PEACE - ONE OF THE ROTARY FOUNDATION'S SIX AREAS OF FOCUS, AND ROTARY PEACE CENTERS

Promoting peace is one of Rotary's Six Areas of Focus, and the Rotary Peace Centers are an important part of that work. 

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• Click here for a Program Guide for Rotarians and those interested in applying. 

Each year, Rotary awards up to 130 fully funded fellowships for dedicated leaders from around the world to study at one of our peace centers. Through academic training, practice, and global networking opportunities, the Rotary Peace Centers program develops the capacity of peace and development professionals or practitioners to become experienced and effective catalysts for peace. The fellowships cover tuition and fees, room and board, round-trip transportation, and all internship and field-study expenses. Learn more about Peace Fellowships and how to apply here and near the bottom of this page.

Rotary created the Rotary Peace Centers in 2002 to identify and train highly qualified professionals to become agents of peace. Six Rotary Peace Centers at seven prestigious universities throughout the world offer Rotary Peace Fellows a rigorous program of study and applied field experience in areas relating to peace and conflict resolution.

Rotarians have created a vibrant Rotary Action Group for peace, https://www.rotarianactiongroupforpeace.org/. Please check it out to find a tremendous amouny of information about Rotarian peace initiatives around the world. And sign up for the group!

We are fortunate to have one of the six Rotary Peace Centers in North Carolina, the Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center. They host a fascinating annual Peace Conference open to the public each April.

The Rotary Peace Centers draw from Rotary’s long, unwavering commitment to peace, seen in projects that address the root causes of conflict. Rotary’s 70-year collaboration with the United Nations and Rotary’s peace symposiums and peace forums throughout the world further the cause of peace.

The program relies on Rotarians to help identify potential candidates, with a goal of selecting approximately 50 master’s degree fellows and 50 professional development certificate fellows each year.

Rotary launches new Rotary Peace Center in Africa

Rotary launches new Rotary Peace Center in Africa Rotary is proud to announce a new Rotary Peace Center at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda —the first peace center in Africa! When peace fellows begin their studies at Makerere in January 2021, they’ll be introduced to Rotary’s new yearlong certificate program in peacebuilding, conflict transformation, and development. The peace center at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, which has offered the three-month version of the certificate program, will also follow a new yearlong model. The Makerere certificate program will integrate theory, research, and practice for peace and development leaders who are from or who have worked in Africa. Fellows will learn how to influence policies and take action to transform society through Positive Peace. LEARN MORE

Join us in promoting the 2021 Rotary Peace Fellowship The 2021 Rotary Peace Fellowship application is now available. This fully funded fellowship provides peace and development leaders with the knowledge, skills, and networks they need to advance their peacebuilding careers. Help us publicize this incredible opportunity and recruit candidates: Circulate the fellowship announcement to your contacts. Do you know someone who could benefit from our program? Send us their name and email address with our referral form, and we’ll contact them with more information. Share our promotional video on your social media sites or website. Follow us on the Rotary Peace Centers Facebook page and share our fellowship updates on your own pages. Rotary members, take the All About the Rotary Peace Fellowship and Engaging with the peace fellowship program courses to learn everything you need to know about the fellowship. Interested candidates should submit their online applications to Rotary districts by 31 May. Districts will then submit endorsed applications to The Rotary Foundation by 1 July. Learn more about the district interview and endorsement process.