Seventeen partners from 13 countries gathered in Athens on 12–13 October to launch a 3,5-year European research initiative that will work with young people across eight settings affected by conflict and polarisation, exploring new ways to foster dialogue, mutual understanding and reconciliation.
For the fourth year running, the State of Peace Youth Academy, organized by the European Union in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in cooperation with the Post-Conflict Research Center (PCRC), has brought together young people from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia and Montenegro with a goal of strengthening dialogue, mutual understanding and lasting peace.
In a region where history is so often told as competing, mutually exclusive stories, the fourth “State of Peace” Youth Academy set out to test a different premise: that different experiences of the past don't have to produce separate futures.
The European Union in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in partnership with the Post-Conflict Research Centre, is organising the fourth State of Peace Youth Academy, taking place from 31 July to 13 August 2026.
About 40 young people gathered for the fifth Peace Festival, organized by the Post-Conflict Research Center (PCRC) to discuss and learn about peacebuilding through inclusive memorialization, art, and activities designed to promote critical thinking and respect for multiculturalism in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).