Leadership for Peace – Operationalising the findings and recommendations of the Geneva Peace Week
Part of the Geneva Peace Week
The overall theme for the Geneva Peace Week 2021 is “From Seeds to Systems of Peace: Weathering Today’s Challenges”, within which four areas of inquiry will be explored in some 30 interactive online workshops and sessions, and through the development and dissemination of some 30 digital productions. The four focus areas are the following:
- Creating a climate for collaboration: Ways forward for environment, climate change, and peace
- Moving beyond securitization: What risks (and new horizons) for peacebuilding
- Harnessing the digital sphere for peace
- Confronting inequalities and advancing inclusion, peace, and SDG16
The purpose of this session is to pull together the results and outcomes generated during GPW 2021 through the four work strands, by linking these results to a conversation on what type of leadership is required to effectively promote the operationalisation and implementation of the GPW 2021’s findings and recommendations.
Organisers and partners for the Leadership for Peace session:
Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), International Leadership Association (ILA), Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Palantir Technologies Australia, and Peace Messenger Liberia.
Session agenda
Welcome remarks: Mr Rainer Gude, Executive Coordinator, Geneva Peacebuilding Platform (GPP)
Session facilitator: Ms Annika Hilding Norberg, Head, Peace Operations and Peacebuilding, GCSP and Member of the Board of Directors, International Leadership Association
Introductory inspirational injections from key organisers:
- Ms Annika Hilding Norberg, Head, Peace Operations and Peacebuilding, GCSP and Member of the Board of Directors, International Leadership Association
- Prof Mike Hardy, Director, Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, University of Coventry, and Chair, International Leadership Association
- Dr Cedric de Coning, Research Professor and Co-Director, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) Center for UN and Global Governance
- Dr Mike Kelly, President, Palantir Technologies Australia
- Ms Gwendolyn Myer, Founder and President, Peace Messenger Liberia
Break out working groups with short introductions and working with pad-lets for collective brainstorming:
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1) Creating a climate for collaboration: Ways forward for environment, climate change, and peace
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2) Moving beyond securitization: What risks (and new horizons) for peacebuilding?
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3) Harnessing the digital sphere for peace
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4) Confronting inequalities and advancing inclusion, peace, and SDG16
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About Geneva Peace Week
Geneva Peace Week (GPW) is a leading annual forum in the international peacebuilding calendar, and the flagship event of the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform. This year, the thematic focus of the week is "From seeds to systems of peace: Weathering today’s challenges". Geneva Peace Week 2021 (GPW21) aims to galvanise leadership, build trust and contribute to transforming international cooperation.
Geneva Peace Week 2021 will be held totally online from 1-5 November 2021. Institutions and individuals in Geneva and around the world have come together to organise an interactive GPW21 experience. Attendees are welcome to participate in GPW ‘Online Workshops’ and to also engage with the GPW ‘Digital Series’.
