Peaceful Futures

Welcome to Peaceful Futures!

Cultivating the Next Generation of Young Peacebuilders

According to Crisis Group, with 183 ongoing conflicts reported in 2023, the need for effective peacebuilding strategies is more urgent than ever. This urgency is echoed by the Youth Talks global survey, which engaged over 46,000 young people and revealed “Peace” as their foremost priority. The United Nations has also declared Peace Education a priority for 2024.

The “Peaceful Futures” programme, a joint initiative of Global Education Futures and the Learning Planet Institute, aligned with UNESCO, aims to train and empower hundreds of young leaders worldwide, fostering true artisans of peace.

Built around the co-design and acceleration of sustainable and scalable peacebuilding change projects tailored to their local contexts, the programme is based on strategic foresight thinking, conflict transformation tools, and a peace-oriented mindset.

Its purpose is to equip young peacebuilders with hands-on skills to address the root causes of conflicts and promote long-term harmony.

Programme overview

A 6-month pilot, a precursor to the full programme, includes:

  1. Online educational programme with webinars, podcasts, and Master classes for young leaders.
  2. Training the first cohort of young leaders to develop local change projects.
  3. Providing ongoing support and mentorship to selected leaders.
  4. An initial global community of practice for ongoing support.
  5. Open-source knowledge database of best practices and tools.
  6. Media campaigns to promote the project and its impact.
  7. Evaluation plans with continuous assessments, progress reviews, and final evaluations, including community impact metrics.
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Young change-makers participants' profile

UNGA 2024

The programme targets young leaders aged 18-35 with experience in social entrepreneurship and/or NGO work

Peaceful Futures will prioritise participants from high-tension and recovering from conflict regions from the Global South and respect gender diversity.

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Reasons to support Peaceful Futures

  1. The project is grounded in proven existing methodologies and supported by a strong network of global experts. Its focus on youth and local initiatives ensures relevance and sustainability
  2. To mitigate potential risks such as political instability, cultural resistance, and local challenges, we have taken measures, including regional stakeholders, core partnership networks, and a community of practice, to ensure flexible strategies and project support. 
  3. Your funding will enable high-impact, scalable initiatives that address urgent global needs. 

 

The programme provides clear objectives, team expertise and measurable outcomes.

Goals for the 2025 edition

  1. Empowerment of a network of 150 young leaders with conflict transformation and strategic foresight tools.
  2. Initiating peacebuilding projects with robust guidance and mentorship.
  3. Fostering a community of practice – 250 experts, social entrepreneurs, and young leaders to exchange knowledge and collaborate.
  4. Positively impacting the quality of life for 5,000 people and indirectly touching up to 200’000 more through media outreach and partnerships.

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Three further project phases include a more expansive programme

PF phase 1

Train 500+ young change-makers worldwide and provide extensive mentoring by global experts for 100 active and motivated leaders, impacting 15,000 people within communities with a strong media outreach.

PF phase 2

Accelerate over 50 “positive peace” change projects with personalised mentorship and support, directly impacting up to 50,000 people within local communities and reaching out to up to 1,75M through media support (in addition to recurring Phase 1).

PF phase 3

Establish 5 thematic “peaceful futures” competence hubs around the world to support  250+ projects of “positive peace” per year (in addition to recurring phases 1 & 2).

Moving Toward a peaceful futures (video)

session at the LearningPlanet Festival 2024

Upcoming sessions at the LearningPlanet Festival (January 2025)

Learning Sciences UNESCO Chair Conference

Cultivating the Next Generation of Young Peacebuilders

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In the Mood for Peaceful Futures – Part 1

Asia, Africa & Europe

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In the Mood for Peaceful Futures – Part 2

South & North America

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Leading organisations

Core team

Olivier Brechard
Olivier BRECHARD

Partnerships Coordination

Learning Planet Institute

Anastasia Evgrafova
Anastasia EVGRAFOVA

Marketing & Communications

Global Education Futures

pavel luksha
Pavel LUKSHA, PhD

Content & Learning Methodology

Global Education Futures

Ilia Lysenko
Ilia LYSENKO

Project Management

Learning Planet Institute

Senior Expert Team

Mandar Apte
Mandar APTE

Executive Director

Cities4Peace

Gaby Arenas de Meneses
Gaby ARENAS

Founder

Fundación TAAP

Aart Bos
Aart BOS

Global Leadership

MasterPeace Foundation

Catalina Cock Duque
Catalina COCK DUQUE

Co-founder & President

Fundación Mi Sangre

Raghda ElHalawany
Raghda ELHALAWANY

Co-Director

MasterPeace Foundation

David Gershon
David GERSHON

Director of Research

The Laszlo Institute of New Paradigm Research (LINPR)

Jan Hurwitch
Jan HURWITCH

Executive Director

Fundacion Etica Visionaria

Yiannis Laouris
Yiannis LAOURIS

Lead Scientist

Future Worlds Center

Alexander Laszlo, Ph.D.
Alexander LASZLO, Ph.D

Director of Research

The Laszlo Institute of New Paradigm Research (LINPR)

Anne-Marie Voorhoeve
Anne-Marie VOORHOEVE

Founder & Strategic Connector

The Hague Center for Global Governance, Innovation and Emergence

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