PAX is organising every year a week entirely dedicated to peace in the Netherlands. In 2019, the Vredesweek will take place on 21-29 September. For more information about Vredesweek and this year's activities please click here.
Pax Christi Vlaanderen is organising the 30th edition of the Vredesweek (Peace week) from 21 September to 2 October 2019. Several events will take place all over Flanders. You can find more information about Vredesweek here (in Dutch)
Mexico has been experiencing a serious crisis of security for many years, which seriously affects the human rights of people who live or travel there. The most worrying facts include the high rate of murders (33,000 in 2018) and forced disappearances (40,000 in the last 13 years), as well as the routine practice of torture […]
Despite the recent growth of the countering violent extremism (CVE) field of practice, there has not yet been a publicly accessible training curriculum that offers a comprehensive introduction to this unique and sensitive approach. To address these gaps, Search and Hedayah have developed a culturally-literate training package aimed at raising awareness of CVE approaches. The […]
The Quaker Council for European Affairs is organising together with the Young Professionals in Foreign Policy a Conference on 'Peace Education in intractable conflicts: the case of Israel-Palestine'. The even will take place on Monday 30 September (19:00 - 21:00), at Quaker House Brussels, Square Ambiorix 50. For more information and to register, please contact […]
PAX warmly invites you to an NGO Roundtable Discussion on South Sudan, which will take place on Wednesday the 2nd of October, from 14:00 - 15:00, at the European Peacebuilding Liaison Office. (Avenue des Tervueren 12, 1040 Bruxelles.) This is an opportunity to talk with representatives of the Small Arms Survey and PAX about the […]
Join DME for Peace next Thursday, October 17th at 16:00d EDT, as Bernadette Wright, PhD and Author, joins the M&E Thursday Talks to lead a discussion on “Knowledge Mapping: Integrating and Visualizing Information Across Sources.” To better solve important issues such as peacebuilding, development, and human well-being, we need better knowledge. Using examples from real-world […]
Geneva is a global hub for governance and international cooperation. It hosts 37 international organizations, a thriving community of non-governmental organizations and renowned academic and research institutions. It is also a diplomatic center with near universal representation of states. Together, all these actors work for peace, rights and well-being, touching the lives of individuals across […]
The EU-facilitated dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo is affected by the political developments in the two countries. Questions about a potential territorial swap, Kosovo’s 100% tax on imported products from Serbia, and the train decorated with Serbian nationalistic slogans and symbols make the headlines, while ordinary citizens are kept in the dark from ongoing negotiation […]
Key-note speaker: Mr Rüdiger KÖNIG Director-General for Crisis Prevention, Stabilisation, Post-Conflict Management and Humanitarian Assistance, German Federal Foreign Office Moderator: Ms Sonya REINES-DJIVANIDES Executive Director, European Peacebuilding Liaison Office (EPLO) Since the publication of the EU Global Strategy in 2016 the conceptual framework for the EU's approach to external conflicts and crises has been further […]