Background

The International Advisory Council (IAC) is composed of members from a representative group of International Geneva stakeholders, with an active interest and role in peacebuilding. The Council represents academia, UN organizations, international NGOs, civil society and diplomatic and donor representatives:

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International Advisory Council Members


 

> Bulan Institute
- Cholpon Orozobekova, Director

> Caux Initiatives of Change Foundation
- Sarah Noble, Head of Global Engagement

> Centre of Competence on Humanitarian 
Negotiation (CCHN) 
Joëlle Germanier, Director

> Centre on Conflict, 
Development and Peacebuilding
- Prof. Keith Krause, Director
- Eliza Urwin, Head of Research

> Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD),
 Mediation Support and Policy
- David Lanz, Deputy Director

> DCAF – Geneva Centre for Security
Sector Governance
- Hans Born, Assistant Director and Head of the 
Policy and Research Division, DCAF
- Dawn Lui. Policy & Research Project Officer

> Fight for Humanity
- Nicolas Sion, Head of Development

> Fondation Hirondelle
- Sacha Meuter, Head of Policy and Research

> Geneva Call
- Alexandre Munafò, Head of Global Engagement

> Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)
- Annika Hilding Norberg, Head of GCSP Peace
 Operations and Peacebuilding

> Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian
Demining (GICHD)
- Greta Zeender, Head of External Relations, Policy and Cooperation Programme

> Global Initiative against Transnational
Organized Crime
- Tuesday Reitano, Deputy Director

> ICT4Peace Foundation
- Anne-Marie Buzatu, Vice President and COO

> Independent Diplomat
- Guillaume Charron, Director

> International Labour Organization (ILO)
- Federico Negro, Coordinator OIC, Coordination
 Support Unit for Peace and Resilience

> International Organization for Migration
- Juliana Betancourt, Violence and Conflict Prevention Advisor, 
Peace and Recovery Division

> International Committee of the Red 
Cross (ICRC)
- Avigail Shai, policy advisor
- Ariana Lopes Morey (policy advisor)

> International Federation of Red Cross 
and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Amjad Saleem, Manager, Protection, 
Inclusion and Engagement
 

 

 


 


 

 
> Interpeace
- Luvini Ranasinghe, Head of Communications

> Justice Rapid Response (JRR)
- Samuel Emonet, Executive Director

> Kofi Annan Foundation (KAF)
Maud Roure, Head of Programmes

> Leaders pour la Paix
- Elisabeth Decrey Warner, Board Member

> Nonviolent Peaceforce
- Tiffany Easthom, Executive Director

> PeaceNexus Foundation
- Catriona Gourlay, Executive Director

> Permanent Mission of Switzerland
 to the UN in Geneva
- Andrea Aeby, Counselor, Peace & Security, Section Global Affairs

> Principles for Peace Foundation
- Hiba Qasas, Executive Director
- Peter Batchelor, Director of Partnerships

> Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO)
- Chatrina Schumacher, Programme Assistant

> Small Arms Survey
Nicolas Florquin, Head of Unit, Data & Analytics

> Swisspeace
- Emma Baumhofer, Digital Peacebuilding Expert
 
> The New Humanitarian
- Yasmine Kergoat, Chief of Staff
 
> United Nations Development 
Programme (UNDP)
- Gregory Connor, Policy Specialist,
 Conflict Prevention, Peacebuilding, and Responsive Institutions

> United Nations Environment
 Programme (UNEP)
- Silja Halle, Manager, UNEP-EU Climate 
Change and Security Programme

> United Nations Institute for 
Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
- Robin Geiss, Director

> UNHCR - the UN Refugee Agency
- Agnès Hurwitz, Global Lead on Rule of Law, Governance, and Peacebuilding
> University for Peace to the United Nations Office 
and other international organizations in Geneva
- David Fernandez Puyana, Permanent Observer

> United Nations University
 Centre for Policy Research
- Adam Day, Head of Geneva Office

> Women’s International League for
 Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
- Madeleine Rees, Secretary General

> World Bank Office Geneva
- Maria Dimitriadou, Special Representative to the UN and WTO

> World Council of Churches
- Peter Prove, Director, Commission of the Churches on International Affairs




 

 

CONTACT

Gabriela Buser

Fundraising & Partnership Coordinator Geneva Peacebuilding Platform

Gabriela Buser

Tatiana Avanthay

Communications Coordinator Geneva Peacebuilding Platform

Tatiana Avanthay
Geneva Peacebuilding Platform Foundation