2026
Call for Stories: Open Mic Session – Take the Stage at the Geneva Peace Forum 2026
Do you have a story to share ? For the Geneva Peace Forum 2026, we are opening the stage to participants who would like to share a personal story, lived experience or reflection connected to peace, dialogue, resilience, identity, hope or coexistence. The Open Mic Session: Voices for Peace will bring together six selected participants to share their stories in an intimate and facilitated setting. Each speaker will have up to five minutes to take the microphone and share something meaningful to them, whether intimate, difficult, inspiring, unexpected or thought-provoking.
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2026
Join our team as event assistant or volunteers
The Geneva Peace Forum is looking for enthusiastic and motivated Event Assistants and Volunteers to support the team for four days during the Forum, from 12 to 15 October 2026.
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2026
The Geneva Peacebuilding Platform Contributes to the First UN Peacebuilding Week in New York and Geneva
From 22 to 26 June 2026, the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform (GPP) actively contributed to the inaugural UN Peacebuilding Week in New York, engaging in strategic discussions on strengthening multilateral cooperation and advancing innovative approaches to sustaining peace.
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2026
Geneva Peace Forum Meets Vienna: Strengthening Connections Across Peace and Security Communities
On 3 June 2025, the Geneva peacebuilding Platform (GPP), together with the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) and the Austrian Institute for International Affairs (oiip), convened the third edition of GPF Meets meets Vienna at the Park Hyatt Vienna. Bringing together diplomats, practitioners, researchers, representatives of international organizations, civil society actors and peacebuilding experts. The event provided a platform to strengthen connections between Geneva and Vienna’s multilateral communities and to explore practical approaches to addressing today's complex peace and security challenges.
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2026
The 2025 Activity Report is Out!
The Geneva Peacebuilding Platform is pleased to present its 2025 Activity Report, offering a comprehensive overview of a year marked by strengthened dialogue, expanded partnerships, and sustained engagement. Building on its role as a convener and facilitator, the Platform continued to deepen exchanges across diverse peacebuilding communities and reinforce spaces for inclusive multilateral dialogue.
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2026
Human Rights Obligations in the Arms Trade: Rethinking Risk for Institutional Investors
On 28 May 2026, the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform co-hosted an online discussion exploring how human rights obligations in the arms trade are reshaping risk for institutional investors. Organized in partnership with Heartland Initiative, the Essex Business and Human Rights Project, and St. Mary's University, the event brought together leading experts to examine the evolving intersection of human rights, finance, and global security.
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