"Engaging the private sector for armed violence reduction and prevention (AVRP) and development" Regional Review Conference on the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development Geneva, Switzerland | 8-9 July 2014

1. Business for Peace “B4P”
Enabling a transformative role for business in peace
Regional Review Conference on the Geneva Declaration
9 July 2014

2. Global Compact Vision and Objectives
The UN and Business: A New Era of Partnership
Business
Profit
Growth
UN & UN MS
Peace
Sustainable
Development
Human Rights
Good Governance
Jobs
Food
Education
Health
Climate
Water
Peace
Shared interest

3. Business for Peace
17 UNGC Local
Networks, including the
Regional Centre for the
Support of the Global
Compact in Latin
America and the
Caribbean
103 B4P corporate
participants from over 15
sectors
Large MNCs and local
small and medium
companies

4. Business for Peace Resources

5. Conflict-sensitivity & Local Community Engagement

6. Inter-religious and Inter-cultural Understanding: a place for
shared purpose

7. Capacity Building, Training, Job Creation

8. Contributing to Address Humanitarian Crises and Disaster
Relief

9. Building the future through reintegration

10. Transparency and public policy engagement

11. Thank you!
Adrienne Gardaz
Policy Adviser and Programme Manager
Business for Peace
gardaz@un.org