Geneva Peace Week 2019
The Humanitarian, Development, Peace Nexus: The socio-economic contribution to peace
The event is organized in the context of the Geneva Peace Week 2019, which will take place from 4 to 8 November, in collaboration with FAO, UNICEF and Interpeace.
Various UN reform agendas including Agenda 2030 and SDG16 in particular; the Sustaining Peace Agenda; and discussions around the Humanitarian, Development and Peace nexus, recognize that development outcomes and reduced humanitarian need is dependent upon preventing and transforming violent conflict. The question of how socio-economic interventions can make a deliberate contribution and impact towards peace is therefore important. Understanding this should be based on empirical evidence – i.e. in how far actors are peace responsive – and it should become a sine qua non for any intervention.
While this is widely acknowledged and many UN agencies have adopted policies to this effect, the challenge of understanding how socio-economic pathways directly and systematically contribute to peace remains. In recent years, numerous agencies have made great strides in understanding their role in contributing to peace. However, there is insufficient exchange and discussion about evidence-based experiences, learning, and the challenges that remain; such a discussion will benefit the further development and application of effective practices.
To foster such an exchange, highlighting examples and approaches of partnerships between agencies, peacebuilding actors, and donors, and to reflect upon how such approaches have been more systematically considered, the ILO in collaboration with FAO, UNICEF and Interpeace will hold an event on “The Humanitarian, Development, Peace Nexus: The socio-economic contribution to peace”. The event, which is organized in the context of the Geneva Peace Week 2019, will take place on Monday, 4 November from 9:00 to 10:15 and will take the form of an interactive conversation among panellists, followed by an exchange with the audience.
Panelists:
Interpeace
Participants are kindly requested to register online to attend the event and to obtain access the UNOG building where the event is held:
REGISTER FOR THE EVENT HERE
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While this is widely acknowledged and many UN agencies have adopted policies to this effect, the challenge of understanding how socio-economic pathways directly and systematically contribute to peace remains. In recent years, numerous agencies have made great strides in understanding their role in contributing to peace. However, there is insufficient exchange and discussion about evidence-based experiences, learning, and the challenges that remain; such a discussion will benefit the further development and application of effective practices.
To foster such an exchange, highlighting examples and approaches of partnerships between agencies, peacebuilding actors, and donors, and to reflect upon how such approaches have been more systematically considered, the ILO in collaboration with FAO, UNICEF and Interpeace will hold an event on “The Humanitarian, Development, Peace Nexus: The socio-economic contribution to peace”. The event, which is organized in the context of the Geneva Peace Week 2019, will take place on Monday, 4 November from 9:00 to 10:15 and will take the form of an interactive conversation among panellists, followed by an exchange with the audience.
Panelists:
- Mr Julius Jackson, FAO, Technical Officer Protracted Crises
- Ms Anna Azaryeva Valente, UNICEF, Peacebuilding Specialist
- Ms Nieves Thomet, ILO, Coordination Support Unit for Peace and Resilience (CSPR)
Interpeace
Participants are kindly requested to register online to attend the event and to obtain access the UNOG building where the event is held:
REGISTER FOR THE EVENT HERE
FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS TO REQUEST AN ACCESS BADGE TO THE PALAIS DES NATIONS