Between the 18th – 22nd of May the Director of Forward Thinking, Oliver McTernan, held a series of meetings in Jerusalem, Ramallah, and Gaza. Meetings in Jerusalem provided an opportunity to engage with some...
On the 9th and 10th of May, Oliver McTernan and Julian Weinberg travelled to Berlin for a series of meetings with senior politicians and policymakers. This including discussions with Norbert Roettgen, chair of the...
As part of our engagement with leaders from the Israeli political right, Forward Thinking hosted a delegation in Belfast and Dublin including Mayors, political advisors and young party leaders. Discussions covered a range...
The Director of Forward Thinking, Oliver McTernan and author of Violence in God’s Name, spoke on the BBC Radio 4 programme The Briefing Room, on the 25th April 2019. The terrible atrocities committed in...
6—7 April 2019 Dead Sea, Jordan Oliver and Julian participated in the meeting which provided the opportunity to hold a number of bilateral meetings with various stakeholders in the region. Oliver moderated a closed...
The Sovereign Order of Malta with Forward Thinking convened a working meeting in Rome 11th April, to examine how to enhance synergies between Faith-Based Organisations and International Humanitarian Principles. The meeting brought together...
On the 4th April 2019, Forward Thinking convened a meeting of the Helsinki Policy Forum’s steering group. The discussions were opened by H.E. Timo Soini, Foreign Minister of Finland, and was organised in partnership...
The Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MOEHE) seeks to create a new generation of Palestinian educators, who can spearhead the necessary reforms to provide a quality education that will help young Palestinians...
As part of the work of the Helsinki Policy Forum, Julian travelled to Saudi Arabia for a number of meetings. These included discussions with members of the Shura Council, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Gulf...
On the the 18th of March 2019, Forward Thinking participated in the fourth meeting of Crown Prosecution Service’s Community Conversations initiative in Manchester. Launched in July 2018, the aim of Community Conversations is to create...