Events
January – March 2013
31 January -1 February, Panama - Global thematic consultation on conflict and fragility organized by the Peacebuilding Support Office, UNDP, UNICEF and UNISDR. The consultation is to build consensus on how issues like conflict, violence and fragility can be included in the post-2015 development framework.
5 March, The Peacebuilding Support Office, the Quaker UN Office and Peace Direct are organizing an informal consultation, hosted by the Rockefeller Foundation, to discuss increased UN engagement with local peacebuilding actors in the developing world.
13 March, High-level Meeting Global Thematic Consultation on Conflict, violence and Disaster and the Post-2015 Development in Helsinki hosted by the Government of Finland and co-organized by the Peacebuilding Support Office, UNDP, UNICEF and UNISDR.
25 March, The Deputy Head and Director of UN Peacebuilding Support Office, Ejeviome Eloho Otobo, will speak at the event "THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE EUROPEAN UNION: Strengthening partnerships and improving effectiveness in peacebuilding" organised by the Global Governance Institute in Brussels.
April - June 2013
19 April, The Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support, Judy Cheng-Hopkins, and Henk-Jan Brinkman, Chief of the Policy, Planning and Application Branch, will participate in the third Global Meeting of the International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding in Washington D.C.
23-24 April, The PBF Advisory Group meeting in New York.
20-22 May, Peacebuilding Support Office - Assistant Secretary-General, Judy Cheng-Hopkins’ visit to Niger
27-31 May, Peacebuilding Support Office - Assistant Secretary-General, Judy Cheng-Hopkins at the annual meeting of the African Development Bank in Morroco
3-6 June, PBSO and UN Women training operationalizing the UN Secretary-General's Seven-Point Action Plan on gender-responsive peacebuilding. For more information, please contact:: Cecile Mazzacurati (Mazzacurati@un.org)
5 June, PBSO has co-organized, with UNDP and UNICEF, and in cooperation with the Mission of Finland to the African Union, a Special Briefing for the African Union and other stakeholders in Addis Ababa. The briefing will discuss the findings of the Synthesis Report of the Global Thematic Consultation on Conflict, Violence and Disaster and the Post-2015 Development Agenda and the Recommendations of the Report of the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda. This briefing takes place in the context of ongoing conversations on the Post-2015 Development Agenda through UNDG’s Open and Inclusive Global Consultations Process.
18-19 June, Meeting of Experts on Accountability Framework for Conflict, Violence and Disaster for the Post-2015 Development Agenda organized by the PBSO, UNDP and UNICEF. The meeting -- a follow-up to the Global Thematic Consultation on Conflict, Violence and Disaster and the Post-2015 Development -- will focus on possible targets and indicators to give more precision to how conflict and violence could be incorporated in the post-2015 framework. please contact: Henk-Jan Brinkman (brinkman@un.org)
25 JuneUN Peacebuilding Commission on Business for Peacebuilding. The event is organized in partnership with the UN Global Compact. For more information, please contact: Paolo Fontana (Fontana@un.org)
July -September 2013
1 July - Peacebuilding Support Office - Assistant Secretary-General, Judy Cheng-Hopkins at Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation in Sweden
10 July - Policy Forum organized by the International Peace Institute (IPI) and the Peacebuilding Commission with focus a on domestic revenue mobilization and its impact on peacebuilding and stability in countries emerging from conflict. For more information, please contact: Paolo Fontana (Fontana@un.org)
TBC, General Assembly - Side Meetings
PBC - Calendar of Meetings
October - December 2013
TBC, The annual Stakeholders meeting of the Peacebuilding Fund in New York.
7-8 October, The PBF Advisory Group meeting in New York. For more information, please contact Patrice Chiwota (chiwota@un.org)
PBC - Calendar of Meetings
Download a copy of the 2012 PBSO Annual Report
January - March 2012
18-19 January
Peacebuilding Support Office - Assistant Secretary-General, Judy Cheng-Hopkins attending the Conference on International Dialogue: Post-Busan Communication from ID Co-Chairs, Paris.
30-31 January
Peacebuilding Policy Division– Youth in Peacebuilding and Security, New York.
24-27 February
Peacebuilding Support Office - Assistant Secretary-General, Judy Cheng-Hopkins, speech and workshop at the Peace Centre, Hiroshima.
8 March
UN Women, Peacebuilding Support office and UNEP - Official CSW side event on gender equality, natural resource management and peacebuilding.
For more information, please contact: Sharon Fleming (sharon.fleming@unwomen.org)
8 March
Peacebuilding Support Office – Chief of Policy, Planning and Application Branch, Henk-Jan Brinkman will join Erin McCandless, the Executive Editor, Journal of Peacebuilding and Development at the New School to discuss SOCIAL SERVICES and peacebuilding efforts within the UN to conceptualize linkages for more effective practices. For info, visit: www.gpia.info/development/dtp/
April - June 2012
24 April
Peacebuilding Support Office - Assistant Secretary-General, Judy Cheng-Hopkins attending the high-level Strategic Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Natural Resources, New York.
For more information, please contact: Gerald Pachoud (Pachoud@un.org)
26-27 April
Peacebuilding Fund - First 2012 Advisory Group Meeting.
For more information, please contact Patrice Chiwota (Chiwota@un.org)
1-3 May
Peacebuilding Support Office - Assistant Secretary-General, Judy Cheng-Hopkins’ visit to Myanmar
7 May
Peacebuilding Support Office - Secretary-General's keynote speech on Peacebuilding, Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington DC.
For more information, please contact: Roshan Khadivi (morgan2@un.org) and Rodney Bent, UNIC Washington D.C. (rbent@unicwash.org)
14-15 May – Peacebuilding Support Office –Chief of Policy, Planning and Application Branch , Henk-Jan Brinkman, in Paris to support the development of peace- and statebuilding indicators and the implementation of the New Deal as part of The International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding.
29 May
Peacebuilding Support Office - Assistant Secretary-General, Judy Cheng-Hopkins attends the meeting hosted by the African Development Bank in Arusha
4 June
ECOSOC and the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) on Partnerships for job creation for young people in countries emerging from conflict, ECOSOC Chamber, New York
For more information, please contact: Paolo Fontana (Fontana@un.org)
5-6 June
Peacebuilding Support Office and the Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre joint workshop on Reconciliation at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre in Ghana. The workshop brings representatives from 20 different countries to share good practices and lessons learned
July - September 2012
2-3 July
The Peacebuilding Fund and the World Bank meeting in Washington DC
12 July
UN Security Council thematic Open Debate on peacebuilding
General Assembly
6 September
Peacebuilding Support Office –Chief of Policy, Planning and Application Branch , Henk-Jan Brinkman, will participate in a panel discussion at the International Peace Institute on Children and Young People as Actors in Peace Processes and Peacebuilding
13-14 September
Peacebuilding Support Office –Chief of Policy, Planning and Application Branch , Henk-Jan Brinkman, will attend the High Level Expert Forum on Food Insecurity in Protracted Crises. The Forum is organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
25 September
High level side event "Peacebuilding: the way forward towards sustainable peace and security", organized by the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh, in its current capacity as the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, will be attended by the Secretary-General.
26 September- High Level side event, "The New Deal: Perspectives of the g7+"
October - December 2012
2 October- IPI hosted round table co-organised by the Government of Burundi and the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) , with the participation of Foreign Minister of Burundi, Laurent Kavakure. This is the last rendez-vous in New York before the Partners' Conference in Switzerland on 29-30 October.
13 - 14 Nov- PBSO Chief of Policy, Henk-Jan Brinkman, will brief the g7+ Ministerial Retreat in Haiti on the progress made in the working group of The International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding on peacebuilding indicators.
29 Nov- The UN Secretary-General, Nobel Laureate Ms. Tawakkol Karman of Yemen and the Chair of the PBF Advisory Group, Mr. Jan Knutsson, Ambassador and Representative of Sweden to the United Nations in Geneva, will address the third annual Stakeholders meeting of the Peacebuilding Fund in New York. The meeting will review the Fund’s performance and will seek replenishment from Member States
15-19 December - Peacebuilding Support Office - Assistant Secretary-General, Judy Cheng-Hopkins’ visit to South Sudan
21 December Peacebuilding Support Office presents the 2012 Secretary-General's Report on Peacebuidling in the immediate Aftermath of Conflict.
For more info contact:
morgan2@un.orgfontana@un.org
Download a copy of the (2012 Secretary-General’s Report on Peacebuilding in the immediate Aftermath of Conflict)
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