It is the third and final event of the series of 3 one-week-long residential sessions within the YMCA Europe Roots for Reconciliation project. The aim of this initiative is to empower youth opinion leaders coming from conflict-affected areas all over Europe to act for change in their sending organisations and respective communities as multipliers of peace culture and cross-border dialogue. The first session within this series took place in Istanbul, Turkey (October 2012), the second one – in Yerevan, Armenia (June 2013). At the session in Strasbourg the YMCA Europe plans to bring together over 30 participants, facilitators and guests coming from 15 European countries. Most of them have attended the sessions in Istanbul and Yerevan.
As part of the YMCA Europe Roots for Reconciliation project implementation plan in 2014, 3 – 4 follow-up projects will be implemented by the graduates of the Peace Work Institute. They will be clustered in tandem groups, which are designed to bring together young people representing different sides of conflicts. In 2015 the Roots for Reconciliation project also considers Peace Work Institute Reunion for evaluating the results of the tandem projects.
