Through November 2018, the Welsh Centre for International Affairs organised an ambitious programme of events to mark the 80th Anniversary of the opening of Wales’ Temple of Peace on Nov 23rd 1938, as well as #WW100 – the centenary of the Armistice of 11th Nov 1918, and beginning of the […]
WCIA has changed to a charitable incorporated organisation
The trustees of the Welsh Centre for International Affairs (the WCIA) have decided that converting the charity’s status from a charitable trust to a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO) best serves the charity’s interests. As a result, in May 2014, the assets, business and affairs of the original WCIA charity (registered […]
Wales’ WW1 Belgian Refugees’ Story shared in Brussels
Written on 14-09-2019 by Craig Owen In WW1, Wales took in over 4,500 Belgian Refugees fleeing the front in Flanders. 100 years later, WCIA Peace Programme Manager Craig Owen shared this story with researchers in Brussels at the ‘Belgian Refugees Symposium’ – but with a particular focus on exploring successive […]
The WCIA pays tribute to former Chair Gareth Price
Former Chair of the WCIA, Gareth Price, has died aged 78. Gareth was Chair of the WCIA from 2008-2012 and, prior to that, a trustee for many years. Current Vice-Chair of the WCIA, Daniel Davies, said: “Gareth was a tremendous Chair of the WCIA. He steered the organisation through a […]
Obituary: Dr Tom Parry Jones OBE (1935-2013)
Dr Jones came to Cardiff in 1964 to lecture in chemistry at the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology (UWIST). He soon became involved in the activities of the Welsh National Council of the United Nations Association (UNA), becoming a member of its National Executive Committee and helping […]