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Nepal
Peace Appeal
The seeds of the Peace Appeal were planted in 1997 when our co-founders joined a collaborative effort that enlisted every living Nobel Peace Prize Laureate to issue the Appeal of the Nobel Peace Laureates for Peace and Nonviolence for the Children of the World. This foundational document called on the Heads of State of all the United Nations’ member countries to dedicate themselves to building a culture of peace and nonviolence.
Netherlands
Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC)
The Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) is a member-led network of civil society organisations active in conflict prevention and peacebuilding across the world. Founded in 2003 and with its global secretariat in The Hague, GPPAC connects fifteen regional networks to strengthen locally driven approaches to preventing violent conflict and to amplify civil society voices in international policy spaces.
PAX
PAX is the largest peace organisation in the Netherlands, working with local partners in conflict areas to protect civilians, prevent and end armed violence, and build just and peaceful societies. PAX combines grassroots peacebuilding with research and advocacy on humanitarian disarmament, including its widely used reporting on cluster munitions, killer robots and the arms trade.
New Zealand
Te Ao O Rongomaraeroa - National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies
Te Ao O Rongomaraeroa, the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Otago, is Aotearoa New Zealand's dedicated centre for peace research and postgraduate education. The Centre conducts multidisciplinary research on peacebuilding, conflict transformation and indigenous approaches to peace, with a particular focus on the Pacific region, and hosts an international community of doctoral and masters researchers.
Nigeria
Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR)
The Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution is a Nigerian government agency under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, established in 2000. Based in Abuja, IPCR conducts research and training on the prevention, management and resolution of conflicts in Nigeria and across Africa, supports mediation and dialogue processes, and produces strategic conflict assessments to inform peace policy.
Norway
NOREF Norwegian Centre for Conflict Resolution
NOREF Norwegian Centre for Conflict Resolution is an independent foundation established in 2008 that works to prevent, mitigate and resolve international armed conflicts. Building on Norway's long tradition of informal diplomacy, NOREF nurtures track two and track one-and-a-half peace initiatives and provides hands-on mediation support to formal negotiations led by actors such as the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Nations.
Peace Research Institute Oslo
The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) conducts research on the conditions for peaceful relations between states, groups and people. Researchers at PRIO seek to understand the processes that bring societies together or split them apart. We explore how conflicts erupt and how they can be resolved; we investigate how different kinds of violence affect people; and we examine how societies tackle crises – and the threat of crisis. We document general trends, seek to understand processes, and inform concrete responses.
Pakistan
Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS)
The Pak Institute for Peace Studies is an independent research and advocacy think tank based in Islamabad, founded in 2006. PIPS conducts research on conflict, radicalisation, violent extremism and internal security in Pakistan and the region, publishes the annual Pakistan Security Report, and promotes dialogue, media engagement and counter-extremism education for a peaceful and democratic society.
Palestine
Wi'am - Palestinian Conflict Transformation Center
Wi'am, the Palestinian Conflict Transformation Center, is a grassroots organisation based in Bethlehem that works to build a culture of acceptance and peace within Palestinian society while advocating nonviolently for justice. Drawing on the traditional Arab practice of sulha alongside contemporary mediation methods, Wi'am offers conflict resolution services, women's and children's programmes, civic education and trauma support.
Philippines
Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute
The Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute (MPI), based in Davao City, is a leading Asian training institution for peacebuilders. Since 2000 its Annual Peacebuilding Training has brought together practitioners from across Asia and the Pacific for intensive courses in conflict transformation, taught from a grassroots, Asian-rooted perspective, alongside customised trainings and a growing alumni network across the region.