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In partnership with UNESCO, the Global Peace Education Network will convene a global summit for peace education bringing together policymakers and international experts.

Global Summit for Peace Education

27 November 2024 - 9:30 am - 28 November 2024 - 6:00 pm

Location: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France

Rooms: Room II

Type: Cat VIII - Symposia

Arrangement type: In-Person

Language(s): French, Spanish, English

Our shared humanity is facing a series of interconnected challenges ranging from climate change and displacement to a surge in violent conflicts paralleled by a concerning rise of misinformation, intolerance, discrimination, and hate speech. 

Through education we can renew our shared commitments for a world where peace is a reality that we live every day. 

Education for peace – as outlined in the new Recommendation on Education for Peace, Human Rights and Sustainable Development (2023) - positions peace as an active process that encompasses both “negative peace”, i.e., the absence of war, and “positive peace”, i.e. the absence of the causes of war. 

Education for peace, including peace education, opens up the focus to look at the education system as a whole and its relationship with peace and conflict dynamics. 

Within this broader framing inspired by The Recommendation, this summit will advocate for peace education to be a tool for social transformation. 

The Summit will celebrate grassroots peace educators who work tirelessly every day with limited resources to bring peacebuilding skills to their communities, and it will provide a space for diverse actors, from governments and international institutions to educators, peacebuilders and grassroot organisations to share lessons, experiences, and innovative initiatives to address all affronts to long-lasting peace.

Objectives of the summit

• Engage grassroots actors with global leaders from civil society and the diplomatic community in concrete action to propagate peacebuilding skills.
• Convene global leaders in a focused dialogue to better support skills needed for peacebuilding
• Collaborate on a Global Mobilization Plan for Peace Education

Summit delegates will include global representatives drawn from:

• Grassroots peace educators
• Civil society leaders of all ages from academia, healthcare, faith-based organizations, tradition-bearers and the arts
• Civic and community organizers
• University students and faculty in peace studies, international development and international relations
• Policy-makers and government officials
• Members of the diplomatic community
• Business leaders and organizations

URL: https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/global-summit-peace-education