PeaceCon 2023: Beyond Fragile Ground (Welcome, Opening Remarks and High-Level Plenaries)
Channel: United States Institute of Peace
Date: 2023-05-03

New Peacebuilding Architectures for Today and the Future

While the peacebuilding field has grown significantly over the last 20 years, an unprecedented number of global crises will pose a challenge in the years ahead. Currently, nearly a quarter of the world's population lives in environments rife with chronic instability, conflict or violence. And even before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the world was already experiencing a 30-year high in violent conflict. How the peacebuilding field chooses to evolve in the face of such complexity and uncertainty will determine its future success — and this year’s PeaceCon 2023 seeks to provide a firm foundation on which to build more effective, sustainable solutions to fragility and conflict.

On May 3, USIP, in partnership with the Alliance for Peacebuilding, kickstarted PeaceCon 2023 by bringing together senior officials, thought leaders, policymakers and practitioners from around the world to explore this year’s theme, “Beyond Fragile Ground: New Peacebuilding Architectures for Today and the Future,” as well as discuss new strategic approaches and peacebuilding frameworks to manage conflict and prevent violence.

To learn more about Days 2 and 3 of PeaceCon 2023, please visit AfP’s website. Continue the conversation on Twitter using #PeaceCon2023 and #BeyondFragileGround.

Agenda:

00:00:00 9:00am-9:15am | Welcome and Opening Remarks

Lise Grande, President, U.S. Institute of Peace
Liz Hume, Executive Director, Alliance for Peacebuilding
Charles Bolden, Board Vice Chair, Alliance for Peacebuilding; Former Administrator, NASA

00:28:44 9:15am-10:15am | Opening High-Level Plenary: How Are Multi and Bilateral Donors' Policies and Resources Meeting the Demands of Increasing Violent Conflict and Fragility and Building Sustainable Peace

Lise Grande, President, U.S. Institute of Peace
Robert Jenkins, Assistant to the Administrator, USAID Bureau for Conflict Prevention & Stabilization
Awa Oabo, Director and Deputy Head, UN Peacebuilding Support Office, Department of Political & Peacebuilding Affairs
Caroline Bahnson, Senior Operations Officer, World Bank Fragility, Conflict, & Violence Unit
Ambassador Deike Potze, Director General for Crisis Prevention, Stabilization, Peacebuilding, and Humanitarian Assistance

01:24:15 10:15am-11:15am | Second High-Level Plenary: Bright Spots in a Bleak Landscape: New Constellations of Peace

Melanie Greenberg, Managing Director, Peacebuilding, Humanity United
Maria Paula Prada, Advisor to the Presidency, Colombian Truth Commission
María Victoria Llorente, Executive Director of Fundación Ideas para la Paz
Rajaa Altalll, Co-Founder, Center for Civil Society & Democracy
Julia Roig, Founder, The Horizons Project

For a full agenda for Day 1 of PeaceCon, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/peacecon-2023-beyond-fragile-ground

To learn more about and register for Days 2 and 3 of PeaceCon 2023, please visit AfP’s website: https://www.allianceforpeacebuilding.org/peacecon202

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