A Network of People Building Peace
Locally-led peacebuilding action
We ensure local ownership and leadership for sustainable peacebuilding.
Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict
What we do
As a member-led network connecting over 250+ civil society organisations worldwide, we champion a network approach to peacebuilding. Concretely, this means we support and empower each other to drive locally-led and locally-owned peacebuilding. We do so by creating vibrant and collaborative learning and exchange spaces.
Find out more and discover the three themes we work on-
Inclusion of women and youth peacebuilders
We empower women and youth as agents of change. Inclusion isn't an afterthought; it's a guiding principle in everything we do.
Climate security and emerging threats
We put local leadership and knowledge at the forefront to effectively tackle the pressing challenges of climate change and other emerging threats.
Our Ways of Working
Local peacebuilders and experts from the GPPAC network share their experience and expertise to strengthen our peacebuilding practices around the world...
Our work in action
The latest developments and news from GPPAC
23 October 2024
Supporting Women’s Impactful Participation in Peace Processes: Learnings from Kyrgyzstan, Uganda, and Palestine
Our learning paper was launched during Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Week in New York at our event, “Making Global Policy Effective in Supporting...
23 June 2025How do local peacebuilders view the UN80 Initiative? An opportunity to strengthen the UN’s impact at the local level
Reforming the United Nations system is far from new, though today’s fractured geopolitical landscape adds new urgency to the discussion. In September...
15 May 2025The 2025 PBAR Informal Phase is over: What are the concrete, actionable recommendations for change?
The informal phase of the 2025 Peacebuilding Architecture Review (2025 PBAR) concluded with the 8 May 2025 Informal Interactive Dialogue among Member...
2 May 2025#GPPAC2025Amman: Co-creating strategy, showing solidarity
From 12 to 16 May 2025, GPPAC’s International Steering Group (ISG) will convene in Amman, Jordan, hosted by two of the region’s most respected...
30 April 2025What Tokyo taught GPPAC’s International Steering Group
When I say that GPPAC’s International Steering Group (ISG) meeting in Japan in January 2024 was outstanding, you might assume it was because of the...
Impact of armed conflict worldwide
- 70.8 million refugees and displaced
people in 2018 - $ 14.1 trillion global economic impact
- 165 violent conflicts
in 2018 - 77392 conflict related
deaths
We prevent conflict
in 15 regions around the globe
Our members organise themselves in 15 regional networks that determine their own peacebuilding priorities responsive to the needs of their communities. This ensures that our peacebuilding efforts are contextually relevant and locally owned.
What we offer
To our members and partners worldwide.
For more information on our programs,
please contact us.
Cross-regional learning
GPPAC is a global network of locals: We connect for peace!
Partnerships
Conflict prevention is possible if we work together!
Our Expert Groups
Globally, we bring together experts on many different themes.
Expertise
We improve practice through learning exchanges on conflict prevention!
Our stories
The Mountain Forgives: A Story of Peace in Colombia
This is the story of Wilmer -a young man who grew up during the civil war in Colombia. Faced with violence, the pressure of drugs and many losses, he had thoughts of revenge. But he quickly realised that not weapons, but dialogue is the only solution.
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