PEACEapp

As part of UNAOC’s Media and Information Literacy initiatives, UNAOC has been developing a series of projects aiming at the use of ICT, gamified apps, and videogaming platforms as strategic ways of building peaceful understanding among individuals from different cultural and religious backgrounds.

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PEACEapp in Tunis, Tunisia – January 28 to February 4, 2018

UNAOC in partnership with Association ADO+ and the support of the Centre National de l’information pour l’Enfant (CNIFE), IOM, UNHCR, Red Crescent Tunisia, among other organizations, organized a three-day long PEACEapp workshop in Tunis, Tunisia. Learn more about PEACEapp Tunis and watch a short video here.

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PEACEapp in Tangiers, Morocco – October 2 to 7, 2017

In the framework of contributing to the prevention of violent extremism and sensitization of public opinion to counter prejudices and stereotypes, which seek to spread hatred and racism, United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) organized PEACEapp Tangiers.

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PEACEapp in Algeciras, Spain – January 16 to 20, 2017

A week long PEACEapp workshop took place in Algeciras, Spain, where un-documented youth, young refugees, and youth from the host city of Algeciras worked together creating digital games on relevant social issues to their lives as a platform for encouraging and facilitating intercultural dialogue.

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PEACEapp in partnership with Nairobi Play Project – August 2 to 27, 2016

In partnership with the Nairobi Play Project and with UNHCR’s collaboration, UNAOC is supporting a series of ict development workshops aiming at providing urban refugees (originally from Eritrea and Ethiopia) and local Kenyan youth with peace building skills and technical abilities while building opportunities for intercultural dialogue and better understanding between both communities.

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PEACEapp (2014-15) in partnership with UNDP

PEACEapp is a global competition organized by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and the United Nations Development Program in collaboration with Build Up to promote digital games and gamified apps as venues for cultural dialogue and conflict management. Additional partners of PEACEapp include GamesForChange and the Institute for Economics and Peace.

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createUNAOC (2012-13)

Developed in partnership with MIT Education Arcade, createUNAOC aimed to create new spaces for intercultural dialogue through technology.

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