As a key member of the United Network of Young Peacebuilders (UNOY), PATRIR recently played an active role in the UNOY Annual Meeting, a key event that convenes leading youth peacebuilding organizations worldwide. This year’s meeting focused on enhancing collaborative efforts across regions and refining strategic goals in alignment with global challenges.
Highlights from the Annual Meeting include:
- Regional Updates and Achievements: Regional teams provided progress reports and discussed strategies to strengthen inter-regional solidarity and cooperation.
- Strategic Focus Areas: Participants collectively refined goals for the upcoming strategic period, prioritizing protection, climate action, technological innovation, and gender equity within peacebuilding initiatives.
- Revisiting Vision and Values: The forum revisited UNOY’s core mission, vision, and values, emphasizing the role of young peacebuilders in driving systemic change.
- Decentralization and Decolonization Efforts: In-depth discussions explored decentralizing decision-making processes and dismantling oppressive structures within peacebuilding frameworks.
- Team Building: The week concluded with a team excursion through Amsterdam, fostering stronger connections among attendees.
PATRIR’s involvement in this strategic meeting underscores its commitment to advancing the UNOY mission and its proactive stance in global youth-led peacebuilding efforts. Moving forward, PATRIR looks forward to contributing to the newly established goals and supporting initiatives that strengthen peace and justice globally.
