PeaceJam Peer Training Programme for Mentors

As part of the project, EPTO and its partners have developed a new peer training programme for group leaders who wish to create inclusive communities through positive youth development. Building upon the  powerful methodology of peer training, it fosters young people’s core competences from altruism and compassion, to action and engagement and helps youth value diversity and create inclusive...
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PeaceJam Romania

PeaceJam at the “Sabin Manuilă” School in Romania

This week our project was featured in the Romanian newspaper Actualități Arad, giving visibility to the PeaceJam programme and the activities of our Romanian project partner “Ofensiva Tinerilor” Association. Adrian Hristescu, kindly translated the article into English to share with you: "In the 2019 - 2020 school year, twenty students of the “Sabin Manuilă” Gymnasium School of...
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PeaceJam Belgium Conference 2020

On 7 and 8 March 2020, 287 students between the ages of 14 and 23, from all over Belgium, gathered in Brussels for the annual PeaceJam Youth Leadership Conference with a focus on Social Justice and Sustainable Development. The conference organised in partnership with the universities KU Leuven, VUB, ULB, UCL  as well as Education pour la Paix and the European Peer Training Organisation,...
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Meeting at VUB

Stepping into 2020 with the Steering Committee

The Steering Committee of our project "Nobel Peace Laureates mentoring youth to build an inclusive Europe” gathered in Brussels last week, 29-30 January, at the European Peer Training Organisation (EPTO) office, to evaluate the current stage of the project as well plan for the Pan-EU Conference to be held in November 2020.  First on the agenda, a visit to the Vrije Universiteit Brussel campus,...
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Bringing PeaceJam to Flemish Schools

13 teachers from GO! onderwijs van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, an education platform from the Flemish community, were visited by EPTO and PeaceJam Belgium on Monday, 18 November, in Brussels. The group learnt about the “Compassion in Action” curriculum based on “Education, Inspiration and Action” which has been implemented in 20,000 schools in 39 countries over 20 years. Based on the lives of...
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MARIE BLANCHE LIBRARY COMMUNITY PROJECT OF NEOS VOUTZAS

Following the heartwarming and inspired talks by Nobel Peace Laureate, Adolfo Perez Esquivel of Argentina and the workshop leaders of the 2018 PeaceJam Greece Conference, the contagious enthusiasm my 20 students and I experienced followed us through the year.  The words “one person can make a change” became a part of our daily conversations in English class.    My students...
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Honoring 1976 Irish Nobel Peace Laureates on St Patrick’s Day with Home Project Youth!

International education caters to a microcosm of the world every day in every corner of the globe. Guided by principles of universal human values, equity, inclusion, global thinking, and world citizenship, NESA and other international schools can be found in the forefront of innovation in education and social change. Bringing together the foundations of international education with the...
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Nobel Laureates of Peace to Work with Local and International Schools in Greece

Nobel Laureates of Peace to Work with Local and International Schools in Greece

International education caters to a microcosm of the world every day in every corner of the globe. Guided by principles of universal human values, equity, inclusion, global thinking, and world citizenship, NESA and other international schools can be found in the forefront of innovation in education and social change. Bringing together the foundations of international education with the...
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Celebrate with us the launch of PeaceJam Luxembourg and PeaceJam Romania!

Celebrate with us the launch of PeaceJam Luxembourg and PeaceJam Romania!

Peacejam Europe is celebrating  the official launch of our new projects in Luxembourg and Romania, starting in 2019. Our team, volunteers and partners are looking forward to seeing how PeaceJam can use its three main pillars- Inspiration, Education and Action- to inspire future leaders in these two countries.   Since 2018, PeaceJam Europe reached teachers and pupils all over Europe, and...
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220 YOUNGSTERS GATHER IN LEUVEN TO ATTEND THE PEACEJAM BELGIUM CONFERENCE

220 Youngsters Gather in Leuven to Attend the PeaceJam Belgium Conference

On 23 and 24 February 2019, over 220 youngsters between 15 and 25 years old from all over Belgium gathered in Leuven for the annual PeaceJam conference. The conference has been jointly organized by the KU Leuven, UCL, ULB and VUB universities and offered an opportunity for youngsters to meet the Nobel Peace Prize winner Tawakkol Karman, a journalist, politician and human rights activist who won...
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