The International Advisory Council advises the Platform's Executive Coordinator in the substantive programming of the Platform. It 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:
Bulan Institute
- Cholpon Orozobekova, Director
Caux Initiative for Peace
- Sarah Noble, Head of Global Engagement
Centre of Competence on Humanitarian Negotiation (CCHN)
Joëlle Germanier, Director
Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding
- Dr. 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)
- Silvia Cattaneo, Senior Policy Advisor, Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)
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
- Jason Aplon, Post Conflict / DDR Advisor, Transition and Recovery Division
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
- Eva Svoboda, Policy Lead
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Amjad Saleem, Manager, Protection, Inclusion and Engagement
Interpeace
- Dr Rebecca Brubaker, Director of Policy, Learning and Advisory Services
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 United Nations Office and other international organizations 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
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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
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
Geneva Peace Week