"Grains of Peace is a Swiss NGO with an international perspective, founded in 2005 in Geneva. Its areas of expertise are peace education, peace culture and intercultural understanding. It designs and produces pedagogical materials and uses these in school- and out-of-school settings. It trains trainers, teachers and educators, including in post-conflict countries. Locally, it organises workshops, activities and events for the public. On the net, it proposes an innovative website, with free resources for all publics (over 650'000 visits from 184 countries since 2006)."

"ICT4Peace is a policy and action-oriented international Foundation. The purpose is to save lives and protect human dignity through Information and Communication Technology. Since 2003 ICT4Peace explores and champions the use of ICTs and new media for peaceful purposes, including for peacebuilding, crisis management and humanitarian operations. Since 2007 ICT4Peace promotes cybersecurity and a peaceful cyberspace through inter alia international negotiations with governments, international organisations, companies and non-state actors." 

"The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD Centre) began operations in August 1999 and is today one of the world's most influential conflict mediation organisations. Its aim is to help alleviate the suffering of individuals and populations caught up in both high-profile and forgotten conflicts, by acting as mediators and by providing other mediators with the support they need to work effectively."

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The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies is an institution of research and higher education dedicated to the study of world affairs, with a particular emphasis on the cross-cutting fields of international relations and development issues.

"The Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction is the cornerstone of the international effort to end the suffering and casualties caused by anti-personnel (AP) mines. The Convention was adopted on 18 September 1997 and it entered into force on 1 March 1999. As of 1 January 2014, 161 states had joined the Convention."

"In a world where human security is still hindered by explosive hazards, the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) works to eliminate mines, cluster munitions and other explosive remnants of war. To achieve this, the GICHD supports national authorities, international organisations and civil society in their efforts to improve the relevance and performance of mine action."

"The IAEA is the world's center of cooperation in the nuclear field. It was set up as the world's "Atoms for Peace" organization in 1957 within the United Nations family. The Agency works with its Member States and multiple partners worldwide to promote safe, secure and peaceful nuclear technologies."

"The Gulf Research Center Foundation is a non-profit organization which aims to gather and disseminate knowledge about the political, economic, social, and security issues defining the Gulf region. The Foundation's numerous public events promote and facilitate communication and dialogue between citizens of the Gulf region and those outside the region, notably through media, conferences and workshops." 

"The FSD is a humanitarian organization founded in Geneva in 1997. FSD experts destroy landmines and unexploded ordnance, decontaminate sites polluted by toxic waste and support populations affected by armed conflict and instability. Since its inception, FSD has conducted operations in some 30 countries on four continents."

"The Kofi Annan Foundation aims to promote better global governance and strengthen the capacities of people and countries to achieve a fairer, more secure world. To advance this mission the Kofi Annan Foundation has developed programmes and partnerships in Sustainable Development and Peace and Security."