Sponsoring Schools
The Peace Prize Forum is sponsored annually and hosted on a rotating basis by five ELCA colleges of Norwegian heritage in the Upper Midwest and presented in cooperation with the Norwegian Nobel Institute, Oslo, Norway.

Augsburg College
Augustana College
Concordia College
Luther College
St. Olaf College

Nobel Peace Prize Festival, www.nobelpeaceprizefestival.org
The Nobel Peace Prize Festival is an expansion of the Nobel Peace Prize Forum, an annual event affiliated with the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo, Norway. The Forum rotates between the five Norwegian/American affiliated colleges in the Midwest: Augsburg College in Minneapolis, MN, Augustana College in Sioux Falls, SD, Concordia College in Moorhead, MN, Luther College in Decorah, IA and St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. The Forum held its first annual event in 1988. The Festival, in response to the growing interest of involving children and youth, became a reality in 1996. The Festival coincides annually with the Forum and is held at Augsburg College in Minneapolis.

The Norwegian Nobel Institute, http://nobelpeaceprize.org
The official site for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Ozaki Yukio Memorial Foundation, www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~gakudo/englishreport2004.htm
Ozaki Yukio Memorial Foundation is a non-profit organization incorporated under Civil Code Article 34 and functions under the auspices of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Sciences, Sports and Culture. It is dedicated to advancing the cause of democratic governance and contributing to a better world in the spirit and tradition of Ozaki Yukio whose name it bears. The Foundation conducts seminars and lectures for citizen-empowerment of which the youth leadership training program is a part. The foundation annually selects four students on the basis of their proposed plan along the theme of Striving for Peace to participate in the Noble Peace Prize Forum and to visit various not-for-profit or civic organizations while in Minneapolis.

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, www.ohchr.org/english/
The High Commissioner is the principal UN official with responsibility for human rights.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, www.unhchr.ch/udhr/lang/eng.htm

International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World (2001–10), www3.unesco.org/iycp
Year 2000 was a starting point for a major mobilization as it was the International Year for the Culture of Peace (UN Resolution A /RES/52/15). On this special occasion, a global movement for a culture of peace was initiated by the United Nations to create a " grand alliance " of existing movements that unites all those already working for a culture of peace in its eight domains of action. This movement is now growing with the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World (2001-10).

Minnesota Department of Human Rights, www.humanrights.state.mn.us/

Human Rights Program at the Institute for Global Studies of the University of Minnesota, http://hrp.cla.umn.edu/index.htm