The first World Peace Forum took place in 2007 to bring together professionals from all walks of life in order to exchange ideas and find ways to help promote the peace effort undertaken by so many individual activists as well as smaller and larger organisations throughout the world. The World Peace Forum has become a platform for best practice exchange and a market place for peacemakers. Once a year a growing number of peacemakers are invited to present their projects and ideas, their efforts and ways to build a more peaceful world. A small, yet international group of scholars, researchers, artists, politicians and citizens from around the world organised an initial conference in Schengen, Luxembourg in 2006. From this small event the World Peace Forum has developed into a global platform for peace activists and initiatives. Each year is given a particular theme for discussion, these have included Conflict Resolution, Connecting Peace-Makers and Women, Stability & Peace. The Luxembourg Peace Prize was also initiated in 2012 to award outstanding peace-makers. The 2015 edition of the World Peace Forum will take place in Baia Mare, Romania with the theme Finding Common Global Values from the 7-10th of May. There will also be a Youth World Peace Forum that will take place in Cairo, Egypt from 4-6th of May 2015.

1. Mr. Cătălin Cherecheș - Mayor of Baia Mare city/Romania
Baia Mare Municipality, Romania
The Memorial of theVictims of Communism and of the Resistance - Sighetu Marmației
TEAM BM|advocacy
Rotary International
The European Union
The European Parliament
The Sorbonne University, Paris, France
The University of Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
The University ofTrier, Germany
The University of the Saarland, Germany
University of La Coruna, Spain
University of San Francisco, USAUniversity of Ankara,Turkey
University of Magdeburg, Germany
University of Cairo, Egypt
L’Institut Francais du Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of luxembourg

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3. Time Language Event Title Speaker / Moderator Location
15:00 En / Ro Registration Arrival and Registration WPF Volunteers Office Millenium Business Center
Conference Room16:00 En / Ro Speed Networking Meeting-up of Delegates Codrin Crisan, Romania
16:45 En / Ro Ceremony Opening Address Adrian Pop, Romania
17:00 Ro
En
Ceremony Welcoming Addresses
The World of War and
Peace Today
Mr. Cătălin Cherecheş, Mayor of Baia Mare, Romania
Mr. Zamfir Ciceu, President of Maramureș County Council,
Romania
Mr. Anton Rohian, Head of Maramureș County Prefect Institution,
Romania
Mr. Emil Sopoian, Governer Elect of Rotary International District
2241 Romania and Republic of Moldova
Pr. Dr. Cristian Ștefan – Cultural Advisor – Romanian Ortodox
Church, Dioceses of Maramureș and Satu Mare, Romania
Kai Brand-Jacobsen, Director Department of Peace Operations
(DPO), Norway
18:00 En Panel Conference Mare Nostrum /
Mediterranean Tragedy
H.E. Mrs. Andrea Gustović-Ercegovac, Ambassador of Croatia to
Romania
Dominicus Rohde, Luxembourg
Sheikh Eşref Efendi, Turkey
Kai Brand-Jacobsen, Director Department of Peace Operations
(DPO), Norway
18:45 Workshops Mediterranean Perspectives
Sp Workshop I Southern European
Perspectives
Antonio Legeren, Spain Millenium M2
En Workshop II Balkan Perspectives H.E. Amb. Gustović-Ercegovac,
Croatia
Millenium M2
Fr Workshop III Turkish Perspective Sheikh Eşref Efendi, Turkey Millenium M2
Thursday, May the 7th, 2015
In the Programe
One Word ofTruth
In 1970, Alexander Solzhenitsyn was
awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.
The following year, three years before
his expulsion from the Soviet Union, he
wrote, but was never able to deliver, his
Nobel Lecture. It is widely acclaimed as
one of the most significant statements of
the last century. Based on Solzhenitsyn’s
lecture, the film “One Word of Truth”
dramatitises contemporary issues such
as the differing scales of values in the
world, the link between violence and
lies, the relevance and power of art and
literature, and the crucial role of the
individual.
Focus
Eliezer « Elie » Wiesel
Originally from Transylvania,
Wiesel is a noted Holocaust survivor.
He is a prominent journalist,
professor as well as a political and
human rights activist having written
over 60 books. Founded The Elie
Wiesel Foundation for Humanity,
created to fight indifference,
intolerance and injustice.
NGO Project Fair
The NGO fair gives an opportunity to
the conference delegates to meet with
representatives of several local associations
that contribute to the positive social change
of their community affecting a large variety of
fields, from social work to animal welfare and
youth development. Twenty such NGOs will
be present to the event, ready to share form
their experience and engage in conversations
about the values they share and promote
through their work.

4. Time Language Event Title Speaker / Moderator Location
En Workshop IV Middle Eastern
Perspective
Kai Brand-Jacobsen, Norway Millenium M2
Sp Workshop V African Perspectives Ph.D. Jaime Cardenas, Spain Millenium M2
19:30 BREAK
20:15 Ro / Fr Dinner Discussions Results from Workshops Ignacius Rohde, Germany Restaurant “Hanu Igniș”
21:30 Performance Baile de Paz Yasmin Meera, Brasil Restaurant “Hanu Igniș”
22:00 En Late Night Talk Values unplugged Cristina Ambrus, Romania Restaurant “Hanu Igniș”
Time Language Event Title Speaker / Moderator Location
09:00 Registration Arrival and Registration WPF Volunteers Office Millenium Business Center
Conference Room
09:30 En Speed Networking Meeting-up of Delegates Aditya Sharma, India Millenium M2
10:00 En Photo Exhibition Stories from the Eastern
Front
Valentyn Bondarenko, Ukraine Millenium M2
10:15 En Workshop for All Infrastructures for Peace Kai Brand-Jacobsen, Norway Millenium M2
11.00
-
13:00
En Active Workshop Sustainable Conflicts
Management, from Inner
Peace to Outer Peace
Ariane Iranpour, Luxembourg Millenium M2
11:00 Workshop I “Value” in Language Prof. Dr. Ramona Demarcsek,
Romania
„Petre Dulfu“ Public Library of
Maramureș
11:00 En / Sp Workshop II Ethics Morals Martha Llanes, Peru Museum of History Conference
Room
11:00 En / Sp Workshop III Peacebuilding and
Dealing with Conflict and
Crisis in the 21st Century
Kai Brand-Jacobsen, Norway Bastionul Măcelarilor
11:00 En / Sp Workshop IV Values, Men Women Andra Croitoru, Romania Millennium M2
12:00 En / Sp Conference
Debate
Social Reconciliation
after Mass Atrocity
Ph.D. Jaime Cardenas, Spain Millennium M2
11:00 Sp Presentation of
Workshop Results
Fernando Chitarrini, Argentina Millennium M2
13:00 BREAK
14:00 En Lunch Lessons Value Systems in World
Religions
Ariane Iranpour, Luxembourg “Casa Crișan” Restaurant
15:30 En / Sp Artistic
Presentation
Wall of Peace Prof. Patricia Pellegrini,
Argentina
Historical Center
Friday, May the 8th, 2015
Our Host
Millenium Business Center,
Baia Mare
Restored and consolidated, the three 18th
century-dated historical buildings (named
M1, M2 and M3), located in the main square
of the historical part of the town, include all
necessary modern facilities required for the
good operation of the buildings as a business
centre. The Square (named M4) is located in
the historical part of the town, in front of the
three aforementioned buildings.
The project was awarded by The Ministry of
Culture and Cults with the ‘Nicolae Ghika
Budesti Prize’ and the Great Trophy, within
the 7th NationalConference of the Specialists
in National Cultural Patrimony Preservation
Domain,April 2, 2005, as the largest financing
of a non-religious historical site, in last
decays, in Romania.
Focus
City of Baia Mare
Located in Maramureș County
Population: 123 000 inhabitants
70km from the Hungarian border
50 km from the Ukrainian border
Focus
Romania
Capital City: Bucharest
Population: 20.1 million inhabitants
Official language: Romanian
Joined European Union in 2007
Member of the UN, Council of
Europe, NATO, IDA WCL

5. Time Language Event Title Speaker / Moderator Location
16:30 En / Sp Workshop I Values in Europe Prof. Dr. Antonio Legeren,
Spain
Millenium M2
16:30 En Workshop II Values in North America Vicki Hansen, USA Millenium M2
16:30 En / Sp Workshop III Values in South America Martha Llanes, Peru Millenium M2
16:30 En Workshop IV Values in Africa Valter Alcoforado, Angola Millenium M2
16:30 En Workshop V Values in Asia Sohail Chaudhry, Pakistan Millenium M2
17:30 En Skype Conference Women Values Dulce Magalhaes, Brasil
moderated by Andra Croitoru,
Romania
Millenium M2
17:45 En Cultural Program Art Exhibition Oksana Tsybka, Ukraine Millenium M2
18:00 Fair NGO Project Fair Representatives of NGOs
have booths and present their
organizations Projects
Baia Mare Municipal Park
„Regina Maria“
20:15 En Dinner Discussions Presentation of
Workshop Results
Andra Croitoru, Romania “Parc” Restaurant
22:00 En Late Night Talk One Word of Truth Diana Damșa, Romania Hotel CarpațiOur Host in Baia Mare
Mr. Cătălin Cherecheș - Mayor of
Baia Mare city/Romania
Mr. Cherecheș is the Mayor of Baia Mare
since 2011, after 3 years as member in the
National Parliament of Romania.
He was the youngest elected Mayor of a
major city in Romania and he took over 86
percents of the votes in local elections. Mr.
Cătălin Cherecheș has a great contribution to
the new identity of Baia Mare City nowadays.
In 2001 he graduated the Academy of
Economic Studies of Bucharest and the
Commerce Faculty ofVienna University. He
has a Master Degree in Security and National
Defence from the National University of
Defence “Carol I” in Bucharest.
Time Language Event Title Speaker / Moderator Location
08:30 Arrival Registration WPF Volunteers Office Hotel Carpați
09:00 En Ceremony United Nations Flag
Mandala
Mr. Catalin Chereches,
Romania
Mr. Dominicus H. Rohde,
Luxembourg
Baia Mare Historical Center
10:00 Departure to
Sighet Museum
Meeting-up of Delegates Historical Center
11:00 En Speed Networking
in the Bus
Siegfried Blume, Spain
Miguel Munoz, Luxembourg
bus
11:30
-
13:30
En Active Workshop Harmony in Diversity :
Fostering Global Human
Values
Ariane Iranpour, Luxembourg The Memorial of the Victims
of Communism and of the
Resistance - Sighetu Marmației
11:30 En / Sp Workshop I Equality Prof. Dr. Ramón Paz Lamela,
Spain
Mrs. Andra Croitoru, Romania
11:30 En Workshop II Peace and Democracy Kai Brand-Jacobsen, Norway
11:30 Fr Workshop III Fraternité Laura Achim, Romania
Saturday, May the 9th, 2015
“Ce qui est important, ce n’est pas
d’être optimiste ni pessimiste mais
d’être déterminé.” Jean Monnet

6. Our Host
The Memorial of the Victims of
Communism and of the Resistance
In the former “Prison of the Ministers” in
Sigheu Marmatiei, the Memorial of the
Victims of Communism and anticommunist
Resistance comprises a Museum and an
International Study Centre. The Memorial
wasestablishedasareminderoftheatrocities
committed by the communist regime - for
years the populace had been brain-washed
to create the so-called “New Man” through
the rewriting of history and poisoning the
memories of generations. Moral and civic
valuescouldonlyberecoveredifthecollective
consciousness is duly recuperated. Sighet
prison was chosen because it was the first
of many political prisons set up in Stalinist
times and because it was where the country’s
political, spiritual and cultural elite of the
pre-war democracy was exterminated. An
International Study Centre was established
here because out of all of the former
communist countries, Romania’s experience
had been the longest and most painful - from
the long years of suppressed resistance to
Ceausescu’s obscene “Golden Epoch”.
Time Language Event Title Speaker / Moderator Location
11:30 En Workshop IV Liberty Prof. Dr. Gheorghe Mihai Bârle,
Romania
The Memorial of the Victims
of Communism and of the
Resistance - Sighetu Marmației11:30 En Workshop V Diversity Vicki Hansen, USA
12:15 En Debate
Presentation
Limits of Freedom Adnan Faruk, France
Kai Brand-Jacobsen, Norway
13:00 BREAK
14:00 En Lunch Lessons To be or not to be Charlie Ioan Sabo, Romania “Grădina Morii” Restaurant
15:00 En
En / Sp
Debate Common Values
Conflict Prevention
United Nations Charter
on Peace
Oksana Tsybka, Ukraine
Valentyn Bondarenko, Ukraine
Hosts:
Xavier Heude, France
Ph.D. Jaime Cardenas, Spain
Hotel Restaurant “Grădina Morii”
Sighetu Marmatiei
16:00 En Workshop I Conflicts in Europe Oksana Tsybka, Ukraine “Grădina Morii” Restaurant
16:00 En Workshop II Conflicts in North
America
Vicki Hansen, USA “Grădina Morii” Restaurant
16.00 Sp Workshop III Conflicts in South
America
Martha Llanes, Peru “Grădina Morii” Restaurant
16.00 Sp Workshop IV Conflicts in Africa Ph.D. Jaime Cardenas, Spain “Grădina Morii” Restaurant
16.00 En Workshop V Conflicts in Asia Ariane Iranpour, Luxembourg “Grădina Morii” Restaurant
16:45 Visit Elie Wiesel Memorial
House
Elie Wiesel Memorial House
Sighet
16:45 En Open Discussion Peacebuilding
Prevention in the 21st
Century
Kai Brand-Jacobsen, Norway Elie Wiesel Memorial House
Sighet
18:30 Return to Baia Mare Bus
20:00 BREAK
21:00 GALA DINNER Black Tie / Smoking
recommended
Hotel “Carpați”
Dinner Discussions Presentation of
Workshop Results
Oriol Bentz, Spain Hotel “Carpați”
Peace Concert Healing Music for
Parkinson Desease
Prof. Conxita Bentz, Spain Hotel “Carpați”
Prize Ceremony For the Promotion of
Europe
Jorge Castellà I Cot, AEFE,
Spain
Hotel “Carpați”
Performance Brazilian Peace Rythms Yasmin Meera, Brasil Hotel “Carpați”
Our Host
“Petre Dulfu” County Library
The Library in Baia Mare serves the
interests in information, research,
education, reading and recreation of
users in Baia Mare and Maramureș
County, offering free access, free and
non-discriminatory information and
knowledge through the database and its
collections.
Photo Exhibition
Stories from the Eastren Front

7. Sunday, May the 10th, 2015
08:45 Visit Direct connection with
local Ancient Culture
of “Free Dacians” and
Architecture
Photo Session – Diana Topan,
Romania
Felicia Cotoman, Republic of
Moldova
Ana Braghis, Republic of
Moldova
Baia Mare Villge Museum
Departure from Hotel “Carpați”
10:20 En Presentation Where do we go from
here? Opportunities,
Challenges, Possibilities
Kai Brand-Jacobsen, Norway Millenium Business Center
Conference Room
10:40 En Presentation The World Peace Journal
Online
Prof. Dr. Antonio Legeren,
Spain
Millenium Business Center
Conference Room
11:00 En Round Table A Global Value System All Delegates Millenium Business Center
Conference Room
12:00 En Performance The Value and Strength
of Music as a Tool
Towards Peace
Aaron Blomme, Belgium Millenium Business Center
Conference Room
12:20 Ceremony Interreligious Prayer /
Moment of Unity
All Delegates Millenium Business Center
Conference Room
12:30 En Ceremony Closing Remarks Dominicus Rohde, Luxembourg Millenium Business Center
Conference Room
12:45 En Ceremony Official Announcement
of WPF 2016
Adrian Dan Pop, Romania
Catalin Cherecheş - Mayor of
Baia Mare, Romania
Millenium Business Center
Conference Room
13:00 Closing Lunch ASSOC - Social Economy
Structure

8. Millenium Business Center
Millenium M2
“Petre Dulfu”Public Library
“Regina Maria”Park
Baia Mare Village Museum
“Parc”Restaurant Museum of History
HISTORICAL CENTER