This policy brief focuses on a handful of initiatives seeking to integrate peace into the formal education system, including ministries of education, teacher training programs, and school policies. These initiatives operate on a relatively small scale, often reaching individual schools or teachers rather than the entire system, but they provide critical insights into how peace education is understood and institutionalized in post-war societies.
Drawing on theoretical literature on peace education and interviews with leaders of seven peace education initiative, this policy brief addresses three central points:
- The potential of education as a tool for peacebuilding while highlighting the structural and political barriers that constrain its effectiveness in BiH.
- The strategies and values of ongoing peace education initiatives, including how they navigate fragmented governance and political resistance.
- Concrete recommendations for practitioners and policymakers to strengthen the institutionalization and impact of peace education in postwar contexts.
