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Austria
Austrian Centre for Peace
The Austrian Centre for Peace (ACP) was founded in 1982 by Dr Gerald Mader and other like-minded people. We are located at Schlaining Castle in Southern Burgenland, with a second office in Vienna, the nation’s capital. Our work has earned us the status of UN “Peace Messenger” and a UNESCO “Prize for Peace Education”. The ACP is an independent, non-profit and non-partisan organisation. It is engaged in research, education/training and practical conflict transformation.
Belgium
European Institute of Peace
The European Institute of Peace designs and delivers sustainable peace processes and agreements. We provide practical experience, technical expertise and policy advice on conflict resolution. Based in Brussels and active in over a dozen countries, we combine the operational flexibility of an independent organisation with the diplomatic reach associated with our board and our proximity to the European Union. Our vision is a world where people live in safety and peace because conflicts and grievances are resolved through inclusive dialogue and lasting political agreements. We live in increasingly complex times, marked by demographic shifts, emerging sources of political power, technological innovation, climate change and growing inequality. More coherent and sustainable approaches to conflict resolution and prevention are needed. The EU and European actors have a vital contribution to make, drawing upon their global reach, political and economic heft and commitment to human rights. The European Institute of Peace is uniquely placed to increase understanding of conflict resolution, and to increase the ability to respond effectively.
Flemish Peace Institute
In 2004, the Flemish Peace Institute was established as a paraparliamentary organisation within the Flemish Parliament. On the initiative of the members of the Sub-commission on Arms Trade, the decree establishing the Flemish Institute for Peace and Prevention of Violence was adopted with a large majority of votes by the plenary session of Parliament on 5 May 2004. The decree determines the four tasks of the Institute. For its operation, the Peace Institute receives a working allowance from the Flemish Parliament.
Vredesactie Belgie
Vredesactie (Peace Action) is a pluralist peace movement that radically pleads for a society in which conflicts are resolved without violence or the threats of it. Vredesactie is an engine for the development of nonviolent action and the implementation of a pacifist peace policy.
Cyprus
Cyprus Dialogue Forum
The Cyprus Dialogue Forum is a non-formal dialogue space that aims to support and complement the formal peace process in Cyprus. It consists of stakeholder organisations from across the island that include the Political Parties, Trade Unions, Business and Employer Associations and Non-Governmental Organisations. It is a safe space for broad based participation and knowledge sharing that has been created to act as an accompanying mechanism to the formal peace process.
Czechia
Peace Research Center Prague
Peace Research Center Prague is an interdisciplinary Center of Excellence, funded by Charles University. Their common analytical and normative focus is on the prevention, management, and transformation of conflicts in world politics. Their mission is: advancing theoretical and empirical knowledge in peace and conflict studies; building a permanent platform for collaborative interdisciplinary research; providing an opportunity for junior scholars to develop their academic career.
Djibouti
Intergovernmental Authority on Development
IGAD promotes joint development strategies and gradually harmonize macro-economic policies and programmes in the social, technological and scientific fields; Harmonizes policies with regard to trade, customs, transport, communications, agriculture, and natural resources and environment, and promotes free movement of goods, services, and people within the region. Creates an enabling environment for foreign, cross-border and domestic trade and investment; Initiates and promote programmes and projects to achieve regional food security and sustainable development of natural resources and environmental protection, and encourage and assist efforts of Member States to collectively combat drought and other natural and man-made disasters and their consequences; Develops and improves a coordinated and complementary infrastructure, in the areas of transport, telecommunications and energy in the region; Promotes peace and stability in the region and create mechanisms within the region for the prevention, management and resolution of inter-State and intra-State conflicts through dialogue; Mobilizes resources for the implementation of emergency, short-term, medium-term and long-term programmes within the framework of regional cooperation; Facilitates, promotes and strengthens cooperation in research development and application in science and technology. Provides capacity building and training at regional and national levels; and generate and disseminate development information in the region
Ethiopia
Amani Africa
Amani Africa Media and Research Services is anindependent pan-African policy research, training andconsulting think tank with expertise on the African Unionpolicy processes and a specialization on the African UnionPeace and Security Council (AU PSC).
Fiji
Transcend Oceania
Transcend Oceania is a not for profit non-governmental organization, committed to advancing Sustainable Peace and Development through Justice and Non-violence in the Pacific. Transcend Oceania is, in fact, about “transcendence”. It is about creating opportunities for transcending conflict, silence, differences, gender and western concepts of peace building. It is about transforming all this into positive movement and ways forward. It is about doing this work through building resilience: community and individual resilience.
Finland
CMI – Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation
CMI – Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation is an independent Finnish organisation that works to prevent and resolve conflicts through dialogue and mediation. Founded in 2000 by Nobel Peace Laureate and former President of Finland Martti Ahtisaari, we have since grown to be a leader in the field of international peacemaking.
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