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Unlearning War: Rethinking Peace from the Inside Out at CISR

Sessions, Uncategorized / Boris Malinovski

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 at CISR – Center for Independent Social Research, an organization that doesn’t just address conflict on the outside, but interrogates the social narratives and internalized worldviews that sustain it. CISR’s work […]

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Simulating Complexity to Build Understanding: A Study Visit to CRISPS e.V.

Sessions / Boris Malinovski

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 different setting — one that emphasized experiential learning, creativity, and direct civic engagement. We visited CRISP – Crisis Simulation for Peace e.V., a Berlin-based organisation that uses role-play and simulation games as

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From Mandates to the Field: Exploring Peace Operations at ZIF

Sessions, Uncategorized / Boris Malinovski

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, exploring contemporary peacebuilding practices through engagements with three distinct institutions working at the intersection of policy, education, and social research: the Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF), CRISP – Crisis

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Shared Space, Shared Future: Youth at the Heart of Reconciliation and Peacebuilding

Sessions, Uncategorized / Boris Malinovski

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 youth-led reconciliation and social cohesion in post-conflict societies. With partners from Ireland – Glencree Center for Peace and Reconciliation, Germany – CGE Erfurt e.V., North Macedonia – European Cultural Epicenter

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Piloting “What Is Conflict?” with European Youth from Derry

Pilotings in Ireland, Tools, WP4 / Marina Bykova

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 European youth in Derry who were exploring themes of Women and Peace as part of their study visit. Building on the earlier piloting with SARI Young Leaders, this session tested two tools,

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Unpacking conflict together: Testing Conflict Definition and the Conflict Pyramid with SARI Young Leaders

Pilotings in Ireland, Sessions, Tools, WP4 / Nela Klosiewicz

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 a group of young people from Sport Against Racism Ireland (SARI). The three-hour evening workshop formed part of SARI’s Young Leader Employability Programme and was designed specifically for young people who

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BARNGA in Budapest: Learning through confusion in an intercultural space

Pilotings in Hungary, Sessions, Tools, WP4 / Marina Bykova

On 3 March 2025, TE IS Foundation (TEIS) piloted the Barnga tool during an intercultural training course in Hungary, bringing together 22 participants for a five-hour experiential learning session. Set within a wider programme on youth work and diversity, the workshop aimed to help participants reflect on how they navigate confusion, unspoken norms, and communication barriers in intercultural settings. Barnga

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Mapping conflict, imagining solutions: Piloting the Conflict Pyramid in Nicosia

Pilotings in Cyprus, Sessions, Tools, WP4 / Marina Bykova

On 28 February 2025, the Centre of Active Citizens for Sustainable Development (CiACT) piloted the Conflict Pyramid tool with 35 students at the Lyceum of Akropolis in Nicosia, during a special school event dedicated to EU values and active citizenship. Over the course of five hours, participants explored how conflicts emerge, what lies beneath them, and how young people can contribute to

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The Missing Peace // Seeds of Reconciliation Training Course

Sessions / Boris Malinovski

Last summer in Weimar, a group of educators, youth workers, peacebuilders, and community activists gathered for a six-day training course under The Missing Piece: Youth, Peace, and Reconciliation project. This training provided a unique blend of theory and practice, where participants engaged in interactive sessions and hands-on lab work designed to explore innovative peacebuilding methods. Attendees not

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Finding the Missing Piece in North Macedonia // The Missing Peace

Sessions / Boris Malinovski

In the framework of “The Missing Piece: Youth, Peace, and Reconciliation – Capacity-building of Youth Workers & Youth Organisations to Engage Young People in Reconciliation Processes” project (P.Nr.: 2022-2-IE01-KA220-YOU-000096690), between May 16 and 23rd, partner organisations from North Macedonia, Ireland, Lithuania, Germany and Hungary got together in Bitola, North Macedonia for a study visit and group work. Partners

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