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Education for Democratic Citizenship and a Culture of Peace Year of publication: 2022 Author: Jéssica Marisol Vera Carrera Corporate author: University of Santiago de Cali Education for peace and citizen training as a promotion of peace construction. It is a global need in educational centers, particularly when making a comparison in Colombia and Mexico, to understand that education is a dynamic, continuous and permanent educational process by playing a fundamental role in the formation of the citizen; It is also the conducive setting for the promotion of socio-emotional skills that allow students to have sufficient tools to be a citizen agent of peace. 
A World at Peace Year of publication: 2022 Corporate author: Entreculturas A world in peace is part of “A world in your hands”, Entreculturas’ pedagogical proposal to educate in global citizenship. With it we aim to contribute to the training of people capable of exercising active and committed citizenship, of transforming their environment and of assuming as their own the global challenges of our time such as the fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals. In this publication we collect proposals to work on the culture of peace and develop knowledge, values and social and civic skills that allow people who work on them to actively commit to coexistence, conflict resolution and the creation of a culture of peace in their environments and at a global level. 
Summit of the Future Outcome Document: Pact for the Future, Global Digital Compact and Declarations on Future Generations Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: United Nations (UN) World leaders adopt a Pact for the Future that includes a Global Digital Compact and a Declaration on Future Generations (A/RES/79/1). The Pact covers a broad range of themes including peace and security, sustainable development, climate change, digital cooperation, human rights, gender, youth and future generations, and the transformation of global governance. 
Citizenship of a Culture of Peace Year of publication: 2021 Author: Graeme Simpson Corporate author: AL-andalus Educational Complex The video is a lesson from the social studies book for the tenth grade in the State of Qatar. The teacher explains citizenship for peace and its dissemination. The teacher begins by explaining the concept of a culture of peace and goes on to the principles of peace and the foundations for its dissemination. The class is suitable for Arab students in general to understand what peace is and how to spread it. 
No Sustainable Peace Without Us: Local Perspectives on Peacebuilding in the Middle East and North Africa Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) This paper presents the main outcomes of the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa meeting. The paper sheds light on the perspectives of local peacebuilders on ways to promote peacekeeping in the Middle East and North Africa region. 
Young People of Central Asia: Uzbekistan Year of publication: 2016 Author: Bakhtiyor Ergashev | Azamat Seitov Corporate author: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Kazakhstan Office The Friedrich Ebert Foundation initiated the Youth of Central Asia project. It aims to study the values and attitudes of young Uzbeks, lifestyles, identities, political views and foreign policy orientations. Political scientist Bakhtiyor Ergashev and sociologist Azamat Seitov prepared a research analytical report based on the results of their work. 
Cultural Diversity and Shared Citizenship Year of publication: 2008 Author: BoAzza Binasher | Abdullah Alalawai Corporate author: Modern Times Magazine This integrated file from the Journal of Modern Times reviews the issue of citizenship and cultural diversity. The file reviews many reflective questions on the subject of shared citizenship. The file contributes in general to setting a democratic cultural policy that guarantees the values of solidarity and peace in order to preserve human civilization. 
Spreading a Culture of Peace and Tolerance in the World: What Should We Do? Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: TRENDS Research & Advisory The video is a symposium, moderated by Emirati researcher and writer Mohammed Khalfan Al Sawafi. The symposium focuses on six main axes: “Religious discourse and the importance of confronting hate speech and extremism, the Human Fraternity Document as a framework for promoting the values of peace and tolerance around the world, and human rights as an entry point for promoting a culture of tolerance and peace, making it an entry point to confront the conflicts of the world and the region, and ways to strengthen it in the region and the world, and toward a vision common for a more peaceful and tolerant world. The video interviews a group of specialists. 
Declaration on a Culture of Peace Year of publication: 1999 Corporate author: United Nations (UN) Solemnly proclaims the present Declaration on a Culture of Peace to the end that Governments, international organizations and civil society may be guided in their activity by its provisions to promote and strengthen a culture of peace in the new millennium. 
Fórum Panafricano: fundamentos e recursos para uma cultura de paz Year of publication: 2013 Corporate author: African Union The Pan-African Forum “ Sources and resources for a culture of peace” was held in Luanda, Angola, from 26 to 28 March 2013, and was jointly organized by UNESCO, the African Union and the Government of Angola, under the High Patronage of H. E. Mr José Eduardo dos Santos, President of the Republic of Angola. This forum was the result of a close cooperation between UNESCO and the African Union, one of their main objectives being building peace in Africa, through the promotion of a culture of peace based on the intrinsic values of African societies. The Republic of Angola Government, through its President of the Republic H. E. Mr José Eduardo dos Santos, resolutely engaged in this process with major financial and technical support for the organization of the Forum in the Angolan capital city. As indicated in the Action Plan adopted by the participants in plenary (Annex I), recommendations made during the Forum are directed at all components of African society : political leaders, national and regional institutions, civil society, community associations, youth movements and women’s organizations, religious and traditional leaders, entrepreneurs and leaders from the private sector, etc. The implementation of the Action Plan will be continuously monitored by the two institutions that jointly organized the Luanda Forum, the African Union and UNESCO. Representatives from the 55 African countries participating in the Forum will both contribute to the proposal for action by bringing their national experience and take the lead in the follow‐up of the recommendations made at country level. In order to ensure this follow‐up it will be important to link together the participants by the creation of an African Network for the Promotion of a Culture of Peace and Non‐violence. The representatives of African countries will play the role of focal points of the awareness campaign at the national level. Finally, the agenda of the Forum includes a plan to hold a roundtable on the establishment of a multi-stakeholder partnership for action. Organized with the participation of regional institutions, public and private economic actors as well as representatives of Governments and Civil Society, this session will be the occasion to launch a continental and lasting Movement for the promotion of a culture of peace. For this round table and for the Campaign, the stakeholders can now witness the action as their Foundation / Company / Institution / Organization leads to help in building the defence of peace in the minds of men and women and ensure that peace is a reality: "Make Peace Happen".