Progamme
Five years after our 2016 Berlin Congress, “Disarm! For a Climate of Peace”, the International Peace Bureau is proud to host the Second IPB World Peace Congress, “(Re) Imagine our World: Action for Peace and Justice” in the Mediterranean city of Barcelona. Our goal is to bring together vast swaths of civil society from peace and disarmament advocates to feminist and LGBTQIA+ campaigners, ecologists and climate activists, antiracists and indigenous peoples, human rights defenders and trade unionists to generate a unified response to the anxiety of our times.
Friday – 15.10.2021
Venue: CCCB (Hall + Pati de les Dones)
11:00-16:00
IPB Youth Network (IPBYN) & Local Youth Gathering
18:00-18:30
IPB in Action: Six Examples of Activities for Peace & Disarmament
18:30-20:30
Opening Plenary: Threats to Peace and Safety Chaired by Chloé Meulewaeter, IPB Council.; & TBD, Catalonian government representative/Barcelona city representative
- Welcome
Jordi Calvo, IPB Barcelona
Lisa Clark, IPB Co-President
Catalan government representative
Barcelona city representative - Music and cultural presentations
- Video Greetings
António Guterres, UN General Secretary (to be confirmed)
Duarte Pacheco, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organization - Great Power Conflicts and the (New) Cold War
Jody Williams, political activist and Nobel Peace Laureate - Threats of Nuclear Weapons: Reflecting and Looking Forward
Wada Masako, Nihon Hidankyo (Japan Confederation of A- and H- Bomb Sufferers Organizations) - The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and the Future
Beatrice Fihn, Executive Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) - Environmental and Climate Protection and Disarmament
Vandana Shiva, environmental and social activist - Global Justice and Peace
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Former President of Brazil (by video) - Threats to the Future of Humankind
Jeremy Corbyn, Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
20:30-22:00
Music and cultural performance
Public event and peace vigil
Pati de les dones CCCB
Saturday – 16.10.2021
Lessons from the Covid-19: Pandemic and solutions to the problems
9:30-11:30
Saturday Plenary: Intersectional Social Transformation
Venue: CCCB (Hall + Pati de les Dones)
Chaired by Enkhsaikhan Jargalsaikhan, Chair of Blue Banner and former Mongolian diplomat; & Emily Rubino, Executive Director of Peace Action New York State
- Nonviolent Future: Changing the Agenda
Amani Aruri, UN Women Global Task Force on Beijing 25+ - Common Security for a New World Order
Aleksey Gromyko, Director of the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences - Regional Peace and Security
Zhao Tong, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy (by video) - Disarmament for Development
Vanda Proskova, Co-Convener of Youth Fusion – Abolition 2000 Youth Network - The Global South, Inequality, Human Rights, and Violence
Cyrille Roland Bechon, Nouveaux Droits de l’Homme Cameroun (New Human Rights Cameroon) - Patriarchy and Gender-Based Violence
Binalakshmi “Bina” Nepram, Founder, Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network and The Global Alliance of Indigenous Peoples, Gender Justice and Peace.
[short break]
- Racism, Migration, and Peace
Helena Maleno, Caminando Fronteras - Peace and Environmental Protection
Speaker TBC - Transforming the Economy for Peace and Justice
Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) - Militarism and Colonialism
Lisa Linda Natividad, Guahan Coalition for Peace and Justice - Peace Education
A-Young Moon, Peace MOMO - Regional Peace: Peacebuilding in the Mediterranean
Blanca Garcés, CIDOB
11:30-12:00
Coffee break and networking
12:00-13:30
FIRST WORKSHOP SESSION
Venue: Blanquerna – Universitat Ramon Llull
- Common Security: A Blueprint for Global and Regional Relations
Coordinated by Eskil Grav, IPB Council Member - Creating a Peace Economy (Conversion)
Coordinated by Jeroen Beirnaert, ITUC - Fair Elections and Peacebulding
Coordinated by Tyson Berry Smith Jr., 4Kids International - The Foundations of Peace: Nuclear Abolition and International Law (including TPNW)
Coordinated by Lucas Wirl, IALANA - The Increasing US Militarization of Australia and the Asia-Pacific Region
Coordinated by the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) - Indigenous Peoples Movement for Peace & Disarmament : Strengthening Alliances and Daring to Imagine An Alternate World
Coordinated by Binalakshmi “Bina” Nepram, Founder, Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network and The Global Alliance of Indigenous Peoples, Gender Justice and Peace. - The Impact of Nuclear Testing and Climate Change on Frontline Communities
Coordinated by Marshallese Educational Initiative - The Intersection of Peace and Gender
Coordinated by Escola de Cultura de Pau & Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) - Journalism for Peace and Nonviolence
Coordinated by Tony Robinson, Pressenza - Peace Agreements to End Wars
Coordinated by ICIP - Peace Education
Coordinated by Alain Rouy, Mouvement de la Paix - Peace, Racism and Migration
Coordinated by Katerina Anastasiou, Transform! Europe - Tracking Corruption in the Arms Trade
Coordinated by Corruption Tracker - Weapons in Space and the Digitization of Warfare
Coordinated by Dave Webb, CND
13:30-15:00
Lunch break and networking
15:00-16:30
SECOND WORKSHOP SESSION
Venue: Blanquerna – Universitat Ramon Llull
- Archives as a Tool to Promote Truth, Memory, and Justice
Coordinated by the Generalitat de Catalunya, Swisspeace - Climate Change, the Environment, and Peace
Coordinated by Emma Pritchard, peace activist and IPB Youth
Network Coordinator
- Measuring Peace, Measuring Conflict – Introducing and Applying the Heidelberg Approach
Coordinated by Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (HIIK) - Disarmament for Development: Move The Money
Coordinated by Quique Sánchez, GCOMS - Environmental Protection Against War, Conflict and the Military: The Cases of Nuclear and Uranium Weapons
The Cases of Nuclear and of Uranium Weapons
Coordinated by Manfred Mohr, ICBUW - Global and Regional Approaches to Common Security and Human Security
Coordinated by Joseph Gerson, CPDCS - Mediterranean as a Space of Peace
Coordinated by Novact - Nuclear Weapons Free Zones (NWFZs): Strengths and Gaps
Coordinated by Enkhsaikhan Jargalsaikhan, Blue Banner Mongolia - Peace, Democracy, and Participation
Coordinated by Corazon Fabros, Stop the War Coalition Philippines - Peace and Religion
Coordinated by Susan Smith, FOR-USA - Stronger Together for Peace: Building Campaigns and Alliances
Coordinated by Steven Staples, PeaceQuest Leadership and Education Initiative - WMD-Free Zone in the Middle East
Coordinated by the Middle East Treaty Organization (METO)
17:30
Informal gatherings: excursions, poster sessions other small events
Knowledge Café and Networking Rooms available
17:30
Peace Party, cultural and mobilizing activities (i.e. music, theatre)
Exhibitions
Sunday – 17.10.2021
Visions for the future: Practical steps for reaching the solutions
9.30–10.30
INTRODUCTION ROUND TABLE: VISIONS FOR PEACE CONFLICTS AND TENSIONS FOR TOMORROW
Venue: CCCB (Hall + Pati de les Dones)
Chaired by Federico Mayor Zaragoza, former Director General of UNESCO and Chair of the Foundation
for a Culture of Peace; & TBD
- Dialogue, Cooperation, and Understanding
Liv Tørres, Pathfinders - Video Greetings
Noam Chomsky, scientist and activist, University of Arizona
Pope Francis (to be confirmed) - Round Table Discussion
Featuring Reiner Braun, IPB Executive Director
Veronica Krashennikova, Chamber of Civil Society Russia, Victor Ochen, Afican Youth Iniciative Network (AYINET)
3 further speakers TBD
10.45–12.45
FINAL WORKSHOP SESSION: STRATEGIES FOR THE FUTURE
Venue: Blanquerna – Universitat Ramon Llull
- Arms Trade and Military Business
Coordinated by Wendela de Vries, Stop Wapenhandel & ENAAT - A Culture of Peace
Coordinated by the Ingeborg Breines, Senior Advisor to the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates - Digital Activism in the Covid-19/Post-Covid-19 Era
Coordinated by Sara Medi Jones, CND - Feminist Peace
Coordinated by Young WILPF - Human Rights Defenders and Peace
Coordinated by Ciutats Defensores - How People Power and Nonviolent Action is Changing the World
Coordinated by Angelo Cardona, President of Ibero-American Alliance for Peace; and Diego Checa Hidalgo, IPAZ - Northeast Asia Peace, Disarmament, and Denuclearization
Coordinated by Peace Boat/PSPD
- Pacific Peace Network: Demilitarization and Decolonization of the Pacific
Coordinated by the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) - The Role of Peace Economics and Peace Science in the Peace Movement
Manas Chatterji, Binghamton University - Strategies and Actions for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World
Coordinated by Arielle Denis, ICAN; and Rieko Asato, Japan Council against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs
(Gensuikyo) - Youth Activism and the Climate Emergency
Tord Björk, Friends of the Earth
12.45-14:00
FINAL PLENARY: STRONGER TOGETHER FOR PEACE. A CALL TO ACTION
Venue: CCCB (Hall + Pati de les Dones)
Chaired by Reiner Braun, IPB Executive Director; & TBD
Solidarity Action with Repressed People Fighting for Peace and Freedom
- Presentation of the Declaration/Appeal “(Re)Imagine Our World: Action for Peace, Justice, and the Climate”
- Feminist/Intersectional Peace Work Statement
- Presentation of Regional Action Plans/Mediterranean Forum Plan
- Presentation of the IPB Youth Network Action Plan
- Closing Remarks
Philip Jennings, IPB Co-President
Note:
This is the second programme draft and all parts of the congress remain subject to changes and adjustments. All titles for plenary and workshop sessions are working titles and may be changed. The final decision on the programme will be made by the programme committee in connection with the local committee. You may contact us with inquiries at info@ipb-office.berlin.
Organized by the International Peace Bureau Regional Co-Organizer: Institut Català Internacional per la Pau (ICIP)