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Paris Forum Peace Paris Peace Forum PRESS KIT SEPTEMBER 2020 INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS AT THE HEART OF THE PARIS PEACE FORUM Paris Peace Forum 2020: 100 solutions to bounce back from the Coronavirus crisis In 2020, the world is facing a health crisis with dramatic consequences that knows no borders and calls for collective solutions. Yet international coordination is at a loss, while short-term national calculations and lack of solidarity, especially with developing countries, take precedence. The Paris Peace Forum was created to respond to this crisis of multilateralism, which is not new but has sharply increased in 2020. Given the scale of the challenges before us, the Forum will devote its third edition to projects and initiatives from around the world aimed at providing immediate responses to the Covid-19 crisis, improving our resilience in the medium term, and rebuilding a more sustainable world. Ten days after the American election, and ten days before the G20 Summit in Riyadh, the third edition of the Paris Peace Forum will be the first international event of its kind after the emergence of the pandemic, from 11 to 13 November 2020, providing a universal and inclusive platform for all actors involved in the response to the crisis. Given the health prevention measures related to the Coronavirus pandemic, this third edition of the Forum will take a hybrid form: partly in person, partly online. The Call for Projects launched in March 2020 received more than 850 applications - a record since the creation of the Forum - from all types of actors: NGOs, companies, international organizations, states, local authorities... This is a sign that, despite the pandemic, there remains an astounding reservoir of international cooperation and a willingness to respond to the crisis collectively. Of the 100 Selected Projects, 46 focus on immediate responses to the health, social and economic crisis, particularly concentrating on the three priorities of this year's Forum: • the governance of health • the use and regulation of digital tools and platforms to respond to the crisis • the support of civil society and economic activity in times of pandemics Other selected initiatives provide answers to many challenges that did not disappear with the Coronavirus or, on the contrary, have increased: reconciling development finance with climate efforts , protecting the oceans, improving access to clean water, making outer space safe and sustainable, regulation the use of data and AI, enhancing the governance of education and ensuring gender equality. A universal Call for Projects to respond to the crisis around the world The responses to this third Call for Projects confirm the role of the Forum as a major player in international coordination, given that 49% of the projects selected by the Selection Committee are implemented globally, or on at least two continents. A diversity of actors in collective action The 2020 Selected Projects are led by a variety of actors from 61 different countries. They are initiated in particular by states (4 projects), international organizations (25 projects), NGOs (36 projects) as well as companies, foundations, local authorities and think tanks. Solutions to go beyond the rhetoric and face the crisis in an immediate and concrete way The selected project leaders will thus be able to present their solution from 11 to 13 November 2020 at the Grande Halle de La Villette in Paris or on a digital platform specially developed for the event. This third edition will be an opportunity for project leaders to reach out to thousands of actors in collective action and make a concrete contribution to ending the crisis and building a more sustainable world. 100 solutions with global impact The 2020 Selected Projects are implemented in 76 countries around the globe. The below list indicates each project implemented per country. COUNTRY PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED Afghanistan #CoronavirusFacts Lutte contre la « désinfodémie » sur le Covid-19 dans les environnements sujets aux conflits Awaaz Afghanistan - Inter-Agency Information and Accountability Centre Covid-19 Response: a replicable model of safety and protection measures Algeria AfricaConnect Argentina We Care All-Atlantic Ocean Youth Ambassadors Azerbaijan Recovering from Covid-19 together – A multi-stakeholder approach based on Covid-19 Recovery Needs Assessments (CRNA) Bahamas Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance Bahrain Watch Out! Bangladesh SATMED Belgium SHERPA (Shaping the ethical dimensions of smart information systems– a European perspective) Benin Regional Reverse Linkage Project Between the “Institut Pasteur-Dakar” and 10 Laboratories in sub- Saharan Countries for Capacity Development in Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic Botswana Controlling and modelling the transmission of COVID-19 using Artificial Intelligence in Southern Africa Brazil Mapping Environmental Crime in the Amazon Basin BDMG Digital Burkina Faso Sahel Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend (SWEDD) Early Warning and Early Response Systems Initiative Cameroon Covenant of Mayors in Sub-saharan Africa (CoM SSA) Archipelagos One Platform for Africa (“ONE4A”) Canada AI for Climate Alliance of Global Talent Organizations (AGTO): Using the Pandemic as a Watershed Moment for Realizing Global Governance of Talent Mobility Central The Comprehensive Planning and Performance Assessment System (CPAS) African Republic People’s Women and Covid-19 crisis: Gender-based solutions to improve the governance of health and Social Republic of Recovery of Pandemics Crisis China The Coalition to End Wildlife Trafficking Online Alliance of Global Talent Organizations (AGTO): Using the Pandemic as a Watershed Moment for Realizing Global Governance of Talent Mobility Columbia National Plan of Music for the Coexistence Mapping Environmental Crime in the Amazon Basin IDFC Climate Facility Côte d’Ivoire Global Emerging Markets Credit Risk Data Hub Improving Health Governance and Budgeting for Sustainable, Tax-based Financing of Health Care in Developing Countries Democratic Programme for humanitarian impact investment (PHII) Republic of the Congo Sustained multi-month operation of multi-purpose drones for humanitarian and development outcomes Gender Equality in and by the Media through Media Monitoring Ecuador Recovering from Covid-19 together – A multi-stakeholder approach based on Covid-19 Recovery Needs Assessments (CRNA) Egypt Watch Out! Optimize the Water utilization for Agriculture Youth Employment Support (YES) Egypt- Ard El Khair Incubator Fin4Dev Archipelagos One Platform for Africa (“ONE4A”) Eritrea SATMED Ethiopia European Response to Electoral Cycle Support in Ethiopia (EURECS-Ethiopia) Health and Peace Initiative Tespack Solar Media Bag Early Warning and Early Response Systems Initiative Partnership for improving prospects for forcibly displaced persons and host communities (PROSPECTS) WASH financing for fragile contexts The Safe Delivery Program Safe Trade as a way to peace in Africa Strengthening economic resilience and women’s agricultural productivity in Covid-19 era France Private Sector for Refugees (PS4R) Fonds de solidarité de la Francophonie pour les Femmes (FFF) Communauté mondiale de lutte contre la désinformation Baromètre mondial du pluralisme culturel et religieux L’Initiative Textile Equitable : partenariat pour une filière textile mondialisée et durable Women and Covid-19 crisis: Gender-based solutions to improve the governance of health and Social Recovery of Pandemics Crisis The Trusted News Initiative International cross-border scientific coordination across the Pasteur International Network: A strong candidate case for clinical therapy against Covid-19 Germany L’Initiative Textile Equitable : partenariat pour une filière textile mondialisée et durable Ghana Justice for All Program and Emergency COVID Prison Relief Programme AfricaConnect The Safe Delivery Program Guatemala Leaving no one behind: Empowering Indigenous women in the post-Covid-19 tourism recovery Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance Hong Kong Alliance of Global Talent Organizations (AGTO): Using the Pandemic as a Watershed Moment for Realizing Global Governance of Talent Mobility Iceland All-Atlantic Ocean Youth Ambassadors India The Safe Delivery Program Sikkim Organic Mission EU-India Resource Efficiency Initiative India (EU-REI) Space Education Cyber 4 Healthcare L’Initiative Textile Equitable : partenariat pour une filière textile mondialisée et durable Indonesia Restoring Indonesian peatlands, protecting our planet IDFC Climate Facility Regional Economic Recovery Program Spheres of dialogue: fostering professional exchanges and building capacity of humanitarian negotiators on the frontlines RPA model for de-radicalization and reintegration of defectors and prisoners formerly involved in violent extremist groups Iraq PERMA (Promoting Economic Revival of Micro-businesses and Agriculture) in Al Hamdaniya, Iraq Strengthening Access to Protection, Participation and Services for Women Refugees, IDPs and Host Communities Awaaz Afghanistan - Inter-Agency Information and Accountability Centre Italy Covid-19 Response: a replicable model of safety and protection measures Promoting Pluralism and Dialogue amidst Pandemic and Protest Jordan Strengthening Access to Protection, Participation and Services for Women Refugees, IDPs and Host Communities Kenya The DFCD Partnership: Financing Resilience using an Integrated Landscape Approach Safe Trade as a way to peace in Africa FSD Africa Green Bonds Programme Women and Covid-19 crisis: Gender-based solutions
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