Education and Human Development
UPF's seminars and leadership conferences focus on the urgent need for new vision and leadership based on core values and universal principles of peacebuilding.
UPF and its global network of Ambassadors for Peace bring universal, spiritual principles to the tasks of resolving conflict and reconciling the divided human family. Speakers share insights from their backgrounds in governance, diplomacy, academia, religion and civil society.
Contemporary Russian Artists Meet for Peace
Friday, March 26, 2021
Samara, Russia—UPF co-organized a meeting of culture and arts experts from Russia and the United States.
UN NGO Webinar Discusses Care for Children
Thursday, October 22, 2020
New York, United States—On October 22, 2020, the NGO Committee on the Family hosted a webinar on “Helping Children and Families in All Circumstances” to an audience of UN staff, delegates and NGO representatives to the UN.
UPF-Australia Webinar Focuses on Wellbeing
Saturday, October 17, 2020
Melbourne, Australia—Twenty-five participants attended a webinar UPF-Melbourne hosted on the topic of wellbeing.
Filipino Educators Join ‘Peace Talks’ Webinar on Values Education
Thursday, August 27, 2020
Manila, Philippines—Seventy-three educators joined UPF-Philippines for a “Peace Talks” webinar on values education.
UPF-India ‘Peace Talks’ Program Discusses Management of the COVID-19 Crisis
Sunday, July 12, 2020
New Delhi, India—A “Peace Talks” webinar organized by UPF-India discussed the management of the COVID-19 crisis in the world’s second most populous country.
UPF-Czech Republic Remembers the Thought of Max Weber
Thursday, July 2, 2020
Prague, Czech Republic—The German sociologist and economist saw a close bond between religion and economics.