EPLO Statement – Reaffirming and safeguarding the EU’s approach to Women, Peace and Security

In September 2025, the European Peacebuilding Liaison Office (EPLO) and its member organisations released a statement reaffirming the importance of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda as a cornerstone of EU external action. Marking the 25th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, the statement comes at a moment of mounting challenges, including shrinking […]
EPLO Statement – Global Europe: ensuring the EU continues to fund conflict prevention and peacebuilding

In September 2025, EPLO released its official statement accompanied by the brief on the European Commission’s proposal for a new Global Europe regulation. The focus of this contribution is clear: the European Union must continue to invest in conflict prevention and peacebuilding (CP-PB) beyond 2027. EPLO welcomes the Commission’s ambition to increase resources for external […]
Peace in Practice: a conversation with peacebuilders

What first draws people to peacebuilding? Which experiences shape their path, and what keeps them motivated in a field that is often challenging and complex? In this new video, members of the EPLO network share personal reflections on their journeys into peacebuilding. Through stories of motivation, difficulties, and lessons learned, they show that peace is […]
MFF Statement – Ensuring the EU continues to finance conflict prevention and peacebuilding after 2027

Reaction | JULY 2025 (Last Update) 📢NEW! Read our reaction to the Commission MFF Proposal📢 EPLO reaction concerning the Commission proposal for the post-2027 EU Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) Conflicts are on the rise, yet funding for non-military means to prevent them and build peace is currently at an all-time low. The EU, over the […]
The Role of Civil Society in the UN Peacebuilding Architecture Review 2025

On 20 February 2025, the European Peacebuilding Liaison Office (EPLO), in cooperation with the European External Action Service (EEAS), the European Commission’s Service for Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI) and the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations, organised a policy meeting under the Civil Society Dialogue Network (CSDN). The event gathered representatives from […]
Joint letter to the EC President

Open Letter: Uphold EU Global Leadership: Reject the Merger of External Financing Instruments EPLO has joined almost 50 other CSOs and networks in co-signing an open letter to the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. We urge the President to reject the proposed merger of the external financial instruments under the next long-term […]
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NGO Roundtable Meeting in The Netherlands – Dutch Perspectives on Peacebuilding in a Changing Landscape of EU External Action

Date: Tuesday, 19 November 2024Time: 10.15 – 16.30 CETLocation: The Hague Humanity Hub, Fluwelen Burgwal 58, 2511CJ, The Hague, Netherlands Objectives and Format The overall objective of this CSDN NGO Roundtable meeting (RTM) is to enable representatives of Dutch-based peacebuilding NGOs to exchange together on two areas 1) the political context for peacebuilding with […]
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