The Prevention and Peacebuilding Architectures: Building Support for Locally-led Prevention Efforts in At-risk Countries

This panel brings together members of the U.S. government, likeminded partners, European-based civil society organizations, and representatives from the Global South to discuss global, regional, and local prevention principles and approaches. Some topics for discussion include: prevention priorities for the 2025 Review of the UN Peacebuilding architecture; the role of multilateral organizations such as the Peacebuilding Commission; leveraging the UN system as a platform to support national prevention efforts; and ways in which partner governments can support locally led prevention efforts in at-risk countries, highlighting the US approach.  Within the broader context of the prevention and peacebuilding architecture, U.S. government participants will discuss key components and principles of the long-term prevention plans developed and implemented in Global Fragility Act (GFA) priority countries/region to address underlying drivers of conflict and instability. The discussion will be informed by UNGA and discussions around the New Agenda for Peace and the Summit /Pact for the Future, and in advance of the 2025 UN Peacebuilding Architecture review.

Speakers

• Mark Iozzi - Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS), Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, State Department
• Anka Feldhusen - Director for Crisis Prevention and Stabilisation, German Federal Foreign Office
• Brian Williams - Chief for the Peacebuilding Strategy and Partnerships Branch (virtual), UN Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO)
• Mustafa Abdullahi Hassan- Director General of the Southwest Ministry of Interior, Local Governance, and Reconciliation (MoILGR) 
• Liz Hume - Executive Director, Alliance for Peacebuilding
• Nathalie Olijslager-Jaarsma - Director of Stabilisation and Humanitarian Assistance at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Moderator

• Hiba Qasas - Founding Executive Director, Principles for Peace (P4P) (TBC)

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Main organiser

• Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations (CSO), Department of State, United States