Rethinking Conflict Prevention

Conflicts are escalating. Humanitarian needs are soaring. But at the same time, development funding is being cut, and trust is low in institutions designed to ensure peace and security. Those working on the ground in fragile and conflict-affected settings are openly questioning whether today’s humanitarian, development and peacebuilding systems are breaking or may even already be broken.

On day two of the Forum, the high-level panel ‘Rethinking conflict prevention’ will discuss the ways we need to rethink, reinvent and re-evaluate conflict management to adapt to today’s changing security landscape. The speakers will share lessons learned from across the world, including Afghanistan, Somalia and Qatar, as well as reflect on the ability of local, national, regional and international institutions to manage and restrain these conflicts as crises continue to deepen.

The panel will approach these issues by asking questions such as, how do we prevent conflict in today’s changing world? What instruments and approaches are being used by the United Nations, regional organization and local actors to do so, and how effective are they? What lessons can be learned for peace and security, and how can those lessons be applied to improve conflict prevention?