Peace Event Sarajevo
Jun 6, 2014
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Network for Building Peace
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Peace Event Sarajevo will serve as an acknowledgment for all peace initiatives which have been flourishing for decades and a reminder that peace still needs to be fostered. Furthermore, it will represent an international exchange platform for debate and information on different topics related to nonviolence and peace.
The main themes for the event are:
- Peace and Social Justice
- A Culture of Peace and Nonviolence
- Gender, Women and Peace
- Reconciliation and Dealing with the Past
- Militarism and Alternatives
The Peace Event Sarajevo 2014 will include, among others, the following types of activities:
- Plenary sessions, keynote speeches, workshops and roundtable discussions on the above mentioned topics;
- A Peace trail, with NGOs presentations, exhibitions; music and film festival;
- Public events, street actions, artistic performances, animations in/with schools;
- An International Youth Camp.
The Peace Event Sarajevo 2014 will be:
- A meeting point for activists, practitioners and researchers to exchange thoughts on peace and active nonviolence;
- An opportunity to review the achievements and challenges related to peace and nonviolence in Europe;
- An opportunity to present a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence in its diverse dimensions;
- A space to plan joint initiatives for the advancement of a Culture of Peace.
The year 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War I, which was triggered by the assassination of the Austro-hungarian heir to the throne in Sarajevo on June 28th, 1914. But the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century have also seen a world-wide rise of nonviolent actions and achievements as an alternative to war and violence, and increased efforts for global and social justice, human rights, peace and reconciliation which was reflected in the declaration of the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence (2001–2010) by the United Nations.