Exploring the Human Factor in Global Change

REPORT 2015INTERNATIONAL CAUX CONFERENCES

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VISION

The CAUX – Initiatives of Change Foundation’s vision is a just, peaceful and sustainable world in which peo-ple act from a sense of global interdependence and responsibility.

MISSION

Established in 1946, the CAUX – Initiatives of Change Foundation organizes and coordinates international and local conferences, seminars and training in Swit-zerland, primarily in its Conference Centre, the Caux Palace, bringing together a true diversity of people.

What are the Caux Conferences? 4

Trust and Integrity in the Global Economy 6

Just Governance for Human Security 8

Caux Dialogue on Land and Security 10

International Peace-Builders’ Forum 12

Addressing Europe’s unfinished Business 14

Children as Actors Transforming Society 16

Seeds of Inspiration 18

Impact Initiative Challenge 20

In parallel to the Conferences 22

N.B.: ‘Caux’ is often used as an abbreviation for the Caux Conference Centre and the community of volunteers, interns, staff and participants.

CAUX – IofC provides a safe and privileged space to inspire, equip and connect individuals, groups and or-ganizations from around the globe to engage effec-tively and innovatively in the promotion of trust, ethi-cal leadership, sustainable living and human security.

CAUX – IofC operates in line with its key approach of bringing global change through personal change and with its core values of absolute respect for hu-man dignity, of truth, solidarity and care at every level of public or personal life. CAUX – IofC recommends silent reflection as a means to access creativity and inspiration.

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CONTENTS

THE CAUX – INITIATIVES OF CHANGE FOUNDATION (CAUX – IofC)

responsibility in civil society, the economy and in politics to build a greater future and to uncover new paths that might have never been walked on before. Only through the ability to change at a personal level, will we be able to play a significant role as we progress in the world.

Barbara HintermannSecretary-General

CAUX – IofC Foundation

Just before the start of the 2015 In-ternational Caux Conferences, I was walking around the Caux Pal-ace appreciating its beauty and unique history of nearly 70 years of engagement in peacebuilding, rec-onciliation, ethical leadership, hu-man security and sustainability. While looking over Lake Geneva and the Swiss Alps it dawned on me that in just a few days and all sum-mer long, hundreds would travel up the mountain to Caux to enjoy the serenity of the place, the sense of inspiration it offers and to connect with one another. I then imagined the impact of all these people going back home filled with new-found energy and inspiration that they would in turn transmit to others. All of them, working on personal changes in order to bring about change in their communities, to contribute to transformations in their countries and eventually to im-pact the world. And this year, I would be one of them.

I was not disappointed: This sum-mer was filled with enthusiastic par-ticipants envisioning feasible and simple solutions to themes of com-mon interest while exchanging ex-amples of best practice. As in previ-ous years, lack of transparency in business and governments was of high interest. Recent international fraud cases (e.g. FIFA and Volkswa-gen) have shown once more the desperate need for leaders to com-mit themselves to high standard principles and ethics, in order to keep the trust of the customers and shareholders as well as of the soci-ety at large. Caux provided a safe space in which such delicate issues were examined, personal experi-

ences were shared and common actions were discussed.

While migration has been a phe-nomenon all through human history, the influx of hundreds of thousands of migrants and refugees in particu-lar into European countries in the last few months has provoked in-tense debates and tensions at the political level. The Caux Conference Addressing Europe’s Unfinished Business emphasized on the need for solidarity and empathy by Euro-pean countries to welcome the mi-grants and refugees often distressed and exhausted from a dangerous journey. Participants highlighted that Europe should not forget that it has been built on migration. Recognizing a need to provide a platform for ex-change, the CAUX – IofC Founda-tion will get more involved starting next year by offering its longstand-ing experience in trust building to facilitate the dialogue between the various stakeholders around the topics of migration.

A powerful moment of this year’s Caux Conferences was the com-memoration of the atomic bomb dropping on Hiroshima in 1945. To-day’s Mayor of Hiroshima, Mr Ka-zumi Matsui, sent a letter to Caux stressing the importance of Initia-tives of Change, sharing the Japa-nese experience that dates back to the year 1950 and is still relevant in today’s Japanese society.

My first journey to the Caux Con-ferences was an extraordinary and compelling experience. I am deeply convinced that Caux provides a unique and privileged space, for those who wish, to take on more

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EDITORIAL

What are the International Caux Conferences?Every summer, the CAUX – Initiatives of Change Foundation hosts and coordinates inter-national conferences to address selected topical world issues in line with its focus on trust building, ethical leadership, sustainable living and human security. The conferences are held in the Conference Centre, the Caux Palace, above Montreux in Switzerland, a short distance from Geneva.

Each conference is run by its own team mostly comprised of dedicated

and engaged volunteers who develop and implement the conference’s pro-gramme.

Some features of each of the conferences are common: each day starts with a time of silent reflection to process the experi-ences of the previous day and to gain fresh perspective. The stunning view from the Caux Palace of Lake Geneva and the surrounding mountains provides a wonderful backdrop. During the day,

participants are also invited to commu-nity groups to meet and share experi-ences with others. Lastly, everyone is in-vited to help volunteers. Indeed, during the conference season, from housekeep-ing and dining room service to technical management, the operational side of the centre is also mostly run by volunteers and young participants in the Caux In-terns Leadership Programme (more on page 22) coming from all over the world. This diversity of age, background and culture is a core aspect of the Caux ex-perience.

Caux is about the unique atmos-phere that is created when participants, volunteers and interns from a wide range of backgrounds and cultures:• Meet and get to know each other. • Find time to reflect on and act

upon topical issues – personal and global.

• Converse and engage with thought leaders and change makers from around the world.

Over the years, Caux has gained a rep-utation for being a platform for intercul-tural and interreligious dialogue. It pro-vides a safe space for everyone to share

International Caux Conferences 2015 Official Opening

On Sunday 28 June, the International Caux Conferences were officially opened by Antoine Jaulmes, President of the CAUX – Initiatives of Change Foundation, Ambassador Anne Lu-gon-Moulin, Head of the Sub-Saharan Africa Division, Swiss Federal Depart-

ment of Foreign Affairs, and Laurent Wehrli, Mayor of Montreux. Partici-pants also had the opportunity to visit the Caux Palace and to learn more about the Conferences Season and In-itiatives of Change’s global activity.

their thoughts and experiences as well as to exchange best practices/tools, and to network. CAUX – IofC’s holistic ap-proach brings the human being at the forefront, thus placing everyone on equal footing and breaking down silos. In short, Caux creates an environment to inspire, equip and connect individu-als, groups and organizations to build a just, sustainable and peaceful world.

Ambassador Anne Lugon-Moulin, Head of the Sub-Saharan Africa Division, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs

Antoine Jaulmes, President of the CAUX – Initiatives of Change Foundation

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INTERNATIONAL CAUX CONFERENCES

Caux Conferences – Summer 2015

1421 people

100 nationalities

Europe 65 % Asia 12 % Africa 13 % North and South America 8 % Australia and New Zealand 2 %

Participants 1008 Volunteers 217 Interns 66 Scholars 20 Artists 9 Staff 38 Conf. Teams 144

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FACTS AND FIGURES

Sunil Mathur, Chief Executive of Siemens Corporation in India and South Asia

Emmanuel Mutisya, Project Assistant Professor Graduate Program in Sustainability Science, University of Tokyo

Wendy Addison, Founder of Speak Out, Speak Up, and Alia Benomar, Entrepreneur

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TRUST AND INTEGRITY IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

Equipping Leadership for Economic Transformation 26 June – 1 July. The aim of this ninth annual conference was to encourage leaders to serve the common good and showcase stories and models of personal and economic trans-formation. The conference adopted an integral approach, providing individuals with time and skills for inner exploration, capacity building, and creating synergies with each other to work for a common goal.

A strong emphasis on corruption emerged at the opening, when

Sunil Mathur, Chief Executive of Sie-mens Corporation in India and South Asia, told how the global company drilled down into its corporate culture following a major corruption scandal. The entire executive board had re-signed. The thorough research into what went wrong, and the company’s subse-quent transformation, led Siemens to be-come the world’s best company for cor-porate compliance, according to the Dow Jones sustainability index.

father, exposed corruption in her fami-ly’s flour milling business, the largest in Morocco.

In parallel, the Caux Round Table, an international network of experienced business leaders who work to strengthen private enterprise and public govern-ance to improve the global community, held a meeting on the responsibility of business to create a sustainable global economy. Business School Lausanne and Leadership for Transformation de-livered an action-oriented leadership training (Impact Leadership). Work-shops were held on Inner Leadership; the Business of Peace; Values-based Leadership; and Purpose-based Leader-ship, led by Pedro Langre, Managing Director of Oxford Leadership in Mex-ico.

Michael Smith, a core TIGE team mem-ber, launched his book Great Company which tells stories of conscience-based decision making from the TIGE confer-ences and elsewhere since the financial crash of 2008.

National chapters of TIGE are now emerging. Conversations were held about chapters being established in Aus-tralia, Denmark, Mexico, Netherlands, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and USA.

A model of perseverance

Wendy Addison, founder of Speak Out Speak Up, was the whistleblower during what is considered the biggest corporate disaster in South African history. Speak-ing out was not an easy choice for her. She said: ‘I was afraid. It felt very un-comfortable. I was faced with a dilemma between my loyalty to my colleagues, my work contract – and my social con-tract with society. I tried to evaluate the impact on society of me remaining si-lent, and that was the impetus for me to go through.’

Other inspirational stories included Kenyan entrepreneur Emmanuel Mut-isya, whose refusal to pay bribes to cor-rupt police created a precedent which encouraged other Kenyans to refuse to submit to corrupt norms. Wendy Addi-son from South Africa courageously blew the whistle on corporate embezzle-ment by two directors at a leading health and fitness company where she was Group International Treasurer. Alia Benomar, with the support of her grand-

Jane Royston, Founder of NatSoft SA

TIGE participants visiting Tergon, a social enterprise producing Swiss Ergochairs

Emmanuel Jeger, executive coach and facilitator leading the workshop “Leading change in moving teams”

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Her courage was at the expense of her job and her career. As she began to re-ceive death threats, she fled to the UK with her 12-year-old son. The corrupt executives eventually landed jail terms. But deprived of an income and with no savings or pension, the messenger was left in the cold: ‘I was literally on the streets; it was deeply humiliating. I joined a tribe of beggars – I negotiated with them: I would write a good letter or a CV for them, and in return, they would give me a good spot to beg from. But even though I had been banished from the playground of life, I placed myself at the gates of hope every single day on my little cardboard sheet.’

From 2012 until today, she says, ‘it’s been a matter of rebuilding myself, ini-tiating Speak Out, Speak Up (her sup-port organization for whistleblowers), and then starting to be of service to oth-ers’.

Looking back at those hard times, she said: ‘When we are in the most challeng-ing parts of our lives, that is the time that we often find our true purpose and meaning in our lives. We never arrive, we constantly evolve.’

Long term versus short term

In the Business for Peace panel discus-sion, the focus was on governments and enterprises that have more and more opportunities to comply with Corporate Social Responsibility principles and practices. Guidelines on business and human rights have already been defined by multiple organizations, including the Caux Round Table. If it is the role of states to protect human rights, it is being established that enterprises should have a protective role to play as well. Jane Royston, Entrepreneur and Swiss Busi-ness Woman of the Year, shared her story and opinion about ethical busi-ness: ‘If it’s summed up in a couple of words, it’s trust and integrity.’ Unequal treatment of employees is why Royston quit a large IT firm at what seemed the

height of her career. She eventually founded her own successful IT com-pany, NatSoft, which incorporated her own ideals and values. For her, team-work and dedication took top priority; profits became secondary. For any com-pany that wants to be successful, Royston said, the focus should be on the long-term future.

Building Trust for Ethical, Inclusive Governance3–8 July. Michael Møller, Director General of the UN Office at Geneva, set the tone for the conference on Just Governance for Human Security: ‘There is a whole world of problems to address, and these can no longer be left to governments. It has to be collaborative. Each one of us has a responsibility to bring our expertise to the table.’

The 200 participants had come from 44 countries to discover how better

to do just that. They told of initiatives which are providing clean water to In-dian villages, building trust between

Greek and Turkish Cypriots, enabling women to contribute to Mali’s national affairs. Mr Møller tweeted his network, saying the conference ‘highlighted the enormous potential of civil society’.

The Swiss Department of Foreign Af-fairs sponsored 25 leaders from Mali, Chad and Niger. Many are involved in conflict resolution in their countries. A workshop led by UN mediation experts attracted a large audience. They also took part in workshops on responses to violent extremism, where they were joined by Somali Members of Parlia-ment, a senior official from Nigeria, and NGO leaders from Africa and the Mid-dle East.

Armenians and Turks came to search for how to overcome the hostility result-ing from their brutal history. Ukrainians screened a film on the war in Eastern Ukraine, and this inspired a moving apology from eminent Russian historian Andrei Zubov. He joined Alexander

Zinchenko, Deputy Director of Ukraine’s Institute of National Memory, in a work-shop on ‘dealing with the past’ which focused on tragic events in the history of both countries, and explored steps towards healing.

Co-Willing

A network of Africans called Commit-ment of the Willing, or Co-Willing met during the conference. This network has come together to work for integrity in leadership. It comprises people active in skills-training, sustainable development and combating corruption. They came to share their experience and learn how to strengthen their own and each other’s initiatives. Among those who partici-pated were Hans Herren, recipient of the World Food Prize; South African lawyer Paul Hoffman from Accountabil-ity Now, and Ekuru Aukot, who di-rected the Committee of Experts which developed the 2010 Kenyan Constitu-tion.

Michael Møller, Director General of the UN Office at Geneva

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JUST GOVERNANCE FOR HUMAN SECURITY

‘We need a media that can make things differently. A media that celebrates good.’

Can the media not only tell the news but change the news? Can the way the news is told inspire its readers and view-ers to fight corruption, protect the envi-ronment, resolve conflict? That is the challenge which Kenya’s Fountain Me-dia Group Ltd has taken on.

Platforms such as Buzzfeed, that con-sciously focus on positive headlines, are becoming more popular. Audiences all over the world are looking for more positive news. CEO Bedan Mbugua and Chief Editor and Kenyan TV star John-son Mwakazi talked about the impor-tance of an alternative to today’s main broadcasters. They presented their ap-proach during their workshop The me-dia challenge: journalism, integrity and hope.

The two men are adamant: there are many good stories in this world that are worth telling: ‘We need a media that can make things differently. A media that celebrates good.’ It’s clear to them that the problems of this world also need attention, but not without a poten-tial solution: ‘even a bad solution is bet-ter than no solution at all’, says Mwakazi. This is how Fountain Media was born, with the aim of transforming the nation through creative community initiatives.

One issue of widespread concern was the number of Kenyan men dying from drinking adulterated alcohol potions known as ‘illicit brew’. In Kiambu, some

women had started an organization – Mothers Against Drug Abuse – to com-bat this. Fountain Media took up their cause. Soon thousands of women were demonstrating, and enlisting others far beyond Kiambu.

The Media Group also turned their at-tention to the struggle against corrup-tion. How could they make an impact on the widespread bribery which is ac-cepted in Kenyan business? Fountain Media offered publicity to businesses that would refuse to pay bribes. Some accepted the challenge, which made a good story for Fountain TV, and the publicity helped the businesses. Over 500 businesses have signed up so far.

Dealing with the past and present

To mark the centenary of the Armenian Genocide, young people from Armenia, the Armenian diaspora, and Turkey came together to discuss their common past and how it affects them. The dia-logues were predominately held in pri-vate as part of the Musa Dagh History Hike Project, led by Eugene Sensenig-Dabbous, University of Notre Dame Lebanon. However, workshops were of-fered daily during which the general public was invited to learn more through documentary films, songs and various presentations. Fruitful, the dialogue re-sulted in profound discussions on truth-telling, forgiveness, acceptance, and how to overcome hatred, commencing a journey to deal with the past.

Musa Dagh History Project participant

Bedan Mbugua, CEO and Chief Editor at Foundain Media Group Ltd

Daphrose Barampama, President of Creators of Peace

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Rear Admiral Neil Morisetti (Retd.), United Kingdom Climate and Energy Security Envoy, 2009–2013

Michael Schluter, Chairman and CEO of the think tank Relational Research

Grounding Sustainable Development 10–14 July. The Dialogue explored the nexus between land restoration, food security, poverty alleviation, and conflict resolution. It focused on solutions to scale up initiatives that combine trust building with sustainable land management to help communities to escape the vicious cycle of land degradation and conflict, creating instead prosperous, peaceful livelihoods. It was five days of serious questioning filled with lively conversations, intelligent solutions, personal stories and introspective insights.

Organized in partnership with Initia-tives for Land, Lives and Peace

(ILLP), UN Convention to Combat De-sertification) (UNCCD) and Interna-tional Union for the Conservation of Na-ture (IUCN), the Dialogue was attended by more than 100 trust-building and land restoration professionals, including farmers, campaigners, policy-makers, scientists, and business representatives.

The dialogue adopted a traditional yet complex triple bottom line approach, with days focusing on the environment, economic and social aspects respec-tively, enabling a productive horizontal

and vertical exchange between special-ists, policymakers and civil society. On day two, participants dove into scalable solutions for sustainable land manage-ment; day three looked at trade within the globalised market context with an emphasis on water use; day four delved into the trust-building aspects, and fi-nally the conclusion on day five was a call for action.

Speakers included Rear Admiral Neil Morisetti (Retd.), from the UK, who of-fered an overview of the latest trends in global security threats induced by cli-mate change, and Dr. Michael Schluter, Chairman and CEO of the think tank Relational Research who presented a model of ‘Relational Thinking’.

Renowned political scientist, Joseph Montville, Director of the programme on Healing Historical Memory at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolu-tion at George Mason University spoke on the uses of political psychology in dealing with relationship questions in land and security issues. He stated that ‘one of the great advantages for different groups who have a history of loss is that by working collaboratively on land, wa-ter, and food projects that have clear material benefits for all the people, in-cluding their children, they have a real incentive to succeed, psychologically, spiritually, and financially’.

Louise Baker from the UNCCD insisted on the upcoming implementation agenda, as land degradation neutrality is the ob-jective of the international community represented at the climate negociations in Paris (COP 21). She said that we need to be more ambitious, we should not be afraid of technology and ‘every-body needs to take responsibility’.

After the Conference, CAUX – IofC in partnership with World Vision Interna-tional organized a follow-up event at the Geneva International Environment House on 15 July. The event allowed

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Book Launch

Ilan Chabay, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Sustainabil-ity Studies, Potsdam, presented the new book he co-edited entitled Land Restoration: Reclaiming Land-scapes for a Sustainable Future. The book was born out of discussions from previous Caux Dialogue on Land and Security conferences, many contributors being former participants/speakers.

Louise Baker, Coordinator for External Relations and Policy, UNCCD

Joseph Montville, Director of the programme on Healing Historical memory at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University

Kenyan Delegation

the 2015 CDLS conclusions to be shared with the broader Geneva environmental community and to continue the discus-sions and brainstorming on grounding sustainable development. During this event the Kenyan delegation made a commitment to host a Dialogue on Land and Security in Kenya in 2016.

Youth-Expert Dialogue

To engage the future generation, the Caux Dialogue organized a conversa-tion between 40 enthusiastic young en-vironmental activists and three experts of the green movement Julia Marton-Lefèvre, former Director General, IUCN, Luc Gnacadja former Executive Secretary, UNCCD and Geoffrey Lean, environmental correspondent of Lon-don’s Daily Telegraph. It was a unique opportunity for an exchange between generations on knowledge and best practices but also on personal values

and convictions. In the face of climate change and conflict, the questions of leadership, attitude and decision-making were primary concerns of the evening’s fireside conversation.

Exclusive Preview

On the 30th Anniversary of the Live Aid Concert in Ethiopia, Award-win-ning film director Mark Dodd (The Man who Stopped the Desert) and protagonist Tony Rinaudo from World Vision Aus-tralia presented the film Ethiopia Rising: Red Terror to Green revolution. It is the story of the incredibly successful land restoration that happened in Ethiopia, through the moving story of one man, Aba Hawi, who mobilized his commu-nity to save their village from extinction, going against famine, drought and war.

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Non-Violent Conflict Transformation: Dignity, Participation and Inclusion

Key events of the forum included: a panel discussion about experiences

implementing the principles of dignity, participation, and inclusion, led by Koenraad van Brabant of Interpeace, Ajsa Hadzibegovic of Civic Alliance, Catriona Gourlay of PeaceNexus, and Daphrose Ntarataze Barampama of Cre-ators of Peace; a presentation by Abbas Aroua, Director of the Cordoba Foun-dation of Geneva, about Islam/Arab perspectives on non-violent conflict transformation; and a series of four workshops led by leaders in the peace-building field.

Ajsa Hadzibegovic’s workshop exam-ined the disempowering factors that pre-vent the participation of young people in peace-building activism. Simon Fisher, Expert in Conflict Resolution, Brookes University, led a workshop on how we see ourselves in our work in conflict. Jean Brown’s and Shoshana Faire’s workshop encouraged partici-pants to look within to understand the stories that we are passing on to future generations. Tanja Mirabile, Co-Direc-tor of ICP, offered a workshop discuss-ing the role of the moderator in effective dialogue for non-violent conflict trans-formation.

Near the end of the forum, participants were given the opportunity to reflect on the insights they had gleaned and the ways in which they would apply them in their future work.

Some participants stated that the forum has encouraged them to look at conflicts from new angles and implement new-

Peace begins at home

The particular approach of IPF was to nurture the human being behind the peace-builder. Interactive sessions and workshop privileged group sharing and exercises rather than theoretical lec-tures. This allowed participants to look at their own practices. ‘How can you bring peace if you are yourself embed-ded in conflicts? How can I help others heal their wounds if I haven’t healed mine?’, concluded one participant. This forum was a good opportunity for par-ticipants to discover and live the IofC principle: ‘Be the change that you want to see in the world.’

Bringing this principle onto the organi-zational level, Catriona Gourlay from PeaceNexus engaged in a very impor-tant, yet often neglected question: as a

‘Find your way from peace dreamer to peace practitioner.’

Koenraad van Brabant, Senior Peacebuilding Advisor, Interpeace

found tools in their work, including Force Field Analysis. Others, inspired by the three principles of dignity, inclu-sion, and participation, explained that they were motivated to include all stake-holders in conflict zones, even those who are the most difficult to reach.

The support of having such a powerful network of like-minded people was an inspiring and empowering tool, and had participants leave Caux with a new found energy and inspiration.

16–19 July. The 2015 International Peace-Builders’ Forum (IPF), organized in partnership with the Institute for Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding (ICP), gathered approxi-mately 70 practitioners in the peace-building sector from all over the world and provided a platform for the exchange of best practices and experiences in non-violent conflict trans-formation.

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peacebuilding organization, do we live by the principles we promote? How do we deal with internal conflict?

This can be very challenging, but it is also fundamental. ‘Beneficiaries see you as an example. You need to be a good example for your credibility to rise in a

terms of agenda, you need to stick with the change process’. IPF was a good re-minder that peace begins at home.

Catriona Gourlay, Executive Director, PeaceNexus Foundation

Nina, Peace Circle Participant

Abbas Aroua, Director of the Cordoba Foundation of Geneva

Peace Circles

This summer Peace Cirlces and a training of facilitators were offered in French and English by the IofC pro-gramme Creators of Peace. This pro-gramme, celebrating its 25th anniver-sary next summer, brings mostly women together to promote peace, starting with themselves.

Nina, an 18-year-old Swiss, partici-pated in a Peace Circle as well as the training. She shares her experience:

‘A Peace Circle brings 10 to 12 people together – every person sharing what they feel like sharing. For some it can be very difficult to share what they’ve had to go through. We speak about dif-ficult and emotional subjects: exile, sex-ual abuse, murders … we each cry at a certain point.

Personally, nothing really tragic hap-pened in my life. What I had to say was a bit futile compared to others, but a life does not need to be tragic to be told and to be heard. Nobody is ever really

at peace; we all have things to share. Being the youngest of the group, I mainly learned from others, I was touched by their personal stories. I re-ally felt a strong mutual connection between all the participants. We all trust each other and we respect our confidentiality. It’s really a personal journey.’

community. Donors also really appreci-ate it.’ Gourlay insisted on the fact that it does matter to an organization’s effec-tiveness whether you live by your prin-ciples. The organization might require some changes or even a complete reas-sessment, and change will be resisted, but although ‘you need to be flexible in

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Creating a Common Understanding of Issues and Values16–19 July. This conference was organized in the framework of a four-year project seeking to engage Europeans from all backgrounds in actions to develop a spirit of partnership and solidarity across the continent.

AEUB 2015 was an opportunity for a diverse group of Europeans to

reflect and share on current issues and European values: recurring conflicts, massive waves of migrations, shaky mi-nority rights and dealing with the past. Groups met to discuss their concerns and hopes and make proposals for the future.

This year, AEUB also launched its Young Ambassadors programme: 35 ambassadors aged 18 to 25 representing 24 countries. The ambassadors were passionate about representing their countries.

Ample time was devoted to the vision and ideas of two of Europe’s founding fathers, Monnet and Schuman, with the visit to the Jean Monnet Foundation for Europe in Lausanne and a presentation by its Director, Gilles Grin, as well as

from the faculty of International Peace and Conflict Resolution at American University in Washington DC, gave a very moving lecture, exploring theoreti-cal questions of building a common Eu-ropean narrative and practical ways of transforming tensions through social change.

On the final day, participants made commitments about what they would do to continue addressing Europe’s unfin-ished business in the coming year. Some expressed their intention to start initia-tives, including publishing articles and having a more proactive role in bringing minority groups in Europe together. One particular project came out: a

one by Jeff Fountain, Director of the Schuman Centre for European Studies.

The opening plenary featured keynote speakers Ahmet Shala, Kosovo’s Am-bassador to Japan and former Minister of Finance; Stephanie Hofmann, Associ-ate Professor at the Graduate Institute in Geneva; Cathy Nobles, a peacebuilding activist; and Leoluca Orlando, the Mayor of Palermo via video link from Italy.

Christoph Spreng, IofC delegate to the Council of Europe, spoke about the 60th anniversary of the Bonn-Copenhagen Declarations and of the role played by personal change there. Margaret Smith,

Aurora Martin, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest, Senior Advisor within the Government of Romania, and Cathy Nobles, Founder and Director of the Reconciliation Walk Community

Gilles Grin, Director of the Jean Monnet Foundation

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ADDRESSING EUROPE’S UNFINISHED BUSINESS

Photo Exhibition: Within My Walls and Beyond

peace voyage across Europe in 2018. This project includes visiting places that have suffered or suffer from conflicts to share practical stories of trust-building and conflict resolution.

Meet the Young Ambassadors: a youth perspective on Europe

For Lina, Young Ambassador from Al-bania, AEUB was a great occasion to discover what projects other young peo-ple are working on to build a better Eu-rope. She said, ‘despite our diversity, we have common values. There is a need for collaboration between European countries and to promote greater social cohesion.’ For her, being a Young Am-bassador gave her ‘the ability to debate in a positive and constructive manner with peers coming from traditionally conflictual areas’. She went back home with a strong desire to stay engaged by expanding Breaking Barriers, her organ-ization fighting racial and religious ste-reotyping, and developing an online fo-rum for articles and blogs addressing Europe’s challenges and hopes.

For Bastian, Young Ambassador from Germany, participating to AEUB con-tributed to a better understanding of Germany’s identity. It was also an op-portunity to discuss the challenges Eu-rope is facing and to build a network of people of different ages and back-grounds to address these issues together and take initiatives. He concluded: ‘we

will definitely keep in touch to work on the ideas we had and to implement them. Caux has a very holistic ap-proach. The things I learned here changed me personally and I will take these experiences to my professional level one day.’

Mobility as an inalienable Right?

The Mayor of Palermo, Leoluca Or-lando, made a lasting impression on AEUB’s participants. This longstanding anti-mafia politician is now defending another cause of direct concern to all European countries: migrants.

Orlando explained that according to him, mobility should be an inalienable right. It is our duty to welcome those who are fleeing for their lives, as ‘we do not choose where we are born, but we can choose where we want to live and die’.

His powerful and drastic words strength-ened AEUB’s wish for a more inclusive and empathetic Europe. Orlando had the International Human Mobility Char-ter of Palermo approved by the city council and is currently defending his ideas for a more humane and respectful Europe.

Undine Groeger’s travelling photo ex-hibition, Within My Walls and Be-yond, opened during the AEUB con-ference. It represents a personal journey towards understanding Ger-many’s past. It includes three genera-tions that experienced the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall, and, in parallel, opens a window onto life in a place that can be reminiscent of former East Germany, Transnistria, a post-Soviet frozen conflict zone between Moldova and Ukraine.

It will be exhibited at Caux Expo un-til 16 January 2016 and will en-gage visitors in a dialogue on walls that persist in people and in commu-nities.

Bastian, Young Ambassador from Germany

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Also present as a keynote speaker was Nkem Orakwue, Founder of the Nigerian Children’s Parliament and Executive Director of TV programmes for chil-dren.

During the week participants had the opportunity to feed into the General Comment on Adolescents, commis-sioned by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, through a workshop led by international consultants on chil-dren’s rights, Gerison Lansdown and Darren Bird. Meanwhile child rappor-teurs from each workshop met over the week to prepare a presentation in front of the European Parliament about the key learnings from CATS 2015 and the importance of making children’s voices heard on policy issues.

The conference became a real-life expe-rience of children’s participation. A young person said: ‘The CATS Confer-ence served as a reminder of how life

Throughout a very participative pro-gramme, everyone shared experi-

ences, debated concepts and ideas, and exchanged knowledge on children’s par-ticipation in an environment that was at the same time fun, interactive, trustful and respectful.

Influential keynote speakers inspired all the participants with their stories of fight-ing for children’s rights and children’s participation. From international institu-tions, CATS welcomed Kirsten Sand-berg, former Chair of the UN Commit-tee on the Rights of the Child; Judith Diers, Chief Child Adolescents Develop-ment & Participation at UNICEF; Julie Ward, MEP strong advocate for chil-dren’s rights at the European Parlia-ment; and broadcasted a special video recording by Dimitri Avramopoulos, Eu-ropean Commissioner responsible for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizen-ship at the Directorate General for Edu-cation and Culture.

Children and Adults, Partners for Change?27 July – 2 August. The Children as Actors for Transforming Society (CATS) conference was organized in partnership with Initiatives of Change France, Eurochild, Universal Education Foundation and Child to Child. The main goal of CATS 2015 was to explore how children, young people and adults need to collaborate and partner together in order to ensure child participation is properly respected at all levels of society.

Kesz Valdez, winner of the International Children Peace Prize and co-founder of Championing Community Children

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should be in terms of team spirit and even collaboration between adults and children. This was experienced in ALL aspects and activities undertaken at CATS, through fun games, chores, community groups and To-gether Times.’

Kesz Valdez

One speaker struck the audience with his moving and inspirational story: Kesz Valdez, 2012 International Children’s Peace Prize winner at 13 and co-founder of Championing Community Children from the Philippines. He told how at a very young age he was forced by his father to scavenge at a dump in Cavite City, Philippines. To escape violence at home, he finally ran away, still scaveng-ing to survive and enduring terrible con-ditions.

A few years later, he was pushed by ac-cident on a pile of burning tires and was rescued by a social worker who took him home and eventually adopted him. Kesz discovered what a decent and safe life, with food, good hygiene conditions and most of all love, meant.

But he never forgot his less lucky friends, still in the streets. Convinced he could somehow help them in spite of his very young age, he took action. For his seventh birthday he shared slippers with street kids to protect their feet from cuts and wounds.

He soon started his own organization – C3-Championning Community Chil-dren – to teach street kids hygiene, health basics and children’s rights, and to encourage them to participate in their community. C3 also provided them with hygiene kits and, when available, with slippers, toys, and school supplies.

generated heartfelt admiration and will hopefully inspire anyone to take action regardless of their age.

Human Library

The Main Hall transformed into a li-brary. Yet instead of books made out of paper, people with personal stories to tell waited for the participants to arrive. The Human Library func-tioned the same way your typical li-brary would function. The ‘readers’ could check out a book and after reading it, they would bring it back to the library. The only difference being that the ‘books’ were people, who would tell stories about various themes related to children’s rights and participation. Each reader could listen to three stories. After each story was told, a dialogue between ‘books’ and ‘readers’ opened, leaving space for ex-change. This creative method permit-ted a strong connection between par-ticipants, which only the sharing of a personal story can allow.

Since 2006, C3 has helped over 10,500 children in 48 different communities, has taken care of more than 3,000 wounds, and distributed more than 4,000 toothbrushes.

His 2012 award enabled the organiza-tion to grow thanks to international rec-ognition and financial support.

Kesz’ personal story and his determina-tion to do whatever he could to help street children was honoured by a stand-ing ovation. Remaining humble and ac-tion oriented as always, Kesz intends to study to become a social worker like his adoptive father, to keep defending and helping street children. His testimony

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Sharing Inspiration that Shapes Lives4–9 August. Seeds of Inspiration 2015 invited participants to embark on a personal jour-ney whilst making powerful connections and being inspired by the history and legacy of Caux. Workshops, theatrical productions, meetings and group discussions opened minds to new possibilities.

Kwame Reed, a young actor and poet from a troubled estate in Lon-

don, began to rethink his vision ‘of the man I want to be’. Hitomi Mitsutake, a Japanese teacher who described herself as ‘very introvert’, found ‘the joy of communicating with others’. Yasmine Kamel from London began ‘a journey of curiosity about who I am and who I really want to be’. British actor Steve Stickley was reminded of ‘the beauty of Islam’.

Workshops ranged from Japanese wood-carving to learning about electricity, from dance to discussion of inclusive-ness, from the spirituality of music to a silent walk. Evening programmes in-cluded Janet Stickley’s boisterous Nora’s Ark; Comedia Gillet’s puppet dramatisa-tion of Don Quixote; Steve Stickley’s one man show, Race, about the 1936 Berlin Olympics; and June Boyce-Tillman’s tour de force, Lunacy or the pursuit of the

goddess. Intermission Youth Theatre (IYT) brought the conference to its feet with a series of sketches entitled Family Drama, reflecting on the challenges of family life in Britain’s cities today.

Speakers included Lillian Cingo, former manager of South Africa’s Phelophepa Train, which takes health services to re-mote rural communities; and three Soma-lis from opposing clans. Mohamed Mumin had avoided Somalis for his first 18 years in Europe. Through IofC he was able to change, he said. ‘If you hate you are sick. To heal is to free yourself, to love, to forgive, to look positively.’

Hiroshima Day

The third day of Seeds of Inspiration was under the theme Listening to Un-heard Voices: Hiroshima Day. For the 70th anniversary of the bombing, the Mayor of Hiroshima addressed a letter

Intermission Youth Theatre (IYT)

Mr Mitsuhisa Kato, from IofC Japan

to Initiatives of Change calling for peace and reminding the trust building role that the organization played for Japan after the war.

Participants and organizers remembered the numerous victims of the nuclear bomb alongside a delegation from IofC

IYT began in the Spring of 2008 with a mission to work with young people at risk of offending, offenders or lack-ing in opportunities. Using Shake-speare’s plays as inspiration, they reim-agine his works by interspersing his original language with street rhetoric, creating their own contemporary inter-pretations. This work enhances their

dramatic creativity, increases their confi-dence and raises their ambitions.

This year funds were raised to take the 2015 Youth Theatre members to Seeds of Inspiration. For many it was their first trip abroad. The Caux Palace was a far cry from inner-city London, where all too often they are greeted with the news

of yet another tragedy inflicted on their generation. The geographical distance gave them some perspective and their vibrant energy gave a great power to the Conference. Many friendships were formed and as they say at IYT: ‘when two worlds meet, great things happen’. Learn more: www.intermissionyouththeatre.co.uk

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Haiku

Following the commemoration, eve-ryone went to their community groups to exchange their own im-pressions and thoughts. One group decided to write Haiku Poems. Haiku is a traditional Japanese form of poetry; it is considered the short-est in the world. This allowed par-ticipants to express their feelings in a very concise way. Here are two examples;

Tell me whysomething horrible is needed to teach us the need for peace. Bo Giss, Sweden

Thousand paper cranes reminds us of the pains, but a peace wish remains. Nik Dee Dahlstrom,

Sweden

Japan. Mr Mitsuhisa Kato, from IofC Ja-pan, read the letter from Kazumi Matsui, current Mayor of Hiroshima, in which he calls for a total nuclear disarmament as he sees nuclear weapons as ‘absolute evil’ and encourages ‘people from all over the world, [to] take the testimony to heart, and [to go] beyond differences of nationality, race, and religion’.

In his letter, Mr Matsui also explains how in 1950 the then Mayors of Naga-saki and Hiroshima were deeply influ-enced by what they learnt during a visit to Caux as they were facing Japan’s re-construction after the bombing: ‘If every person listens to the voice of his con-science, they can orient themselves in a positive direction, bringing about posi-tive changes not only in the family, workplace, school, community and na-tion, but also in the relationship be-tween both people and countries.’

Another member of the Japanese Dele-gation, Nobuko Nakajima, moved the audience as she told the story of her former teacher in school, whose life had been saved by a tree which took the blast for her. Struggling to find her pur-pose in life, she one day walked by that tree and discovered a tiny sprout. ‘Sur-prised and moved by the power of the tree which was trying to live’ she found in the sprout the courage to start over. From then on she made it a mission to tell this story to her students, encourag-ing them to never lose hope.

This very emotional session was ulti-mately directed towards the future, filled with the hope for a sustainable peace and for a resolve to never make the same mistake again.

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Equipping, Inspiring and Connecting the Next Generation of Change Makers10–15 August. The second Impact Initiative Challenge (IIC) conference brought together a group of young change makers living in Europe from diverse backgrounds and nationali-ties. The aim of the conference was to encourage participants to reflect on who they are and what their aspiration is, in order to help them develop their ideas and put them into practice.

The first days of the conference were dedicated to personal development

with themes such as Being, Defining your Purpose, and Aspiration, preparing the second part directed towards action with themes like Commitment and The next step.

The first day kicked off the inner jour-ney with the question: Who am I? Speakers Mami Veza, coach in personal development, and Pierre-Antoine Bar-raillé, from the Praneo Foundation, shared their personal story of inner transformation. They invited everyone to go on their own inner journey through reflection, short meditation and storytelling.

In the afternoons, participants could get more practical and learn new skills by attending daily one of these four work-shops: ‘Growth and Personal Develop-ment for Entrepreneurs’, ‘Social Entre-preneurship’, ‘From Ideas to Reality: Visualize Your Story’ (Visual thinking),‘Open space workshop’ (open to the participants’ specific questions).

In these workshops, each responding to a different need, the young change makers got hands-on with questions such as mapping and pitching an idea or stepping out of your comfort zone to boost self-confidence.

As we learned that resilience and cour-age are key for success, we put this into practice by climbing the mountain up to the Rochers de Naye, some in the even-ing, spending the night on the moun-tain, others the next morning. At the top, Tessa Wernink, co-founder of Fair-phone, explored the theme of the day: ‘Aspiration: the art of setting goals and ambitions’, with the beautiful view of the Swiss Alps as her background.

IIC can be seen as the first step in tak-ing action towards setting and achieving your goals. Two former IIC2014 partici-pants proved this by presenting their project The Green Mosque, which is still growing. This year, the participants will also be supported after the pro-gramme in Caux. Through an online community, conference calls and real life meet-ups, participants will stay in touch in order to help each other in their projects for a more sustainable, peaceful and just world.

Expressing thoughts visually

‘Visual thinking’ may be an unfamiliar expression, but it is a valuable thinking and organizing tool. The workshop ‘Vis-ualize your story: From ideas to reality’ taught participants how to use it, and showed them how it can help them in their professional and personal life.

Visual thinking and visual facilitation consist in using pictures and drawings to organize our thoughts, to discover and clarify ideas. It combines deep listening,

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simple drawing and facilitation method-ology to visualize intricate processes and to help find a way in the complexity of thought.

As Tamar Harel, the session facilitator, explained, what matters is not the qual-ity of the drawing, but that it helps ‘to bring clarity to dense situations’. Too many people remove themselves from drawing, simply because they feel they are not good at it. But even poor draw-ing skills can be extremely useful within this framework.

Practical support for social entrepreneurs

To attend the workshop on Social En-trepreneurship, participants were asked to already have an entrepre-neurial idea. All week long, this Track helped participants to define their pro-jects to be able to defend them in front of an audience.

With the support of a professional coach, participants reflected on their projects, measuring their strengths and feasibility. They also discussed motiva-tion and how passion – and not money – is the real key to success.

To improve everyone’s project, the workshop focused on the use of a Busi-ness Model Canvas, a strategic manage-ment and entrepreneurial tool that al-lows you to describe, design, challenge and pivot your business model. It helps young entrepreneurs to define their pro-ject more precisely by asking the right questions such as: What is your prod-uct? Does your product answer the needs of your customer? At the end of

After the first day participants managed to organize their thoughts and ideas through drawing. Thanks to practical tips, templates, an icon library and an analysis of their drawings, they were able to improve and see clearly how vis-ual facilitation is a useful tool to process ideas into more concrete projects.

the conference, the young social en-trepreneurs presented their projects to the other conference participants, de-fending their ideas and proving their worth. Among other projects, we can mention a blood donor app and a smoothie social enterprise. These pro-jects are to be kicked off this year, with the support of the coaches. During this workshop, participants realized how important it is to have feedback on their project and how discussing ideas and even asking for help can solve many problems, open new perspec-tives and strengthen one’s motivation to actually start. For the first cause of failure is – after all – not to even try.

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Caux Scholars20 students from 16 different countries were selected for this four-week course on conflict transformation and peace-building. This annual programme teaches students to analyze conflicts, to understand the factors that create and sustain conflicts, and provide practical understanding of approaches to resolving conflicts.

What makes the Caux Scholars Program (CSP) 2015 a lifelong

experience that goes beyond an ordi-nary academic training? The answer is: its people. Whether speaking about par-ticipants or organizers, their common element is their inspiration and their full commitment to peacebuilding. Through different training sessions and work-shops, it tackles universal issues such as peacebuilding and conflict transforma-tion by challenging traditional patterns.

The CSP puts the individual at the center of the peacebuilding process and the participants coming from conflict ar-eas are the perfect incarnation of this statement. The 2015 programme brought together at the same table ‘friends’ and ‘foes’ whose countries of origin have passed through conflicts one against the other. So, what made it pos-sible to fill in the gap due to mistrust? How was it possible to build bridges of friendship between ‘enemies’? The an-

AIESEC Scholarships Interns Leadership Programme

workshops. The scholarships cover the conference registration fee and room and board for students to par-ticipate in some of the conferences. This year, one of the five winners, Re-becca Jiménez, a student of English, Geography and Ethnology from Zu-rich, attended IPF. We asked her about what she will take home from Caux: ‘I learned a lot about the pro-cesses of peace-building. I got a better understanding of the problems con-cerning peace and many new experi-ences. Caux is like a world on its own. Not only is the scenery stunning but also, as I see it, Caux is about con-necting with like-minded people, about networking and about creating an environment in which new things can be created through exchange and support.’

swer lies in the common humanity that is discovered and in the personal trans-formation that the programme induces. The 2015 scholars had ample opportuni-ties to learn from each other and to dis-cover more about global issues first-hand. They were also co-organizers of the Just Governance for Human Secu-rity conference, which enabled them to exchange with experts in peacebuilding and good governance and to broaden their network.

Every year, the Foundation offers five scholarships to students in Switzer-

land members of AIESEC, the largest student-run organization in the world, for which it also regularly provides

Jane participated in the Interns Leader-ship Programme, a yearly programme

providing young people from 18 to 30 with a five-week programme developing their leadership skills through work-shops, volunteering and community ser-vice. The programme is a strong pillar of CAUX – IofC’s principle of experi-ential learning. Jane agreed to tell us a bit more about the programme and her experience: ‘The internship is based on three pillars: workshops, work shifts, and silent reflections. This year, we are 30 young people coming from many dif-ferent countries. In the beginning, we were always talking about how life in our home country is. For instance, I learned many new things about Leba-non; I even learned a little bit of Arabic.

Rebecca Jiménez, beneficiary of one of the 2015 scholarships for AIESEC members in Switzerland

RUNNING IN PARALLEL TO THE CONFERENCES

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Caux ArtistsFive young artists were selected to be part of the four-week Caux Artists Program that this year focused on vocal training: Lisa Yasko, Ukraine; Shakti Pherwani, India; Anna Bychkova, Ukraine; Mer Ayang, South Sudan and Alexandra Nabokina, Ukraine. They were supported by faculty mem-bers Kathy Gardner (USA), Grace Carter (UK) and also the Director of the Program Bev Appleton (USA).

Already experienced in different singing styles – opera, musical

comedy, jazz, classical or pop – the art-ists came to learn techniques to enhance their professionalism. Some of them also worked on their personal creations. The Program’s daily schedule was divided into Studio sessions (one-on-one), en-semble rehearsals, and evening perfor-mances. Each artist had daily allotted times either to participate in conference

activities; to network with conference at-tendees; to work music/material on their own, to rest or to attend the Montreux Jazz Festival just down the mountain.

The artists performed for the Caux Dia-logue on Land and Security and the IofC Global Assembly as well as four additional performances. For example, Lisa sang Don’t cry for me Argentina, which she dedicated to her country, Ukraine, and Mer performed her own compositions speaking of the fatigue of the Sudanese people living the conflict.

The faculty also had their stage night as they performed the musical The Apple Tree — a funny modern parody of Adam and Eve.

The public was delighted with the per-formances, offering creative and dy-namic entertainment to the conferences or hard volunteer work. The next Caux Artists Program is planned for 2017.

Volunteers of the Caux Conferences

The workshops are about opening up to your inner self, and to the others. I feel much more open-minded, with a deep understanding of cultural differences. I think it changed a lot in my perception of people. I used to put people in a

drawer – and this internship taught me how to open up and give everyone a chance.

I will definitely come back to Caux to volunteer after my internship!’ This summer 217 volunteers came

to Caux to help run the centre during the conferences. One of them is Bukiwe Maseko, from South Africa. She has headed the Housekeeping Department for the past six years.

‘Coming to Caux is an achievement in my life journey, because it fulfils my passion of caring for people, of having more understanding for the world, different cultures and religions, and the political standards of other countries. I’m not here for any finan-cial profit, but for the fulfillment that fills my spirit, my soul, and my heart. Every year I am gaining more and more. I learn from the people here, especially the young interns. I make friendships that I keep for a lifetime.

Also, you have the spirit of the house. This place is so warm and welcoming. You have time to listen to one another and to experience the spirit of real teamwork. Above all, you get that ful-fillment of caring for people. Because that is what the world needs. We need to care for one another. And here you get the chance to do so.’

Big thanks to Bukiwe and all the 2015 volunteers!

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International Caux Conferences 2016Exploring the human factor in global change

29 June – 3 July Caux Dialogue on Land and Security (CDLS)

5 – 10 JulyTrust and Integrity in the Global Community (TIGE)

12 – 17 JulyJust Governance for Human Security

19 – 23 JulyAddressing Europe’s Unfinished Business (AEUB)

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International Peacebuilders’ Forum

26 July – 1 AugustChildren as Actors for Transforming Society (CATS)

4 – 10 AugustLiving Peace: Celebrating 25 Years of Creators of Peace

12 – 17 AugustSeeds of Inspiration

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