Founded: 1. December 1991
Organizational Form: Officially recognized non-profit, non-governmental organization
Orientation: Ideologically, politically, and religiously independent
Patronage: The eighteen Nobel Peace Prize Laureates: Oscar Arias, Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo, Norman Borlaug, Mairead Corrigan-Maguire, The XIV. Dalai Lama, Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Mikhail Gorbachev, Frederik De Klerk, Nelson Mandela, Rigoberta Menchu Tum, Shimon Peres, José Ramos-Horta, Joseph Rotblat, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Elie Wiesel, Betty Williams, Jody Williams, International Peace Bureau Geneva
Founder & Honorary Chairman: Uwe Morawetz
Board of Directors: Michaela Münch (Chairwoman), Prinz Alfred von Liechtenstein (Chairman), Marie-Luise Schwarz-Schilling, Kurt Eicher (Treasurer), Jürgen Berger
Members of Committee: Gerda Bindoni (Chairwoman), Nils Cornelissen, Slobodan Dan Paich, Klaus Stefan Otto (Chairman), Alexander Pregizer, Patrick Tim Rudolph, Alexandra Schwarz-Schilling
Purpose and Goals:
Activities to Date: We have offered more than 600 courses and events, with a total of 250 speakers in the fields of education and academics, culture, art, creativity, medicine and health, personal and spiritual development, environment and ecology, science and future studies, politics, religion, social questions, and the economy.
Current Course Themes: Education towards Tolerance, Peace Journalism, Basis for Inner and Outer Peace, Interfaith Dialogue, Evolution of Consciousness, Cultures of Collaboration, Vision of Europe - Strategies for Change, Perspectives of Work
Registered Seat of Organization: Potsdam
International Headquarters: Berlin
Branches: Assisi, Italy; Brussels, Belgium; Budapest, Hungary; Prague, Czech Republic; Vienna, Austria; Zurich, Switzerland; Oakland, U.S.A.
Study Groups: Berlin, Bavaria, Hessen, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westpalia, Rhineland Palatinate, Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringen
Membership: 850 people from 45 countries
Financing: Membership fees and tax-deductible donations from private individuals and businesses, as well as grants from foundations and the European Commission
An Invitation for Peace: The forum of the International Peace University can develop and thrive only through the wide support and joint effort of many people. Regardless of age, background, or formal education, everyone is invited to help us realize the challenging goals that we have before us. We would be excited to have your input, be it as a participant in one of our courses, as a volunteer in one of our teams, as a contributor to an IPU study group, as a financial supporter, or as an engaged sponsor patronizing a specific project.
We look forward to meeting you and sharing ideas:
Phone Berlin (+49-30) 782-3077, Fax 782-3085, E-mail: info@friedensuniversitaet.net