Erasmus+ RESOLVE: Equity project launched

Asfar is happy to announce that the Eramus+ RESOLVE: Reconciliation for Gender Equity project has been officially launched. The RESOLVE: Equity project has started today with a Kick-off meeting and will last for 8 months. The partnership includes partners from 5 countries (Turkey, Italy, Georgia, Morocco and the UK) who will work to address & increase awareness … Continued

Erasmus+ RESOLVE: Peace Camps project launched

Asfar is happy to announce that the Eramus+ RESOLVE: Peace Camps project has been officially launched. The RESOLVE: Peace Camps project has started today with a Kick-off meeting and will last for 12 months. The partnership includes partners from 7 countries (Hungary, Spain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkey, Cyprus, Georgia and UK) who will work together … Continued

Asfar’s Winter 2021 Edition of the e-Journal is now online

The Winter 2021 edition of the e-Journal includes nine articles from across the Caucasus, Balkans and Middle East & North Africa and marks the International Day of Education. Asfar would like to thank all contributors who have been involved in the Winter 2021 edition of the e-Journal. And especially would like to thank and welcome … Continued

Where is Georgia, exactly?

A personal essay on the difficulties and dangers of categorising countries to regions. “Where is Georgia, exactly?” This was a question I was asked many times before, during, and after my trip to Georgia in 2019. Invariably, the preceding exchange was this:  “Georgia? The US state?” “No, Georgia, the independent country.” And then: Where is … Continued

Digital Talks: ‘Desectarianisation: a New Path for Peace Building?

Our next Digital Talks: ‘Desectarianisation: a New Path for Peace Building?‘ by Dr Simon Mabon, Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University, whilst also being Director of the Richardson Institute. Dr. Simon Mabon is the director of SEPAD, funded by Carnegie Corporation, which looks at the way in which the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran is … Continued

Asfar joins the European Network of Youth Centers

Asfar is pleased to announce our membership of the European Network of Youth Centers (ENYC). The ENYC Network arose from a decision of the CDEJ of the Council of Europe to seek to stimulate across Europe a concern for the nature of intercultural learning and other features of the work of the Council in the field of Youth which … Continued

The Global Gender Report 2020

The Global Gender Report 2020 from the World Economic Forum has concluded that although some improvements have been made to bridge gender gaps, that globally we still have a long way to go in order to achieve complete closure of all gender gaps. The UK was ranked 21st overall for The Global Gender Gap Index, … Continued

Digital Talks: Conflict Styles & Strategies

Our next Digital Talk: Conflict Styles & Strategies will be with dr. Majbritt Lyck-Bowen, a Lecturer in Reconciliation and Peacebuilding at the University of Winchester, UK and a Research Fellow at the Winchester Centre of Religion, Reconciliation and Peace. She is an experienced and highly skilled facilitator of workshops on a broad range of issues … Continued

Global Learning through Digital Stories – meeting with ALF Team

Today, Asfar with project partners Anthropolis and Interfaith Encounters Association has met with the Anna Lindh Foundation team about the start of our Global Learning through Digital Stories Project which financed by the EU through the Anna Lindh Foundation. Asfar is hoping to meet young people from the UK in February and March 2021 and … Continued

Woman of the Week – January

Asfar is continuing with the Woman of the Week campaign in the new year. Check out every week for a new entry and learn about the achievements of woman that have been often overlooked by history. Kamala Harris will make history by being the first female, first black and first South Asian American to be … Continued

Closed for the festive period

Hello, Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and festive period. Asfar will be closed from Monday 21st December 2020 to 4th January 2021. If you have any questions about any of our programmes, please email resolve@asfar.org.uk and we will reply in early January. Have a fantastic holiday and all the best for 2021. Asfar

Woman of the Week – December

Our campaign continues in December as we still want to raise awareness about the achievements of woman that have been often overlooked by history. With our UN75 Conference this Thursday & Human Right’s Day on Friday, we wanted to celebrate a human rights advocate and UN diplomat – Eleanor Roosevelt! Eleanor worked tirelessly to promote … Continued

Global Learning through Digital Stories project launched

Asfar is happy to announce that the Global Learning through Digital Stories project has been officially launched. The project is financed by the EU through the Anna Lindh Foundation. and has started with its kick-off meeting and will last for 8 months. The partnership includes partners from 3 countries, besides UK, Israel and Hungary and the project … Continued

A very successful RESOLVE: Network Youth Conference

The RESOLVE: Network Youth Conference was organised on the 10th December 2020 has brought together 142 delegates, speakers and team members who joined this 6 hours long conference to mark UN75. The Conference started with a keynote speech from Jonathan Eshpar, Political Affairs Officer with the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process. During the first Panel … Continued

RESOLVE: Network Youth Conference 2020

To mark UN75, RESOLVE: Network partners, have decided to launch the RESOLVE: Network Youth Conference on the 10th December 2020 with the theme ‘Reconciling the Past, Building the Future’. Originally planned as an event as part of a wider live dialogue programme taking place in 2020/2021, with the pandemic restrictions and the desire to connect … Continued

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