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Good news today in Northern Ireland, where the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) has claimed to have completed putting their weapons beyond use. This comes some 5 weeks ahead of their February deadline, when the decommissioning body ceases to operate. The UDA claim was officially confirmed by General John De Chastelain, head of the international decommissioning [...]
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UDA decommissioning in Northern Ireland
Peace Players International
Since 2002, Peace Players International (PPI-NI) has been working in Northern Ireland promoting peace & reconciliation between young people from different religious backgrounds. Peace Players International brings together young people from Catholic & Protestant backgrounds to create mixed basketball teams. It is hoped that through sport the participants will learn tolerance and respect for each [...]
Linc Resource Center
The Local Initiative for Needy Communities Resource Centre (LINC) works on peace, reconciliation and social justice projects in Northern Ireland. They provide education resources and mentoring services for community based social justice and conflict transformation initiatives. LINC focuses on supporting individuals and groups engaged in crisis intervention, conflict transformation and community relations as a means [...]
Mediation NI
Since 1985 Mediation Northern Ireland has been working on projects promoting non-violence, justice and the promotion of respect. Mediation NI works with individuals, communities, and other organisations to build relations & manage conflicts. Seeing mediation as the core of their work, they provide training for individuals in managing aggression & conflict, and promoting negotiation to [...]
The De Borda Institute
The focus of the De Borda Institute is reform of voting procedures in Northern Ireland to ensure an emphasis on cohesion & compromise, rather than division & confrontation. They promote the use of the “Borda count” – a voting system that promotes consensus by allowing people to rank candidates in order of preference – in [...]
Cunamh
Cúnamh has operated in Northern Ireland since 1997 and is devoted to enhancing peace by helping people deal with personal trauma caused by the Troubles. Cúnamh identifies individuals and families which have been disrupted by violence, and provides psychological assistance to help people recover from the long-lasting effects of the conflict. Its projects have made [...]
Co-operation Ireland
Co-operation Ireland is a highly experienced peacebuilding organisation that has been working in Ireland, as well as across Europe, since 1979. Its mission is to “advance mutual understanding and respect by promoting practical co-operation between the people of Northern Ireland and of the Republic of Ireland.” The organisation works with a number of organisations, networks, [...]
WAVE Trauma Centre
WAVE was founded to support people bereaved of a spouse as a result of the violence in Northern Ireland. It was expanded later to incorporate the needs of young people and children and anyone traumatised through the violence of the ‘Troubles’. WAVE advocates ways of resolving difference other than through the use of physical force, [...]
NICHS
NICHS provides opportunities for long-term contact between young people and segregated communities. By promoting reconciliation and mutual understanding, NICHS achieves real and meaningful change in the lives of the young people they work with, who are then encouraged to contribute to improving life in their communities. All projects target young people from marginalised and vulnerable [...]
TIDES Training
TIDES Training is committed to helping to build community infrastructure necessary to sustain a lasting and equitable peace by developing trust among individuals and groups in Northern Ireland. The organisation only works where they have been invited by a locally based group and always seek to ascertain if the phase of the conflict or post [...]
