Leo Fried

120 youth from across the globe gathered in #Brussels for the 2nd #EUYPS conference. @Interpeace_Org's #PeaceFellows from Burundi, DRC & Uganda called for youth to be at the heart of peace efforts in the Great Lakes region. Grateful to the EU for turning dialogue into action.

Today at the Implementation Dialogue, HR/VP @kajakallas met with 24 civil society representatives to discuss the #EU's role as a peace & security actor in a changing conflict landscape. Discussions focused on: ✔️main challenges & best practices from the ground ✔️promoting peaceful conflict resolution through mediation ✔️peace, security & defence partnerships Discover more🔗 link.europa.eu/chDcDq This is #EUForeignPolicy in action!

FPI Days 2025: this morning we had great exchanges with Itonde A. Kakoma @ikakoma1, President & CEO @Interpeace_Org & Sergio Jaramillo, Former High Commissioner for Peace in 🇨🇴#Colombia on how the #EU can be bolder in its foreign policy.

Members of our Governing Board, Senior Management and partners, came together last week at Palais Eynard @VilleDeGeneve, to discuss Interpeace’s next multi-year strategy, drawing on the lessons learned of the past 30 years and the current and future trends in peace and security.

We are grateful and honored for being hosted by @VilleDeGeneve to have these key discussions for the future of our organisation, as well as celebrating our 30th Anniversary with esteemed colleagues, partners and friends. Photo credit: Antoine Tardy

It was a pleasure to speak about the role of #peacebuilding and #PeaceFinance in enhancing the potential of the #GlobalGateway. Thanks for the invitation, @CEPS_thinktank & @GPPi!

A pleasure to be in Nairobi for a workshop with #InsiderMediators from Burundi, Kenya, Niger & Zimbabwe. A wealth of experiences and recommendations to advance #PeaceMediation of #EU and others. Thank you to @IGADYouthEnvoy & @KoneYolibi for joining our panel online.

It was a true pleasure to join #EUCoP24 and participate in many important conversations on mediation and conflict prevention. Great to connect with the community and move forward together on #PeaceMediation.

🌍🕊️ Yesterday, Peace Operations Training Coordinator Samo Selimović participated in the "Support for Peacekeeping in the Ever-Changing Environment" Panel Discussion at the @BledStratForum. 💡 An insightful discussion indeed!

A very important issue - pleased to take part in this discussion

We are looking forward to participating at @BledStratForum in #Slovenia next week. President of Interpeace, @ikakoma1, will moderate two events on Sept 3 on peace responsive #health interventions & improving #peacekeeping performance. More info - bit.ly/3ACUApR #BSF2024

As the co-chairs of the Child Rights Action Group (a coalition of 20+ child rights organisations) highlighted in Strasbourg⤵️, it is now important to ensure the re-establishment of the Intergroup on Children’s Rights. 📑childrightsmanifesto.eu/ep-intergroup/… @SOS_Advocates @MissingChildEU

As co-chair of the Child Rights Action group, we were delighted to be this week at the first plenary of the new @Europarl_EN. Thank you to all MEPs for the productive meetings and the successful Meet and Greet. We look forward to working with you to deliver for all #children.

Itonde Kakoma, President Interpeace (@InterpeaceTweet) will join the Bled Strategic Forum International Conference on 2 and 3 September 2024 in Bled, Slovenia #BSF2024 #bledstrategicforum

How do inside mediators foster local ownership of peace? In our new Peacebuilding in Practice paper we draw on lessons learned from mediation processes in the Ituri & Beni regions of #DRC, implemented by Interpeace with @ApcAsbl, @PoleInstitute & @nyuCIC. bit.ly/3wBgsQG

While at #SthlmForum, our President @ikakoma1 was pleased to meet with the Secretary General of @Int_IDEA, Mr. Kevin Casas-Zamora. They discussed the important links between governance and peace and ways to enhance collaboration.

This is why @AfDB_Group signed an MoU with @InterpeaceTweet and @FinanceforPeace: We want to achieve peace which for us is closely related to the prevention agenda & longer-term comparative advantage. It helps us to operationalise our conflict prevention agenda @FrederikTeufel

What we have learnt a long time ago is to be sensitive to the challenge of fragility as part of the ‘leave no one behind agenda.’ We've looked into new resource allocation models to intentionally build capacity, addressing exclusion from a prevention point of view @FrederikTeufel

Within the Nature Assets Team @UNCDF, we have 3 strategic game changers amongst which one is to catalyse public & private flow of capital. We want to inject capital into small businesses for more nature-positive investments, a ‘nature approach’ to peacebuilding. @kawthar

We have an initiative to create more peace-positive investments, bringing along other partners with @theAfDB, the @WorldBank etc. When we talk about development finance, talk about it with a peace-building lens, and look at in a more sustainable way. @Dabokunda @UNPeacebuilding