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What is the impact of COVID-19 on sustainable development? The Agenda 2030 platform is conducting a series of interviews with experts. Here is an interview with Anna Leissing, the Head of KOFF at swisspeace.

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The next episode “Climate and Peace: Opportunities for entry into climate-relevant peacebuilding” has now been released on our SoundCloud page! Silja Halle of UNEP, the United Nations Environment Programme, and Stefan Salzmann of Fastenopfer are talking with Hannah-Milena Elias about the tension between climate, peace and social justice and how these issues arise in practice.

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Following the KOFF Advisory Board Meeting this March, we would like to share an update for the upcoming months.

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KOFF presents its first episode of the new podcast series: On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, Jonas Hinck talks about gender justice in peace processes with Anat Al-Mzayyen (Palestinian Working Women Society for Development), Flurina Derungs (PeaceWomen Across the Globe) and Sarah Koch (Gender Focal Point at the Human Security Division from the FDFA)

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Our 2018 Annual Report delves into how the KOFF platform can contribute to peacebuilding.

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The crucial and indispensable role played by non-govern-mental organizations, civil society organizations, social and popular movements, and human rights defenders in achieving fair, inclusive, peaceful and sustainable societies has been recognized and reaffirmed internationally and in the legislation of most countries in the world.

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