The Working group for a Federal Department of Peace was a co-sponsor of the First International People’s Summit for Departments of Peace, in London, UK, on October 18–19, 2005. The two-day Summit was preceded by two days of training (October 16–17), conducted by Kai Brand-Jacobsen of TRANSCEND on the latest developments on the expanding frontier of knowledge and practice in peacebuilding and conflict transformation around the world.

Forty people from twelve countries invested their energy, creativity and resources to attend. The countries represented included Australia, Canada, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Netherlands, Palestine, Romania, Spain, United Kingdom, and the United States of America. (more…)