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Geneva, 16-20 November 2015 Key Points Table of Contents Geneva, 16-20 November 2015 Key points 5 days, 41 events, 165 speakers, 50 institutions. Geneva Peace Week 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 the registration 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 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. 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 Platform1, 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. 1 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). 2 Registration and access information General: Please follow the registration procedure of each event noted in the detailed event descriptions. In case an event registration is required by the organizers, participants need to register for each event separately according to the indications given by the organizer. In case there is no event registration required by the organizers, access is public. 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: http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/practical_information/Palais_des_Nations_map -English.pdf Access to the World Meteorological Organization: Please bring a valid picture ID to access this meeting venue. 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 Programme. 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 the 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: http://www.foraus.ch/#!/think-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 examined on a case-by-case basis. The service takes into account the delegate's own funds and those of the sending organisation. More information: http://www.cagi.ch/en/delegates- welcome/accommodation-for-delegates.php 3 2. 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 and Beyond (ATT Network – CCDP, GCSP, UNIDIR, SAS) 13:30-15:00, PdN Mining Communities 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, IHEID, UNIL) 12:00-14:00, WMO Applying Information and Communication Technologies to Peacebuilding: Experiences from the Maison de la Paix (DCAF, IHEID, 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 Security on the 70th Anniversary of the United Nations (UNOG, UNIGE) 14.30-15.30, MdP 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) 18:30-21:00, MdP Cine-Onu: The Day After Peace (UNOG, IHEID) 4 Thursday, 19 November 2015 09:00-12:00, CB How Can Neurobiology and Affective Sciences Contribute to Conflict Resolution? (SCAS-UNIGE) 10.00-11:30, PdN Conflict Sensitivity in Business: Experiences from China and Southeast Asia (QUNO, AFSC, PNF) 10:30-12:00, WMO Contemporary Challenges to Peace in Security in Cyberspace (DCAF) 10:30-12:00, MdP A Fragility Compass to Orient Employment 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, IHEID, GCR2P) 12:30-14:00, MdP Geneva Launch of the 2015 Global Terrorism Index Report (GCSP, IEP) 12:30-13:30, MdP After Mosul: What is ISIS up to? (IHEID) 15:00-17:00, PdN Entrepreneurship for Peace (UNCTAD, GPP, UNOG, PN, FES) 18:15-20:00, MdP Torture and Repression in the Arab World (CCDP, IHEID) 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 Marketplace: Innovation in peacebuilding 11.45 Market-place
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