Deadline 23rd February 2024 Are you passionate about building a more peaceful world? Want to join a team to put into action a project idea that could make a real difference in your community? If so, the Young Peace Ambassadors (YPA) programme is for you! What is the YPA program? […]
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#AnniesDiary100: Retracing the steps of Wales’ 1924 Womens Peace Appeal America Tour, #OnThisDay Feb-March 1924
Over February – March 2024, WCIA with Academi Heddwch will be ‘Tweeting from the 20s’. Through social media (WCIA’s Twitter/ X and Facebook feeds), we will be retracing the steps recounted by ‘Annie’s Diary‘, the little black book kept by Wales’ Women’s Peace Appeal delegation leader Annie Hughes Griffiths, as they embarked on […]
Meeting our Alliance Partners in Hungary
I’m Chris, WCIA’s new volunteering Administrative Officer, and this January, thanks to Taith Wales I spent a week in Hollókő, Hungary, at a training camp by the Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organisations for new placement officers. This was a great opportunity to meet peers in a similar role and […]
Training young people to be Peacemakers
UNESCO have just updated their 1974 recommendation on Education for Peace, Human Rights and Sustainable Development, positioning education as a key driver for peace and international understanding. A good example of building a more peaceful and sustainable world from the grassroots up approach took place in the Temple of Peace […]
Visit of Argentine Ambassador to the Temple of Peace
21 September 2023, we were delighted to welcome HE Javier Figueroa, the Argentine Ambassador to the UK, to the Temple of Peace and Health as part of his visit to Wales. The ambassador was given a tour of the Temple, learning both about the history of the building itself, as […]
COP28 Climate Negotiation Simulation
In the run-up to the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in the United Arab Emirates, over 80 students aged 16-18 from 10 schools in South Wales took part in a COP28 Climate Negotiation Simulation. Organised by the British Council in partnership with WCIA, this event took place at […]
Press release: Departure of chief executive
The Welsh Centre for International Affairs’ Chief Executive, Susie Ventris-Field will leave WCIA in March 2024 to take up the role of CEO at Oasis Cardiff. Since joining the WCIA as a volunteer 12 years ago, Susie became Deputy Chief Executive in 2013, then Chief Executive in 2018. In this […]
Climate change Education Global Perspectives History Human Rights Humanitarian Immigration, Refugees and Asylum International Exchange Peace Heritage Taith Projects Volunteers War and Peace #HumanRights75: Wales marks 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UNDHR) – Resources Page
On 7th December 2023, WCIA were delighted to host over 100 participants at Wales’ Temple of Peace, to mark the 75th ‘platinum anniversary’ of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights – with the generous support of Welsh Government in funding the event. This feature article has been drawn together as […]