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As part of UNAOC’s Media and Information Literacy initiatives, UNAOC has been developing a series of projects aiming at the use of ICT, gamified apps, and videogaming platforms as strategic ways of building peaceful understanding among individuals from different cultural and religious backgrounds.


PEACEapp in Tunis, Tunisia – January 28 to February 4, 2018


UNAOC in partnership with Association ADO+ and the support of the Centre National de l’information pour l’Enfant (CNIFE), IOM, UNHCR, Red Crescent Tunisia, among other organizations, organized a three-day long PEACEapp workshop in Tunis, Tunisia. Learn more about PEACEapp Tunis and watch a short video here.


PEACEapp in Tangiers, Morocco – October 2 to 7, 2017


In the framework of contributing to the prevention of violent extremism and sensitization of public opinion to counter prejudices and stereotypes, which seek to spread hatred and racism, United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) organized PEACEapp Tangiers.


PEACEapp in Algeciras, Spain – January 16 to 20, 2017

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A week long PEACEapp workshop took place in Algeciras, Spain, where un-documented youth, young refugees, and youth from the host city of Algeciras worked together creating digital games on relevant social issues to their lives as a platform for encouraging and facilitating intercultural dialogue.


PEACEapp in partnership with Nairobi Play Project – August 2 to 27, 2016

In partnership with the Nairobi Play Project and with UNHCR’s collaboration, UNAOC is supporting a series of ict development workshops aiming at providing urban refugees (originally from Eritrea and Ethiopia) and local Kenyan youth with peace building skills and technical abilities while building opportunities for intercultural dialogue and better understanding between both communities.


PEACEapp (2014-15) in partnership with UNDP

peaceapp_logos_new PEACEapp is a global competition organized by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and the United Nations Development Program in collaboration with Build Up to promote digital games and gamified apps as venues for cultural dialogue and conflict management. Additional partners of PEACEapp include GamesForChange and the Institute for Economics and Peace.


createUNAOC (2012-13)

CreateUNAOC Developed in partnership with MIT Education Arcade, createUNAOC aimed to create new spaces for intercultural dialogue through technology.


PEACEapp in the Media

‘Survival’, un videojuego para concienciar sobre los refugiados

elPeriódico, 24 April 2018
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How To Increase Empathy Towards Refugees? Serious Games Might Provide An Answer

Forbes, 7 January 2018
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Survival, una aplicación para ponerse en la piel de los inmigrantes que se juegan la vida

Nobbot, 4 January 2018
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Survival, juego o realidad

El Universal , January 3, 2018
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Una aplicación para jugarse la vida

Elpais, December 28, 2017
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Empatizar con un refugiado sirio a través los videojuegos

Vida Extra , 16 December 2017
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La Reina Letizia entrega al videojuego algecireño ‘Survival’ la mención de honor de Acción Magistral 2017

El Estrecho, 12 December 2017
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PeaceApp, taller educativo en Marruecos para educar sobre migración y radicalización

Hobby Consolas, 9 October 2017
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Un taller de videojuegos en Marruecos para educar sobre migración y radicalización

El Mundo, 8 October 2017
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Meeting Tangier to raise awareness and confront hatred and extremism

Chamaly, 7 October 2017
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Moroccans, refugees and migrants in Tangier benefit from a program to combat extremism

CAP24, 7 October 2017
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Un proyecto educativo de Algeciras sobre la inmigración, mención especial del premio a la Acción Magistral

La Vanguardia, 29 September 2017
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Survival, una app que nos muestra la odisea de los emigrantes

Gizlogic
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