By Unfold Zero
The World Future Council (co-founder of UNFOLD ZERO) yesterday announced the four winning policies of the 2024 World Future Policy Award, focused on Peace and Future Generations. Now in its 13th edition, the 2024 Award demonstrates that peaceful solutions to today’s conflicts are achievable and that safeguarding future generations can be successfully integrated into decision-making.
“With armed conflict and other violence causing immense suffering worldwide, we sought effective policies to resolve disputes and foster a culture of peace for current and future generations,” says Alyn Ware, WFC Peace and Disarmament Spokesperson and a member of the World Future Policy Award Jury. “We were thrilled by 47 nominations from 29 countries across all continents, many of which have made exceptional contributions to sustainable peacebuilding in diverse contexts.”
Winning policies
The winning four policies are:
- Kauswagan’s “From Arms to Farms” Programme (Philippines), reintegrating former combatants through sustainable agriculture, dramatically reducing poverty and fostering peace between Christian and Muslim communities.
* Short video of the winning policy *
- Well-Being of Future Generations Act (2015) Wales, moving beyond political cycles by mandating public bodies to consider the long-term impacts of decisions on future generations and establishing a Future Generations Commissioner to lead its implementation.
* Short video of the winning policy *
- Moriori Peace Covenant (Nunuku’s Law), an extraordinary commitment to non-violence, peace, and sustainability by the indigenous Moriori of Rēkohu (Chatham Islands, New Zealand) in the 15th century, which remains a powerful living ethos and source of inspiration today.
* Short video of the winning policy *
- Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy, placing gender equality, the empowerment of women and girls, and women’s leadership in peacebuilding and security at the core of its international assistance.
* Short video of the winning policy *
Vision Award and Honorable mentions
The 2024 Future Policy Award included a Vision Award, highlighting the transformative potential and initial achievements of the 2021 Nigerian National Action Plan on Youth, Peace, and Security.
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The Award also included three Honourable Mentions:
- Great Law of Peace of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy – Kaianere’ko:wa (12th Century and still active), which ended warfare among five Indigenous nations in North America through a federalist model;
- New Zealand-Led Pacific Partnership for Peace Monitoring and Mediation in Bougainville (1997–1998 ), which helped end a decade-long civil war;
- Costa Rica’s combined policy of abolishing the army in 1948, adopting Active Neutrality in 1983, and proclaiming Peace as a Human Right in 2014.