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Fourteen years after the outbreak of the popular uprising, Syria remains engulfed in a deep political, social, and humanitarian crisis. Yet, amidst the ruins of the conflict, a resilient civil society continues to nurture the desire for change. This was the central theme at the session “Syria, 14 Years Later: Resistance, Hope and Perspectives for Peace“, organized by the ICIP. It featured Syrian activist and historian Nour Salameh and journalist Oriol Andrés Gallart, moderated by professor and Arab world expert Lurdes Vidal.

The event, held on April 8 at the Hub Social in Barcelona, offered a reflection on the country’s current situation following the fall of the Assad regime last December and the massacres committed last March.

A Civil Society That Endures, Despite Everything

Despite years of repression, war, and exile, Salameh argued that Syrian civil society has never stopped fighting and has not only survived but has also transformed and diversified, primarily through the diaspora. “What remains of this civil society—of those who have fought for fourteen years against dictatorship and justice—is a lot, and it has even multiplied,” she stated. According to Salameh, various initiatives have emerged to preserve the memory of the victims, support the families of the disappeared, and promote women’s empowerment.

While material reconstruction is one of the country’s significant challenges today, so is the rebuilding of its social fabric. “The main challenge for civil society today is to create spaces for dialogue among the different factions in the country,” she noted. This task is made difficult by territorial and social divisions, the result of decades of sectarian policies and the open wounds of the conflict.

Both Salameh and Andrés agreed on the diagnosis of a fragmented country. Cities like Homs are telling examples: entire neighborhoods destroyed by the regime’s repression, while others aligned with the regime remain untouched. There are also tensions between Syrians who fled the country and those who stayed behind.

Justice, Memory, and the Fight Against Impunity

According to the speakers, achieving justice for victims remains a pending issue in Syria. The existence of organizations that document disappearances and denounce war crimes reflects a strong commitment to memory, but also exposes the limits of this struggle. Andrés highlighted how widespread victimization and the lack of a shared narrative make reconciliation difficult. “There is a competition to see who is more of a victim,” he warned.

Despite official declarations, little progress has been made in investigating crimes committed by the Assad regime, and individuals implicated in serious human rights violations have even been appointed to public positions. Without a true transitional justice process, breaking the cycle of impunity is extremely difficult.

The event concluded with a shared message of confidence in Syrian civil society: “The people will not allow another authoritarian regime and will continue to fight as they have for the past 14 years,” Salameh and Andrés agreed. And a final note of hope: “Despite everything, there is a civil society, there are capable and motivated people working to build a new Syria. We must support them and trust in their efforts,” Vidal emphasized.

The event also featured a reading—both in Arabic and Catalan—of the poem “I Shall Not Cry” by Palestinian poet Fadwa Tuqan, performed by Noor Ogly and FundiPau president Carme Suñé. The poem served as a symbolic bridge between the experiences of the Syrian and Palestinian peoples, connecting two realities shaped by struggle and resilience.

Watch the recording of the event below (in Catalan).

This spring, the Catalan Forum for Peace will be reactivated with two key objectives: to design a public policy for peace in Catalonia and to strengthen the peace movement.

The first major step in this direction will be the elaboration of the Country of Peace Master Plan, a strategic framework that should provide a greater coherence, visibility and impact to the actions of the Government and to municipal and supramunicipal entities in terms of peace promotion, both locally and globally.

To meet this challenge, a citizen participation process will be launched, with three channels of participation aimed at all citizens: deliberative sessions and self-managed sessions on the central themes of the Forum (which will take place throughout Catalonia), and online participation through the Government of Catalonia’s Participa website. The participatory process will begin in April and conclude in June.

Modification of the Law for the Promotion of Peace

As a prelude to the beginning of the participatory process of the Catalan Forum for Peace, on Wednesday 12 March, the Catalan Parliament approved the modification of the Law for the Promotion of Peace so that it includes the obligation for each government to elaborate a Master Plan for Peace. The reform, promoted by the working group of the Catalan Forum for Peace, was approved with 106 votes in favor, from the parliamentary groups of PSC, Junts, ERC, Comuns and CUP, and 27 against, from the Popular Party, Vox and Aliança Catalana.

The new law establishes that, every four years, the Government will have to present a master plan called Country of Peace, a strategic framework to ensure greater coherence, visibility and impact in the actions of the Government, the municipal and supramunicipal entities and other public entities in the promotion of peace. This master plan, which must be approved by Parliament, must be drawn up following a previous process of analysis, information, consultation and participation, and must anticipate the resources and establish the priorities to be respected and specified in the annual peace plans.

Intervening in the debate were the MPs Sílvia Orriols (AC) and Alberto Tarradas (Vox), who defended their respective groups’ procedural motions to halt consideration of the bill, as well as Francesc de Dalmases (Junts), Ruben Wagensberg (ERC), Hugo Manchón (PPC), Susanna Segovia (Comuns), Laura Fernández Vega (CUP-DT) and Neus Comes (PSC-Units).

Representatives of ICIP, the Catalan Agency for Development Cooperation, Lafede.cat and peace movement organizations, such as FundiPau and Novact, followed the debate from the chamber.

The Director of the Unit for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement in Colombia, Gloria Cuartas, has visited Catalonia at the invitation of the Catalan Development Cooperation Fund to participate in the first edition of La Nit del Fons, the annual meeting of public and private cooperation stakeholders in Catalonia.

During her stay, Cuartas held meetings with various institutional representatives and participated in an analysis session at the ICIP office entitled “Implementing peace in Colombia: Challenges and perspectives.” The meeting, which was attended by Catalan civil society organizations, addressed the current challenges facing the peace process in Colombia.

Former mayor of Apartadó and promoter of total peace

Gloria Cuartas is a key figure in peacebuilding and the defense of human rights in Colombia.  She was mayor of the town of Apartadó (1995-1997) during a period of great violence when the region was the scene of confrontations between armed groups. During her mandate, she promoted initiatives for dialogue and protection of the civilian population and promoted coexistence and reconciliation in a context marked by conflict. Her commitment to human rights earned her recognition as well as threats and personal challenges.

Currently, as director of the Unit for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement, she is leading efforts to oversee the effective application of the agreement signed in 2016 between the Colombian government and the FARC-EP. Her work focuses on strengthening transitional justice mechanisms, the reincorporation of former combatants and the implementation of rural development policies in the regions most affected by the conflict.  Furthermore, it promotes community participation in the construction of a stable and lasting peace while ensuring that the commitments of the agreement translate into real and sustainable changes for Colombian society.

Institutional meetings and analysis session at ICIP

During her visit to Catalonia, Cuartas held an analysis session at the ICIP office in which she went over her personal and political career and analyzed the current situation in Colombia, which she described as “complicated.” “Total peace is going through a deep crisis,” she said. She also expressed her gratitude to the numerous Catalan institutions, including ICIP, which have been “weaving peace in my country” for years.

Before the session, Cuartas held several institutional meetings accompanied by, among others, ICIP director Kristian Herbolzheimer. On Monday 10 March, she met with the president of the Parliament of Catalonia, Josep Rull, and with representatives of the European Union and External Action Committee, with whom she discussed the efforts of Gustavo Petro’s government to achieve total peace. The following day, Tuesday 11 March, she held a meeting with the Minister of the European Union and External Action of the Government of Catalonia, Jaume Duch, to evaluate the projects financed by the Catalan Agency for Development Cooperation in Colombia. Cuartas’ visit to Catalonia ended on Wednesday 12 March with her participation in La Nit del Fons, where she was the keynote speaker.

The Latin American Network of Women, Peace, and Security (LAMPS Network) held its third meeting in Bogotá, Colombia, from February 25 to 27, 2025. The gathering brought together 45 women from eight countries—Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Spain, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, and Venezuela—and representatives from Latin American diasporas. All participants actively engage in peacebuilding and human rights advocacy from a feminist and territorial perspective. A delegation from ICIP, a founding member of the LAMPS Network since 2020, also participated in the event.

The LAMPS Network seeks to foster critical knowledge, collective action, and innovation on the Women, Peace, and Security agenda in Latin America from a feminist perspective. Care and dialogue, essential tools for advancing peace and democracy in the region, are central to its mission.

Beyond strengthening the Network’s collective identity, political agenda, and advocacy efforts, the meeting served as a platform to exchange reflections, experiences, and proposals on feminist approaches to dialogue. It also laid the groundwork for a forthcoming report on implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1325 in Latin America, marking its 25th anniversary.

Through initiatives like this, the LAMPS Network aims to connect regional and global efforts, shape public policy, and amplify women’s voices in decision-making spaces.

On Friday, January 31, the Parliament of Catalonia’s auditorium hosted the III Peace Conference, an initiative led by the chamber’s board and co-organized by the Consell Català de Foment de la Pau (Catalan Council for the Promotion of Peace), Lafede.cat, and ICIP.

Under the theme African Perspectives on Peace: Policies and Practices, the conference gathered over 200 participants, including representatives from peace organizations, institutions, and the African diaspora.

The event sought to highlight African-led peacebuilding efforts against the backdrop of Africa’s complex history—marked by armed conflicts and enduring colonial legacies—and contribute to the development of the Pla País de Pau (Peace Country Plan), a policy initiative set to shape Catalonia’s public peace strategy.

Centering African Voices in Public Policy

With the Pla País de Pau in focus, the conference underscored the urgency of engaging African voices—both on the continent and within the diaspora—in shaping Catalonia’s approach to peace and conflict resolution.

During the opening session, activist and ICIP Governing Board member Remei Sipi stressed the importance of inclusive peace processes, stating that “peace cannot be sustainable unless it includes all voices, especially the silenced ones.” Similarly, Arés Perceval, co-president of Lafede.cat, advocated for the active participation of the diaspora in public policy and emphasized the need for explicitly anti-racist peace policies.

Decolonization and the Fight Against Racism

A key theme of the III Peace Conference was the legacy of colonialism in Africa and the international community’s responsibility for the continent’s ongoing conflicts.

In the opening session, Florence N. Mpaayei, a member of the United Nations Ad Hoc Team of Senior Advisers on Mediation, Gender, and Inclusion, emphasized that achieving lasting peace in Africa requires collaboration between both internal and external actors. She highlighted how “the dynamics of conflict and peace in Africa are intertwined with historical colonialism and the many complex facets of imperialism in post-colonial Africa.” However, Mpaayei also underscored the resilience and agency of African societies, citing innovative peacebuilding, mediation, and reconciliation initiatives in South Africa, Rwanda, Kenya, and Nigeria. She particularly emphasized the crucial role of civil society—especially women and young people—in driving transformation.

The first roundtable of the day centred on the exploitation of Africa’s natural resources and the continent’s structural dependence on international actors, highlighting the urgent need for equitable and self-sustaining development. The panel featured Sani Ladan, a geopolitical analyst specializing in international relations and migration; Bombo Ndir, a human rights activist; and Jean-Bosco Botsho, president of the African and Catalan Cooperation Association (AFRICAT).

Sani Ladan stressed the urgent need to “decolonize international relations” and sharply criticized current cooperation policies, arguing that “Africa is an actor with its own voice, but it is not being heard. International development cooperation has become an instrument of blackmail that fosters dependency.” He emphasized the necessity of “establishing equal partnerships with Africa” and truly listening to African voices.

Echoing this call for inclusivity, activist Bombo Ndir underscored that “building peace requires the representation of all voices,” emphasising the importance of ensuring that women have a seat at decision-making tables.

Both Ladan and Ndir warned about the pervasive nature of systemic racism, both social and institutional, as well as the rise of hate speech. “Racism fractures coexistence and undermines peace,” Ndir stated.

Throughout the conference, several speakers paid tribute to Bakari Diba, a young homeless Senegalese man who died in Barcelona’s Ciutadella Park, just steps from the Parliament. His case, denounced by the Black African and Afro-descendant Community in Catalonia, was cited as a stark example of the institutional violence faced by migrants.

Jean-Bosco Botsho, president of the AFRICAT association, stressed the urgent need to prioritize conflict prevention, emphasizing that sustainable peace requires addressing the root causes of injustice and inequality.

Parliamentary Group Interventions

The second panel focused on Catalonia-Africa relations and featured representatives from five political groups: Neus Comes (PSC), Ennatu Domingo (Junts), Adrià Guevara (ERC Secretary of International Relations), Viviane Ogou (Comuns), and Pat Sillah (CUP).

All speakers emphasized the importance of integrating African voices into the future Pla País de Pau, advocating for a relationship between Catalonia and Africa based on equality and mutual respect. They also stressed the need for local actors to play a central role in shaping policies and fostering meaningful cooperation.

The President of the Parliament, Josep Rull, concluded the III Peace Conference by reaffirming Catalonia’s longstanding commitment to peace and its role as a welcoming society. In a global context increasingly shaped by hate speech and misinformation, Rull emphasized that “defending peace is an act of collective strength that gives meaning to humanity.”

Photographs: Parliament of Catalonia

For over fifty years, Angela Davis has been at the forefront of feminist movements and collective movements for prison abolition, as well as the struggle against state violence and oppression.

Abolició. Polítiques, pràctiques, promeses (Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises) is the result of decades of thinking in action with the aim of contributing to the debate on security and prisons. This publication addresses the history of prison abolitionist thought and practice in the United States and around the world, the unique contributions of women to these struggles, and stories and lessons of organizing within and beyond prison walls.

The book encapsulates the career of one of the most important figures of the abolitionist movement.  It is essential reading for anyone who imagines a world without prisons.

Translated by Lola Fígols Fornell and illustrated by MilVietnams, this volume brings together the most significant texts of the activist and thinker, and offers a deep and incisive reflection on the history and future of abolitionism.

A key book to understand contemporary abolitionism

In Abolition, Angela Davis explores the history of abolitionist thought and practice, highlights the pivotal role of women in these struggles, and offers lessons on collective organizing.  Her writings address diverse issues with an intersectional vision that combines gender, class and race to analyze the repressive structures that prevent us from imagining socialist and just futures.

The call for abolitionism: Davis proposes imagining new ways of guaranteeing public health and safety.  She argues that police brutality, migrant detention and prison control require abolitionist strategies to build a more livable future.

Slavery and prison: The author analyzes the continuity between slavery and the modern prison system, focusing on the prison system in the United States and how it perpetuates racist and capitalist structures.

Racialization of crime: Davis examines how the criminalization of Black communities has historically been used to justify mass imprisonment, regardless of the guilt or innocence of the individuals involved.

The intersectional perspective: Imprisonment is not only a racial or economic issue, but also a gender issue.  Davis addresses institutionalized violence against women prisoners, from medical neglect to sexual abuse, and analyzes how Black women suffer disproportionately in this system.

The prison-industrial complex: The book explores how the US penal system acts as a profit-making industry, perpetuating structural inequalities and consolidating social control.

About the author

Angela Yvonne Davis (Birmingham, Alabama, 1944) is Professor Emerita of History of Consciousness and Feminist Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz (USA).  An activist, writer and scholar, her work focuses on prisons, policing and the intersections between race, gender and class.  With over fifty years of activism, Angela Davis has been a key figure in the movements against state violence, racism and gender oppression.  She is the author of many books, including Are Prisons Obsolete? (2020), and Women, Race and Class (2022).

Co-published by ICIP and Tigre de Paper

Abolition is the result of the collaboration between ICIP and Tigre de Paper, with the aim of disseminating the culture of peace among Catalan society.  This book expands the catalogue of ICIP’s publications, which deal with issues related to the culture of peace and nonviolence.  Specifically, the book is part of ICIP’s “Security alternatives” program from which the Institute addresses the analysis of punitivism and the culture of punishment, with the aim of exploring security models that allow for the management and transformation of violence in a more humane, just and effective way.

Barcelona will host the 2025 edition of the Build Peace Conference, a global conference series and community of practice that brings together practitioners, activists, academics, policymakers, artists and technologists worldwide. The conference is an initiative of Build Up, a global non-profit that implements programs, conducts research, develops technical solutions to engage with conflict and build societies where everyone can thrive.

ICIP will co-organize the 2025 edition, marking its role as the leading partner. The conference will be held from November 21 to 23, 2025, at La CIBA, a vibrant resource space in Santa Coloma de Gramenet dedicated to women, innovation, and the feminist economy.

The goal is to share experiences and advance knowledge on emergent challenges to peace in the digital age and peacebuilding innovations that address these challenges. Under this umbrella, Build Peace focuses on one central theme linked to the conference’s location each year.

ICIP’s involvement in the Build Peace series is well-established. It actively participated in the last three editions, held in Germany (2022), Kenya (2023), and the Philippines (2024). The successful bid to bring the conference to Catalonia in 2025 was announced at the closing session of Build Peace 2024, held on the outskirts of Manila. This underlines Catalonia’s growing role as a peace-oriented dialogue and innovation hub.

Announcement of the celebration of Build Peace 2025 in Barcelona:

ICIP participation in Build Peace 2024

Build Peace 2024 was held from 14-16 November with the theme “Pushing Frontiers, From the Ground Up.” On this occasion, Build Up was co-organized by the Council for Climate and Conflict Action, and the conference focused on experiences of dialogue and meditation, as well as on conflicts arising from climate change and local and international initiatives to address them.

ICIP actively participated in the conference with two proposals: a presentation on the experiences of mediation in the conflict in the autonomous region of Mindanao, Philippines, by ICIP director Kristian Herbolzheimer, and a working session on the experience of dialogue through the Agora Project, by Pablo Aguiar, head of ICIP’s “Social and Political Dialogue” area.

Over three days, the conference provided an opportunity to reflect on the relationship between technology and conflict, focusing, for example, on the development of artificial intelligence and the challenges it poses or on the impact of digital media, specifically social networks, on traditional peace processes and spaces for dialogue and mediation. The various working sessions highlighted that peace is built with and from local communities and that digital tools (online) complement networking and interpersonal work (offline).

ICIP actively supported the celebration of the World Congress on Enforced Disappearances, which took place in Geneva (Switzerland) from 15 to 16 January. The Convention against Enforced Disappearances Initiative (CEDI) and the United Nations organised this event. An ICIP delegation actively participated in the event, which brought together civil society organisations, including family associations, states, international agencies, and experts, to agree on a common strategy and action plan to promote the ratification and implementation of the Convention against Enforced Disappearances and facilitate intergovernmental dialogue.

The Congress received the support of ICIP and many international institutions, which promoted a vision of peace in the fight against disappearances. ICIP’s analysis is based on the institute’s “Enforced Disappearances” program, which aims to delve deeper into conceptualising the link between the struggle against enforced disappearances and peacebuilding.

Specifically, ICIP’s work in this area focuses on the accompaniment and support provided to groups of relatives of disappeared persons; this implies incorporating a gender perspective since, in most cases, these groups are headed by women who lead the research efforts.

At the Congress’s opening ceremony, ICIP director Kristian Herbolzheimer noted that “people who search for missing relatives, with their demand for truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-repetition, are also promoters and guarantors of peace and democracy.” He added that ICIP is committed to “continuing to accompany searchers, especially women, and to disseminate their recognition as peacebuilders.“

ICIP also participated in the Congress’s closing session. In this case, the head of Strategic Alliances, Sílvia Plana, highlighted the need to “build networks and connection spaces between groups of searchers” and stressed the need to “mobilise states and civil society” to strengthen the fight against enforced disappearances and adopt a gender perspective. “We have much to learn from women searchers,” she said.

The voice of women searching for missing persons was also heard at the Congress, at the roundtable “The impact of enforced disappearances on women,” organised by ICIP and moderated by technician Sabina Puig. The session featured women from Syria, Gambia, the Philippines, Mexico and Peru who, from their own different experiences, highlighted the impunity that prevails regarding the crime of enforced disappearance and the painful process of demanding justice and obtaining the truth.

Related publications

ICIP’s work in accompanying women searchers began at the International Meeting of Relatives of Disappeared Persons, which took place in Barcelona in November 2023 and brought together some twenty women who are victims or direct relatives of disappeared persons.

The experiences of that first meeting have been compiled in the ICIP Report Conversations with Women Searchers: The Struggle against Enforced Disappearances and Peacebuilding by Baketik researcher Maider Maraña (in Spanish).

ICIP’s analysis of the link between the struggle against disappearances and peacebuilding was featured in the concept note Contributions of women searchers to peacebuilding by Sílvia Plana and Sabina Puig, presented at the Geneva Congress.

The ICIP has announced the call for nominations for the ICIP Peace in Progress Award 2025, which aims to publicly recognize individuals, entities or institutions that, outstandingly and extensively, have worked and contributed to promoting and building peace.

It is the fourteenth edition of the Award, corresponding to 2025, and the call will be open until April 14, 2025. The applications can be registered electronically, through this site (in Spanish), or they can be registered in person at any administrative register of the Spanish state and an embassy or consulate outside Spain.

The ICIP Peace in Progress Award consists of public recognition, a sculpture created by the Nobel Peace Prize winner, artist and activist Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, called Porta del Sol, and 6,000 euros. The award ceremony occurs annually in an institutional ceremony at the Parliament of Catalonia.

Any natural or legal person can submit nominations to the ICIP Peace in Progress Award, but self-nominated candidates will not be accepted.

If you submit from abroad, please check with the ICIP (convocatories@icip.cat) before registration deadlines. Nomination of candidates by e-mail will not be accepted.

Previous granted

In previous editions, the Award was granted to the activist and researcher Vicenç Fisas (2024), two associations from Bosnia and Herzegovina: Women Victims of War and Forgotten Children of War (2023), the Basque Country’s associative network in favour of peace (2022), the activist from Congo, Julienne Lusenge (2020), the Coalition of Families of the Disappeared in Algeria (2019), the Mexican organization Cauce Ciudadano (2018), the activist Arcadi Oliveres (2017), Peace Brigades International (2016), the Capuchin friar Joan Botam (2015), WILPF (2014), the ex-general Jovan Divjak (2013), Madres de Soacha (2012), and the struggle of conscientious objectors (people who refuse to do military service or any substitute social work) represented by Pepe Beúnza (2011).

In the same year, 2011, in a special edition of the Award, the Parliament of Catalonia was honoured for representing the continuity and legacy of the institutions “Pau i Treva” and “Consolat de Mar.”

The annual meeting of the Platform for Peacebuilding in Mexico took place in the Sierra Norte of Oaxaca, Mexico, from 6-10 November 2024. This association brings together some thirty Mexican and international organizations working for peacebuilding in Mexico. ICIP has been a member of the Platform since its inception, and its participation is included in the thematic work area “Violence in non-war settings,” and, more specifically, in the work on Mexico initiated in 2018.

The Platform is a space for the exchange of knowledge and experiences in order to formulate a shared diagnosis of the serious and complex situation of violence in the country and to propose possible responses from a peacebuilding perspective. In fact, the analysis session was the most important point on the meeting’s agenda. Local perspectives (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Mexico City and Chihuahua) converged with national, Latin American, European and global perspectives. There was also a bilateral analysis (US-Mexico), coinciding precisely with the week in which Donald Trump won the US elections.

Based on the context analyses and a profound strategic reflection on the capacities and opportunities for peace in Mexico, the Platform has defined its internal work plan for 2025. The meeting also provided an opportunity to strengthen the links between the participating peace organizations, which often have to face – sometimes firsthand – the onslaught of criminal violence, delegitimization by local and federal authorities, and international neglect.  After all, Mexico is a democracy, is ranked twelfth among world economies, and is not formally at war.

An important feature of this year’s meeting is that it was programmed to coincide with a gathering of young activists from across the country, thus fostering an intergenerational dialogue that not only allowed the group of young people to become familiar with the solid historical track record of Mexican peace initiatives, but also enriched the Platform’s discussions with perspectives that have not been addressed in great depth until now. The concerns the young people brought to the table include issues related to domestic violence, sexual and reproductive rights, limited future prospects, and mental health.

While acknowledging the legacy of their ancestors and the valuable work of elder members in their respective communities, the group of young people also pointed to the fact that they often feel that, both in their immediate surroundings as well as in social movements, dynamics are still too adult-centered and their perspectives, concerns and methods are often not taken into account. Dialogues such as the one that took place these days in Sierra Norte have made it possible to advance towards a more comprehensive vision of peace and to build bridges between various generations of peace activists who do not always coincide in spaces of reflection and action.

During the gathering, participants demanded justice for Father Marcelo, a human rights activist and peacebuilder who was murdered on 20 October in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas. They also demanded that the Ayuuk indigenous human rights defender Sandra Domínguez Martínez, from Oaxaca, and missing since 4 October after receiving numerous threats because of her activism, be found alive.

The ICIP Governing Board has renewed the institution’s Strategic Plan for the next four years. This document sets the objectives and challenges for the future of the institution’s lines of action, our vision for peace and the work method that distinguishes ICIP.

The document “ICIP, a pivotal institution: Strategic Plan 2024-2028 ” is based on the premise that ICIP is a unique entity, a pivot between the institutional and social realms, and between the local and global spheres. An institution that supports the ensemble of social, institutional, academic and cultural actors working to build more just and less violent societies in Catalonia and in the world at large; that works to ensure that Catalonia develops the capabilities needed to tackle the multiple crises of global peace and security that we face; and that strives to become a leader in public policies and initiatives to promote peace.

The Strategic Plan defines the ICIP Method, in other words, the purposes that characterize the various actions carried out by ICIP, whether in the field of Research, Outreach or Action:

The document also sets out ICIP’s strategic core areas and the objectives of each of them (Organizational culture; Institutional structure; Innovative action; Peacebuilding ecosystem; Communication and outreach), and establishes our Horizon for 2028, in other words, our key goals for the next four years. Among them, it sets the objective of contributing to making Catalonia a world hub for the promotion of peace, integrating ICIP into a House of Peace, and promoting an Observatory for the Promotion of Peace. In order to achieve these goals, ICIP intends to consolidate its team by increasing its staff and diversifying revenue streams.