On International Day of Peace, 21 September, Generations For Peace (GFP) hosted a special forum on Youth-Led Peacebuilding at United Nations headquarters in New York. Whilst we have presented at the UN before, this time GFP itself designed and hosted the forum, with strong support from the Jordan Mission to the UN. We designed it to be inclusive and showcase not only GFP but also the work and different approaches to youth-led peacebuilding by other NGOs. We also participated that same day in the Ministerial Meeting on Youth, Peace and Security, co-chaired by Foreign Ministers of Jordan and Norway, to reaffirm commitment to UN Security Council Resolution 2250 (which resolution was led by Jordan). You can see details here: In November, we will be hosting a similar but shorter forum as part of Geneva Peace Week, with support of the Jordan Mission to the UN in Geneva. We will be in Geneva 6-11 November, and our forum is 12:30 to 13:45 on Thursday 9 November, in Palais des Nations (room IX). This year marks our tenth anniversary, and we have captured the essence of our unique model and how it has evolved during our journey over the last ten years, Passion to Impact!” here: . We will be sharing our “From journey and the lessons learnt along the way, with a focus on our approach to conflict prevention; prevention of violent extremism; the importance of positive narratives; and the cost-effectiveness of conflict prevention. As a uniquely Jordanian international NGO, and member of the Working Group on Youth, Peace & Security, we are dedicated also to turning UNSCR 2250 into concrete programmes with measurable impact in communities. Please see blog post here about that:
On International Day of Peace, 21 September, Generations For Peace (GFP) hosted a special forum on Youth-Led Peacebuilding at United Nations headquarters in New York. Whilst we have presented at the UN before, this time GFP itself designed and hosted the forum, with strong support from the Jordan Mission to the UN. We designed it to be inclusive and showcase not only GFP but also the work and different approaches to youth-led peacebuilding by other NGOs. We also participated that same day in the Ministerial Meeting on Youth, Peace and Security, co-chaired by Foreign Ministers of Jordan and Norway, to reaffirm commitment to UN Security Council Resolution 2250 (which resolution was led by Jordan). You can see details here: In November, we will be hosting a similar but shorter forum as part of Geneva Peace Week, with support of the Jordan Mission to the UN in Geneva. We will be in Geneva 6-11 November, and our forum is 12:30 to 13:45 on Thursday 9 November, in Palais des Nations (room IX). This year marks our tenth anniversary, and we have captured the essence of our unique model and how it has evolved during our journey over the last ten years, “From Passion to Impact!” here: . We will be sharing our journey and the lessons learnt along the way, with a focus on our approach to conflict prevention; prevention of violent extremism; the importance of positive narratives; and the cost-effectiveness of conflict prevention. As a uniquely Jordanian international NGO, and member of the Working Group on Youth, Peace & Security, we are dedicated also to turning UNSCR 2250 into concrete programmes with measurable impact in communities. Please see blog post here about that:
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