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1 January, 2018

Annual Accounts 2017

Youth-led Civic Engagement for Peace in Colombia Key Findings Even before the peace agreement came into force in 2016, young people across Colombia have created and led their own initiatives to promote peace and reconciliation in…

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31 December, 2017

Overview UNOY Peacebuilders’ 2016-2020 Strategic Plan defines four key action areas. All of our proposes activities in 2018 fall under one of these four action areas. Please note that this annual plan is a draft….

Youth-Accessible Grantmaking: How (Not) To Do It?

Gizem Kilinc

15 December, 2017

Written by Gizem Kilinç Accessing sustainable funding is a persistent challenge for youth organisations working in the peace and security field. In 2016, an average of 71% of the grant applications submitted by member organisations of the…

Five Ways in which Europe Can Move the Youth, Peace and Security Agenda Forward

UNOY Peacebuilders

11 November, 2017

A recent global survey of youth-driven peacebuilding shows that youth-led movements and organizations are uniquely able to mobilise both youth and other community members as agents of peace, having and creating access where other organisations…

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…

Building a Closer Network in West and Central Africa

UNOY Peacebuilders

30 August, 2017

In Nigeria, young peacebuilders have formed a coalition to push for more youth participation in addressing the country’s security challenges. In Liberia, youth are working to ensure a violence-free election process. In Cameroon, young people…

An Effort to Burn Bridges of Discrimination Through Interaction

UNOY Peacebuilders

2 August, 2017

The work of Youth Development Foundation, a UNOY Peacebuilders member organisation based in Pakistan, was featured in the newspaper Dawn in July 2017. The article is published here with the permission of Dawn. For Kinza…

communication@unoy.org

1 June, 2017

Introduction The United Network of Young Peacebuilders (UNOY Peacebuilders) is a global network of youth organizations committed to establishing sustainable, peaceful societies. Young people constitute half of the world’s population, and we strongly believe in…

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…