UNESCO Chair on Intercultural Competences Webinar Series
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Join the UNESCO Chair on Intercultural Competences for this month's webinar on:
Intercultural Competence as a Foundation for Pan-African Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution: Lessons from WPDI’s work in South Africa, Uganda and South Sudan since 2012
Presented by Chance Chagunda, Country Manager – South Africa
Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative
About this month's Webinar:
Intercultural competence has emerged as a critical foundation for Pan-African peacebuilding, enabling practitioners to navigate diverse identities, histories, and value systems across conflict-affected contexts. Drawing on the work of the Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative in South Africa, Uganda, and South Sudan since 2012, it is evident that culturally grounded dialogue, youth empowerment, and leadership-based peacebuilding training can transform tensions into collaborative problem-solving. These experiences demonstrate that sustainable conflict resolution in Africa depends not only on institutional frameworks but also on the cultivation of mutual respect, empathy, and indigenous embedded knowledge systems.