Geneva Peace Week (GPW) is a leading annual forum in the international peacebuilding calendar, and the flagship event of the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform. This year, the thematic focus of the week is "Rebuilding trust after disruption: Pathways to reset international cooperation". Geneva Peace Week 2020 (GPW20) aims to galvanise leadership, build trust and contribute to transforming international cooperation in the wake of COVID-19. 

Geneva Peace Week 2020 will be held totally online from 2-6 November 2020. Institutions and individuals in Geneva and around the world have come together to organise an interactive GPW20 experience. Attendees are welcome to participate in GPW ‘Live Sessions’ and to also engage with the new GPW ‘Digital Series’. The forum is free and open to the public, and details on how to participate can be found below.

Geneva Peace Week is a flagship initiative of the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform in collaboration with the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), and the Platform’s five partners – the Graduate Institute’s Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding (CCDP); the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF); the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP); Interpeace; and the Quaker United Nations Office, Geneva (QUNO). Geneva Peace Week is also supported by Switzerland.

The Geneva Peace Week Opening Ceremony will focus on this year's theme: Rebuilding trust after disruption: Pathways to reset international cooperation. GPW20 aims to galvanize leadership, build trust and contribute to transforming international cooperation in the wake of covid-19. This session formally opens GPW20 and launches the reflection of this exciting week with key-note speeches, discussions, video contributions, and attendee participation and engagement. Stay tuned for the announcement on our dynamic lineup of speakers.

The final day of Geneva Peace Week 2020, held on the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict, will be devoted to innovations, conversations, and solutions in environmental peacebuilding. A combined 45 institutions will host, curate, and facilitate conversations and sessions both live and in contributions to our pre-recorded Geneva Peace Week 2020 digital series. The day will culminate in a closing ceremony, held online in the afternoon (CET) on 6 November.

A major stop on the Environmental Peacebuilding Association’s Road to Geneva, an international series of events leading up to the Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding, the 6th of November will offer an opportunity to highlight environmental peacebuilding to key stakeholders in the Geneva and international community, including representatives from permanent missions, journalists, environmental peacebuilding practitioners, researchers, and many more.

The vision for the closing ceremony includes a mix of media, including live interviews and discussions, pre-recorded videos, and audience participation through online chat features. The ceremony will range from Geneva to the international levels and feature global thought leaders, technical experts, and peacebuilders in their own communities. The closing ceremony aims to focus the conversation on impact and policy, pushing the collective community of practice towards what comes next.

Please follow the steps below to register for Live Sessions:

1. View the 'Live Sessions Agenda' by clicking on the button below.

2. Select the sessions you want to attend by clicking on the 'Add to my Agenda' buttons.

3. Confirm your selections and complete your registration by clicking on the 'Register Here' button.

4. Open your confirmation email to receive your personal reference number (needed for the Virtual Lobby).

5. Join Live Sessions during GPW20 by logging into your Virtual Lobby or through the mobile app.

Please follow the steps below to access the Digital Series:

1. View the Digital Series page on the Geneva Peace Week website by clicking the button below.

2. Select thematic tracks to access the content lists for GPW20.

3. Watch and listen to the content online from the Digital Series page (launched on Monday 2 November).

4. For access to the digital series via the Geneva Peace Week app, and to interract with the content producers, click on the 'Register Here' button on the Digital Series page.

The Live Sessions and Digital Series for Geneva Peace Week 2020 have been organized into 8 thematic tracks. To find out more about each GPW20 thematic track, please click on 'Thematic Tracks' below. Within each thematic track, you will be able to view the relevant content from the GPW20 Digital Series, and also which Live Sessions are taking place in that track.