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AFD Group: Partner of the 8th Paris Peace Forum
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From Wednesday october 29 2025 to Thursday october 30 2025
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The Musée de l'Homme and Musée de la Marine in Paris
Since 2018, the Paris Peace Forum has aimed to reinvent diplomacy in a world shaped by geopolitical, climatic, and technological upheavals. For its eighth edition, the Forum will strive to promote solutions for global peace. This edition will be held on October 29 and 30, 2025, under the theme “New Coalitions for Peace, People and the Planet.” It will also celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, an opportunity to reinvigorate global climate efforts ahead of COP30 in Belém.
AFD Group, a partner of the Forum since its first edition, will take part to reaffirm its commitment to the Paris Dialogue’s partner institutions, strengthen the impact of sustainable development financing, and promote feminist diplomacy.
Focusing on building new coalitions for “peace, people, and the planet,” the Forum’s sessions will explore issues such as conflict prevention and resolution, defending democracy and information integrity, investing in children as a driver of development, harnessing AI for peace and development, and deploying transformative climate solutions.
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AFD Group at the Paris Peace Forum 2025 :
October 29, 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Round Table 2, Musée de la Marine
Speakers:
- Amélie BAUDOT, Deputy Director General, International Fund for Public Interest Media
- Sabine BECKER-THIERRY, Project and Strategy Officer, United Nations University
- Jean-Marc BOIVIN, Member of the French Council, FORUS International
- Florence BRILLOUIN, Director of Economics and Digital Technology, International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF)
- Olivier BRUYERON, President, Coordination Sud
- Thierry DEAU, Fondateur, Founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Meridiam
- Arancha GONZALEZ LAYA, Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA), Sciences Po Paris, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Spain
- Mary Beth GOODMAN, Deputy Secretary-General, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
- Frédéric JUNG, Deputy Director for UN Affairs, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
- Pascal LAMY, Vice-Président, Paris Peace Forum; Director General, World Trade Organization (WTO); Former Commissioner for Trade, European Union
- Nesmy MANIGAT, High-Level Envoy and Advisor for Education, Global Partnership for Education
- Carlo MONTICELLI, Governor, Council of Europe Development Bank
- Yves PERRIER, President, Sustainable Finance Institute
- Martin RAISER, Representative for European Economic Cooperation, World Bank
- Rémy RIOUX, Chief Executive Officer, AFD Group
- Caroline SIEBOLD, Head of the Foresight and Partnership Intelligence Unit, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- Cecilia TAM, Head of Energy Investment Unit, International Energy Agency (IEA)
- Philippe VARIN, President, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC); Chairman, World Materials Forum (WMF)
- Frederic WORMS, Director, Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS)
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October 29, 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., amphitheater Chapsal, 27 rue Saint-Guillaume, Sciences Po Paris
As part of the Paris Climate & Nature Week
Opening :
- Valérie MASSON-DELMOTTE, Climatologist
Speakers:
- Estelle BRACHLIANOFF, Chief Executive Officer, Véolia
- Thierry DEAU, Chief Executive Officer, Méridiam
- Rémy RIOUX, Chief Executive Officer, AFD Group
October 29, 3:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m., Round Table 3, Musée de l'Homme
Speakers:
- Susan AREF, Director of the Organization for Women's Empowerment, coordinator of the Iraqi working group on United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (first national action plan in the MENA region)
- Nafissatou IDESADOU, Director of the NGO Women, Action and Development in Niger
- Hanadi TUTUNJI, Head of Technical Assistance at the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation
- Peter WAGNER, Director and Head of Service, Service for Foreign Policy Instruments, European Commission (FPI)
This panel will be moderated by Jérémie PELLET, executive directeor of Expertise France
October 30, 1:00-2:30 p.m., Round Table 1, Musée de la Marine
Speakers:
- Alice ALBRIGHT, Former CEO, Millennium Challenge Corporation
- Julia BENN, Head of the Secretariat, International Forum on TOSSD
- Bruno CABRILLAC, Director General, Foundation for International Development Studies and Research (Ferdi)
- Hélène DJOUFELKIT, Deputy Executive Director, AFD
- Maria Fernanda ESPINOSA, Executive Director, GWL Voices for Change and Inclusion; 73rd President of the United Nations General Assembly; former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Ecuador
- Moussa FAKI MAHAMAT, Special Envoy, Pact for Prosperity, People and Planet (4P); Former Prime Minister, Republic of Chad
- Mary Beth GOODMAN, Deputy Secretary-General, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Khaled IGUE, Co-President, French-African Foundation
- Marjeta JAGER, Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA), European Commission
- Luis JIMENEZ-MCINNIS, Representative, Office in Europe, Inter-American Development Bank
- Benoit LEROSEY, Head of the Development and Sustainable Solidarity Investment Department, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, French Republic
- Rosalind MCKENNA, Senior Associate, CEO Office, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)
- Carlo MONTICELLI, Governor, Council of Europe Development Bank
- Beatrice NERE, Deputy Director, Europe, Gates Foundation
- Sara PANTULIANO, Chief Executive, ODI Global
- Yves PERRIER, President, Sustainable Finance Institute
- Hina RABBANI KHAR, Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, National Assembly; Former Pakistan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Islamic Republic of Pakistan
- Friederike RODER, Director of the Secretariat, Global Solidarity Levies Task Force
- Sébastien TREYER, Executive Director, Iddri
This panel is moderated by Shanti BOBIN, Deputy Director for Multilateral Financial Affairs and Development, Ministry for the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty, France Treasury
October 30, 9:15-10:30 a.m., Round Table 3, Musée de l'Homme
Speakers:
- Haya ABDULRAHMAN AL-THANI, Deputy Director General of Planning, Qatar Fund for Development
- Alice ALBRIGHT, Former Chief Executive Officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation
- Alain BEAUVILLARD, Director of Strategy, Green Climate Fund
- Agnes DASEWICZ, Chief Investments Officer, Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet
- Nathalie DELAPALME, Executive Director, Mo Ibrahim Foundation
- Patrick DUPOUX, Senior Partner Director, Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
- Khalil ELOURDIGHI, Director France, ONE
- Guillaume GROSSO, General Managing, EMEA and Global Policy and Advocacy Global Citizen
- Khaled IGUE, Co-President, French-African Foundation
- Lorin KAVANAUGH-ULKU, Managing Director, Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet
- Carol KOECH, Vice President Africa, Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet
- Johannes KOSKINEN, President of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Parliament of Finland, Former Minister of Justice
- Pauline LARAT, Deputy manager, Energy Division, AFD
- Judith LINGEMAN, Director International Affairs, Postcode Lottery Group
- Sikama MAKANY, Project Manager, One Planet Sovereign Wealth Funds
- Rosalind McKENNA, Senior Associate, Office of the Chief Executive, Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)
- Valentin MESSMER-KRATZER, Programme Manager, Renewable Energies, Swiss Development Cooperation Agency
- Eric PELOFSKY, Vice President, Global Economic Recovery, Rockefeller Foundation
- Matt REED, Chief Executive Officer and Global Director of Institutional Partnerships, Aga Khan Foundation UK
- William ROOS, Managing Director for Corporate Strategy and member of the Executive Committee, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
- Lyza SHODU, DRC Country Lead, Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet
- Kadri SIMSON, Former Commissioner for Energy, European Union, former Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure, Republic of Estonia, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
- Kate WILLS, Senior Advisor, Global Energy Alliance
Find out more
- Paris Dialogue- Acting Together for sustainable development
- The Paris Dialogue: an international laboratory of actors committed to sustainable science and finance
- Unesco- The Paris Dialogue – From Sevilla to Paris: A coalition for innovation to finance sustainable development
- Women – a driving force for peacebuilding and security
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Published on october 28 2025