A Network of People Building Peace
9 May 2024The UN Peacebuilding Architecture Review: What is it, and why does it matter for local peacebuilders?
Join us as we take you on a trip from a bustling construction site in a local community to the hushed conference rooms of global policymaking at the...
23 August 2022Building strong and operational partnerships with local peacebuilders in the pursuit of more impactful peacebuilding action
It is widely agreed by the international community that peacebuilding is more impactful when it is locally-led, because local peacebuilders – diverse...
4 August 2021PBC Blog: Institutionalising Sustaining Peace
Being a leader in sustaining peace requires significant capacity. Institutionalising processes that support sustaining peace can make a significant...
14 June 2021PBC Blog: Bringing a Youth, Peace and Security Lens to the Peacebuilding Commission
Young people are often stereotyped as victims or perpetrators in conflict. This obscures their efforts to create and advance peace all over the world...
24 April 2021Young Peacebuilders at the Forefront of Multilateralism: Work with us, not for us
Today, we have decided to set aside all the challenges, barriers and setbacks to our work in conflict prevention and peacebuilding. Instead, we want...
8 March 2021Transforming the Approach to Funding Peacebuilding: Challenges and Opportunities
One message that came out strongly from the 2020 Peacebuilding Architecture Review is the need to strengthen global efforts to ensure adequate...
11 February 2021What are the UN System-Wide Community Engagement Guidelines? Overview and Next Steps
The Community Engagement Guidelines (CEG) are a manual for the UN actors operating in the field. However, it is also an opportunity for civil society...
11 February 2021The 2020 Peacebuilding Architecture Review: How far are we from sustainable peace in communities?
The 2020 UN Peacebuilding Architecture Review (PBAR) is the third comprehensive review of the Peacebuilding Architecture (PBA). The Review took stock...
1 October 2019Peacebuilding at UNGA74: Are We Taking Sustaining Peace Seriously?
On 17 September 2019, the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA74) opened its doors under the theme “Galvanizing multilateral effort for...
22 May 2019Sustaining Peace in Practice: GPPAC at Stockholm Forum on Peace & Development
From 14 to 16 May, The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) hosted the 2019 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development on the theme ...
21 March 2019SDG16+ Stories: Call for Submissions
Are you working to build peaceful, just and inclusive societies? Have you been working to promote women’s political participation? Have you been...
26 February 2019GPPAC ED at the UN High Level Event on Human Security
On February 28, our director Darynell Rodriguez Torres is in New York at the High level event marking 25 years of human security. He represents civil...