On Wednesday 14 August 2019, UNA Exchange will be holding its Annual General Meeting at the Temple of Peace in Cardiff. Beneficiaries and supporters are welcome to join the UNA Exchange Board of Trustees and Director to review the charity’s activity and accounts for the year ending 31 March 2019. […]
News & Views
WCIA and Wales Alliance for Global Learning (WAGL) welcomes new curriculum for Wales
WCIA and the Wales Alliance for Global Learning (WAGL) welcomes new curriculum for Wales The Welsh Government worked with education and childcare professionals, and other experts to develop a new approach to the curriculum for Wales. This resulted in developing guidance which will help funded non-maintained settings and schools […]
Pupils tackled climate change in Mock Conference of Parties
Tensions rose among student delegates as they debated the issue of climate change during MockCOP sessions last week. Pupils aged 14-18 from south and west wales schools, represented countries from all over the world at Mock COP (Conference of Parties) in Cardiff City Hall and Swansea Civic centre. These sessions, […]
Refugee Camps: Urgent Investment Needed
Disclaimer: The blogs on this site are written by our volunteers and guest writers. They do not reflect the views of the WCIA. We hope that sharing a range of views will encourage discussion and debate. Please get in touch if you wish to contribute a blog. Blogs are published […]
WCIA work recognised in UK Report to United Nations on progress towards the SDGs
We are delighted that several of the WCIA programmes are recognized as making a positive contribution towards the Sustainable Development Goals says Susie Ventris- Field WCIA CEO. The Sustainable Development Goals, set after much consultation and based on the experience of the Millennium Goals, set out a vision for the […]
Slavery Still Exists But Can Be Hard to Spot
Disclaimer: The blogs on this site are written by our volunteers and guest writers. They do not reflect the views of the WCIA. We hope that sharing a range of views will encourage discussion and debate. Please get in touch if you wish to contribute a blog. Blogs are published […]
Wales – Africa Community Linking: ‘Communitarian’ Development Cooperation in Action
Republished from September 2014 article on Dev.Cymru, by Craig Owen, now Head of Wales for Peace with WCIA. This opinion piece long predates the Brexit vote, and the establishment of the Welsh Government’s’ International Relations Ministry; but is republished as an important contribution to Wales’ peace heritage on ‘International Solidarity’. […]
Young Peacemakers Awards 2019
Time to celebrate all the young people who have been active in the pursuit of peace in their local or wider community this year. Many have been working towards achieving Peace School status. The young people have inspired so many and we are all very excited by the entries. […]