'Europe, vote for Peace!'

"The Union's aim is to promote peace". Let's do it!

See here the full appeal in English - French- Spanish - Italian - German...

The
European Union not only has the potential to contribute to a more
peaceful world, but engaged to do so. In Lisbon, it was agreed that the
new version of the EU Treaty article 2.1 should state "The
Union's aim is to promote peace, its values and the well-being of its
people."

Our campaign proposals are meant to make that
more concrete and friendly towards the needs of the populations living
in conflict areas:

The establishment of a European Civil Peace Service
, a mechanism for certified civil society organisations to send out
trained peace consultants and peace teams to support and protect local
civil society working for dialogue and reconciliation with nonviolent
means.

A dedicated infrastructure to manage more investment in
civilian conflict management capacities, at least in the form of a
peacebuilding department/directorate to be established within EU bodies.

See here the policy recommendations for the EU institutional reforms by the European Peacebuilding Liason Office (EPLO) , platform of the peacebuilding NGOs most engaged at the EU level.

A structured dialogue between EU bodies and civil society organizations
on external policies, building on the European Commission's recently
launched Peace-Building Partnership  and current ad-hoc consultations with civil society by the Council.

To know more:

• What European Parliament already said on civilian peacebuilding
• A policy paper for the European Civil Peace Service

OTHER SOURCES ABOUT CIVILIAN MEANS FOR PEACE INTERVENTIONS

Example of peace-work on the ground by NonGovernmental Organisations
Nonviolent Peaceforce (link to its website) - summary
Forum ZFD (link to its website) - summary
European Peacebuilding Liaison Office (EPLO) members (link to its website's section where members are display) - website

European Political Parties: what they promise for peace
Our document with manifestos' excerpts (to download the corresponding pdf)
Add national sections when relevant/available
European Union: documents on civilian instruments for peace (link to the online available documents)
. Other relevant civil society contributions
Add document titles and web-links here.

A core objective of our initiative for a European Civil Peace Service and of the Peace Project Europe events is to involve European civil society and active citizens in promoting peace. Join us in advocating for our proposals and support the agenda of a more inclusive approach of future EU foreign policy that gives priority to violence prevention and civilian measures.

We offer the following support options:

Invite others to join the events and inform about our proposals
Send the www.civilpeace.eu address to family, friends, and colleagues and suggest that they learn about our proposals and join in with our events.

Have your organisation listed under "Who we are"
Contact us if you or your organisation want to become actively involved in joint advocacy initiatives. We will then include your organisation's name as one of the more than 100 official supporting organisations in the Who We Are section of the website.

Promote the website in your e-mail signature
Include this www.civilpeace.eu in your e-mail signature. You can copy & paste the following sentence: I support the proposal for a European Civil Peace Service (ECPS) for a European Union dedicated to promoting peace. Visit www.civilpeace.eu.

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Link your own homepage to our website
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Write an article about "Europe, Vote for Peace!"
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