On September 10th - 12th, join AfP and the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) for the 12th annual PeaceCon, the premier global gathering designed to address contemporary challenges in peacebuilding and conflict resolution. Taking place in hybrid format, this year’s conference will focus on the theme “Status Quo No More: Building Peace in a Time of Rising Violent Conflict” and bring together senior officials, thought leaders, policymakers and practitioners from around the globe to explore and tackle the challenges facing the peacebuilding community. PeaceCon Day 1 will be hosted by USIP on September 10th, and Days 2 and 3 will be hosted by AfP on September 11th and 12th.

Amid a global rise in fragility and violence, including a deepening war in Ukraine and crisis in the Middle East, the peacebuilding community is navigating a dramatically evolving conflict landscape. New trends like artificial intelligence and environmental disruptions could cause large-scale shocks and violence. Meanwhile, a general decline in social cohesion and trust is complicating the resolution of violent conflicts. The rise of a wide array of new actors—both state and nonstate—is bringing forth a multipolar world, and new global fault lines are emerging. Despite these new challenges and shifts, the peacebuilding community has an opportunity to leverage scalable, evidence-based and locally-led solutions to prevent and reduce conflict drivers while helping to build more sustainable peace and resiliency.

Charting a way forward for the peacebuilding community will require reframing peacebuilding in ways that are actionable, practical and results-oriented. It will require more effectively and urgently building champions among communities of policymakers, business leaders, bilateral and multilateral donors, the nonprofit sector, and the broader public.

Agenda

In-Person ticket

Digital participation ticket

This description was excerpted fromallianceforpeacebuilding.org