Peace Direct
Budget
€6,351,979
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
1
0.75 FTE
EU Grants
€261,238
Mission & Goals
Peace Direct is an international NGO which works in partnership with local peacebuilders and other allies to shift power and resources for sustainable peace. Its strategic goals are as follows: 1) People in fragile and conflict-affected countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas and the Middle East will be better able to prevent and respond to violence and lead efforts to build sustainable peace; 2) Key public and private institutions and decision makers in the UK, US, EU, in the UN system, and in selected conflict affected countries will recognise and support locally-led peacebuilding as an effective and essential approach to building sustainable peace; 3) More people in the UK, US and EU are aware of, engaged with and supportive of locally led peacebuilding, contributing to a growing and active global peace movement; 4) Peace Direct will [be able] to deliver high quality work and support to local peacebuilders around the world.
EU Legislative Interests
Common Foreign and Security Policy, including the Common Security and Defence Policy, as well as policies related to Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and Youth, Peace and Security (YPS); Development; EU Conflict Early Warning System; EU external financing instruments; EU humanitarian policies. Geographic focus on EU policies towards Afghanistan, Burundi, the Central African Republic, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Zimbabwe.
Communication Activities
Peace Direct takes part in EPLO Civil Society Dialogue Network events (See: http://eplo.org/activities/ongoing-projects/). It has organised, together with EPLO, several Brown Bag Lunch events (See: http://eplo.org/activities/eplo-brown-bag-lunch-events/). It also engaged bilaterally with officials from the European External Action Service and the European Commission’s Directorate General for International Partnerships.
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
Peace Direct is a member of the following networks and bodies: - At the global level: CIVICUS Global Alliance - At the EU level: the European Peacebuilding Liaison Office (EPLO) - In the UK: BOND, Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS), UK Atrocity Prevention Working Group - At the UN level: the NGO Working Group on the Security Council, the World Federation of UN Associations, the New York Peacebuilding Group, Voices of SDG16+ - In the US: Alliance for Peacebuilding, the Movement for Community-led Development, the Peace and Security Funders Group, the YPS Coalition, the Civil Society WG hosted by US Institute of Peace, Protection and Prevention Working Group
Organisation Members
Peace Direct has over 25 local partners across 14 countries. You can find the list here: https://www.peacedirect.org/our-partners/.
Additional Information
We used the European Commission’s InforEuro website set to December 2024 to convert figures from the most recently closed financial year from GBP to EUR.
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.