The big question is of course whether an annual meeting like the CSO-UN Dialogue is able to create space for meaningful exchange, learning, and listening to the critically important input and recommendations from civil society across the globe. The Dialogue matters, convening an incredibly diverse set of leaders, experts and practitioners from around the world, but its value depends on what happens after the room clears
Stretching What’s Possible: Civil Society Shaping a More Transformative Multilateralism for Peace and Human Rights
Conducive Space for Peace convened a virtual exchange on December 3rd, 2025, ahead of the 2025 CSO–UN Dialogue on Peacebuilding in Geneva. The exchange drew interest from seventy registered Dialogue participants and other civil-society actors from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas interested in how civic actors and multilateral institutions can work together in new ways. This note is a summary of the insights that emerged through short provocations and group discussions, including areas of challenges, uncertainties and questions that that merit continued exploration as enter the Dialogue.


