A high-level event with investors, practitioners, policy makers, researchers and civil society, organized by the German Federal Foreign Office (GFFO) in collaboration with the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO)
The event provides a unique platform to discuss practices and approaches, including diverging ones, that would need to be addressed by a peace-positive investment framework and to advance standards for their implementation in conflict-affected settings.
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Behrenstraße 42, 10117 Berlin
Welcome remarks by
Susanne Baumann, State Secretary of the German Federal Foreign Office
Elizabeth Spehar, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support
Keynote address: A vision for peace-positive investments in fragile and conflict-affected settings
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former President of Liberia, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Why a new framework for peace-positive investments in fragile and conflict-affected settings?
Guiding questions:
Thematic impulse: Are investments in fragile states peace positive? Review of available evidence,
Tommaso Sonno, University of Bologna
Introductory presentation: The challenges of peace-positive private sector development and investment
Brian Ganson, Stellenbosch University
Panelists:
Frederik Teufel, African Development Bank AfDB
Kathryn Nwajiaku-Dahou, ODI
Jeroen Harteveld, Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank (FMO)
Moderator:
Pierre van Hoeylandt, Natural Heritage Capital
How do we develop a harmonized framework, in practice, for peace-positive investments?
Guiding questions:
Introductory Remarks: Measuring private sector contribution to peacebuilding
Mathu Joyini, Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations
Presentation: Introduction of a “Peace Impact Framework” for peace-positive investment
Christopher Egerton-Warburton, Lion’s Head Global Partners (LHGP)
Panelists:
Vivianne Infante, Director, Africa Resilience Investment Accelerator (ARIA)
David Mozersky, Energy Peace Partners
Daniel Hyslop, Interpeace
Moderator:
Aanchal Bhatia, United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO)
Summary and next steps
Marcus Lenzen, Deputy Chief Peacebuilding Fund, United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO)
Frederik Teufel, Lead Coordinator – Partnerships, Innovation, Private Sector Development, African Development Bank (AfDB)
Closing
Deike Potzel, Director General of the German Federal Foreign Office for Crisis Prevention, Stabilisation, Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Assistance
Behrenstraße 42, 10117 Berlin
Welcome Remark
Panel I
Panel II
Next steps and closing