Shabka was honoured to present its activities under the title “The young strategic civil society network: Fresh winds for peace in a changing world” at the ECOSOC NGO Committee on Peace of the United Nations in Vienna on 24. October 2018. Before the Forum of Representatives of International NGOs accredited at the United Nations Vienna Lukas Wank, the Director of Shabka, talked about its origins, recent developments, formats and projects. The presentation also focused on how Shabka is “squaring of the circle”: working strategically as a civil society network and what its activities in the Austrian Peace and Conflict Research community are.
This NGO Committee on Peace is a forum for exchange of information and views on peace issues among NGO representatives and facilitates contacts with various departments of the UN, its specialized agencies in Vienna and with UN related international activities. Representatives of 25 NGOs take part regularly in the activities of the Committee. Representatives of other international and national NGOs are invited to participate in the Committees information and discussion meetings when matters of interest to them are on the agenda.
