Capacity Development

Antonia McGrath and Samuel Adonay Reyes Rodriguez

23 April, 2026

Young people in blue and green T-shirts spill through the doorway and into the multicoloured interior where bookshelves, murals and bulletin boards line the walls. Energy is high today, with over eighty young people having…

Flutura Brakaj

26 February, 2026

In July 2025, I had the opportunity to facilitate a National Training on the Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) Agenda with municipal youth workers from across Albania – implemented by Youth Voice Network of Organisations…

Education is not only for youth: Training in Papua New Guinea

Mridul Upadhyay

12 August, 2019

Written by Mridul Upadhyay, UNOY Capacity Development Coordinator, Regional Coordinator for Asia & Co-Founder of UNOY member, Youth for Peace International Four of us couldn’t agree more when we started discussing that UNOY needs to…

#WeAreNotComplete: Young Peacebuilders’ Forum 2019

UNOY Peacebuilders

19 July, 2019

Bogotá, Colombia Amid an oppressive air of ever-shrinking civic space, this is a week of culminating momentum. On the 17 July, our member was one of three young experts briefing the Security Council on the…

Inner Peace and Advocacy: How mindfulness can improve your communication and advocacy skills

Anna Oleshkevych

23 April, 2019

Written by Anna Oleshkevych from UNOY member World Peace Initiative In recent years, numerous studies have shown that mindfulness and meditation practices can benefit both body and mind, by reducing emotional instability, anxiety, and stress, improving…

Exploring Peacebuilding & Conflict Resolution through Non-Formal Education

Martín Madridejos

18 March, 2019

Written by Martín Madridejos, from UNOY Member Fundació Catalunya Voluntaria (Spain), a young peacebuilder who takes part in the training programme “Strengthening Capacities for Youth-Led Peace Initiatives” Six in the morning and the aircraft touches down after five…

Revealing young Libyan’s aspiration through research

Rawan Khalfallah

6 December, 2018

Written by Rawan Khalfallah from UNOY member Together We Build It! It’s in our hands to take a positive role in this world, and it was in my hands to show the inspiring role that…

Uniting young peacebuilders – Diary of a project week

Silke Cuypers

26 November, 2018

Written by Silke Cuypers It’s been a 100 years since the Great War ended. As part of their 18 in 18 project in August, UNOY member organisation Tumult (Belgium) and several of their partner organisations brought…

The Learning Cycle of Peace

UNOY Peacebuilders

5 September, 2017

Learning that can transform intercultural conflict does not arise from a single event but throughout a process. The #Youth4Peace Training: EuroMed Peace Trainers has been carefully designed to maximise its impact and ensure its sustainability…

The Recipe for Successful Advocacy

UNOY Peacebuilders

4 May, 2017

By Srushti Mahamuni Successfully advocating for a cause is like baking a great chocolate brownie: anyone with the right ingredients can do it but making one that is perfectly gooey on the inside and crusty…

Youth, Peace, and Conflict Management & Transformation – Empowering youth from South Asia

UNOY Peacebuilders

17 November, 2016

Youth for Peace International, a UNOY Peacebuilders member organisation, the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute for Youth Development, and the Commonwealth Youth Peace Ambassadors Network (CYPAN) gathered young peacebuilders from across South and South-East Asia…

Education for Peace – Developing Competences for Peace Education in the Youth Field

UNOY Peacebuilders

8 June, 2016

By Aura Jgamadze, Ludmila Andrade and Marjolein Kok, edited by Soraya Atmani In the long-term training Education for Peace – Developing Competences for Peace Education in the Youth Field, 20 young peacebuilders are coming together…

Capacity Development

Weaving futures of resistance: How a youth centre fosters peace education through arts, sports and STEM in rural Honduras

Antonia McGrath and Samuel Adonay Reyes Rodriguez

YPS in Albania: Peace begins in youth offices

Flutura Brakaj

Education is not only for youth: Training in Papua New Guinea

Mridul Upadhyay

#WeAreNotComplete: Young Peacebuilders’ Forum 2019

UNOY Peacebuilders

Inner Peace and Advocacy: How mindfulness can improve your communication and advocacy skills

Anna Oleshkevych

Exploring Peacebuilding & Conflict Resolution through Non-Formal Education

Martín Madridejos

Revealing young Libyan’s aspiration through research

Rawan Khalfallah

Uniting young peacebuilders – Diary of a project week

Silke Cuypers

The Learning Cycle of Peace

UNOY Peacebuilders

The Recipe for Successful Advocacy

UNOY Peacebuilders

Youth, Peace, and Conflict Management & Transformation – Empowering youth from South Asia

UNOY Peacebuilders

Education for Peace – Developing Competences for Peace Education in the Youth Field

UNOY Peacebuilders