"Building Peace Together" - Discussion and Cocktail at the occasion of Geneva Peace Week

Tuesday, November 8, 2016 16:00-18:00, Palais des Nations - Room XIV / Cinema Room - Avenue de la Paix 8-14, 1210 Genève (Entry: Pregny Gate)
Website: http://www.genevapeaceweek.ch
Speaker(s): The event is organised by Rotary International and Rotary Clubs of Geneva Lake Region.
Organizer(s):
  • Mineko Mohri

This session is hosted by Ambassador Walter B. Gyger, Representative of Rotary International to UN, GE and François Bouteiller, Representative of Rotary Club Lausanne Rives

Panelists: Dr. Fernanda Salina, Rotary Peace Fellow, Argentina; Mrs Sanela Music, SanChild Org. Bosnia; Mrs Laura Kokko, Rotary Peace Fellow, Finland; 

Moderator: Dr. Frenando Lagrana, ITU Spain. 

What is Geneva Peace Week?

The 3rd Geneva Peace Week will be held from 7 to 11 November 2016 and is a collective action initiative facilitated by the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), the Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies, and the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform in collaboration the Swiss Confederation. By synchronizing meetings on different topics related to the promotion of peace during one week, Geneva Peace Week will maximize synergies between organizations in Geneva, focused on the cross-cutting nature of peace.

Geneva Peace Week underlines that each and every person, actor and institution has a role to play in building peace and resolving conflict. It also highlights that peace promotion occurs in many different contexts and cuts across disciplines and sectors. In this sense, Geneva Peace Week is an attempt to break down the silos which all-too-often characterize the international community and can limit more creative responses.

Geneva Peace Week 2016 

This year’s Peace Week will encompass:

  • 52 events (22 main events, 25 side events and 5 cultural events) 
  • Over 100 speakers
  • 56 event organizers

 

Programme

Geneva Peace Week 2016 has three programme tracks:

  • Main Programme developed collaboratively between UNOG, the founding Partners of the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform, Organizations hosted in the Maison de la Paix, and the University of Geneva.
  • Programme of Side Events open for events organized by Permanent Missions, International Organizations, and non-governmental organizations in consultative status with ECOSOC. 
  • Cultural events consisting of exhibitions, music and films on the theme of peace. 

 

Open registration to:

Geneva Peace Week website 

http://www.genevapeaceweek.ch

Facebook Rotary Peace - Lake Geneva Region 

https://facebook.com/Geneva-Peace-Week-842444759194528/

Twitter @GenevaPeaceWeek

https://twitter.com/genevapeaceweek

 

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