World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates

The World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates was initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev in the 1990s, as a forum in which the Nobel Peace Laureates and the Peace Laureate Organizations could come together to address global issues with a view to encourage and support peace and human well-being in the world. Its Permanent Secretariat is an independent, non-profit, ECOSOC non-governmental organization, based in Piacenza, operating on a permanent basis. A permanent staff, mainly composed of volunteers, promotes the work of the Nobel Peace Prize Winners and organizes the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates on a yearly basis. To date, the Permanent Secretariat has organized 17 Summits, the most recent having been held in February 2017 in the city of Mérida, Mexico.

Peace Summit Award
Every year, during the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, the Nobel laureates honour with the Peace Summit Award the men or women of peace chosen from personalities from the world of culture and entertainment who have stood up for human rights and for the spread of the principles of Peace and Solidarity in the world and have made an outstanding contribution to international social justice and peace. Before 2006, it was known as the Man of Peace Award.


 * 2002 Roberto Benigni
 * 2003 Italian National Singers’ Football Team
 * 2004 Cat Stevens
 * 2005 Bob Geldof and PeaceJam
 * 2006 Peter Gabriel
 * 2007 Don Cheadle and George Clooney
 * 2008 Bono
 * 2009 Annie Lennox
 * 2010 Roberto Baggio
 * 2012 Sean Penn
 * 2013 Sharon Stone
 * 2014 Bernardo Bertolucci
 * 2015 René Pérez Joglar "Residente"
 * 2017 Richard Branson
 * 2019 Ricky Martin

Peace Summit Medal for Social Activism

 * 2012 Michaela Mycroft
 * 2013 Jurek Owsiak
 * 2014 Tareke Brhane
 * 2015 Arcadi Oliveres
 * 2017 Kerry Kennedy

Peace Summit Medal for Social Impact

 * 2017 Leyner Palacios Asprilla

Youth Program
With the objective of fostering a culture of peace for future generations in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Secretariat is seeking to develop an educational campaign entitled "Peace is Possible". Characteristics are as follows:

Flagship campaign: "La Paz es Posible"

Scope: Youth (15–24 years old) of Latin America and the Caribbean

Main Objective: To educate youth about the legacy of the Nobel Peace Laureates and Peace laureate organizations and to foster leadership for peace among youth.

Approach: Inspirational and knowledge sharing – By bringing to life the struggles and stories of each of the laureates, the campaign seeks to inspire youth with the examples of courage and non-violence set by the laureates with a message of hope and possibility. Also, by introducing the work of the laureate organizations and the backgrounds of each of the laureates, the campaign will share knowledge about institutional mandates, and the geo-political contexts in which peace has thrived.