Youth4Peace

Eighty years after the end of the Second World War in Europe, Berlin became a meeting place for 80 young adults from 26 countries from 3 to 10 May 2025. Many of them have had their own experiences with war, discrimination or political oppression. Nine international youth work organisations had invited them – together they formed the international ‘Youth4Peace’ conference.

In workshops and discussions – including with contemporary witnesses from countries such as Ukraine and Israel – the participants developed their own projects to be implemented later in their countries of origin. Highlights of the meeting included participation in the official commemoration ceremony on 8 May 2025 in the German Bundestag and discussions with Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Federal Youth Minister Karin Prien. The participants presented them with their ‘Agenda for Peace’.

Youth4Peace was backed by:

• ConAct – Coordination Center for German-Israeli Youth Exchange
• German Federal Youth Council (DBJR)
• Franco-German Youth Office (DFJW)
• German-Greek Youth Office (DGJW)
• German-Polish Youth Office (DPJW)
• IJAB – International Youth Service of the Federal Republic of Germany
• JUGEND für Europa – National Agency for Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps
• Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO)
• Tandem – Czech-German Youth Exchange Coordination Centre