Development

Young Farmers, High Aspirations: BIC Brussels roundtable explores the future of EU agriculture in light of an ageing farming population

Young Farmers, High Aspirations: BIC Brussels roundtable explores the future of EU agriculture in light of an ageing farming population

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The average age of a farmer in the European Union (EU) is 57 years old. That fact sits at the heart of one of the most existential challenges facing European agriculture: Who will work the land when the current generation can no longer do so?

Returning to Listen: BIC Joins 25th Session of Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Returning to Listen: BIC Joins 25th Session of Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

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The twenty-fifth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues opened on 20 April with color, ceremony, and cultural expression, as delegations in traditional dress offered prayers in dozens of languages in an atmosphere of remarkable dignity and diversity.

BIC event explores future of AU–EU Partnership, highlighting agency, participation and shared prosperity

BIC event explores future of AU–EU Partnership, highlighting agency, participation and shared prosperity

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“Ambitions for the Next 25: Towards Agency, Participation and Shared Prosperity for All in the African Union (AU)–European Union (EU) Partnership,” an event hosted in February 2026 by the Bahá’í International Community’s (BIC) Addis Ababa and Brussels offices, examined how a broader understanding of development—which recognises every nation’s role in shaping a peaceful and prosperous global society—can be reflected in the Partnership’s policies and practices. 

BIC Explores New Patterns of Relationships Among Social Actors to Advance Social Development

BIC Explores New Patterns of Relationships Among Social Actors to Advance Social Development

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“Experience around the world clearly demonstrates that social development advances most effectively when the efforts of governing institutions, local community groups and individuals reinforce one another rather than duplicate or detract.”

From ‘rupture’ to the role of communities: Bahá’ís host latest “Promise of World Peace” dialogue for UN Member-States and civil society

From ‘rupture’ to the role of communities: Bahá’ís host latest “Promise of World Peace” dialogue for UN Member-States and civil society

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In honor of the 40th anniversary of the 1986 International Year of Peace—established to highlight the link between peace, development, and justice—the Bahá’í International Community (BIC) hosted the 14th session of its “Promise of World Peace” dialogue series.

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