Swiss-American Catherine Guisan will give a lecture on Russia. She will introduce the audience to the fourty years long efforts by Soviet citizens to face up to and recover from Stalinist totalitarianism, and to contemporary Russians who are working hard to transform their country toward more respect for human rights and active citizenship

What are the moral dilemmas that arise around the theme of food? What should we take into account as consumers? Health, environment, fair prices? On what basis do we make choices? And what should we therefore know? An evening with Ingrid Franzon, Rishab Khanna and Tatiana Sokolova.

Religion is nowadays often portrayed as the cause of tension and conflict. However, religion can also be seen as an adequate way to deal with polarization and disagreements. As part of the monthly debate series on ‘Understanding the Other’, this session will explore the role of religion as dialogue.

On Saturday June 4th 2016 the 19th Dialogue Conference will be held in the venue of Utrechts Centrum voor de Kunsten (UCK). The theme of the conference will be focused on the POW camps in Japan and on the day a special memorial will be unveiled.

In the international conference centre of Initiatives of Change in Caux, Switzerland, every summer a series of conferences takes place. The following conferences have been announced..

During the weekend of 21 to 25 September 2016 The Hague will be completely swept away by the Just Peace Festival.

On Friday, October 14th, Filmhuis Den Haag and Initiatives of Change Netherlands present the screening of the new documentary by filmmaker Jan van de Berg: 'Silent Land: the fight for fair food'. Following the screening, there will be a discussion with scientist and environmental activist Vandana Shiva (India) and entrepreneur Maurits Groen (the Netherlands). The event will be in English.

Every year in November the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in The Hague hosts the Interfaith Conference. This year the conference focuses on Human Rights, Culture and Religion - towards a common ground.

In February, March and April Initiatives of Change Netherlands organizes a series of 3 films about conflict and peacebuilding in Sub-Sahara Africa. What are possible lessons to be learnt from Sub-Saharan Africa experiences regarding these issues?