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PEACE STARTS WITH ONESELF

The activity gathers 200 participants of 38 countries, pursuing to establish a culture of peace.

Fundacion Paniamor has its own unique seal on the board of peace projects.

With the idea of promoting a culture of peace within the different countries, Costa Rica will host the Sixth Conference of the Global Alliance for Ministries and Departments of Peace “Construyendo puentes de paz” (“Building Bridges of Peace”) from the 17th until the 21st of September.

The activities’ objective is to create relationships, share experiences and learn from nations and organizations.

The Costa Rican Minister for Justice and Peace, Hernando Paris, appointed as outstanding task of the Conference, to emphasize, that peace is personal and reflects on the community, and as principal benefit to Costa Rica that its population appropriates and internalizes the Concept of Peace and carries it into daily life.

This is the first summit in the Global Alliance in which the host is a national government and the initiative is linked to the recent approval by the Legislative Assembly of the Ministry of Justice and Peace (name henceforth take the Ministry Justice and Grace).

Costa Rica joins Nepal and the Solomon Islands in being the third country worldwide to establish a governmental infrastructure for peace and the first to do it without the existence of an armed conflict.

PANIAMOR AND PEACE. Beside the summits’ commitment to peace promotion, as part of a directory, Fundación Paniamor launched the definition of best practice of two of its projects being in execution. Among the projects performing are: Youth Zone Model (Agenda of the Community) and Educate with No Punishment.

The opening ceremony will include representatives of government and various ministries and will be realized in the National Auditorium of the Childrens’ Museum, next Thursday, September the 17th at 7 p.m.

On September 18, Costa Rica will have a strong presence in the summit, scheduled to address the issue of Cooperation for Peace, between government and civil society. The closing ceremony will be held on Monday, September 21 at 7:30 pm in the National Theater.

The summit involves 38 countries, both members of the Global Alliance and guests.
Attendees include Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, Ecuador, Japan, Kenya, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Ivory Coast, Mexico and Nepal. As well as representatives of the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Uganda, UK and USA.