Facilities
The Global Peacebuilding Center
The Global Peacebuilding Center will be accessible to all visitors, with a particular focus on students and teachers. Its goals are to:
- Raise awareness about the nature and sources of international conflicts
- Educate about nonviolent approaches to conflict management
- Highlight the work of the Institute and other organizations with similar missions
- Attract young people to careers in international affairs and conflict resolution
- Encourage public discussion about international conflict and global affairs
The Center will use multimedia exhibits, simulated games, films, lectures, and other learning techniques. There will be at least 20,000 square feet of exhibit space on two levels, as well as the public plaza and garden dedicated to the center.
The Center will sponsor outreach programs for teachers, students, and others through "virtual" programming even if they cannot visit the center in person. Teaching modules and other educational resources will be developed and online materials will be made available to the public. Distance learning and webcasts will also bring the Center’s learning experience to diverse and dispersed audiences.
The Negotiation and Conference Center
The conference center will include:
- A 230-seat auditorium and a 45-seat amphitheater for conferences, symposia, public lectures, film screenings, and public addresses
- Six meeting rooms to support education and training programs, facilitate dialogue, mediation, and working sessions
- Advanced information and communication technologies
- Capacity for simultaneous interpretation and translation of meetings conducted in multiple languages
- Expanded use of webcasting to a wired global audience
The Working Spaces
The building’s three upper floors will house the Institute’s working Centers, as well as a research library and archives.
Institute staff are engaged in hundreds of peacebuilding projects annually. Staff come from the government, military, non-governmental organizations, academia and the private sector and bring extensive operational experience to their research and work.
Each year, the U.S. Institute of Peace awards approximately 12 senior fellowships to outstanding researchers and practitioners. After a rigorous and competitive selection process, senior fellows work in residence at the Institute for ten months.
