Rondine

 The Association ‘Rondine Cittadella della Pace’ has been committed to actions of solidarity, dialogue and peace in the Caucasus since its beginnings. For more than ten years university students of different cultures or coming from conflict zones in several parts of the world, and particularly from the Caucasus area, have been selected through a network of partners from the institutional, academic, religious, associational and diplomatic fields, to take part in the project of dialogue building and reconciliation of the International Hall of Residence in Rondine.

The Conference

The Conference of the peoples of the Caucasus saw the participation of around 130 guests coming from several parts of the region and from the rest of the world (young people, mothers and families, members of the cultural and economic world and exponents from the civil society), together with international specialists, students of the International Hall of Residence and the members of the Association.

First result of the meeting, held from the 16th to the 19th May 2009, was the ratification of a document for peace in the Caucasus in 14 points that is to be used as a path or track to replace the old bureaucracies which now appear inadequate for international crisis prevention and management, besides generating international sympathy and joining the forces of the involved peoples. This document is edited in the three official languages of the Conference, however the Italian version has been declared the only attested one. 

Project

The project ‘Ventidipacesucaucaso’ (Windofpeaceoncaucasus – www.ventidipacesucaucaso.it) is the outcome of a focused elaboration of the Association with international partners and Italian institutions. It aims at creating an international feeling of friendship and cooperation for the Caucasus so as to give a contribution to the resolution of tensions in that region where the Association has been operating since 1995 and has built many relationships at an institutional, cultural, economic and religious level.