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Training Seminar on “Integrating Education for the Culture of Peace into School Curricula” and the official opening of the CRECP

Training Seminar on "Integrating Education for the Culture of Peace into School Curricula" and the official opening of the CRECP Seminar for the training of trainers on: "Integrating Education for Culture of Peace into scholarly programs" and the official opening of the ISESCO Regional Center for Culture Culture Education (CRECP) April 13-16, 2015 at the... Continue reading

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the culture of peace and launching the activities of the Network of Foundations and Institutions for the Promotion of a Culture of Peace in Africa

"Peace in the minds of men and women" Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the birth of the Culture of Peace Concept Launch of activities of the Network of Foundations and Research Institutions for the Promotion of a Culture of Peace in Africa Yamoussoukro, September 21-24, 2014 Photos

Round table organized by ISESCO on “Education for the Culture of Peace”

The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) held from April 8-10,  2014 at the headquarters of the Houphouët-Boigny Foundation for Peace (Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire) a round table on In the context of preparations for the launch of the ISESCO Regional Center for Education in a Culture of Peace. The purpose of the round table... Continue reading

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The founder of modern Côte d'Ivoire

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"Peace is not a word, it is behavior."

"Peace, which constantly needs exhortations, is a continuous acquisition, usually silent."

"The hungry man is not a free man."

"The sanctity of work also ennobles the one who carries the burdens or drives heavy machines, like the one who, in the silence of laboratories or offices, gives his task the best of his thought and care."

"It is easier to make war than to make peace."

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"Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be raised."

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