Welcome to the Peace and Disarmament Education Project in Albania. This is an innovative pilot project of the UN Department for Disarmament Affairs (UNDDA) and the Hague Appeal for Peace (HAP) in four countries, Albania, Niger, Peru, and Cambodia. In Albania it is run by a working group of organizations and individuals that are coordinated by the Albanian Center for Peace and Disarmament Education, a center that researches and promotes peace and disarmament education in Albania.

The overall objective of the international "Peace and Disarmament Education" programme is to contribute to the transformation from cultures of violence into cultures of peace. It specifically focuses on the demilitarization of mindsets and the reduction of the level of violence - especially gun violence — among young people in selected communities in four host nations.

To achieve this goal, the proposed project aims to develop community-based peace education programmes, reflecting the assets and needs of civil society. It will achieve the following results:

• Development of an effective peace education curriculum, drawing on local experiences and resources and the collective wisdom of community leaders;
• The design and implementation of a teacher-training programme based on this curriculum to be offered to all of the teachers in the designated schools in the host countries;
• Utilizing the trained teaching staff and the programme's peace education curriculum, the integration of peace education programmes in elementary and secondary schools in each of the four host countries;
• In each host country the design and implementation of an extra-mural or non-school-based peace education programme for the broader community.