Our Mission Development Objectives (Long-Term) To create a culture of peace at the national, regional and international levels, by promoting peace education To serve as a network to bring policymakers, academicians and civil society to adopt the new means and the best practices for the peaceful settlement To assist UNESCO in order to contribute to peace and human development Specific Objectives (Short-Term) To provide peace education programs to women and the youths To offer training and workshops on peace-building skills for women and the youths To establish a research-driven MA program on peace studies and conflict resolution at Istanbul Aydın University To integrate peer mediation practices into elementary and university education through a series of multiple projects To establish a documentation center and a database about conflict resolution and mediation To create an interdisciplinary network of researchers on the culture of peace