe, exploring methods and developing tools for peacebuilding youth work.
How we see .
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01.
Realisation
Understading a new reality is important on this step.
02.
Identification
Here 'Your People' become 'My People'.
03.
Preparation
Prepating for lasting change takes time and efforts.
04.
Activation
Actively working on reconciliation with community.
Our Sessions
May23
Unlearning War: Rethinking Peace from the Inside Out at CISR
Our final visit brought a notable shift in pace and perspective. After exploring global peace missions at ZIF and experiential education with CRISP, we arrived ...
May22
Simulating Complexity to Build Understanding: A Study Visit to CRISPS e.V.
After our in-depth session at ZIF, where we explored the institutional and policy-driven dimensions of peace operations, our next stop took us into a very ...
May22
From Mandates to the Field: Exploring Peace Operations at ZIF
The day after our international conference The Missing Peace, members of Culture Goes Europe (CGE) and partner organizations embarked on a study visit across Berlin, ...
May20
Shared Space, Shared Future: Youth at the Heart of Reconciliation and Peacebuilding
On April 24, 2025, the final conference of The Missing Peace project took place in Berlin, marking the culmination of a nearly three-year transnational initiative focused on ...
Mar18
Piloting “What Is Conflict?” with European Youth from Derry
On 17 March 2025, the Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation facilitated a piloting session of the Peace by Piece toolkit with a visiting group of ...
Mar06
Unpacking conflict together: Testing Conflict Definition and the Conflict Pyramid with SARI Young Leaders
On 5 March 2025, the Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation piloted two foundational tools from the Peace by Piece toolkit, Definition of Conflict and the Conflict Pyramid, with ...
News
Dec08
Scaling Up Strategy for Exploitation, Utilisation, and Sustainability of the “Missing Peace” Project
The “Missing Peace” project successfully moved beyond theoretical peace education to deliver a scalable, open-source framework for Youth, Peace, and Security (YPS) in Europe. Central ...
Jun18
Spreading “The Missing Peace” in Lithuania: Youth Workers Gather in Varėna
How can a small cultural centre in southern Lithuania become a hub for peacebuilding in Europe? This was the question behind “The Missing Peace – dissemination ...
Jun10
National Multiplier Conference in Bitola: Presenting The Missing Peace Toolkit in North Macedonia
On 10 June 2025, the European Cultural Epicenter Bitola (EKE) hosted the Final Conference – “The Missing Peace” at Europe House Bitola, serving as North Macedonia’s national ...
Jun09
Peace by the Sea: Dialogues in Larnaca to Promote The Missing Peace
On 8 June 2025, peacebuilding moved out of meeting rooms and onto the sand of Finikoudes Beach in Larnaca. Under the title “Peace By the Sea”, ...
Jun02
Peace by Piece in Budapest: Youth Workers Meet the Missing Peace Toolkit
On the last day of May 2025, a small courtyard on Dankó Street in Budapest slowly filled with people carrying notebooks, tote bags and a ...
May08
Mapping the Missing Peace: What our Comparative Report reveals about youth, peace and reconciliation
The Missing Peace comparative report sits at the crossroads of two powerful global agendas: Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) and Women, Peace and Security (WPS). It asks a ...
Collaboration between a peace and reconciliation centre and youth-focused NGOs working within post-conflict settings
The Missing Peace project seeks to increase the participation of young people, with a sub-target group being young women, within peace and reconciliation processes, through long-term capacity building of:
- youth workers,
- non-governmental organisations,
- youth organisations,
to better complement their approaches regarding driving youth engagement in their communities.
The project is funded by @leargas.ireland.
Our Participants Say
4.8/5
“The training really gave us the chance and a safe room to express our ideas, concerns and the courage to share true stories from our daily lives, our own experiences.”
Teacher from Cyprus
4.8/5
“I personally enjoyed every moment of it and took with me the great methodology of non formal education, thanks to the trainers and organizers and the openness and kindness of everyone involved.”
Peace Activist
4.8/5
“I really appreciate their effort to bring together youth workers from the regions of Europe where ‘conflict’ actually existed in their recent history and it is still there waiting in silence.”
Youth Worker
85% of participants found the training course enriching