Geneva Peace Week 2015

Geneva, 16-20 November 2015

Key points: 5 days, 41 events, 165 speakers, 50 institutions

Geneva Peace Week 2015 highlights that each and every person, actor and institution has a role to play in building peace. It also highlights the importance of working outside the silos that all too often characterize the international community to enable more creative responses in a variety of contexts.

Events focus on substantive and original contributions about building peace and resolving conflict. Each event is owned by its respective organizers.

Participants to Geneva Peace Week must follow theregistration procedure of each event noted in the detailed event descriptions.

Geneva Peace Week is a collective action initiative
facilitated by the United Nations Office at Geneva and the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform.

Table of contents

1. About Geneva Peace Week
2. Programme overview
3. Event organizers
4. Venues
5. Main programme
6. Side events
7. Exhibitions
8. Training courses

1. About Geneva Peace Week

Why Geneva Peace Week?
Geneva is home to a large number of international organizations, including more than 40 United Nations entities, a thriving community of non-governmental organizations and renowned academic and research institutions. Together, all these actors work for peace, rights and well-being, touching the lives of individuals across the world. Geneva Peace Week offers an opportunity to connect and highlight the work of these actors and to expand the space for dialogue about building peace and resolving conflict.
What is Geneva Peace Week?
By synchronizing meetings on different topics related to the promotion of peace during one week, Geneva Peace Week maximizes synergies between organizations in Geneva,
focused on the cross-cutting nature of peace.
Geneva Peace Week underlines that each and every person, actor and institution has a role to play in building peace and resolving conflict. It also highlights that peace promotion occurs in many different contexts and cuts across disciplines and sectors. In this sense, Geneva Peace Week highlights the importance of working outside the silos that all – too – often characterize the international community to enable more creative responses.

2. Programme

Geneva Peace Week 2015 is the umbrella for
41 events organized by 50 institutions

All events resulted from a public call for submissions of events to contribute in two programme tracks. The Main Programme
has been developed collaboratively between UNOG, the
founding partners of the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform, organizations hosted in the Maison de la Paix, and the University of Geneva. The Side Events Programme reflects events organized by
Permanent Missions, International Organizations, and non-governmental organizations in consultative status with ECOSOC.

Overall, Geneva Peace Week has encouraged event partnerships across institutions and sectors.

Geneva Peace Week principles Geneva Peace Week is a collective action initiative that is structured by the following
principles:

1. Each organization organizes its own events by itself, retains its own visibility and ownership of the event, and acknowledges the event is part of Geneva Peace
   Week.
2. Events should focus on substantive and original contributions about building peace and resolving conflict. Events are
   not allowed to serve the exclusive promotion of a specific organization. Geneva Peace Week is not a political platform.
3. Parallel public events should not coincide with major Geneva Peace Week events.
4. All event information will be advertised in the programme of Geneva Peace Week.

The Geneva Peacebuilding Platform is a joint project of four institutions: The Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding (CCDP) of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies; the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP); Interpeace; and the Quaker United Nations
Office, Geneva (QUNO).

Access to the Palais des Nations
:
To attend meetings at the Palais des Nations, you
must register in advance with the
specific event organizers. Attendees without a valid access badge must enter through the Pregny Gate entrance, opposite the
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) headquarters on Route de Pregny. For access to the Palais des Nations and on site orientation see:
Palais_des_Nations_map

Access to the World Meteorological Organization

Access to the World Intellectual Property Organization
:
Please register to the event
and bring a valid picture ID to access this meeting venue.
Disclaimer
The Geneva Peace Week 2015
is a collective action
initiative
facilitated
by
the United
Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) (
www.unog.ch
) and the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform
(
www.gpplatform.ch
).
UNOG and the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform do not endorse any
particular event of the Geneva Peace Week Progra
mme. Geneva Peace Week events also
do not necessarily reflect the views of UNOG or the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform.
Practical information
The Think Tank Hub
:
The Think Tank
–
Hub provides six fully equipped working spaces as
well as conference facilities free of charge to think tanks from around the world that are
looking for temporary office space in Geneva. The offices are conveniently located in the
heart of t
he UN. Depending on the availability of office space, visiting think tanks can
schedule a stay lasting up to several weeks and/ or plan tailor
–
made events. This service is
only available for think tanks. More information:

Startseite

–
tank
–
hub
Accommodation Assistance:
For conference delegates coming from abroad, the
Delegates Welcome Centre offers logistical support for the planning of your accommodation
and may grant
financial
aid
to reduce the cost. Demands for financial aid are examine
d on a
case
–
by
–
case basis. The s
ervice takes into account the delegate’s own funds and those of
the
sending
orga
nisation
. More information:
delegates-welcome/accommodation-for-delegates.php

Programme overview

For abbreviations for venues and organizers see sections 3 and 4.

Main Programme
Monday, 16 November 2015 09:00-11:00, WIPO
Launch of the Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace (FDFA,
GWH) 12:30-14:00, MdP

Promoting Peaceful and Inclusive Societies: Practices that Count
(SAS, IPU, DCAF, IPTI)
17:30
(approx.)
On the occasion of Geneva Peace Week, the Jet d’Eau will be
illuminated in blue from around 17.30 to 23.15 (weather permitting).

Tuesday, 17 November 2015
10:
00
–
12:
00
,
IPU
The Existential Threat of Climate Change and Nuclear Weapons: The
Marshall Islands
Experience and Action in the International Court Of
Justice (WFC, BPO, RLAF)
12:15
–
13:30, MdP
Future Prospects for the Arms Trade Treaty: The Secretariat, Treaty
Implementation
a
nd Beyond (
ATT Network
–
CCDP, GCSP, UNIDIR,
SAS)
13:30
–
15:00, PdN
Mining C
ommunities in Post
–
Conflict Settings: New Challenges and
Opportunities for Peacebuilding (GCSP, FES)
15:00
–
17:00, PdN
Natural Resources and Conflict: A Mediated Solution (UNEP,
UNDPA, UNOG)
Wednesday, 18 November 2015
11:30
–
13:30, MdP
Barn Owls Know No
Boundaries: The Role of Biodiversity in Peace
Processes (GCSP,
I
HEID, UNIL)
12:00
–
14:00, WMO
Applying
Information and Communication Technologies
to
Peacebuilding: Experiences from the Maison de la Paix (DCAF,
I
HEID, GICHD)
12:00
–
14:00, MdP
Geneva
Reflections on the Global Study on Women, Peace and
Security (GDH)
12:30
–
14:00, PdN
The Evolution of the Role of International Organizations in the
Maintenance of Peace and S
ecurity on the 70
th
A
nniversary of the
United Nations
(UNOG, UNIGE)
14.30
–
15.30, M
dP
Tackling Insecurity in the City: Key Issues for HABITAT III (UNOG,
GPP
, UNECE
)
15.30
–
17.00, MdP
Can Elections Build Lasting Peace? (KAF)
18:00
–
19:30, MdP
Mediating Complexity and Inclusion in Current Peace Processes
(IPTI, CHD)
18:
3
0
–
2
1
:00, MdP
Cine
–
Onu: The Day After Peace (UNOG,
I
HEID)
5
Thursday, 19 November 2015
09:00
–
12:00, CB
How Can Neurobiology and Affective Sciences Contribute to Conflict
Resolution?
(SCAS
–
UNIGE)
10.00
–
11:3
0, PdN
Conflict Sensitivity in Business: Experiences
from China
and
Southeast Asia (Q
UNO, AFSC
, PNF
)
10:30
–
12:00, WMO
Contemporary C
hallenges to Peace in Security i
n Cyberspace
(DCAF)
10:30
–
12:00, MdP
A Fragility Compass to Orient Emp
loyment and Decent Work
Projects
(CCDP, ILO)
11:00
–
13:00, PdN
10th Anniversary of
the Responsibility to Protect: A Focus on
Prevention
(
Permanent Missions of
Australia, Ghana, Hungary
,
Nigeria, Rwanda, Uruguay,
I
HEID, GCR2P
)
12:30
–
14:00, MdP
Geneva Launch of the 2015 Global Terrorism Index Report (GCSP,
IEP)
12:30
–
13:30, MdP
After Mos
ul: What is ISIS up to? (
I
HEID)
15:00
–
17:00, PdN
Entrepreneurship f
or Peace (UNCTAD, GPP, UNOG, PN, FES
)
18:15
–
20:00, MdP
Torture and Repression in the Arab World (CCDP,
I
HEID)
Friday, 20 November 2015
Building Peace 2030: Facing a New Strategic
Landscape of Conflict
Annual Meeting of the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform
8.30
Registration
9.15
Welcome and opening
9.45
Charting future conflict and risk trends
10.45
Break
11.15
Marketpla
ce: Innovation in peacebuilding
11.45
Market
–
place sessions

Dealin
g with chronic violence and extremism

Conflict
–
sensitive business practice for large
–
scale investment contexts

Inclusiveness and
participation in peacebuilding
processe
s
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Debrief of the marketplace discussions with session facilitators
Cl
osure of Geneva Peace Week 2015
Building Peace 2030
–
Getting ready to face future conflict trends
14.15
What practice is necessary to face f
uture conflict and risk trends?
What roles to
build peace for what actors?
16.
00
Closing remarks
16.
15
Reception
T
hursday, 26 November 2015
18.30, AdE
Les Manuscrits de Tombouctou
: Table R
onde
(UNIGE)
6
Side events
Monday,
16 November 2015
13:00
, PdN
Launch event of the exhibition ‘What Does Peace Look Like?’
(UNESCO, Austria, AFPA)
1
8
:00, PdN
Launch
event of the exhibition ‘
A Time to Forgive’
(IOM)
Tuesday
,
17 November 2015
18:30
–
21:00, CI
Launch of the Geneva Science
–
Policy Platform
Climate Change and the Future of European Security: A Dinner
Debate (UNIGE, UNEP)
Thursday, 19 November 2015
12:0
0
–
13:30, PdN
Women
, Peace and Security (Gazeteciler ve Yazarlar Vakfi
–
The
Journalists and Writers Foundation)
14:00
–
15:30, PdN
La Mise en Oeuvre Pour une Paix Durable (
OCAPROCE
)
16:00
–
17:30, PdN
World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse (WWSF)
Fri
day, 20 November 2015
10:00
–
11:30, PdN
Arab World and Humanitarian Aid: Between Challenges and
Opportunities (UTANSC)
14:00
–
15:30, PdN
Peace t
hrough Constitutions (CGNK)
16:00
–
17:30, PdN
Religion and Peacebuilding (AMI)
Exhibitions
Les
Manuscrits
de
Tombouctou
16
–
20 November 2015,
09:00
–
18:00,
UD (UNIGE and OIF)
A Time to Forgive
16
–
20 November 2015
,
PdN
and 16
–
28
November 2015, UNI Bastion
(IOM)
What
D
oes Peace Look Like
?
16
–
25 November 2015, PdN
(UNESCO, Austria, AFPA)
Training courses
Enhancing Leadership for Peacebuilding
–
7
th
Senior Level Peacebuilding Course
Full Week
Course
, 16
–
20 November 2016
(
GCSP,
IP, FDFA, UNITAR
)
Resolving Land and Natural Resources Conflict in Peacebuilding
Wednesday, 18 November 2015
,
09:00
–
16:00
(
UNEP,
IOM, UNEP, UNDPA, SP
)
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3.
Event organizers
Main programme
AFPA
Alfred Fried Photography Award
AFSC
American Friends Service Committee
BPO
Basel Peace Office
CCDP
Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding (The Graduate Institute)
CHD
Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
DCAF
Geneva
Centre
for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces
FDFA
Swiss Federal Depart
ment of Foreign Affairs
FES
Friedrich
–
Ebert Foundation
GCSP
Geneva Centre for Security Policy
GCR2P
Global Centre for the Respons
ibility to Protect
GDH
Gender and Diversity Hub (Maison de la Paix)
GICHD
Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining
GPP
Geneva Peacebuilding Platform
GWH
Geneva Water Hub
IEP
Institute for Economics and Peace
IHEID
Graduate Institute for
International and Development Studies
ILO
In
ternational Labour Organization
IP
Interpeace
IPTI
Inclusive Peace and Transition Initiative (The Graduate Institute)
IPU
International Parliamentary Union
KAF
Kofi Annan Foundation
MSU
Mediation Suppor
t Unit (UNDPA)
PNF
Peace Nexus Foundation
QUNO
Quaker United Nations Office
RLAF
Right
–
Livelihood Award Foundation
SAS
Small Arms Survey
SCAS
Swiss Centre for Affective Sciences (UNIGE)
UNCTAD
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDPA
United Nations Department of Political Affairs
UNECE
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
UNEP
United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO
United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
UNIDIR
United Nations Institute
for Disarmament Research
UNIGE
University of Geneva
UNIL
University of Lausanne
UNOG
United Nations Office at Geneva
WPC
World Future Council
The Permanent Mission of
Australia, Ghana, Hungary, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Uruguay
collaborate toward an eve
nt on the Responsibility to Protect.
8
Side programme
AFPA
Alfred Fried Photography
Award
AMI
Asociacion Miraismo Internacional
CGNK
Center for Global Nonkilling
GYV
Gazeteciler ve Yazarlar Vakfi (The Journalists and Writers Foundation)
IOM
International Organization for Migration
OCAPROCE
Organisation pour la Communication en Afrique et de Promotion
de la Coopération Economique Internationale
OIF
Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie
SP
Swisspeace
UNITAR
United Nations Institut
e for Training and Research
UTANSC
United Towns Agency for North
–
South Cooperation
WWSF
Women’s World Summit Foundation
The Permanent Mission of Austria collaborates on the exhibition
‘What Doe
s Peace Look
Like?’
4.
Venues
AdE
Archives
d’Etat, R
ue de
l’Hôtel
–
de
–
V
ille 1
CB
Campus Biotech, Chemin
des Mines 9
CI
Confucius Institute
,
R
oute de Lausanne
266
(
Pregny
)
IPU
Inter
–
Parliamentary Union (IPU) Headquarters,
Chemin du Pommier 5
(
Le Grand
–
Saconnex
)
MdP
Maison de la Paix, Chemin Eugène
–
Rigot
2
PdN
Palais des Nations, Avenue de la Paix
UD
Uni Dufour, r
ue du Général
–
Dufour 24
UNIB
UNI Bastions
,
rue De
–
Candolle 5
WIPO
World Intellectual Property Rights Organization, Chemin des Colombettes 34
WMO
World Mete
orological Organization, 7bis, A
venue de la Paix