Closing plenary - Bridging Multilateral Ecosystems for Peace and Security

This closing plenary session will reflect on how Geneva and Vienna-based actors, together with states and other partners, can strengthen complementarity across the peace and security landscape. Building on key takeaways from the thematic discussions, it will explore how more coherent and connected multilateral engagement can help address today’s complex and interlinked challenges.

The session will consider ways to bridge institutional, thematic, and geographic silos; foster collaboration across different areas of expertise; and reinforce the collective capacity of multilateral actors to prevent conflict, respond to crises, and sustain peace. It will also provide an opportunity to draw together the main insights of the event and to identify practical pathways for stronger cooperation across the wider peace and security ecosystem.

Speakers

• Ambassador Carl Hallergard, Head of Delegation to the International Organisations in Vienna, European Union
• Ambassador Salman Bal, Liaison Officer to the OSCE Secretariat, Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the OSCE, the United Nations and other International Organizations in Vienna
• Ambassador Nathalie Chuard, Director, DCAF – Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance
• Ms. Elena K. Sokova, Executive Director, Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP)
• Dr. Loic Simonet, Research Fellow, Austrian Institute for International Affairs
• Dr. Peter Batchelor, Special Advisor, Geneva Peacebuilding Platform
• Dr. Annyssa Bellal, Executive Director, Geneva Peacebuilding Platform

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