Generations For Peace

Generations For Peace (GFP) is a Jordanian non-governmental organisation based in Amman dedicated to peacebuilding through sustainable conflict transformation at the grassroots.[1] Founded in 2007 by Prince Feisal Al Hussein, GFP has worked with and empowered volunteer leaders of youth in 51 countries around the world to promote active tolerance and responsible citizenship in communities experiencing various forms of conflict and violence. As a peace-through-sports organisations officially recognised by the International Olympic Committee, it uses sport-based games, art, advocacy, dialogue, and empowerment activities to serve as an entry point for engaging children, youth, and adults, and to promote integrated education and sustained behavioural change.[2]

Generations For Peace
Founded2007 (2007)
Founded atAmman, Jordan
TypeInternational non-governmental organization
FocusPeacebuilding
Youth leadership
Conflict transformation
Curriculum development
HeadquartersAl Hussein Youth City, Amman, Jordan
Area served
Worldwide
Founder and chairman
Prince Feisal Al Hussein
Employees
60
Websitegenerationsforpeace.org/en

History

Generations For Peace was founded as a peace-through-sports initiative of the Jordan Olympic Committee in 2007, but has since expanded to include art, advocacy, dialogue, and empowerment as tools to bring peace to communities facing division and conflict. Since its founding, the organisation has trained more than 16,000 volunteers and reached over 780,000 children, youth, and adults across Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East as of 2019. It has also been supported by a variety of partners, including the European Union, UNICEF, USAID, UNESCO, International Olympic Committee, Samsung, and the University of Oxford.

Generations For Peace established a research institute, the Generations For Peace Institute, in 2010.[3]

Model

Generations For Peace uses a volunteer cascading model in which trained volunteers in turn train future volunteers in their home communities, ensuring that programmes and ideas are spread while remaining true to their original design.[4]

Generations For Peace has trained youth volunteers in regions affected by conflict across 50 countries around the globe.

Locations

Satellite Offices
  • Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Kaduna, Nigeria
  • Garoowe and Mogadishu, Somalia
  • Juba, South Sudan
  • Khartoum, Sudan

Countries with GFP Programmes

All countries with currently active GFP Programmes as of 2020 are highlighted in bold.

Afghanistan Algeria Armenia Azerbaijan Bangladesh
Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Burundi Côte d'Ivoire Cyprus
Egypt Gambia Georgia Ghana India
Indonesia Iraq Jordan Kenya Kosovo
Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya
Madagascar Nepal Nigeria North Macedonia, Republic of Pakistan
Palestine Russian Federation Rwanda Senegal Serbia
Sierra Leone Somalia South Sudan Sri Lanka Sudan
Tajikistan Timor-Leste Togo Tunisia Turkmenistan
Uganda Ukraine Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe  

Research Partners
  • Uppsala University
  • Georgetown University[5]
  • University of the Western Cape[6]
  • Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation
  • University of Oxford[7]

References
  1. "Home - Generations For Peace". Generations For Peace. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  2. "Nakhwah".
  3. "King patronizes opening of Generations for Peace Institute | Sports | Ammon News". en.ammonnews.net. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  4. "Generations For Peace | Anna Lindh Foundation". www.annalindhfoundation.org. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  5. "International Study Released by the Generations for Peace Institute and Georgetown University Maps Global Initiatives in Sport for Peace and Development".
  6. "Generations for Peace – ICESSD scholarship opportunities".
  7. "King inaugurates Generations for Peace Institute, headquarters".
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