A Network of People Building Peace
What we do
Our new GPPAC Strategic Plan provides a road map for our global network on its journey to build peace. This plan was developed over two years in a truly inclusive and collaborative way, involving all of our network members. Youth peacebuilders, women peacebuilders and activists, peacebuilders from the most remote areas, all speaking a variety of languages, contributed to our Strategic Plan which aims to guide our network building peace together for the next five years.
We have collectively identified three themes to guide our efforts to address the greatest challenges to peace and security:
- First, we aim to magnify locally-led peacebuilding action to truly advance sustaining peace;
- Second, we strive to include the needs, perspectives, and expertise of local peacebuilders from diverse societal backgrounds with a specific focus on women and youth peacebuilders;
- Third, we intend to apply and promote a conflict-sensitive and peacebuilding approach to climate-related risks and other emerging threats.
Locally-led Peacebuilding Action
We aim to magnify locally-led peacebuilding action to truly advance sustaining peace.
Inclusion of Women and Youth Peacebuilders
We strive to include the needs, perspectives, and expertise of local peacebuilders from diverse societal backgrounds with a specific focus on women and youth peacebuilders.
Climate Security and Emerging Threats
We firmly believe in putting local leadership and local knowledge at the forefront to effectively tackle the pressing challenges of climate change and other emerging threats.
Our Ways of Working
We continue to amplify our members’ expertise to ensure a greater peacebuilding impact on the ground. We mobilise collective action to stand in solidarity and act as a joint force for peace. We influence policy and practices to advance more locally-driven and informed decision-making, policies, and practices.
Past Projects
GPPAC works to prevent conflict, rather than reacting to conflict. Past projects focused on enhancing EU peacebuilding capacities, enhancing the regional peacebuilding capacities, addressing underlying causes of instability and conflict in the Great Lakes Region and more.