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BERGHOF NEWS

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Dear friends, partners and colleagues,

As conflicts are escalating globally throughout the world, particularly in the Middle East, understanding how societies navigate conflict and reconciliation is more important than ever. Actively creating environments where dialogue, understanding, and collaboration can thrive is key to making sustainable peace last and ensuring a fair and just society. During these uncertain times, we’d like to highlight the vital work of our partners and colleagues who continue to provide hope and bring light to important issues.

In this edition, you will find the conference report with key outcomes and takeaways from the inaugural edition of The Berlin Moot. You can also watch our interview with Colombian politician Rodrigo Londoño Echeverri, who speaks about his experience signing the 2016 peace agreement in the country. Learn about the impact of our Service Centre for Peace Education that provides peace education learning materials to schools in Germany, and check out recordings from our events on dialogue and women insider mediators. You can also learn about upcoming conferences and our workshops and sessions at Geneva Peace Week.

Happy reading!

Best wishes,

The Berghof Team

HIGHLIGHTS

The Berlin Moot report

In light of today’s complex global challenges, we brought together experts from diverse fields with peace and mediation practitioners at The Berlin Moot conference to discuss how to reshape current peacemaking approaches.

Read key findings and recommendations on how to adapt to shifting global power structures, include new actors in peacemaking or innovate peace infrastructures.

OTHER NEWS

"Our agreement laid the groundwork for lasting peace"

Rodrigo Londoño Echeverri, high signatory of the 2016 Colombian peace agreement and former leader of the FARC, now serves as President of the Comunes Party. At The Berlin Moot, we spoke with him about the prospects for peace in Colombia, the resilience of its people, and the next steps needed to secure a lasting peace agreement.

Watch the interview.

Peace education in action

The Service Centre for Peace Education has existed since 2015 in Baden-Württemberg, Germany intending to strengthen peace education in schools. Over this time, we have continuously expanded and developed our services, demonstrating both the growing demand for and our enhanced efforts. One of the main pillars of our work is delivering school workshops to students on topics such as democratic participation, the culture of debate and conflict analysis.

Learn more about our work and how it helps inform young people on current conflicts.

EVENTS

Upcoming

Geneva Peace Week

Geneva Peace Week is a leading annual conference where international peacebuilding organisations as well as experts and practitioners come together to share knowledge on a diverse range of topics related to conflict resolution across multiple contexts and disciplines. This year marks the 11th edition of Geneva Peace Week.

We are proud to be taking part in four different sessions at Geneva Peace Week. We’ll be co-hosting panels on women’s inclusion in peace processes, trust-building and the role of insider mediators, climate change’s affect on conflict, as well as the closing ceremony, featuring a powerful conversation between Senior Mediator Advisor Juanita Millan Herandez and Colombia politician Victor Sandino Herrera, who will discuss their roles in the Colombian peace negotiations.

Learn more and register now.

Past

Video: Women mediators in peaceful protest movements

Women have emerged as key insider mediators, playing pivotal roles in preventing violence, facilitating dialogue, and fostering peace within their communities.

Watch the recording of our event where panelists discussed gender dynamics in peacebuilding and how they transformed their activism into lasting political engagement.

Read our policy brief and research studies on Iraq and Thailand.

Video: Dialogue for peace

To mark International Day of Peace, we hosted a joint event with UNESCO highlighting the transformative role of dialogue in cultivating a culture of peace.

Watch the recoding of our event where experts shared direct insights and lessons learned from implementing dialogue initiatives in a number of countries in Asia and Africa.

OPPORTUNITIES

We are currently looking for a Strategic Partnership Manager on Research and Education in either our Berlin office or Tübingen office.

You can find all open positions here.

SUPPORT US

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Whether through a single donation or recurring contribution, your support gives peace a fighting chance.

Learn more.

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