The 2023 Coventry International Peace Prize was presented in May jointly to Lord Paul Bew and Mark Durkan for their work on the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. Lord Paul Bew’s contributions to the Good Friday Agreement were acknowledged when … Continue reading →
The RISING Global Peace Forum is running a survey on what it means to organisations to be based in the UK’s only city of peace and reconciliation. This survey has three simple questions, so should take less than 60 seconds … Continue reading →
In November 2021 several hundred delegates gathered in Coventry Cathedral and online to share ideas and inspiration about leadership for peace; leadership that mobilises people and communities to respond to the challenges they face and to thrive. The videos include … Continue reading →
The former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell and current Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby will be speaking about leadership at the sixth annual RISING Global Peace conference. The three-day event, led by Coventry University’s Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, in … Continue reading →
RISING Global Peace Forum publishes valuable videos recording the speakers of the talks it organises over the years. Below is a video of the Keynote address by Hilary Benn from RISING 2015. For a complete list of their videos see … Continue reading →
The experience and learning points from the developing RISING Global Peace Forum have informed future plans. RISING has become a global brand, with several thousand regular followers from across the globe and it sits alongside a number of like-minded forums … Continue reading →
RISING Global Peace Forum is a partnership between Coventry City Council, Coventry University and Coventry Cathedral aimed at promoting new ways of thinking about peace and conflict in our turbulent world. Their first annual international symposium, RISING 15, took place in November 2015 and brought together global leaders, … Continue reading →