"we've had peace in europe for many years and we're much better at communicating than we once were. in spite of that, however, there is a need for further cross-border communication including the exchange of best practice models.

This is all lower case. Can you fix that?
"We've had peace in Europe for many years and we're much better at communicating than we once were. In spite of that, however, there is a need for further cross-border communication including the exchange of best practice models.