{"id":39755,"date":"2026-06-29T16:48:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T14:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=39755"},"modified":"2026-06-29T16:49:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T14:49:02","slug":"unesco-korean-workshop-translating-peace-into-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=39755","title":{"rendered":"UNESCO Korean workshop: Translating Peace into Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left; width: 46%;\">\n<p>&#8230; EDUCATION FOR PEACE &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>A page from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/edvard-grigoryan-332334252_gced-youthleadership-peaceandconflictresolution-activity-7475925282172968960-PzLV\/\">Linked-in of Edvard Grigoryan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>From declarations to action \u2014 translating peace into something you can actually feel.<\/p>\n<p>This June, I had the honor of being one of 42 youth leaders from 33 countries selected to take part in the 12th Youth Leadership Workshop on GCED in Seoul, Republic of Korea. <\/p>\n<p>The theme couldn&#8217;t have spoken more directly to my work in Peace and Conflict Resolution: &#8220;Translating Peace into Action: Leveraging Media and the Arts for Youth Advocacy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Korea.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Korea.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"608\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Korea.png 900w, https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Korea-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Korea-768x519.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>We kept returning to one question that has stayed with me since:<br \/>\n &#8220;Do we have the courage to face the realities of our time, and allow ourselves to feel deeply enough that it transforms us and our future?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Over five intensive days, we moved beyond theory and into practice. A few moments that marked me:<\/p>\n<p>\u2192 A keynote on whether youth can truly promote peace in an era of global crisis<\/p>\n<p>(Continued in right column)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: right; width: 46%;\">Question for this article:<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: right; width: 46%;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"float: right; width: 46%;\">\n<p align=\"justify\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=6439\">Where is peace education taking place?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(Continued from left column)<\/p>\n<p> \u2192 A powerful session on the Art of Peacebuilding through Theatre of the Oppressed, turning conflict into embodied understanding<\/p>\n<p> \u2192 Hands-on labs on Media and Information Literacy and countering hate speech \u2014 essential skills for anyone working in conflict-sensitive spaces<\/p>\n<p> \u2192 Confronting ethics and empathy in the age of AI<\/p>\n<p> \u2192 A deeply moving visit to the War &#038; Women&#8217;s Human Rights Museum, a reminder of why this work matters<\/p>\n<p> \u2192 And throughout it all, designing real, community-based action plans we&#8217;ll carry home<\/p>\n<p>What made this experience extraordinary was the people \u2014 peacemakers, artists, journalists, and changemakers from every corner of the world, all proving that peace is not a policy text. It&#8217;s something we build, practice, and live every day.<\/p>\n<p>This workshop was made possible by UNESCO Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU) and the UNESCO MGIEP Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development, in partnership with the GCED Youth Network \u2014 a remarkable demonstration of UNESCO&#8217;s commitment to equipping young people to lead transformative change.<\/p>\n<p>For someone whose path is rooted in peace and conflict resolution, this was more than a workshop. It was a reminder that the most durable peace begins with empathy \u2014 and that media and the arts may be among our most underused tools for advocacy.<\/p>\n<p>Grateful, energized, and ready to translate this into action. <\/p>\n<p>&#8211;  &#8211;  &#8211;  &#8211;  &#8211;  &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>If you wish to make a comment on this article, you may write to coordinator@cpnn-world.org with the title &#8220;Comment on (name of article)&#8221; and we will put your comment on line.  Because of the flood of spam, we have discontinued the direct application of comments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; EDUCATION FOR PEACE &#8230; A page from Linked-in of Edvard Grigoryan From declarations to action \u2014 translating peace into something you can actually feel. This June, I had the honor of being one of 42 youth leaders from 33 countries selected to take part in the 12th Youth Leadership Workshop on GCED in Seoul, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=39755\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UNESCO Korean workshop: Translating Peace into Action<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,22],"tags":[32],"class_list":["post-39755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-east-asia","category-education-for-peace","tag-east-asia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39755"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39758,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39755\/revisions\/39758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}