In preparation for the celebration of the Catalan Forum by Peace, which is being promoted by the Catalan Peace Promotion Council and will be implemented in 2024, according to the report European peace policy: a comparative study (published in Catalan) is presented as a diagnosis of the main European peace policy situation, with the aim of providing the impetus for a new peace policy in Catalonia, within the framework of the current powers and within the law. 21/2003 to promote peace.

That investigation has been prepared by Albert Caramesdirector FundiPauAnd Luka Gervasonidirector Novak, and is based on the peace policies of four European countries that are examples of peace states: Sweden, Norway, Germany and Switzerland; and four European regions that have reference institutions dedicated to promoting peace: the North Rhine and the states Hessein Germany; Emilia Romagna, in Italy; and Wales, in the UK.

This document analyzes the policies and instruments that support the eight case studies studied to carry out foreign actions aimed at peace, what conditions exist to enable these peace policies, what resources and budgets they have, and what are the indicators of good practice. That investigation The chapter also includes a section on the role played by civil society in the states and regions studied, in crisis prevention, conflict resolution and promotion of a culture of peace.

In the final section, a series of conclusions, good practices and recommendations are collected that can be applied in Catalonia to develop peace policies. In this way, this report aims to accompany a participatory and horizontal peace policy design process in Catalonia within the framework of the Catalan Forum celebrations. by peace.