A core element of EWI’s mission is to help prevent violent conflicts before they begin. Part of this goal is the Global Conference on Preventive Action, a conference EWI will convene in late 2010 to galvanize a Global Action Plan to prevent violent conflict and to help integrate conflict prevention approaches into security and development policy.

Regional preparatory meetings in Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe will precede the conference. These meetings will bring together representatives from the defense, diplomacy and development sectors, along with civil society, to identify action-oriented recommendations for states, regional organizations and civil society that strengthen regional capacities for effective preventive action.

Based in part on the regional recommendations, the Global Conference will:

• Raise awareness of and increase attention to the role of regional organizations in supporting and maintaining peace and stability in their regions, in line with Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations;
• Foster greater collaboration and communication between states, regional organizations, civil society and traditional security and development actors;
• Provide an opportunity for donors and recipients to share experiences, lessons, and best practices;
• Address the information and communication needs of state, regional and international security and development policymakers;
• Enhance coordination within civil society, resulting in higher quality policy advice for states and regional and international organizations;
• Bring together regional and global perspectives to avoid duplication of efforts and to mobilize the resources of all actors to their full capacity; and
• Detail practical, short- and medium-term steps to enhance preventive approaches.

You can download the conference concept note here

You can download the conference agenda here