With a solid track record covering 30 years of engagements in over 20 countries across the world, Interpeace is testament to the fact that peace is possible. Working alongside local partners in many of the world’s most conflict-affected regions, efforts to build trust through inclusive dialogue continue to prove their value for sustainable, durable peace solutions.

Milestones celebrated throughout the anniversary year include initiatives to re-thinking peace, enhancing resilience for peace, and embedding peace across sectors. These goals manifest in timely initiatives including Principles for Peace, Finance for Peace, Rethinking Stability, Peace Responsiveness, and Youth, Peace and Security work.

Incubated and founded by Interpeace, the Principles for Peace Initiative is launched in 2018 piloting the first-ever global standards for peace processes. From 2019 to 2022, the initiative engages thousands of stakeholders in more than 60 countries and conducts more than 150 consultations and unpacks more than 700 case studies. The process represents the largest and most inclusive effort to draft a framework on how to design, implement and carry out peace processes.

Later on in 2023, Principles for Peace becomes an independent foundation, uniting over 120 organisations to promote a unity of vision for peacemaking at global, regional, and local levels.

Interpeace marks a quarter-century of building peace in over 20 countries in Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and Europe. The organisation has become an integral actor in the sector bridging gaps between communities affected by conflict and national, regional, and global decision-making.

Interpeace is officially recognized as an international entity by the government of Switzerland. This acknowledgement reaffirms the important role played by the organisation in peace processes.

Interpeace relocates is headquarters to the Maison de la Paix, a hub for international experts in the heart of international Geneva. The organisation thus becomes an integral part of a complex hosting diverse organisations that work on international issues, thus providing an opportunity to organically create networks and foster exchanges between partners. These synergies foster solutions to promote peace, security and sustainable development.

Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Interpeace now operates in over 20 countries and territories. To mark the milestone, Interpeace hosts a Peace Debate with the title “Cancel the cruise missiles: Military intervention cannot build peace between warring parties.”

At the same time, Interpeace launches a pilot project in Sweden, seeking to bridge the gap between marginalized youth and decision-makers. An innovative tool, the Frameworks for Assessing Resilience (FAR), is also launched to better understand, address, and assess the key sources of resilience and fragility within conflict- or violence-prone contexts. The tool enables the creation of knowledge on the existing, inherent sources of resilience for peacebuilding in societies.