General Information
Project Title: Creative Agents of Peace: Empowering Youth for Social Change through Art and the YPS Agenda – Phase II
Duration: 21 months
Implementation Period: April 1, 2026 – December 31, 2027
Supported by: ifa – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen / German Federal Foreign Office, zivik funding programme
Status: Ongoing
Project Objectives
The project aims to empower young artists and civic leaders from Serbia and Kosovo through art and creative collaboration as a common language that bridges ethnic and cultural divides.
Building on the pilot phase, the project expands its regional reach by:
- Fostering interethnic cooperation and dialogue among youth through joint artistic creation.
- Building long-term regional networks of artists, activists, and civic leaders committed to peacebuilding.
- Strengthening the capacities of young women and men for visible participation in cultural and peace spaces.
- Advancing the Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) Agenda through art and culture.
- Contributing to regional reconciliation and democratic participation through creative civic action.
Expected Results
- Young artists and civic activists develop new capacities to use art as a tool for dialogue, inclusion, and peacebuilding within their communities.
- A regional Creative Peace Collective (CPC) platform is established, functioning as a shared space for coordination, peer learning, and joint planning of artistic and civic initiatives.
- A series of joint artistic initiatives and workshops are implemented, enabling young people from to co-create, exchange experiences, and build mutual trust.
- Annual Forums on Advancing the YPS Agenda through Art and Culture contribute to a deeper understanding of the role of culture in peacebuilding and increase the influence of youth on regional policy processes.
- KONAK artistic residencies enable intensive intercultural collaboration and co-creation through direct contact between artists from different communities.
- Publications, including the guide for art initiatives, the shared words dictionary, the poetry collection, and the documentary film permanently document the process and extend the project’s impact.
- Increased visibility of the project in regional media and on social networks amplifies affirmative narratives about youth cooperation to a wider public.
