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The Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) and Quakers in Britain are inviting you to attend an online conference on the possibilities of peace education: Evidence and opportunities, which will take place online in the afternoons of 20-21-22 May 2021. The aim of the conference is to explore together how education can sow the seeds of sustainable […]
Are you interested in exploring the long history of Africa and Europe and delving deeper into how this shared past affects current relations and future outcomes? The Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) has the pleasure to invite you a series of informal lunchtime discussions events, which will take place online on Wednesdays 21 April, […]
We are meeting to talk about engaging with people about the arms trade. We will all have different experience, whether we talk to European policymakers, arms traders, colleagues, neighbours or our own families. Thursday 1 April 2021 from 14:00 – 15:00 CET. That is 1pm-2pm in Ireland and Britain. Register here: REGISTRATION FORM The conversation […]
The Quaker Council for European Affairs has announced that Timmon Wallis will serve as its new Director. Timmon is a Quaker activist and scholar, with a PhD in Peace Studies, experience in 8 conflict zones and over 35 years experience in senior management and leadership positions with NGOs working for peace and human rights. In […]
Developed by American Friends Service Committee, Britain Yearly Meeting, Friends Committee for National Legislation, Quaker Council for European Affairs and Quaker United Nations Office, this statement draws on our Quaker foundations and work with migrants and on migration. A Quaker Statement on Migration acknowledges that migration is “a fundamental facet of human behaviour. People migrate […]
The report Peace Mediation: from Concept to successful implementation, learning from Quaker experience focuses on the implementation of the recently published EU Concept on Peace Mediation. The report is a timely analysis of this EU Concept on Peace Mediation, how it has evolved over time and why it is more relevant than ever in today’s context. The […]
Here is the latest issue of Around Europe, the newsletter of the Quaker Council for European Affairs. Issue 386 contains news of European politics and QCEA’s recent pece and human rights work.
How can we hope to contribute to peace outside of ourselves when we are not working on peace within ourselves? How can we advocate for peace and justice without addressing tensions in the workplace? How do we shape fair policies that strike a balance between me, you and us? If these questions speak to you, […]
Join us for Connecting the Dots – An online conversation Tuesday 22 September, 14:30-16:00 CET (13:30-15:00 Britain and Ireland) In a European environment where the uncertainties of economic and social change have been met with financial austerity and simple messages from reactionary politicians focusing on single issues, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a further reminder […]
QCEA’s Filiming Police in Europe builds on our 2019 publication Framing Human Policing. It looks at the law and practice of video recording police operations across Europe, its relationship with public service accountability, prevention of human rights abuses and violence, and their connection with structural racism in Europe. The document asks urgent questions that are […]