On Wednesday 16 May - Friday 18 May 2018, the Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) is organising a 2.5 day intensive course on leadership entitled 'Leadership in Action: The theory, practice and skills of leadership'. The challenges – and opportunities – of offering effective leadership today are well understood. Wherever we look, we see […]
In the wake of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, unrest in the Donbas region grew into a war between pro-Russian rebel armed groups, seeking independence from Ukraine or unification with Russia, and the post-revolutionary Ukrainian government. Dr Anna Matveeva tells the story of the insurgency from the perspective of the rebellion, providing the detailed account of […]
The Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) is organising a screening of the film 'Trafficked', followed by a debate with leading experts in the field of human trafficking and modern slavery. It is estimated that 40.3 million people live as slaves today and that the slave trade was worth $100 billion in 2017. The film […]
On Thursday 24 May, DME for Peace will hold a webinar with Tilman Brück and Neil T. Ferguson of the International Security and Development Center, who will lead a discussion on "Do Jobs Aid Peace? The Impact of Employment Programming on Peace". That employment builds peace backstops over 2,450 interventions; and good theories suggest the […]
The overall objective of the meeting is to create space for an informal discussion on the EU’s capacity as a global peace actor between the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the Commission (HR/VP), senior EU officials and the top leadership of established peacebuilding civil society organisations. […]