"A deal that stops the killing is worth having. Our job is to make sure it becomes a first step, not the last word."
Our ED Chris Coulter at #GenevaPeaceForum: lasting peace requires inclusive processes & links between negotiations & affected communities.
#GPF26

#GPF26 participants don't forget tomorrow at Geneva Peace Forum to join our panel on multisectoral responses to armed violence and weapons proliferation!

🕊️ The Geneva Peace Forum 2026 starts TODAY!

From 12 to 15 October, the CICG in Geneva becomes a meeting place for the global peacebuilding community.

🔗 Discover the programme: www.genevapeaceforum.ch

#GenevaPeaceForum #GPF26 #ChoosePeace #Peacebuilding

🕊️ When women lead, peace follows.

Join UNIDIR’s Renata H. Dalaqua and fellow peacebuilders at #GPF26 to explore how women’s participation transforms peacebuilding, with a screening of Woman on Rope by Guila Clara Kessous, UNESCO Artist for Peace.

RSVP: bit.ly/4yADIZX

The Peacebuilding Marketplace is where conversations continue beyond the sessions. It will bring together organisations from across the peacebuilding field to share their work, resources and current initiatives.

🔗 Discover the participating organisations:
www.genevapeaceforum.ch/en/gpf26/mar...

On 12 October, join #GPF26 with A Ceremony for Peace, bringing together diplomacy, personal testimony and artistic expression around this year's thematic direction: #ChoosePeace.

Register now: www.genevapeaceforum.ch/en/gpf-2026/...

Join the Survey, CENSS, FPI, @swissfa.bsky.social, & @unidir.org at #GPF26 on 14 October to discuss how small arms control and preventive initiatives can effectively converge and help bridge policy and grassroots reality. Register here: www.genevapeaceforum.ch/en/gpf-2026/...
#ChoosePeace

On 14 October during #GPF26, the Survey, CENSS, FPI, @swissfa.bsky.social, and @unidir.org will discuss how integrating small arms control within public health approaches, armed violence reduction strategies, and community engagement initiatives can offer more sustainable pathways to peace

Bringing together experts from West Africa, Western Europe, Ukraine, and the Caribbean, this panel highlights how small arms control and violence prevention can effectively converge and help bridge policy and grassroots reality. Register for #GPF26 here: www.genevapeaceforum.ch/en/gpf-2026/...

Discover art at the Geneva Peace Forum 2026

🎨 When the Dove Arrives
Presented by GOWEN, Geneva, in collaboration with the GPP
🔗 www.genevapeaceforum.ch/en/gpf26/whe...

🎨 Voices of Peace
Presented by CCDP, Everyday Peace Indicators and Interactive Things
🔗 www.genevapeaceforum.ch/en/gpf26/the...

🕊️ For the first time at the Geneva Peace Forum: Mediation in Focus. Across a connected series of events, the track will examine how mediation can remain effective, principled and responsive in complex conflict environments.

🔗 Explore the events: www.genevapeaceforum.ch/en/gpf26/new...

⏳Only one month until the Geneva Peace Forum 2026 begins.

📍 Join one of the oldest Peace Forum in the world at the #GPF26 from 12 to 15 October at the CICG in Geneva or online

📝 The programme release and registration open on 16 September, free and accessible to all: www.genevapeaceforum.ch

🎤 Share your story at the Geneva Peace Forum
This year, the Geneva Peace Forum is opening the stage to participants who would like to share a personal story, lived experience or reflection on peace, dialogue, resilience, identity or hope.

👉Learn more: www.genevapeaceforum.ch/en/gpf26/cal...

📅 Save the Date for #GenevaPeaceForum 2026!

Only 100 days to go until #GPF26

Join us in Geneva at the CICG and online as we convene the global peacebuilding community for four days of dialogue, collaboration, and shared learning.

Learn more: www.genevapeaceforum.ch/en