Campaigns
Established Ministries and Departments of Peace
Nepal
Department name: Nepal Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction
Minister: Hon Ram Chandra Paudel
Website(s): www.peace.gov.np
Solomon Islands
Department name: Ministry of National Unity, Reconciliation and Peace
Minister: Hon. Sam S. Iduri
Website(s): http://www.commerce.gov.sb/Gov/PresentGov.html#unit
Costa Rica
Campaign name: Campaign for a Ministry of Justice and Peace
Contact(s): Rita Marie Johnson (Academy for Peace of Costa Rica)
Website(s): www.academyforpeacecr.org
Founded: 2006
Campaigns for Ministries and Departments of Peace
Below are listed campaigns from around the world that are seeking to bring about the establishment of Ministries and Departments of Peace in their respective countries. If you are interested in starting a new campaign, please contact Binnie Innocenti on the New Campaign Support team.
Australia
Campaign name: Ministry for Peace, Australia
Contact(s): Biannca Pace
Website(s): www.ministryforpeace.org.au
Founded: 2003
Canada
Campaign name: Canadian Department of Peace Initiative (CDPI)
Contact(s): Saul Arbess & Theresa Dunn
Website(s): www.departmentofpeace.ca
Founded: 2003
Democratic Republic of Congo
Contact(s): Jean-Pierre Mfuni Mwanza (Central Africa Conflict Prevention Association)
Website(s): www.cacopa.org
Founded: 2006
Costa Rica
Campaign name: Campaign for a Ministry of Justice and Peace
Contact(s): Rita Marie Johnson (Academy for Peace of Costa Rica)
Website(s): www.academyforpeacecr.org
Founded: 2006
Denmark
Campaign name: Peace Alliance, Denmark
Contact(s): Birger Norup
Website(s): www.peacealliance.dk
Founded: 2007
Ghana
Contact(s): Sammy Jacobs-Abbey (International Centre for Conflict and Human Rights Analysis)
Website(s): www.icchra.org
Founded: 2006
India
Campaign name: Indian Initiative for Department of Peace
Contact(s): Dr. N. Radhakrishnan
Founded: 2006
Israel
Contact(s): Gershon Baskin
Website(s): www.ipcri.org
Founded: 2005
Italy
Campaign name: Ministero per la Pace, Italia
Contact(s): Binnie Innocenti
Website(s): www.ministeroperlapaceitalia.org
Founded: 2006
Japan
Campaign name: Japan United for Ministry of Peace (JUMP)
Contact(s): Yumi Kikuchi
Website(s): www.ministryofpeace.jp
Founded: 2003
Nepal
Campaign name: Asian Study Center for Political & Conflict Transformation (ASPECT)
Contact(s): Manish Thapa
Website(s): www.aspectasia.org
Founded: 2006
New Zealand
Campaign name: Ministry for Peace: Aotearoa – New Zealand
Contact(s): Sophia La Toa
Founded: 2006
Nigeria
Campaign name: Nigeria Alliance for Peace
Contact(s): Oseremen Irene
Website: www.nigeriaallianceforpeace.blogspot.com/
Founded: 2007
Pakistan
Campaign name: Ministry for Peace in Pakistan
Contact(s): Jahangir Piara
Founded: 2007
Palestine
Contact(s): Zoughbi Zoughbi (Wi’am – The Palestinian Conflict Resolution Centre)
Website(s): www.alaslah.org
Founded: 2005
Republic of the Philippines
Contact(s): Kaloy Manlupig and Franklin Quijano
Founded: 2006
Rwanda
Contact(s): Jean de Dieu Basabose (Shalom Center for Africa)
Founded: 2007
Senegal
Contact(s): Amadou Coly Gomis (Operation Understanding)
Founded: 2007
South Africa
Campaign name: South Africa Peace Alliance
Contact(s): Karen Barensche
Founded: 2007
Uganda
Campaign name: Ministry for Peace Uganda Working Alliance; Project of Uganda Peace Foundation Initiative
Contact(s): Peter Lukwiya
Website(s): ministryforpeaceugandaalliance.blogspot.com
Founded: 2006
United Kingdom
Campaign name: Ministry for Peace, United Kingdom
Contact(s): Diana Basterfield
Website(s): www.ministryforpeace.org
Founded: 2003
United States of America
Campaign name: The Peace Alliance
Contact(s): Dot Maver, Mike Abkin & Aaron Voldman
Website(s): www.thepeacealliance.org and www.nationalpeaceacademy.us
Founded: 2005
Exploratory Campaigns
Brasil
Contact(s): Carlos Alberto Emediato
Organisation: Studies of the Future Institute
Cameroon
Contact(s): Kan Cho Ngwafor
Organisation: Cameroon Network for Peace Advocacy
France
Contact(s): Rosette Rozenberg
Iraq
Contact(s): Muhaned Habeeb
Liberia
Contact(s): Timothy Al Paulus
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Romania
Contact(s): Corina Simon
Organisation: PATRIR
Serbia
Contact(s): Alexsandar Djokic
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Sierra Leone
Contact(s): Paul L. Koroma
Organisation: West Africa Network for Peace building in S. Leone
Spain (Catalonia)
Contact(s): Simonetta Costanzo Pittaluga
Organisation: Nova – Center for Social Innovation