Our strategic focus is informed by our thematic priorities of Preventive Action, Dialogue and Mediation, Peace Education and Human Security. Cutting across our strategic and thematic priorities is a commitment to gender mainstreaming and we strive to integrate gender perspectives in all our work.  

The Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) is a member-led network of civil society organisations active in the field of conflict prevention and peacebuilding across the world.

“I am glad to see how GPPAC has transformed the vision of a civil society collaborating across borders to prevent armed conflict, into a reality.”

- Kofi A. Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations

GPPAC’s work is structured around four strategies: • Network Strengthening & Regional Action  • Action Learning  

• Public Outreach  • Policy & Advocacy  

GPPAC calls for a fundamental change in dealing with violent conflict: a shift from reaction to prevention, as

an approach that will save lives, and prove more effective and less destructive. We seek a world in which people and governments elect peaceful means, rather than armed conflict, to achieve greater justice, sustainable development, and human security.  

GPPAC NEA Regional Steering Group Meeting, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2009

Northeast Asia Regional Peacebuilding Institute supported by GPPAC

The GPPAC process in Northeast Asia is a pioneering initiative, particularly in its goals to forge and strengthen cross-border ties between civil society organizations, and to improve communication channels with governments not traditionally responsive to civil society initiatives in the field of peace and security.

The Northeast Asian Region of GPPAC is home to over one-quarter of the world's population, and source of several potentially explosive armed conflicts.

With the Cold War era political structures remaining in East Asia, the development of regional networks founded on civil society structures has been severely inhibited in the region.

The evolution of a Northeast Asian conflict prevention community is therefore a significant means in itself to promoting a culture of prevention.

Priorities for Regional Action: • Resolution of the crisis of the Korean Peninsula • Support for an end to the political stalemate across the Taiwan Strait • Facilitation of dialogue regarding territorial disputes, including the

Senkaku/Diaoyu/Diaoyutai islands, Kuril Islands/Northern Territories, Dokdo/Takeshima and more

• Protection of Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution and spreading its ideals • Addressing the increasing militarism and nationalism in the region • Strengthening regional efforts for denuclearisation • Fostering historical understanding and reconciliation with regard to events

and war crimes during Japan's period of imperialist aggression • Advocacy for sustainable development and a human security approach • Promotion and implementation of peace education

More: https://www.peaceportal.org/web/gppac-northeast-asia/gppac-nea

GPPAC NEA Regional Steering Group Meeting, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 2010

• Civil Society Six-Party Talks for a Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone in Northeast Asia in Ulaanbaatar

• Inaugural GPPAC Asia Pacific Forum onboard Peace Boat

• Launch of GPPAC Northeast Asia at the UN University in Tokyo • GPPAC Global Conference at the UN Headquarters in New York

• Regional Steering Group Meeting in Seoul, in conjunction with the International Conference against the Asia Pacific Missile Defence and for the End of Arms Race

• Regional Steering Group Meeting in Beijing • First Northeast Asia Regional Peacebuilding Institute (NARPI)

summer training takes place in Seoul and the DMZ

• International Conference "Eliminating Nuclear Threats in Northeast Asia" and Regional Steering Group Meeting in Ulaanbaatar

• Regional Meeting at Mt Kumgang, close to DMZ in North Korea • Launch of Regional Work Plan

• Regional Steering Group Meeting and academic conference on territorial issues in Vladivostok

• Global Article 9 Conference to Abolish War, Regional Steering Group and Asia Pacific Forum in Japan

• Co-sponsored workshop on 'Textbook Revision and Peace Education Revisited: Past Experiences - Present Expectations - Future Concepts' in Beijing

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• Regional Steering Group Meeting and preparatory meeting for Ulaanbaatar Process in Ulaanbaatar

A Civil Society Dialogue for Peace and Stability in Northeast Asia Northeast Asia lacks a regional mechanism for intergovernmental dialogue. Governmental relations remain tense, and the Six Party Talks have been deadlocked for years. Yet there is great opportunity for civil society organisations to contribute. GPPAC is coordinating the “Ulaanbaatar Process” to promote effective regional Track 2 dialogue, seeking to strengthen the role of civil society as a complement to the Track I process, towards the development of an institutionalized regional peace and security mechanism for Northeast Asia. The GPPAC NEA network forms the foundation for this dialogue, utilising a network approach. The process is named after its location Mongolia, a single state Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone with friendly diplomatic relations with all Six Party Talk member states.

Japan-based international organisation Peace Boat serves as the Regional Secretariat for Northeast Asia. The secretariat is the primary point of contact in the region for both regional network members and the broader GPPAC network. The network is directed by a Regional Steering Group, comprised of a broad range of organisations and experts from the sub-regional Focal Points of Beijing, Hong Kong, Kyoto, Seoul, Shanghai, Taipei, Tokyo, Ulaanbaatar, and Vladivostok, and with partners in Pyongyang. Contact the GPPAC Northeast Asia Regional Secretariat here: Regional Representative: Yoshioka Tatsuya (Co-Founder and Director, Peace Boat) Regional Liaison Officer: Meri Joyce (International Coordinator, Peace Boat) Tel: +81-(0)3-3363-8047 Fax: +81-(0)3-3363-7562 Email: meri@peaceboat.gr.jp B1, 3-13-1 Takadanobaba, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 169-0075, JAPAN GPPAC: www.gppac.net Peace Boat: www.peaceboat.org

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Beijing Focal Point

Hong Kong Focal Point

Kyoto Focal Point

Pyongyang (Partner)

Seoul Focal Point

Shanghai Focal Point

Taipei Focal Point

Tokyo Focal Point

Ulaanbaatar Focal Point

Vladivostok Focal Point