GPP's participation in COP28

On 3 December, COP28 will feature Peace as a thematic convening day for the first time in the annual climate change conference’s history.

Peace@COP28 community members from around the world are hosting side events, exhibitions, film screenings and more throughout COP28. You can find a lineup of their events on our website: ecosystemforpeace.org/cop28.

Geneva Peace Week 2023 highlights

The Maison de la Paix in Geneva recently hosted the landmark 10th edition of Geneva Peace Week, a momentous occasion that brought together more than 5,500 attendees from across the globe. The event, held from October 30 to November 3, 2023, marked a decade of fostering dialogue, cooperation, and innovative solutions in the pursuit of global peace.

PUBLICATION: Geneva Consultations: Executive Summary and Recommendations

As outlined in the 2021 Report on Our Common Agenda, the UN Secretary-General has initiated a process for developing a New Agenda for Peace in time for a Summit of the Future to be held in 2024. 

To bring the expertise based in Geneva into this process, the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform facilitated a consultative discussion in Geneva, Switzerland on 16-17 March 2023. Geneva-based International Organizations, International Civil Society Organizations, the Private Sector and Academia contributed their expertise throughout the consultations.

PUBLICATION: The Community of Practice on ECCP

 Following the completion of its third year of work at the end of 2022, the ECCP CoP partnered with Universalia from January to April 2023 to conduct a collaborative and utilization-focused evaluation of the community.