What is actually running.
A leadership programme with IPYG Germany and Czech Republic, dates in Vienna and online, and a public build plan for everything still ahead. No gloss, just what genuinely takes place.
We are theliving heritage.
Empowering Leaders · Building Peace · Shaping the Future
IPYG Austria, Germany, Czech Republic, Malaysia and Atlanta are joining forces: one Leadership Class built on YEPC, the Youth Empowerment Peace Class, IPYG's official education programme running in over 57 countries. Four online sessions around one idea that carries everything: heritage as the foundation of identity, dialogue and peace. Join and you become part of a global network spanning education, civil society, faith communities and business.
Youth will come to realise that the most vital link between the past and the future is people themselves, and ultimately, the kind of leaders they choose to become.
A quiet crisis: heritage is being lost.
The world has never been more connected, and yet division and mistrust keep rising. Beneath them lies a quieter loss: the erosion of heritage, cultural, religious and social. When heritage weakens, so does the foundation for trust and cohesion. The reverse holds too: studies across Europe show that young people connected to their cultural heritage have higher self-esteem, better wellbeing and stronger social bonds.
This is exactly where the programme steps in. Every trained leader has a multiplier effect, reaching students, families, communities and networks. Participants become IPYG Peace Ambassadors, carrying these values into the spaces where young people actually grow, learn and belong.
For everyone shaping young people. And for you.
The programme is aimed at the people around whom young people grow up, learn and get involved. And it is open to everyone who wants to develop their own leadership potential.
Drop us a quick line via the contact form and we'll get back to you with access and all the details.
Save your spot in the classFour sessions, four Sundays.
Each session builds on the last, so the series is meant as a whole. Miss one and you are not out, we will catch you up.
Session 01
2 August
YEPC · Heritage & Dialogue
Sunday · 15:00 · online
Session 02
9 August
IRPA · War and Peace
Sunday · 15:00 · online
Session 03
16 August
IRPA · The Beginning of Men
Sunday · 15:00 · online
Session 04
23 August
IRPA · End of the World and New Era
Sunday · 15:00 · online
Drop us a line through the contact form. We will send you the access link and everything else you need to know. Taking part is free.
The first run is done. And it worked.
Around 50 young people from six countries, one shared online space, and weeks in which strangers turned into people who talk to each other. The feedback was consistently positive, so we are going straight into round two.
participants in the first run
countries they joined from
online, so distance is never what rules you out
Where they came from
Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Pakistan, Egypt and Mali.
Who ran it
IPYG Germany, in cooperation with IPYG Czech Republic and IPYG Austria.
What the participants said.
Voices from the first run. First names only, because interreligious engagement is not safely public everywhere.
Really a lot of input.Islam already revealed most of the things about the world.Learning about other religions does not mean changing or weakening your beliefs. It helps us understand different cultures and perspectives, reduces stereotypes and misunderstandings, and encourages mutual respect.Differences can cause conflicts, but the real question is how we respond to those conflicts. We should find a common goal to achieve peace. People misuse religion to start conflicts. It is the people, not the religion.Thank you for your efforts!Thank you all for this wonderful journey. Wishing everyone continued success in promoting peace!The programme was held in English, so the quotes are kept exactly as they were spoken.
Fun facts
Six things you probably did not know.
Small truths about IPYG that never make it into the official copy.
01 · Fun Fact
It all started in Seoul
IPYG was founded in South Korea in 2013. Headquarters are still there; the movement itself is long since everywhere.
02 · Fun Fact
One curriculum, 57+ countries
The Youth Empowerment Peace Class is taught on every continent, with the same foundations and entirely local examples.
03 · Fun Fact
18 September is our holiday
Every year on the same date, young peace leaders from around the world gather at the World Peace Summit in Korea.
04 · Fun Fact
German is entirely enough
Our leadership class runs in German, together with IPYG Germany. English helps with the international network, but it is not required.
05 · Fun Fact
Five ✌️ are hidden on this site
Scattered across the whole IPYG site. Find them all and you get confetti. That is all we are saying.
06 · Fun Fact
Vienna is not a random choice
A UN seat, a hinge between east and west, and one of the youngest and most diverse populations in Europe. Hard to find a better testing ground for peace work.
What is coming up.
- 21 June 2026 – 15:00 CEST
HERITAGE & IDENTITY
Online (via Zoom)
IPYG Leadership Programme Module #1: Heritage is not the past – it is the foundation of identity.
Register - 28 June 2026 – 15:00 CEST
HERITAGE & DIALOGUE
Online (via Zoom)
IPYG Leadership Programme Module #2: Heritage has the the power to create division or build lasting bridges between communities.
Register - 5 July 2026 – 15:00 CEST
HERITAGE & PEACE
Online (via Zoom)
IPYG Leadership Programme Module #3: Heritage is one of the most powerful foundations of lasting peace and social cohesion.
Register
IPYG Vienna Live
IPYG Austria is Day 1. This is our public blueprint, not a glossy roadmap, just honest: what's running, what already has a date, what's still vision.
- Day 1 · TodayLive
This page is live.
You're reading our very first sign of life. From now on, we build in public, every move, every step, visible.
← You are here - June to July 2026Completed
Youth Leadership Program · run 1.
Our first programme, together with IPYG Germany and Czech Republic: YEPC-based workshops on heritage as the foundation of identity, dialogue and peace. Around 50 participants from six countries completed it.
- From 2 August 2026Registration open
Youth Leadership Program · run 2.
Four sessions on four Sundays, 15:00 each, online. Registration is open and joining late is still fine. All the dates are further up.
- 18 September 2026Global · Seoul
International Youth Peace Festival · Seoul.
Major IPYG festival in South Korea: thousands of young people from all over the world gather in Seoul. We follow the day from Vienna, posts, small actions, greetings to Korea.
- Autumn & Winter 2026Coming
More exciting youth events to come.
From then on, it keeps coming: cleanups, meetings, workshops, cultural evenings, we curate new formats together with you on a rolling basis. Stay tuned, the list keeps growing through the summer.
- Spring 2027Vision
School workshops & dialogue.
First IPYG workshops in Vienna schools, peace pedagogy in peer format. Plus cultural-exchange evenings with young voices from across Europe.
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