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Ireland

Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation

The Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation is Ireland's dedicated peace and reconciliation organisation, based in the Wicklow Mountains. Founded in 1974 in response to the conflict in Northern Ireland, Glencree works to transform violent conflict through dialogue, facilitating engagement between political actors, former combatants, victims and survivors, and communities in Ireland, Britain and internationally.

 


Italy

Rondine International Peace Lab

The Association of Cittadella Della Pace is a place in Italy where hundreds of young men and women coming from conflict or post-conflict countries live and study together side by side with their so-called enemies for 2 years.

 


RUniPace

RUniPace is the Network of Italian Universities for Peace promoted by the Conference of Italian University Rectors. It is joined by universities that inspire their action on the fundamental principles of the Constitution, the United Nations Charter, the founding Treaties of the European Union, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and the Council of Europe, in the awareness that the repudiation of war as an instrument of offence against the freedom of other peoples and as a means of settling international disputes; faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person; the obligation to cooperate in order to maintain peace and prevent threats to peace; the fight against inequality and poverty they are founding values of the Italian constitutional order, of international law, of that of the European Union and of the various international cooperation agreements to which Italy is a party.

 


Japan

Hiroshima Peace Institute

The Hiroshima Peace Institute is a research institute of Hiroshima City University, established in 1998 in the city that suffered the first atomic bombing. The Institute conducts interdisciplinary research on the abolition of nuclear weapons, peacebuilding and conflict resolution, and contributes to peace education and public discourse from Hiroshima's distinctive perspective on war and nuclear catastrophe.

 


Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition (RECNA)

The Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition at Nagasaki University (RECNA) was established in 2012 as the world's first university research centre explicitly dedicated to the abolition of nuclear weapons. Based in Nagasaki, RECNA combines scholarly research on nuclear disarmament and security in North East Asia with public education and policy proposals, including its regularly updated data on world nuclear warhead stockpiles.

 


Toda Peace Institute

The Toda Peace Institute is an independent, nonpartisan institute committed to advancing a more just and peaceful world through policy-oriented peace research and practice. The institute commissions evidence-based research, convenes multi-track and multi-disciplinary problem-solving workshops and seminars, and promotes dialogue across ethnic, cultural, religious and political divides. It catalyses practical, policy-oriented conversations between theoretical experts, practitioners, policymakers and civil society leaders in order to discern innovative and creative solutions to the major problems confronting the world in the twenty-first century.

 


Kenya

Nairobi Peace Initiative - Africa (NPI-Africa)

Nairobi Peace Initiative - Africa (NPI-Africa) is a pan-African peace resource organisation founded in 1984 and committed to the peaceful transformation of conflict and reconciliation across the continent. Its work spans mediation and dialogue facilitation, training and capacity building, healing and reconciliation initiatives, and action-oriented research, accompanying organisations, communities and peace processes in East, Central and West Africa.

 


Lebanon

Fighters for Peace

Fighters for Peace is a Lebanese organisation founded by former combatants of the Lebanese civil war who now work together to prevent renewed violence. Its members share their testimonies in schools, universities and communities, engage in dialogue and mediation across sectarian divides, and support other ex-fighters in transforming their experiences into advocacy for nonviolence and reconciliation.

 


Mexico

Servicio Paz y Justicia en México (SERPAJ)

A community of people committed to the struggle for peace and justice in Mexico. Through a way of life and a witness expressed through active non-violence, we are guided by a humanist and ecumenical vision that unites us in our work for peace and justice.

 


Nepal

Nepal Transition to Peace Institute

Nepal Transition to Peace Institute (NTTP-I) is a peace research institute founded upon the history of decade-long engagement in Nepal’s political transition as a credible and Track 1.5 peace process for mediation, facilitation, and dialogue among the political parties of Nepal since 2005. As a trusted forum for informal dialogues among the political parties, NTTP Forum has been functioning to resolve political standoffs, thaw stalemates and promote peaceful engagement among the political parties even in critical times in a low key and trusted setting.