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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nActivism and research<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nFisas began his activism for peace in the 1970s, first as a member of Equip OC. This group supported the first conscientious objectors to military service in Spain and, later, as an active member of the Casal de Pau of the International Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) and of the Anti-Nuclear Movement of Catalonia. Intending to combine activism and research, in 1974, he created the Center for Conflict Analysis, a small centre for documentation and analysis of the peace movement from which he initiated contacts with international peace organizations. A decade later, he founded and coordinated the Peace and Conflict Program at the CIDOB (Barcelona Center for International Affairs). The main Spanish peace research centres were created at this time, as was the Spanish Association for Peace Research (AIPAZ), of which Fisas was also the founder and president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, in the 1990s, he became active in the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) and as coordinator of the disarmament campaigns promoted by Amnesty International, Greenpeace, Interm\u00f3n-Oxfam and Doctors Without Borders (MSF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Founder of the Escola de Cultura de Pau <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nIn 1989, Fisas joined the UNESCO Center of Catalonia as a researcher on peace and disarmament. He coordinated the UNESCO Chair on Peace and Human Rights at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). At the same time, he was appointed UNESCO\u2019s head of conflict prevention. In 1999, following the success of the UNESCO Chair, Fisas created the UAB School for a Culture of Peace (ECP), of which he was the director until 2016 and coordinator of the Peace Processes program. The ECP has become a leading peace research centre in Catalonia, conducting research, training, awareness-raising and intervention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Experience in mediation and conflict prevention <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nThroughout his career, in addition to academic activism and research, Fisas has participated in peace negotiations in Colombia (2000-2016), the Basque Country (1998-2003 and 2016), the Sahara (2000-2010), Turkish Kurdistan (2006-2015) and the Philippines (2005-2017). His most extensive experience has been in Colombia, where he has been present in peace negotiations with the FARC and ELN in different periods. This field experience has led him to become an advisor on peace issues to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain (2004-2010) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway (2010-2020), as well as a collaborator with the Norwegian Center for Conflict Resolution (NOREF) since 2008. Based on the monitoring of various peace processes around the world, Fisas published the Peace Processes Yearbook for ten years (2006-2016), in which he analyzed the evolution of peace negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Publications and awards<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nThroughout his career, he has published more than 70 books related to conflict analysis and the culture of peace, including El poder militar en Espa\u00f1a<\/em> (1979), Introducci\u00f3 a l\u2019estudi de la pau i dels conflictes<\/em> (1987), Las armas de la democracia<\/em> (1988), Ecolog\u00eda y seguridad en el Mediterr\u00e1neo<\/em> (1993), Las Naciones Unidas ante un mundo en crisis<\/em> (1994), Cultura de paz y gesti\u00f3n de conflictos<\/em> (1998), Adi\u00f3s a las armas ligeras: las armas y la cultura de la violencia<\/em> (2000), Procesos de paz y negociaci\u00f3n en conflictos armados<\/em> (2004), Diplomacias de paz: negociar con grupos armados<\/em> (2015), La gesti\u00f3n de las crisis sociopol\u00edticas: \u00bfprevenci\u00f3n y\/o cambio estructural?<\/em> (2017) and Manual de negociaci\u00f3n de conflictos pol\u00edticos<\/em> (2021).<\/p>\n\n\n\nHis career has been recognized with several awards, such as the National Human Rights Award (1988), the Josep Vidal Lecha Memorial for Peace Award (1988) and the Solidarity Initiative Award of El Peri\u00f3dico de Catalunya<\/em> (2007). Now, he has also been granted the ICIP Peace in Progress Award 2024, which he will receive during a public ceremony at the Parliament of Catalonia in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\nICIP Peace in Progress Award<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
In 1989, Fisas joined the UNESCO Center of Catalonia as a researcher on peace and disarmament. He coordinated the UNESCO Chair on Peace and Human Rights at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). At the same time, he was appointed UNESCO\u2019s head of conflict prevention. In 1999, following the success of the UNESCO Chair, Fisas created the UAB School for a Culture of Peace (ECP), of which he was the director until 2016 and coordinator of the Peace Processes program. The ECP has become a leading peace research centre in Catalonia, conducting research, training, awareness-raising and intervention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Experience in mediation and conflict prevention <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nThroughout his career, in addition to academic activism and research, Fisas has participated in peace negotiations in Colombia (2000-2016), the Basque Country (1998-2003 and 2016), the Sahara (2000-2010), Turkish Kurdistan (2006-2015) and the Philippines (2005-2017). His most extensive experience has been in Colombia, where he has been present in peace negotiations with the FARC and ELN in different periods. This field experience has led him to become an advisor on peace issues to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain (2004-2010) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway (2010-2020), as well as a collaborator with the Norwegian Center for Conflict Resolution (NOREF) since 2008. Based on the monitoring of various peace processes around the world, Fisas published the Peace Processes Yearbook for ten years (2006-2016), in which he analyzed the evolution of peace negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Publications and awards<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nThroughout his career, he has published more than 70 books related to conflict analysis and the culture of peace, including El poder militar en Espa\u00f1a<\/em> (1979), Introducci\u00f3 a l\u2019estudi de la pau i dels conflictes<\/em> (1987), Las armas de la democracia<\/em> (1988), Ecolog\u00eda y seguridad en el Mediterr\u00e1neo<\/em> (1993), Las Naciones Unidas ante un mundo en crisis<\/em> (1994), Cultura de paz y gesti\u00f3n de conflictos<\/em> (1998), Adi\u00f3s a las armas ligeras: las armas y la cultura de la violencia<\/em> (2000), Procesos de paz y negociaci\u00f3n en conflictos armados<\/em> (2004), Diplomacias de paz: negociar con grupos armados<\/em> (2015), La gesti\u00f3n de las crisis sociopol\u00edticas: \u00bfprevenci\u00f3n y\/o cambio estructural?<\/em> (2017) and Manual de negociaci\u00f3n de conflictos pol\u00edticos<\/em> (2021).<\/p>\n\n\n\nHis career has been recognized with several awards, such as the National Human Rights Award (1988), the Josep Vidal Lecha Memorial for Peace Award (1988) and the Solidarity Initiative Award of El Peri\u00f3dico de Catalunya<\/em> (2007). Now, he has also been granted the ICIP Peace in Progress Award 2024, which he will receive during a public ceremony at the Parliament of Catalonia in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\nICIP Peace in Progress Award<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Throughout his career, he has published more than 70 books related to conflict analysis and the culture of peace, including El poder militar en Espa\u00f1a<\/em> (1979), Introducci\u00f3 a l\u2019estudi de la pau i dels conflictes<\/em> (1987), Las armas de la democracia<\/em> (1988), Ecolog\u00eda y seguridad en el Mediterr\u00e1neo<\/em> (1993), Las Naciones Unidas ante un mundo en crisis<\/em> (1994), Cultura de paz y gesti\u00f3n de conflictos<\/em> (1998), Adi\u00f3s a las armas ligeras: las armas y la cultura de la violencia<\/em> (2000), Procesos de paz y negociaci\u00f3n en conflictos armados<\/em> (2004), Diplomacias de paz: negociar con grupos armados<\/em> (2015), La gesti\u00f3n de las crisis sociopol\u00edticas: \u00bfprevenci\u00f3n y\/o cambio estructural?<\/em> (2017) and Manual de negociaci\u00f3n de conflictos pol\u00edticos<\/em> (2021).<\/p>\n\n\n\n His career has been recognized with several awards, such as the National Human Rights Award (1988), the Josep Vidal Lecha Memorial for Peace Award (1988) and the Solidarity Initiative Award of El Peri\u00f3dico de Catalunya<\/em> (2007). Now, he has also been granted the ICIP Peace in Progress Award 2024, which he will receive during a public ceremony at the Parliament of Catalonia in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\nICIP Peace in Progress Award<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n