Geneva Peace Week 2025

About Geneva Peace Week

Geneva Peace Week is the flagship event of the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform. The annual forum provides a dedicated space in which organizations in Geneva and their international partners come together to share knowledge, expertise and practice on a diverse range of topics relating to the promotion of peace across contexts and disciplines.

Geneva Peace Week 2025 marks the 12th edition of Geneva Peace Week and will take place from 13 to 17 October 2025.

Amid unprecedented financial and geopolitical crises straining the multilateral system , the 12th edition of Geneva Peace Week takes a forward-looking approach to peacebuilding, addressing the pressing challenges and opportunities of our time. As humanity grapples with complex and interconnected crises, from the climate emergency, funding shortfalls and technological disruption to rising geopolitical tensions, growing securitization and widening inequalities, the pursuit of peace demands fresh perspectives, bold solutions, and transformative action.

Under the theme « Peace in Action, » Geneva Peace Week 2025 calls for adaptive, inclusive, and collaborative approaches to peace, emphasizing the urgency of reinforcing dialogue with action.

Anchored by key global milestones, including the New Agenda for Peace, the Summit of the Future, and the 2025 United Nations Peacebuilding Architecture Review, GPW25 will explore how peacebuilding strategies can be reimagined to amplify diverse views and local voices but also to remain relevant, impactful, and sustainable in an era of financial constraints and challenges to the legitimacy of peace institutions.

Through dynamic panels, participatory workshops, interactive exchanges, and artistic performances, GPW25 will serve as a catalyst for action, bringing together diverse voices, innovative ideas, and bold commitments.

Environment @ GPW2025

As one of the multifaceted dimensions of peace, the environment will feature GPW2025 with sessions dedicated to food security, environment, climate and peace and more.

14 October 2025

• From Tipping Points to Turning Points: Tools for Climate, Peace and Security |  Kofi Annan Foundation, Centre for Sustainable Peace and Democratic Development (SeeD), Saferworld, KRIS for Peace | 09:00 – 10:30 CEST | Conference Center C2 (pétale 5) – In-person
• Movie Screening : The Illusion of Abundance | 11:00 – 12:30 CEST | Conference Center C1 (pétale 5)
• Climate Action for Conflict Prevention and Peace: Lessons & Opportunities from Asia and the Pacific | Centre on Conflict, Development & Peacebuilding, adelphi global, and Toda Peace Institute | 15:00 – 16:30 CEST  | GCSP 4th floor (pétale 4)

15 October 2025

• Peace Dialogue – Participation and Inclusivity in Peacebuilding: Linking Geneva and New York through Civil Society, Older Persons and Water Diplomacy | Permanent Mission of the Republic of Slovenia to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva, Geneva Peacebuilding Platform | 13:00 – 14:30 CEST | GCSP 5th floor (pétale 4) – Hybrid
• Flowing Together: Participatory Methods for Water and Peace | Deltares, Geneva Water Hub, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) | 13:00 – 14:30 CEST | Conference Center C3 (pétale 5) – In person

16 October 2025

• Rebooting the international peacebuilding system: a call for hydrodiplomacy | Geneva Water Hub | 11:00 – 12:30 CEST | Conference Center C1 (pétale 5) – Hybrid
• Harvesting Peace: Food, Jobs, and Social Cohesion in Conflict-Affected Settings | International Labour Organization, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) , Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO) , Interpeace , Danish Refugee Council (DRC) |  11:00 – 12:30 CEST  | GCSP 4th floor (pétale 4) – Hybrid
• Land restoration as a pathway to peace and security | United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) | 11:00 – 12:30 CEST | GCSP 5th floor (pétale 4) – Hybrid