Our Mandate

The Geneva Peacebuilding Platform Foundation

The Geneva Peacebuilding Platform Foundation is a knowledge hub that connects the critical mass of peacebuilding actors, resources, and expertise in Geneva and worldwide.

Founded in 2008, the Platform has a mandate to facilitate interaction on peacebuilding between different institutions and sectors and to advance new knowledge and understanding of issues and contexts related to building peace. It also plays a creative role in building bridges between International Geneva, the United Nations peacebuilding architecture in New York, and peacebuilding activities in the field. As of July 2024, to perpetuate this initiative, the GPP became a Foundation, to provide a platform to facilitate interaction on peacebuilding and peacekeeping between different sectors and institutions.

The Platform's network comprises more than 4'000 peacebuilding professionals working on building peace directly or indirectly. The Platform ensures the continuous exchange of information through seminars, consultations, and conferences, and facilitates outcome-oriented dialogues on peacebuilding practice.

What is the Platform's mandate?

The GPP Foundation is mandated by our three board members and partner institutions to act as a ‘knowledge hub’ to advance new knowledge and understanding of peacebuilding issues and contexts, and to facilitate the interaction on peacebuilding between different institutions and sectors.

The overall goal of this mandate is to nurture the networking of peacebuilding resources in Geneva and worldwide; and build bridges between International Geneva, the United Nations peacebuilding architecture in New York, and peacebuilding activities in the field.

In support of this mandate, the Platform will:

Develop a network of peacebuilding professionals and institutions;
Provide policy-relevant advice and services;
Ensure a continuous exchange of information, and necessary ‘reality checks’, through formal or informal seminars, consultations, and conferences; and
Work across institutional and sectorial divisions.

What are the Platform’s aims?

Adding value by generating substance, analysis or understanding on peacebuilding at the cross section of institutions, sectors, and disciplines.
Enabling frank and open exchange by locating discussions outside official meetings on positions and above institutional and sectorial silos and ‘turf wars’.
Listening to the voices of local peacebuilders so that those building peace on a daily basis are heard in Geneva, New York, and other major policy centres.

How does the Platform work?

Finding solutions from the bottom-up by building strong partnerships with a range of actors at various levels tailored to a specific topic or context.
Network peacebuilding resources in Geneva and worldwide by facilitating connections across institutions and sectors and by synthesising promising practice.
Ensuring continuous exchange about peacebuilding issues, practice, and contexts through seminars, consultations, conferences, and multi-stakeholder processes.

2023 Activity Report

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Geneva Peacebuilding Platform

2024 Programme of work

This Programme outlines the core pillars that structure the work of the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform (GPP) and details activities for 2024. It highlights key advancements within the organization and offers strategic direction for the year ahead. Building on its history, the programme of work of the GPP is built on three core pillars:

PILLAR I: FACILITATION

Topical development through ad-hoc meetings and discussions;
Actively seek to strengthen the NY-Geneva exchanges, by organising notably first rounds of discussion on the Summit of the Future;
Build more profound engagement with UN missions; and
Be a facilitator for Switzerland and the peacebuilding community notably with regard to its seat at the UN Security Council, including the Swiss Presidency in October 2024.

PILLAR II. COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT

Preparing for the transition of the community of practice on business and conflicts and ECCP;
Annual retreat in 2024, coupled with more frequent, active International Advisory Council interaction;
Celebration of the 10^th year anniversary of the Maison de la Paix;
Annual retreat with GPP Board;
Geneva Peace Talks in 2024

PILLAR III: GENEVA PEACE WEEK

Conduct a review with the Consortium of the last GPW23 edition and prepare a strategy for 2024;
Develop and implement a fundraising strategy;
Implement annual management cycle of GPW24;
Invest in the continued participative shared ownership of the Consortium;
Design GPW as a participative, silo-busting, cross-sectorial Peace Forum and a reference in peace forums for Geneva and beyond;
Opening and Closing Ceremonies at GPW24; and Kofi Annan Peace Address at GPW24.