Lesotho hosts Inter-Generational Dialogue in Maseru

Lesotho IGD

Maseru, Lesotho played host to an Inter-Generational Dialogue (IGD) held at the Moshoeshoe Institute of Peace at the National University of Lesotho on 5 November 2019. The dialogue was centred on the guiding pillars of Global Peace which shaped the agenda of the discussion. The pillars included: building cooperation, tolerance and shared values, building inclusive […]

Inter-Generational Dialogue takes place in Banjul, The Gambia

Gambia IGD

On 31 October 2019, Global Peace hosted an Inter-Generational Dialogue (IGD) in The Gambia at the American Corner, Banjul. The dialogue was attended by youth, academia, government and the private sector, ready to engage on key global challenges being faced. The IGD forms part of the Global Peace campaign of convening 100 Dialogues across 100 […]

JCI Addu Hosts Inter-Generational Dialogue in Addu, Maldives at the Y2L Forum

Maldives IGD

The Youth to Leaders Forum on Sports for Peace and Development (Y2L Forum) was held this past week, on 25 October 2019. The Y2L Forum is part of a series of events engineered by Junior Chamber International (JCI) Maldives. The Y2L Forum was a strategic platform to host a Global Peace Inter-Generational Dialogue (IGD), which […]

Inter-Generational Dialogue takes place in Bonn, Germany

Bonn IGD

This past week, on 25 October 2019, Bonn, Germany played host to the Global Peace Inter-Generational Dialogue (IGD) as part of the 2019 Global Development Conference, Knowledge for Sustainable Development (K4SD): The Research-Policy Nexus convened by the Global Development Network. The choice of Bonn was strategic in convening Global Peace’s first German IGD as the […]

SDGIsrael & YKCentre convene first travelling Inter-Generational Dialogue in Israel

Israel IGD

The YKCenter’s SDG Israel Impact Project convened an Inter-Generational Dialogue (IGD) on Peace and Sustainability as part of the Global Peace campaign of convening 100 dialogues across 100 cities. The event, held on 22 October 2019 was a unique endeavour, as it was a “Travelling Dialogue” held in two cities on the same day: Haifa, the […]

JCI ‘s-Gravenhage hosts Inter-Generational Dialogue in The Hague, Netherlands

Hague IGD

On 19 October 2019, Global Peace in partnership with Junior Chamber International ‘s-Gravenhage, hosted an Inter-Generational Dialogue (IGD) in The Hague, Netherlands at the Migratie Museum. The dialogue took place on the 60th anniversary of JCI ‘s-Gravenhage and brought together an extensive line up of experts ranging from the private and public sector for an […]

Inter-Generational Dialogue held in Lomé, Togo

Togo IGD

On 19 October 2019, an Inter-Generational Dialogue (IGD) was held in the capital of Togo, Lomé at the University of Lomé. The dialogue marked the tenth Global Peace IGD to be convened in Africa, since the launch of the first dialogue in Accra, Ghana earlier in May 2019. To date 14 IGDs have been held […]

Nobel Prize for Economics awarded to three economists for poverty research

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MIT Economists Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Harvard Economist Michael Kremer won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize for their work in fighting global poverty. Esther Duffo is the youngest ever winner in the award’s 50-year history, at 46, and only the second woman, after Elinor Ostrom in 2009. Abhijit and Duflo’s research that garnered the […]

Kenya holds Global Peace Inter-Generational Dialogue

Kenya IGD

Kenya has joined the League of Conveners of the Global Peace Inter-Generational Dialogues (IGD’s) across the world to hold its country edition of the IGD at the Maasai Mara University on 12 October in Narok County. The IGD was coordinated by the Linda Art Organization in collaboration with the Maasai Mara University, the Narok County […]

Global Peace hosts Inter-Generational Dialogue in Durban, South Africa

Durban IGD

Joined by more than 100 participants from civil society, academia, government and youth leaders, Global Peace convened an Inter-Generational Dialogue (IGD) at the Durban Girls High School in its home city of Durban, South Africa on 15 October 2019. The dialogue tackled an array of local and global challenges with the aim of generating concrete […]