Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict
Encyclopedia
The Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (also known as GPPAC) is a global civil society-led network which seeks to build an international consensus on peacebuilding and the prevention of violent conflict. It was established in 2003 in response to the call made by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
for an international conference of civil society organisations working in the field of conflict prevention in his 2001 report entitled Prevention of Armed Conflict. Since holding its first Global Conference in 2005, GPPAC has worked to strengthen civil society networks for peace and security by linking local, national, regional, and global levels of action; to establish effective engagement with governments, the UN system and regional organisations; and to carry out projects within the five main programme areas identified in its Global Work Plan(2007-2010).
The Global Partnership consists of fifteen regional networks, each of which has its own Regional Action Agenda and Work Plan and participates in activities at the global level. The Regional Action Agendas fed into People Building Peace: A Global Action Agenda for the Prevention of Violent Conflict - which incorporated input from more than one thousand organisations around the world and outlines key priorities for change. The final document was presented to the UN in July 2005 during the Global Conference From Reaction to Prevention: Civil Society Forging Partnerships to Prevent Violent Conflict and Build Peace, which was held at UN Headquarters and organised by GPPAC in partnership with the United Nations Department of Political Affairs
. Since then, GPPAC has implemented work plans based on the Action Agendas.
GPPAC is governed by an International Steering Group which consists of representatives from all regions and a number of international NGOs. Its five main programmes are developed and run by member-driven Working Groups that are coordinated by the Global Secretariat, which is held by the European Centre for Conflict Prevention (ECCP) in The Hague, The Netherlands.
Central and Eastern Africa
West Africa
Southern Africa
Latin America and the Caribbean
North America
South Asia
The Pacific
Southeast Asia
Northeast Asia
Central Asia
Middle East and North Africa
Western Commonwealth of Independent States
The Caucasus
Western Balkans
Northern and Western Europe
For more information about these regions and their Secretariats, please click here.
Kofi Annan
Kofi Atta Annan is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the UN from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2006...
for an international conference of civil society organisations working in the field of conflict prevention in his 2001 report entitled Prevention of Armed Conflict. Since holding its first Global Conference in 2005, GPPAC has worked to strengthen civil society networks for peace and security by linking local, national, regional, and global levels of action; to establish effective engagement with governments, the UN system and regional organisations; and to carry out projects within the five main programme areas identified in its Global Work Plan(2007-2010).
The Global Partnership consists of fifteen regional networks, each of which has its own Regional Action Agenda and Work Plan and participates in activities at the global level. The Regional Action Agendas fed into People Building Peace: A Global Action Agenda for the Prevention of Violent Conflict - which incorporated input from more than one thousand organisations around the world and outlines key priorities for change. The final document was presented to the UN in July 2005 during the Global Conference From Reaction to Prevention: Civil Society Forging Partnerships to Prevent Violent Conflict and Build Peace, which was held at UN Headquarters and organised by GPPAC in partnership with the United Nations Department of Political Affairs
United Nations Department of Political Affairs
The United Nations Department of Political Affairs is a department of the Secretariat of the United Nations with responsibility for monitoring and assessing global political developments and advising and assisting the United Nations Secretary General and his envoys in the peaceful prevention and...
. Since then, GPPAC has implemented work plans based on the Action Agendas.
GPPAC is governed by an International Steering Group which consists of representatives from all regions and a number of international NGOs. Its five main programmes are developed and run by member-driven Working Groups that are coordinated by the Global Secretariat, which is held by the European Centre for Conflict Prevention (ECCP) in The Hague, The Netherlands.
Five Main Programme Areas
Following the 2005 Global Conference, GPPAC began implementing its agenda. Based on the regional action priorities identified in their own work plans, GPPAC drafted a Global Work Plan which outlines how it plans to prevent war and build peace through five different programs. Between now and 2010, the priorities of GPPAC at the global level are:
• Awareness Raising: To raise public awareness around the world and generate constituencies who are informed about conflict prevention and peacebuilding and the important role played by civil society in achieving it.
• Interaction and Advocacy: To enhance cooperation between civil society and the UN, regional intergovernmental organisations and governments.
• Network Building: To strengthen national, regional and global networks, increase their capacity for prevention, and link these levels to increase the effectiveness of their collective action in preventing violent conflict.
• Knowledge Generation and Sharing: To connect the theory of civil society conflict prevention with its practice by identifying, collecting, analysing, developing and disseminating essential knowledge on approaches and methods for conflict prevention and peacebuilding.
• Early Warning and Early Response: To develop the capacity and professionalism of civil society organisations so that they may engage in early warning and early response work and institutionalise their interaction with governments, regional organizations and UN institutions in this field.
Regional Secretariats
The Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict consists of fifteen regions. They are:Central and Eastern Africa
West Africa
Southern Africa
Latin America and the Caribbean
North America
South Asia
The Pacific
Southeast Asia
Northeast Asia
Central Asia
Middle East and North Africa
Western Commonwealth of Independent States
The Caucasus
Western Balkans
Northern and Western Europe
For more information about these regions and their Secretariats, please click here.