Achieving Global Peace through Shared Knowledge for Human Progress
At a time when the world faces a trust deficit, a climate emergency, and the fastest spread of misinformation in history, a youth-led initiative founded by a veteran African peacemaker is advancing a simple but powerful proposition: sharing knowledge is itself an act of peacebuilding. That proposition forms the fourth pillar of Global Peace, an […]
Meet the distinguished Speakers of Global Peace: 2019 to date
An initiative of the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD), Global Peace was engineered to foster dialogue among young and future leaders, city mayors, captains of industry and country leaders on what a better world should look like. Its core premise: development initiatives are the most powerful tools for global peace. 2019 […]
Global Reach: 146+ Countries Participating in Global Peace
Seven years after its launch on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly, Global Peace has grown from a single Inter-Generational Dialogue in Accra to a global movement spanning over 147 countries. Founded in 2018 by the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD), chaired by Mrs Graça Machel, and first announced […]
2025 IN RETROSPECT: GLOBAL PEACE PROGRAMMES WERE OUR BEST TOOLS FOR PROGRESS
How Programme Development across Youth, Women, Climate, Health & More Drove Real Advancement 2025 will be remembered as the year Global Peace advanced its programme development, focusing on youth and the rollout of training for country coordination teams. Global Peace believes that when you invest in youth and peace, you invest in every area of […]
CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY 2026
“DIGITAL YOUTH, REAL PEACE: BUILDING FUTURES TOGETHER” In 2026, more than 60% of the world’s youth are digital natives. They learn on TikTok, organize on WhatsApp, advocate on X, and connect Instagram and Facebook to build communities in virtual spaces. This is our reality: Digital Youth are building Real Peace. At Global Peace, we believe […]
OUR 2024 ACHIEVEMENTS: ADVANCING HUMAN PROGRESS THROUGH KNOWLEDGE SHARING FOR GLOBAL PEACE
In 2024, the world faced compounding crises: climate shocks, food insecurity, conflict, and shrinking civic space. Global Peace responded with one conviction: Peace grows when knowledge is shared. Through our major global dialogues, we brought together youth, women, scientists, educators, students, diplomats, civil society, industry, and policymakers from 50+ countries to turn dialogue into action. […]
GLOBAL PEACE CONSOLIDATES GAINS: SCALES UP YOUTH PROGRAMMES FOR GREATER IMPACT
Global Peace in the year 2023 consolidated some of its youth programmes and undertook a global scale-up to reach many young people by 2030 with requisite skills for peace, digital safety, climate action, and decent work. The expansion comes as 60% of the population across Global Peace’s operating regions are under 30. At the same […]
GLOBAL PEACE ANCHORS 2022 PROGRAMMES ON COOPERATION AND SHARED VALUES FOR A PEACEFUL FUTURE
As the world navigated overlapping crises in 2022, Global Peace reaffirmed its commitment to dialogue, solidarity, and collective action. In its review of the year, Global Peace noted that “Our 2022 programmes are founded on Building Cooperation and Shared Values for a Peaceful Future.” From youth leadership to climate action, from human rights to food […]
GLOBAL PEACE PROGRAMMES IN 2021
Empowering Youth to Build Peace, Cohesion, and Shared Prosperity At Global Peace, we believe the most powerful force for peace is young people. With 60% of the population in our countries under 30, the future of peace, stability, and development will be decided by youth. That’s why all Global Peace programmes are youth-led, tech-enabled, and […]
OUR RICH HISTORY – THE 2019 & 2020 STORY
Global Peace is designed to contribute to finding innovative solutions to the rapid exponential population growth, rapid urbanization, destabilizing climate change, a volatile global financial system, mass migration, and the ever-increasing threat of nuclear war that has placed our planet in a race against time. It is in this context that. Work together for a […]