In recent years, increased immigration, economic uncertainty and the threat of terrorism have heightened inter-religious tensions in urban areas throughout Europe. URI Europe’s Cooperation Circles are uniting to build social cohesion in their communities by holding peacebuilding trainings in Russia, organizing rural development programs in Eastern Bihar, UK, providing interfaith urban conflict resolution trainings in Spain, and disseminating values education programs in Belgium.
May 24, 2013 11:48 AM
Students and other interested participants from a variety of backgrounds joined a workshop on Interreligious Competence in Dresden, Germany hosted by URI Europe.
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May 24, 2013 11:15 AM
URI Global Council Chair Kiran Bali discussed the role of women as peacemakers in an address to the International Association for Religious Freedom.
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May 2, 2013 2:01 PM
URI Europe and the UNESCO Association for Interreligious Dialogue CC (AUDIR) will host a workshop on Interreligious Competence from May 10 to 11 at the Technische Universität Dresden (Dresden University of Technology) in Germany.
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May 2, 2013 1:52 PM
URI Europe and the UNESCO Association for Interreligious Dialogue CC (AUDIR) will host a workshop on Interreligious Competence May 10 to 11 at the Technische Universität Dresden in Germany.
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April 30, 2013 9:35 AM
The URI Europe Cooperation Circle recently launched a new project to provide proverbs on a bi-monthly basis to subscribers throughout Europe.
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April 29, 2013 12:08 PM
Matthew Youde, URI’s Global Young Leaders Program Coordinator, travels to Bosnia to take part in one of the many URI events associated with Global Youth Service Day.
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April 17, 2013 9:18 AM
Two Cooperation Circles based in the Dutch city of The Hague will celebrate their ten-year anniversaries with a series of events beginning Friday, April 26.
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April 3, 2013 8:54 AM
URI Global Council Chair Kiran Bali hosted an interfaith celebration of Holi at the Sita Rama Hindu Temple in the English city of Huddersfield.
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March 19, 2013 4:17 PM
In celebration of International Women’s Day, URI Global Council Chair Kiran Bali hosted an interfaith “Women Against Violence” event in Yorkshire, England.
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March 6, 2013 11:27 AM
On Oct. 6, 2012, URI Europe held a training workshop in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the title “Sarajevo – A European Beacon for Harmony, Hope and Peace.”
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