Date: Dec. 7th 2013 Session: Plenary III: Global Peace Foundation – Making a Global Impact for Peace Speaker: Mr. David Caprara; Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, Global Peace Foundation, USA

1. 12.01.2013
GPF Strategic
Partnerships
&
Leadership Networks
Empowering Young Leaders
and Service

2. Latin-American Presidential Mission
• The Latin-American Presidential Mission is
comprised of 20 former Latin-American presidents.
• A proactive association - addressing regional problems
by taking advantage of the leadership and experience of
former Presidents.
• The Mission facilitates cooperation between South,
Central and North America.

3. Latin-American Presidential Mission
Founding
Members
NICOLAS ARDITO BARLETTA (Panamá)
VINICIO CEREZO (Guatemala)
ALVARO COLOM CABALLEROS (Guatemala)
LUIS ALBERTO LACALLE (Uruguay)
HIPOLITO MEJIA COLLAZO (Dominican Republic)
CARLOS MESA (Bolivia)
GUSTAVO NOBOA (Ecuador)
JAIME PAZ ZAMORA (Bolivia)
JOSE FERNANDO QUIROGA (Bolivia)
ERNESTO SAMPER (Colombia)
JUAN CARLOS WASMOSY (Paraguay)

4. IDDPS
Institute for the
Development of Thought for
National Renewal
 The think tank “Institute for the Development of
Thought for National Renewal” joins scholars and
multi-disciplinary intellectuals to work together on
finding solutions to the obstacles that hinder
Paraguay’s development.
 It promotes practical solutions based on moral values
and principles and make them available to all
Paraguayans, enabling them to be main actors in the
construction of our dreamed nation.
 The institute organizes high level events in different
areas such as workshops, seminars, conferences
allowing the citizen participation.

5. IDDPS
Institute for the
Development of Thought for
National Renewal

6. Africa Leadership
Mission
&
Africa Peace
Service Corps

7. Africa Leadership Mission
PEACEBUILDING, YOUNG LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE
H.E. Olusegun
Obasanjo
Former
President,
Nigeria
H.E. Kenneth
Kaunda
Founding
President,
Zambia
H.E. Sir
James
Mancham
Founding
President,
Seychelles
H.E. Girma
WoldeGiorgis
President,
Federal
Democratic
Republic of
Ethiopia
H.E. Amani
A. Karume
Former
President,
Zanzibar

8. Africa Leadership Mission
MULTI-SECTORS
Dr. Manilal Chandaria
Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer
Comcraft Group
Kenya
Chance Zabaghe
Chairman Zambia
Association of
Manufacturers
Dr. Markandey Rai
Global Parliamentarian
Chair
UN-HABITAT

9. Africa Peace Service Corps
“I dream of an
Africa which is in
peace with itself.”
-Nelson Mandela

10. Africa Peace Service Corps
Objectives
 Build a youth peace service network among African
countries through new social media and social
entrepreneurship taking action on the environment,
health and positive peace.
 Engage stakeholders in policy formulation and
implementation advancing UN Millennium Development
Goals and post MDG 2015 agenda.
 Encourage peaceful mechanisms of conflict
prevention and resolution, as well as communitybuilding and social cohesion across tribes and national
borders predicated upon universal principles and values
– One Family Under God.

11. Africa Peace Service Corps
2010 Global Peace Convention, Nairobi Kenya
H.E. President Mwai Kibaki with PM Raila Odinga open
convention with 40 nations where plans for East Africa
Peace Service Corps were first announced in the Nairobi
Declaration.

12. Africa Peace Service Corps
Three-Level Service Engagement Platform
• Youth and Social Media Engagement (GPYC)
• NGO and Corporate Partnership Networks (35)
• National and Regional Government Agencies:
East African Community, COMESA, African Union,
United Nations (UNON, UN Habitat, UNV, and UN
Environment Programme)
• ASEAN – Asia Region buildup via GPF Manila and
Malaysia Convention
• 2014 June Convening on Volunteer Action at UN
Bangkok and IYLA August at UN New York

13. Africa Peace Service Corps
Four Service Areas
•
•
Conservation and Environmental Service
Tree planting, All Lights Village, youth social enterprises
Health Service Corps
Integrated Health Model: Addressing hygiene, malaria
and indoor pollution (GPW Cook Stove Alliance) through
mobilization and training of community health volunteers.
• Positive Peace and Conflict Reconciliation
•Rift Valley Kenya - Peace Initiative prototype
•Youth Entrepreneurship
•Entrepreneurial training, micro-financing and asset
development

14. Africa Peace Service Corps
Health Service
Nigerian Inter-Faith Action Association (NIFAA) cochaired by the Sultan of Sokoto and the Catholic Cardinal
directed by Bishop Sunday Onuoha, supports life saving
malaria prevention across the nation and interfaith harmony.
Sultan Sa’adu
Abubakar of
Sokoto
Bishop Sunday
Onuoha
Cardinal John
Onaiyekan of Abuja

15. Philippines
Coastal Clean-up Service Project at the Manila Bay

16. Philippines
15,000 National Service Training Program students
from 15 colleges and universities in Metro Manila

17. Philippines
Global Peace Volunteers Assembly launched
Asia Peace Service Corps

18. Philippines
GPF pledged 4,000 solar lanterns for Yolanda Recovery
With Congresswoman Lucy Torres Gomez (Leyte)

19. Philippines
Speaker Jose de Venecia at Global Peace Volunteers
Assembly Announcing Asia Peace Service Corps

20. IYLA International Young Leaders Assembly
New York City Philadelphia Washington, D.C.

21. IYLA International Young Leaders Assembly
―Moral & Innovative Leadership:
Vision, Service & Entrepreneurship‖
United Nations

22. IYLA International Young Leaders Assembly
UN High Level Plenary
―Moral & Innovative Leadership:
Vision, Service & Entrepreneurship‖

23. IYLA International Young Leaders Assembly
UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth,
Ambassador Ahmad Alhendawi

24. IYLA International Young Leaders Assembly
UN Young Leaders Plenary

25. IYLA International Young Leaders Assembly
UN Mission Visits by Young Leaders

26. IYLA International Young Leaders Assembly
Convening at World Bank, Washington, D.C.

27. IYLA International Young Leaders Assembly
Convening at World Bank
Keynote Speaker: Sri Mulyani Indrawati,
Managing Director of World Bank

28. IYLA International Young Leaders Assembly
Convening at World Bank
Global Forum on Youth Service

29. IYLA International Young Leaders Assembly
Convening at World Bank
Global Forum on Youth Entrepreneurship

30. IYLA International Young Leaders Assembly
U.S. Capitol,
Washington, D.C.

31. IYLA International Young Leaders Assembly
US-China Youth Summit Moderator Yeqing Li

32. IYLA International Young Leaders Assembly
US-China Youth Summit Speakers

33. IYLA International Young Leaders Assembly
50th Anniversary Celebration of Dr. King’s ―I Have a
Dream‖ Speech at the Lincoln Memorial

34. IYLA International Young Leaders Assembly
50th Anniversary Celebration of Dr. King’s ―I
Have a Dream‖ Speech at the Lincoln Memorial

35. IYLA International Young Leaders Assembly
Graduation Ceremony at the Organization of
American States

36. IYLA International Young Leaders Assembly

37. IYLA International Young Leaders Assembly
Partnership: 22 UN Mission Sponsors
Lead UN Sponsor: Paraguay

38. IYLA International Young Leaders Assembly
Opportunities
Expand Our Global Network of Top Level Young Professionals
and Student Leaders
Unprecedented Opportunity to Build a Solid Foundation at the
UN through Partnership with Many UN Missions and Agencies
and to Leverage it for Broader GPF Development Globally
Similar Opportunity for Strengthening Relationships with
Nations of Interest through Embassy Partnerships
Self-Sustaining and Revenue-Generating Model
Huge Potential for Social and Traditional Media Impact
Create Platform for Individuals and Organizations Who Want
to Make a Substantial and Ongoing Impact

39. United Arab Emirates
Dubai
UAE
GPF Strategic Partnerships

40. UAE Embassy, Washington, D.C.
The Embassy
of the United
Arab Emirates
hosts reception
for the
International
Young Leaders
Assembly

41. UAE Convening & Financial Power
Dubai is opening a new front door to the world!
Dubai is at the Crossroads joining India, Europe, the Middle
East and Asia.
The Dubai International Airport is the 5th busiest airport in
the world by international passenger traffic, and the 8th
busiest cargo airport in the world. Terminal 3 of the airport
is the single largest building, by floor space.
Dubai is fast becoming the financial and cultural hub for
over a billion people.
Dubai’s International Peace Convention
Dubai International Humanitarian City

42. Dubai, the City of Gold, Facts
In less than 30 years, the city
of Dubai has transformed
itself from a regional center
to a global one.
Population: 2.106 million (2013)
Area: 1,588 sq miles (4,114 km²)
Founded: June 9, 1833
Gross domestic product: 82.11 billion USD (2008)
GDP per capita: 16,350.00 USD (2005)

43. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed
bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Prime Minister and Vice President of the
United Arab Emirates, and constitutional
monarch of Dubai.
Launch of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation with
an endowment of $10 billion, and International Peace Convention
(150,000 Muslim participants) and World Peace Awards.
The foundation's aim: to promote human development by investing in education and the
development of knowledge in the region by cultivating future leaders in both the private and
public sectors, promoting scientific research, encouraging business leadership, empowering
youth, renewing the concept of culture, preserving heritage and promoting platforms of
understanding
His book, My Vision, Challenges in the Race for Excellence, provides an account of his
vision on the UAE development experience essentially based on excellence towards achieving
distinction and transforming the UAE and the emirate of Dubai into international hubs for
commerce and finance.

44. International Peace Convention
Dubai’s International Peace Conventions,
Forums and Awards
Website http://www.peaceconvention.com
Where
http://www.peaceconvention.com
―Peace on a personal and a Global Scale is the
need of every individual and creation that
exists around us and the same is sought for
human success and progress‖.
―Bringing everyone on the same level of
understanding about peace can inculcate pure
thoughts that reflect in any individual’s
personality – this convention thus aims
towards enlightening the people of the world
with the knowledge endowed to us by the one
God who defined, created, and elaborated
what peace really is and its means to achieve‖.

45. Dubai International Humanitarian City (IHC)
Vision. A leading global humanitarian logistics hub
The global humanitarian and aid hub.
Mission. The IHC is a non-religious, non-political
Services. IHC provides its member
that connects East and West, empowering those to
create lasting change in the lives of people in need.
and non-profit, independent free zone authority
mandated by the Government of Dubai to facilitate
international humanitarian aid by:
Supplying leading humanitarian actors with
a world-class logistics infrastructure, valueadded services and administrative support
Providing a platform for UN, NPO and
regional staff to strengthen aid responses
Facilitating coordination and collaboration
among all aid providers
IHC is chaired by Jordanian Princess Haya Bint Al
Hussein, wife of the Prime Minister.
organizations with a range of specialized services
to facilitate aid agencies as they reach out to help
the victims of crises and families whose lives are
scarred by hunger and poverty. IHC provides
their operations -- offices, conference
management, facilities management, government
services, portals for recruitment, volunteerism,
and pro-bono work and public events, plus donor
assistance and press office functions.
The IHC's capabilities and strategic location —
within eight hours by air to two-thirds of the
world's population — have helped deliver
assistance in some of the worst humanitarian
crises of the past decade, including the 2004
tsunami in Southeast Asia, the recurring
drought in the Horn of Africa, civil unrest in
Afghanistan and Darfur and the 2010
earthquake in Haiti.

46. UAE Main Mosque

47. Malaysia team with Secretary General
Mohamed Abdullah Buhannad, Secretary General of
Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for World Peace
(Left to right)
Hon. Tan Sri Zaleha Ismail,
Mr. Mohamed Buhannad,
David Caprara,
Dr. Su Thye Teh