The annual French summit on global governance and multilateralism, founded in 2018 and held each November in Paris; the 9th edition is dated 10 and 11 November 2026, and its distinguishing mechanism is an open Call for Solutions through which 40 governance projects were selected from 607 applications across more than 90 countries to be showcased, supported and given a stage alongside heads of state.
The Paris Peace Forum is an annual summit on global governance and multilateralism, launched in 2018 on the centenary of the First World War armistice and run by a French non-profit association of the same name. Its subject range covers global governance, multilateralism, peace and security, climate action, AI governance, humanitarian law, information integrity and the energy transition. What separates it from other policy summits is that it is built around projects rather than around panels: an annual Call for Solutions invites public and private organisations, governments and civil society to submit concrete governance projects, a selected cohort is showcased at the Forum in a dedicated Space for Solutions, and ten of them each year enter a Scale-up Program that provides a further year of support. The 9th edition is dated 10 and 11 November 2026. Source: parispeaceforum.org and parispeaceforum.org/call-for-solutions-2026/, consulted 20 September 2026.
The 9th edition is dated 10 and 11 November 2026 on the Forum's own Call for Solutions material, and this fiche uses those dates; note, however, that 11 and 12 November 2026 also circulates across indexed sources for the same edition, and the discrepancy could not be resolved on this pass (unverifiable information). Anyone booking travel should confirm directly on parispeaceforum.org before committing. The venue is likewise not settled: the event record holds the Palais Brongniart, Place de la Bourse, 75002 Paris, which hosted the 2023 edition, while the 2025 edition was held at the Palais de Chaillot, and no 2026 venue confirmation was found in the sources reachable on this pass (unverifiable information). Past editions have also used the Grande Halle de la Villette. The Forum runs annually in November, around the 11 November armistice anniversary that gave rise to it. Source: parispeaceforum.org/call-for-solutions-2026/ and parispeaceforum.org, consulted 20 September 2026.
The Paris Peace Forum is organised by the Paris Peace Forum, a non-profit association founded in 2018 by Justin Vaisse, who became its director general. It is not a French government body, although it was created under French patronage and its editions have been attended and addressed by the President of the Republic; the association publishes its own team and annual activity reports at parispeaceforum.org. That structure, an independent association with heads of state on the programme, is what allows the Forum to run an open application process for projects while keeping a diplomatic guest list. Source: parispeaceforum.org/our-team/ and parispeaceforum.org activity reports, consulted 20 September 2026.
Around 4,000 participants attend. The 2025 edition, the 8th, held 29 and 30 October 2025 at the Palais de Chaillot, drew more than 4,000 participants, more than 15 heads of state and government, 25 ministers, and 500 speakers across more than 85 sessions and roundtables. The heads of state and government present included Emmanuel Macron, John Dramani Mahama of Ghana, Maia Sandu of Moldova, Nikol Pashinyan of Armenia and Edi Rama of Albania. The audience beyond that level is senior diplomats, international organisation officials, NGO leaders, civil society representatives, academic researchers, journalists and business executives, alongside the teams behind the selected projects, who attend as participants rather than as spectators. Source: parispeaceforum.org/news/highlights-of-the-2025-paris-peace-forum/ and the database record, consulted 20 September 2026.
Three things, and one is a correction a returning participant needs. The 2026 theme indexed on the Forum's own material is "Reinvent Diplomacy in a Changing World", succeeding the 2025 theme "New Coalitions for Peace, People and the Planet"; note that the event record holds "Resilient Transitions" as the 2026 theme, which no source located on this pass supports and which this fiche treats as superseded. Second, the 2026 Call for Solutions themes are described as echoing the priorities of France's G7 Presidency, which ties this edition more closely to a specific diplomatic agenda than previous ones. Third, the selected cohort is set: 40 projects chosen from 607 applications across more than 90 countries. Source: parispeaceforum.org/call-for-solutions-2026/ and ca.diplomatie.gouv.fr coverage of the 2026 Call for Solutions launch, consulted 20 September 2026.
The programme is organised around the 2026 theme, "Reinvent Diplomacy in a Changing World", across the Forum's standing subject areas: global governance, multilateralism, peace and security, climate action, AI governance, humanitarian law, information integrity and the energy transition. The eight Call for Solutions themes for 2026 name the areas the organisers consider to need urgent multi-stakeholder cooperation, two of which are published as "Harnessing Local Solutions for a Fair Energy Transition and Responsible Minerals Supply" and "Catalyzing Youth Impact for Urban Climate Adaptation"; the remaining six were not retrievable on this pass. The 40 selected projects occupy the Space for Solutions and each receives a speaking slot. The scale to expect is set by 2025: more than 85 sessions and roundtables with 500 speakers. No named 2026 speaker roster was published in the sources reachable on this pass. Source: parispeaceforum.org/call-for-solutions-2026/ and the 2025 edition material, consulted 20 September 2026.
Four. Plenary and head-of-state addresses carry the diplomatic weight. Sessions and roundtables, more than 85 of them at the 2025 edition, carry the working programme. The Space for Solutions is an exhibition-style format in which the selected projects hold a dedicated area, which is closer to a showcase floor than to a conference track and is where the Forum's project-based identity becomes visible. And the Scale-up Program, while not a session format, is the mechanism that extends the Forum beyond the two days: ten projects a year receive customised year-long support from the Forum's secretariat and network. A spring meeting also runs as a separate event in the Forum's calendar. Source: parispeaceforum.org/scale-up-program/ and parispeaceforum.org/spring-meeting-2026-the-program/, consulted 20 September 2026.
The Forum's own calendar extends beyond the November summit rather than around it: a Spring Meeting runs as a separate event earlier in the year, with its own published programme. During the November edition itself, a summit attended by fifteen or more heads of state generates a dense schedule of bilateral meetings and delegation receptions that is not published, and Paris-based policy institutions, among them the Institut Montaigne, which lists the Forum in its own meetings calendar, run their own convenings around it. No open, publicly accessible fringe programme was found in the sources reachable on this pass. Searched: the official site's events and news pages and French policy institution listings. Source: parispeaceforum.org/events/ and institutmontaigne.org, consulted 20 September 2026.
Not publicly disclosed. The event record states plainly that the access model is not published and that registration details are released closer to the event, and no ticket price, delegate fee or registration category for the 2026 edition was found in the sources reachable on this pass. What is documented is a different route entirely: the Call for Solutions, through which a project team can secure participation rather than buy it. Applications for the 2026 Call for Solutions ran from 3 April to 25 May 2026 at 23:55 Paris time, submitted online in French or English through the dedicated platform at project.parispeaceforum.org, and that window has closed. A prospective attendee outside the project route should watch parispeaceforum.org for registration to open. Source: parispeaceforum.org/call-for-solutions-2026/ and the database record, consulted 20 September 2026.
Two routes, and one of them is genuinely open, which is rare at a summit with heads of state on the bill. The open route is the Call for Solutions: applications ran from 3 April to 25 May 2026 at 23:55 Paris time, free to submit online in French or English, and the 40 projects selected from 607 applications across more than 90 countries each receive a speaking slot during the event alongside a dedicated area in the Space for Solutions, the Forum's 2026 Selected Project label, and the opportunity to apply for the Scale-up Program's year of extended support. The closed route is the main programme, whose 500-odd speakers are assembled by the secretariat through diplomatic and institutional channels with no published application process. For the 2027 edition, the Call for Solutions window should be expected to open around April 2027. Source: parispeaceforum.org/call-for-solutions-2026/ and ca.diplomatie.gouv.fr, consulted 20 September 2026.
Not publicly disclosed as a commercial route. No sponsorship tier ladder, partner package or exhibitor rate card was found on the Forum's own pages in the sources reachable on this pass, and the event record holds none. The Forum is a non-profit association that publishes annual activity reports, which is where its funding structure is described rather than in a commercial prospectus. The nearest thing to an exhibiting presence is the Space for Solutions, and that space is won through the Call for Solutions rather than bought: a project team is selected on its submission, not on a budget. An organisation seeking association with the Forum should approach the secretariat through parispeaceforum.org rather than expect a published package. Source: parispeaceforum.org and the database record, consulted 20 September 2026.
Not publicly disclosed as a named tiered roster in the sources reachable on this pass, and the event record holds no sponsor list. The Forum publishes annual activity reports at parispeaceforum.org, which are the documented place where its funding and institutional support are described, and a reader wanting to understand who backs it should read those rather than look for a partner page. The one relationship the 2026 material makes explicit is thematic rather than financial: the Call for Solutions themes are described as echoing the priorities of France's G7 Presidency. The event record holds no official media partner list, so no mention in this fiche carries a "(media partner)" marker. Searched: the official site's about, team and activity report pages. Source: parispeaceforum.org, consulted 20 September 2026.
Governments and international institutions at the top, civil society organisations in the body of the event. The 2025 edition's composition illustrates the mix: more than 15 heads of state and government and 25 ministers, alongside international organisation leaders, and 500 speakers drawn from diplomacy, multilateral bodies, NGOs, academia and business. The project cohort broadens that base considerably in a direction most policy summits do not reach: 607 applications from more than 90 countries means the Call for Solutions pulls in small civil society organisations, research groups and social enterprises that would never be invited to a summit of this protocol level. Businesses attend, and the Forum names business executives in its audience description, but there is no commercial floor and no procurement function. Source: parispeaceforum.org/news/highlights-of-the-2025-paris-peace-forum/ and the 2026 Call for Solutions material, consulted 20 September 2026.
Not publicly disclosed in the sources reachable on this pass. No media accreditation page, press contact, eligibility criteria or deadline was found on the Forum's own site, although the Forum runs a substantial press operation of its own, publishing press releases for each edition at parispeaceforum.org, including detailed closing releases. The Forum's audience description explicitly names journalists as a participant category, so press access clearly exists; its process is simply not published. A journalist should approach the secretariat through parispeaceforum.org well ahead of the November dates, and should allow for the security arrangements that accompany a summit with fifteen or more heads of state. Searched: the official site's press, news and contact pages. Source: parispeaceforum.org, consulted 20 September 2026.
Coverage is international and institutional rather than mass-market. The 2025 edition was reported by outlets including Media India Group, which covered its conclusion and the pledges made on peace, AI accountability and climate action, alongside French and international coverage following the heads of state present. The French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs publishes the Forum through its diplomatic network, including its mission in Canada, which covered the 2026 Call for Solutions launch. Policy institutions carry it in their own calendars, notably the Institut Montaigne. The Forum publishes extensively itself, with press releases, edition highlights, an impact page and annual activity reports. It has a long-standing Wikipedia entry. The event record holds no official media partner list, so no mention in this fiche carries a "(media partner)" marker. Source: the items named above, consulted 20 September 2026.
Reasonable on substance, unreliable on the basics, and this fiche is an unusually direct demonstration of the second half. Three fundamental facts about the 2026 edition could not be pinned down from indexed sources: the dates appear as both 10 and 11 November and 11 and 12 November; the venue is unconfirmed, with the event record holding the Palais Brongniart while the previous edition ran at the Palais de Chaillot; and the theme appears as "Reinvent Diplomacy in a Changing World" in the Forum's own 2026 material while the event record holds "Resilient Transitions". When a summit's date, venue and theme all circulate in two versions two months out, coverage volume is not telling you much. What is solid is the project pipeline, because it is numerically specific and the Forum has an interest in stating it accurately to future applicants: 607 applications, more than 90 countries, 40 selected, ten into the Scale-up Program. The 2025 participation figures are organiser figures without audit, as everywhere. Source: cross-reading of parispeaceforum.org against the diplomatic and press items above, 20 September 2026.
Anyone looking for commercial return. There is no exhibition to sell from, no procurement audience, no sponsorship ladder and no business development structure: a company attending will be in a room organised around governance problems rather than around markets. Anyone who needs certainty about logistics should also wait: as of this fiche's verification date the 2026 dates, venue and general registration route were all unconfirmed, which makes it a poor candidate for a trip booked far ahead. And an organisation hoping to showcase a project should note that the only open route, the Call for Solutions, closed on 25 May 2026, so participation in the 2026 Space for Solutions is already settled. Source: parispeaceforum.org/call-for-solutions-2026/, consulted 20 September 2026.
It occupies the November slot in the European policy year and is deliberately anchored to a date rather than a market. Founded on the centenary of the 1918 armistice, it runs each November around that anniversary, which places it after the UN General Assembly's September high-level week and before the Doha Forum in early December and Davos in January. Its distinguishing feature against all of those is the project mechanism: the Doha Forum convenes foreign ministries around diplomacy, Davos convenes business and government around the economy, and the Paris Peace Forum convenes both around forty specific governance projects that were selected from an open application pool and that leave the Forum with a label and, for ten of them, a year of support. That makes it an implementation platform as much as a conference, which no other event in this registry claims. Source: parispeaceforum.org and the EventsIndex policy forums registry, consulted 20 September 2026.
No. The Forum is held in Paris, annually each November since 2018, and there is no travelling edition, regional franchise or second city. The venue has moved within Paris between editions, having used the Grande Halle de la Villette, the Palais Brongniart and, in 2025, the Palais de Chaillot, which is why the 2026 venue is a live question rather than a given. What does exist alongside the November summit is a Spring Meeting, a separate event in the Forum's own calendar with its own programme, and the year-round Scale-up Program, neither of which is a geographical edition. Source: parispeaceforum.org/events/ and parispeaceforum.org/spring-meeting-2026-the-program/, consulted 20 September 2026.
English and French. The event record gives both, and the Call for Solutions accepts applications in either, which is a concrete rather than a nominal bilingualism. The Forum's own site and press material are published in both languages. Whether individual sessions run in one language with interpretation into the other, and whether any further languages are provided for a participant base drawn from more than 90 countries, is not documented in the sources reachable on this pass. Source: parispeaceforum.org/call-for-solutions-2026/ and the database record, consulted 20 September 2026.
Not publicly disclosed as a live remote pass, and no virtual registration category was found for the 2026 edition in the sources reachable on this pass. What exists after the fact is substantial and free: the Forum maintains a YouTube channel, publishes edition highlights and detailed closing press releases for each year, runs an impact page documenting what selected projects went on to do, and issues annual activity reports. For a reader who wants the substance rather than the room, that published record is more complete than most summits provide, and it is the realistic route for anyone outside the invitation and project pipelines. Searched: the official site's news, press release and events pages. Source: parispeaceforum.org/news/highlights-of-the-2025-paris-peace-forum/ and parispeaceforum.org/our-impact/, consulted 20 September 2026.
Not applicable in any documented form and not published. The event record states that the access model is not publicly disclosed and that registration details are released closer to the event, so there is no published fee to refund and no cancellation schedule to observe. For the project route, the Call for Solutions is free to apply to, so no financial commitment arises there either. The one thing a selected project team should establish with the secretariat is what the Forum does and does not cover for their attendance, travel and accommodation in particular, and that is not published. Searched: the Call for Solutions page and the official site's practical pages. Source: parispeaceforum.org/call-for-solutions-2026/, consulted 20 September 2026.
Not publicly disclosed, and the unconfirmed venue makes it impossible to answer from the venue side either. No accessibility statement, accessible route guidance, accessible seating arrangement or access contact was found on the Forum's own pages, and with the 2026 venue unsettled between the Palais Brongniart and an as-yet-unannounced alternative, no building-level provision can be described with confidence. A participant with access requirements should raise them with the secretariat through parispeaceforum.org as soon as their participation is confirmed, and should ask specifically about the Space for Solutions area, which at an exhibition-style format has different access characteristics from a plenary hall. Searched: the official site's practical, events and Call for Solutions pages. Source: parispeaceforum.org, consulted 20 September 2026.
The venue is unconfirmed for 2026, so this answer is conditional. If the Forum returns to the Palais Brongniart, Place de la Bourse in the 2nd arrondissement, the venue is served directly by metro line 3 at Bourse, with lines 8 and 9 at Grands Boulevards and line 14 and RER A at Chatelet a short walk away, in the centre of Paris with no transfer needed from most of the city. If it returns to the Palais de Chaillot, used in 2025, that is at Trocadero in the 16th arrondissement, served by metro lines 6 and 9. Both are central and both are straightforward from Charles de Gaulle by RER B and from Orly by metro line 14. A participant should confirm the venue on parispeaceforum.org before booking accommodation, since the two sites are on opposite sides of the city. Source: parispeaceforum.org and the venue address on record, consulted 20 September 2026.
Fifteen heads of state, twenty-five ministers and five hundred speakers describes a protocol event, and on its own it would describe one more entry in a crowded season of summits where senior people say serious things to each other. The Call for Solutions is what makes the Paris Peace Forum something else. Six hundred and seven organisations from more than ninety countries applied for the 2026 edition; forty were selected; each gets a dedicated area, a speaking slot and a label; and ten will enter a year-long Scale-up Program run out of the Forum's own secretariat. That is an open, competitive, free-to-enter route onto a stage that also carries a sitting French president, and there is no equivalent anywhere else in this registry's policy section. It also sets a standard the Forum can be held to: an event that publishes how many applied, how many were chosen and what happened to them afterwards has made itself measurable in a way that a summit reporting only its attendance never is.
Two months before a summit that will host more than a dozen heads of state, the basic facts do not agree with each other. The dates circulate as both 10 and 11 November and 11 and 12 November. The venue is held in the event record as the Palais Brongniart, which hosted the 2023 edition, while the 2025 edition ran at the Palais de Chaillot and no 2026 announcement was found. The theme appears as "Reinvent Diplomacy in a Changing World" in the Forum's own 2026 material and as "Resilient Transitions" in the record this page was built from. None of that means the Forum is disorganised: a summit whose guest list depends on diplomatic calendars confirms its logistics late by necessity, and a venue is often held back until the security assessment is done. But it does mean that every aggregator page currently stating a date and a venue for this event is stating something it cannot know, and that a reader planning a trip should treat parispeaceforum.org as the only source worth trusting on the question.
Official site: parispeaceforum.org. 2026 Call for Solutions: parispeaceforum.org/call-for-solutions-2026/. Application platform: project.parispeaceforum.org. Scale-up Program: parispeaceforum.org/scale-up-program/. Events calendar, including the Spring Meeting: parispeaceforum.org/events/. Impact of selected projects: parispeaceforum.org/our-impact/. 2025 edition highlights and closing press release: parispeaceforum.org/news/highlights-of-the-2025-paris-peace-forum/. Team and annual activity reports: parispeaceforum.org/our-team/. Social: linkedin.com/company/parispeaceforum, @ParisPeaceForum on X, the Forum's YouTube channel, hashtag #ParisPeaceForum.