Around the world, people and organizations across sectors have been working for a new kind of economy—one that prioritizes peace, regeneration, and shared prosperity. From grassroots initiatives that build trust and inclusion, to financial innovations that align capital with long-term value, the foundations of a new system are already built. But too often, these efforts happen in silos—fragmented across disciplines, disconnected from one another, and missing the chance to work in coordination and create positive impacts at scale.
Mainstreaming peacebuilding into private sector practice, establishing standardized peace indicators for impact measurement, and equipping peacebuilders with the tools to lead in finance and business are essential steps toward making peace and conflict prevention the most valuable return on investment. The peacebuilding field is now at a unique inflection point. Peace is not only morally imperative—it is economically urgent.
Peace is an essential foundation for long-term economic stability and shared prosperity. This convening is a practical step toward aligning our systems, investments, and capacities to support scalable, coordinated approaches to building peace economies.
This one-day convening is a call to collaborate and coordinate. The workshop will gather leaders across peacebuilding, finance, governance, development, and impact investing to:
- Map the ecosystem of actors, efforts, and lessons learned contributing to peace economies,
- Surface challenges and opportunities to collaborate more effectively,
- Co-create a shared vision for what peace economies at scale look like, and
- Begin drafting a collaborative roadmap for long-term action, investment, and systems change.
