Happy New Year from TRANSCEND International
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Peace Studies is marking the transition between the two jubilee years: 2008 and 2009! In 1958, Prof. Johan Galtung has started his academic work in Peace Research and a year later has founded the world's first International Peace Research Institute in Oslo (PRIO). With this occasion, TRANSCEND International congratulates all Peace scholars and practitioners, wishing important achievements for the field of Peace Studies in the upcoming year of 2009!

In 1993, Prof. Galtung has initiated the Peace and Development Network: TRANSCEND. In 2008, commemorating the 50 years of his academic work in Peace Studies, TRANSCEND has launched its publishing house, TRANSCEND University Press (TUP), which publishes high quality books about peace by peaceful means, development by developmental means and environment by environmental means. The first 4 books of the initial series of 14 books have been already released.

Another event celebrating the jubilee, is the launch of the Peace Journalism internet media outlet: TRANSCEND Media Service (TMS) - practicing peace journalism with comments, documentation and solution oriented analysis on current events - with weekly editorials, video interviews and commentaries.

TRANSCEND has 4 pillars: Action, Education/Training, Dissemination and Research. The educational pillar is represented by the TRANSCEND Peace University (TPU). In 2003, following the guideline of interdisciplinary study, TPU started providing online courses on Peace and Development. The growing Faculty has contributed to considerable enrichment of our curriculum, with new courses being added almost each Semester.

In 2009 the focus of TRANSCEND International will also go to the TRANSCEND Research Institute (TRI), making a growing number of valuable papers available to the public.

Very important work for Peace is done by the over 300 members of TRANSCEND all over the world. There are projects like "Positive Peace", "Sabona" (TRANSCEND in schools, families and at work), "Generals for Peace", "Conflict Sensitive Development", "The Arab World", "Middle East", "(North-) East Asia", "The Invisible Continent", "From State Foreign Policies to Global Domestic Policies" and many others.

Our kind invitation goes to you, to contribute in 2009 to the development of Peace Studies and Action. Please join our workshops and public lectures, participate in or recommend TPU online courses to peace practitioners, NGO workers, and not the least to political and government workers, since just as we learn to conduct a vehicle, even more important is to learn to prevent war and build a more peaceful world (See article "An active peace policy to create a new future" by Dietrich Fischer). We will wholeheartedly welcome the reviews of the books published by TUP, your contributions to Peace Journalism on TMS, and most importantly - please share with us and with the world your experience and your knowledge of Peace and Development.

Happy New Year!

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Groups that contribute to the culture of peace,
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Such an inventory is being constructed for the report to the United Nations from civil society for the midterm of the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World.

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