On Monday, June 30, the participatory process of the Catalan Forum for Peace officially came to a close. Over the past three months, this initiative has taken place across Catalonia intending to gather public input for the development of the new Pla Director País de Pau (Peace Country Master Plan).
Between April and June, ten deliberative sessions were held, bringing together over 180 participants and generating approximately 300 proposals. In parallel, nearly twenty self-managed sessions were organised by a wide range of organisations and institutions, including the ICIP, the Catalan Agency for Development Cooperation, FundiPau, the Delàs Centre, Girona Friends of UNESCO, the Peace Journalism Group of the Catalan Association of Journalists, the Network of Educators for Global Citizenship in Tarragona, the Departments of Interior and Justice, the Catalan Youth Agency, UGT, CCOO, the Technical Cooperation, Volunteering and Refugee Network of Catalan Universities, and Mujer Diáspora.
Among them, the ICIP hosted two self-managed sessions in June: one with members of the African diaspora in Catalonia (June 19), and another with migrant women from diverse backgrounds (June 27).
Throughout the process, additional contributions—both individual and collective—were submitted via the Catalan Government’s Participa platform. While the final tally is still being compiled, early estimates indicate that over 500 proposals have been received.
With the participatory phase now complete, the Catalan Council for the Promotion of Peace, which led the Forum, will analyse the proposals and submit them to the Government. All contributions will be made publicly available on the Participa portal.
