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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 to this success were three core intellectual outputs: the co-created “Peace by Piece” Toolkit, validated through piloting in countries like Cyprus and North Macedonia; a comprehensive 40-hour Educational Pack for […]

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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 of the Tool-Kit event” hosted at Varėna Cultural Center, where youth workers, educators and cultural professionals gathered to explore new ways of working with young people on peace and reconciliation. On

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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 multiplier event within the Erasmus+ project The Missing Peace: Youth, Peace & Reconciliation. The conference gathered 28 participants (9 young people and 17 youth workers) from Bitola and the wider Pelagonia region, with

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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”, CitizensAct (CiACT) transformed a stretch of public coastline into a temporary laboratory for youth-led dialogue, creative experimentation and shared reflection as part of The Missing Peace multiplier series. Bringing together 34 people –

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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 lot of lived experience of conflict. By 3 p.m., around thirty youth workers, educators, civil society actors and young people had gathered at TEIS’s community space for Hungary’s national Missing Peace multiplier

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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 deceptively simple question: what happens when you take youth work seriously as peacebuilding, and actually map what young people and youth workers are already doing on the ground? Across six countries,

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Glencree’s Irish Multiplier Event: Bringing The Missing Peace Toolkit into Practice

As coordinator of The Missing Peace: Youth, Peace & Reconciliation project, the Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation carried Ireland’s multiplier responsibility by embedding dissemination directly into an existing professional training space. On 17 March 2025, Glencree delivered its A5.2 Local Multiplier Event through an on-site dissemination slot at an OSCE training in Derry, Northern Ireland, reaching

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Why Teach Peace in Times of Conflict? // Lessons from “The Missing Peace” podcast episode

In the cozy warmth of a Greek café, three voices came together to talk about one of humanity’s most pressing challenges: peace. It was November in Nea Makri, and while the weather was mild and peaceful, the lively hum of conversation and the occasional clinking of plates and cups in the background added a vibrant

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A day for coming together – Celebrating the International day of Non-Violence in Erfurt

October, the 2nd, CGE has chosen to celebrate the international day of non violence. CGE has chosen to celebrate this occasion not only as a tribute to a universal cause but because nonviolence is at the heart of everything we do since our foundation.  CGE and non-violence as a core principle As an organization, we

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What young people and youth workers in Germany told us about Peace, Conflict & their role in society

As part of The Missing Peace project, we conducted a transnational survey exploring how young people and youth workers understand peace, conflict, and their role in reconciliation efforts. The German results offer a striking snapshot of a diverse, globally aware, and socially active youth scene — as well as youth workers navigating the complexities of a changing society. Today, we’re

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