On September 10th - 12th, join the Alliance for Peacebuilding (AfP) and the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) in Washington DC for PeaceCon 2024: Status Quo No More: Building Peace in the Time of Rising Violent Conflict.
PeaceCon is not just any conference. It’s a gathering of global change-makers and problem solvers coming together to build and advance the peacebuilding field by showcasing innovative new programs and evidence-based learning and advocating for how we prioritize and center peacebuilding and conflict prevention in programs and policies to effectively address the most pressing issues of our time.
Background:
Since 2018, the world has continued to experience rising record-breaking levels of fragility and violent conflict. But are we addressing the most pressing drivers of conflict, including the fact that more than half of all global conflicts are driven by self-determination claims based on identity or calls for self-government? At the same time, social cohesion and trust—crucial correctives to drivers of conflict— are at an all-time low and declining rapidly. All of this is occurring against the backdrop of a new and uncertain multipolar world in which traditional peacebuilders must grapple with a dizzying array of new actors—state and non-state alike—exerting influence and resources in fragile settings worldwide.
The peacebuilding community must address the correct problems with scalable, evidence-based, and locally-led solutions that prevent and reduce key conflict drivers and build sustainable peace and resiliency. To do so, we need to reframe the narrative of peacebuilding as an actionable and practical approach to more effectively and urgently build champions among the public, policymakers, private, bilateral, and multilateral donors, the private sector, and beyond. At PeaceCon 2024, we will explore these issues and ways to ensure conflict prevention and peacebuilding are routinely and robustly integrated into all development sectors and funding streams and hold leaders accountable for their “prevention promises.”
Opportunity:
This year, to maximize engagement and discussion, we are moving beyond long panel presentations. AfP and USIP are seeking proposals from diverse organizations from the peacebuilding and conflict prevention community to convene creative, engaging, in-person or online conference sessions along one of the five conference themes (detailed below).
To ensure an excellent conference experience, all selected presenters should be prepared to take part in a short presentation skill building workshop before the event.
Day 1 (September 10th) will be hosted jointly by USIP and AfP. Days 2 and 3 (the 11th and 12th) will be hosted by AfP. Sessions about U.S. Peacebuilding will only be held on September 11th and September 12th.
The RFP process is competitive. We encourage those submitting proposals to carefully follow the instructions.
To submit your proposal, please complete the steps below.
Submissions are due on May 31, 2024, at 11:59 pm EDT. We will respond to all applicants by June 21, 2024. For questions, please contact Nick Zuroski (nick@allianceforpeacebuilding.org).