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What gets admitted, and who decides

W3ltfrieden is open to many forms of peace work, but not without limits. This page names the criteria, the exclusions, the review process and the course an admitted mission takes afterwards

Origin

How a mission comes about

A mission comes out of two things: what you bring, and what is needed around you

The peace mission bot connects what you tell it with a concrete social need. The ethics bot then reviews the proposal against the ethics charter, which sets out non-violence, human dignity, compliance with the law, transparency and social responsibility. What does not pass that review is not proposed.

The bot asks about:

  • Passion
  • Time available
  • Skills
  • Network
  • Where you live
To the peace mission bot

Shared principles

What every mission has in common

Missions differ in subject, size and reach. Five principles are shared by all of them.

  1. Every mission starts from resources

    It starts from what is there: skills, networks, time. Not from what is missing. People act within the room they realistically have.

  2. Every mission is ethically validated

    The ethics charter is built into the system architecture. Every proposal is non-violent, lawful and respects human dignity. The review runs while the proposal is being made, not as a filter afterwards.

  3. Every mission can be repeated

    Local in your own neighbourhood or digital and worldwide: missions are made to be passed on. Formats that work are documented, standardised and made available to other regions.

  4. Every mission strengthens self-efficacy

    Peace here is what follows from concrete, traceable action. Carrying out a mission shows you that change starts inside your own reach.

  5. Every mission can be built on

    One person can start it, a team can develop it further and organisations can take it over. The system allows people to connect without centralising control.

Peace is not a utopian ideal. Peace is a process you can shape.

Admission

Which missions are admitted

Criticism of states, institutions, political parties and companies, as well as research and public education, are welcome. We review missions in context and distinguish between endorsement, quotation and critical discussion. Clear criteria and a three-stage process determine admission.

Admission criteria

A mission is admitted when it:

  • is compatible with the German constitution and applicable law
  • does not call for, threaten or glorify violence
  • does not disparage or discriminate against people or groups
  • does not promote extremist ideology that encourages violence or dehumanisation
  • is no party-political campaigning
  • is phrased constructively and towards a solution
  • looks realistic to carry out

Exclusion criteria

Missions are not admitted when they:

  • call for, threaten or glorify violence
  • promote extremist ideologies that encourage violence or dehumanisation
  • call for political persecution or the denial of fundamental rights
  • disparage or discriminate against people or groups, or spread antisemitic content
  • spread conspiracy narratives that dehumanise people or groups
  • campaign or advertise for a political party or candidacy

The review process in three stages

  1. Stage 01

    Technical pre-check

    Automated check for key terms, known extremist narratives and violations of the law.

  2. Stage 02

    Ethics check

    Measured against the ethics charter, the governance rules and the exclusion criteria.

  3. Stage 03

    Human decision

    The final assessment is made by a named responsible body. Missions are decided by people.

Stages one and two run in seconds and only flag. Stage three is a person with a name, within two days on average. If a mission is turned down, the notice says which point it was and what would have to change. You can submit again as often as you like.

Course

How a mission runs in public

An admitted mission is a course of events. It has a public page, a logbook and a status that stays honest.

  • Mission logbook

    Every mission keeps its own logbook. An entry is text and up to three images. Whoever answers for the mission decides which draft gets published.

  • Public feed

    Published entries from all active missions come together in one feed, newest first. Anyone can read them, no account needed.

  • Comments

    Under every published entry there is a comment area with exactly one level of replies, so a conversation stays readable. Moderation can delete, the person being discussed cannot.

  • Support wanted

    Anyone who needs help marks the mission as “support wanted” and describes in up to 500 characters what kind. The mission overview can be filtered by that and by place.

  • Public profile

    Every pioneer has a profile under their own username: picture, short text, up to five links and their own missions. No following, no people search, no verification ticks.

  • Images without location data

    The metadata is stripped from every uploaded image. A phone photo carries GPS coordinates, and the location of a peace mission can be a sensitive thing.

States

The status of a mission is visible

No mission goes active without human approval. Paused means “we have stopped for now”, not “this never existed”: the page stays reachable through its link. Completed stays readable and open to comments, because finishing is a result, not a deletion.

  • Draft

    Visible only to you and your team.

    In the directory
    No
    Via the link
    Team only
  • In review

    With the moderation team.

    In the directory
    No
    Via the link
    Team only
  • Active

    Publicly visible and open to comments.

    In the directory
    Yes
    Via the link
    Public
  • Paused

    Reachable through the link, not in the directory.

    In the directory
    No
    Via the link
    Public
  • Completed

    Stays public, takes no new entries.

    In the directory
    Yes
    Via the link
    Public
  • Archived

    Final state. The link answers with 404.

    In the directory
    No
    Via the link
    404

Archived is the only final state: it cannot be undone, and the link answers with 404 from then on. That is why the platform asks twice at this point.

Your peace mission takes five questions

The bot asks about time, skills, interest, where you live and your network. What comes of it is your decision