Open continuously and with free access from 9am to 7pm, the Village for Peace brings together numerous activities for the general public and young people: photographic exhibitions, meetings and testimonies, autograph sessions, exchanges with associations and NGOs.

The Agora Studio, animated by Ouest France 

Attend exclusive discussions with speakers and partners of the Forum in the Agora Ouest France space, to understand current events in a small group. 

Thursday 9 April

• 10.30am–12pm: A liberated Syria? What next?

In December 2024, Bashar al-Assad’s regime collapses. Just over a year later, the questions surrounding Syria’s future remain immense.

A session organised in collaboration with the Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Prize for War Correspondents and Handicap International.

• 2.00 pm to 2.30 pm: Normandy Chair for Peace

As geopolitical tensions mount, this chair brings together research teams specialising in law, history and neuroscience to explore the conditions for peace more effectively through a multidisciplinary approach.

• 2.30pm to 3.30pm: Current affairs debate

Is AI a threat to the news?
How can we avoid the pitfalls of generative AI?

• 4.30pm to 6.00pm: Key witnesses testimonies

With Mamadou DIOULDE DIALLO and Dian SAFRITI, protagonists of the film "I am the Future".

Friday 10 April

• 10.30am–12pm: Info-anxiety

How do the public – and young people in particular – cope with a constant and often anxiety-inducing flow of information? How can we encourage reflection and put things into perspective?

• 2.00 pm to 3.15 pm: Sudan, the most serious humanitarian crisis

Since 2023, Sudan has been torn apart. Fighting between the regular army and the Rapid Support Forces militia has already claimed more than 150,000 lives and displaced a third of Sudan’s 44 million people.

A session organised in partnership with Handicap International

• 3.15pm to 4.00pm: Current affairs debate

Is AI a threat to the news?
How can we avoid the pitfalls of generative AI?

• 4.30pm to 6.00pm: Iran: yesterday, today and tomorrow?

With Kianoush Ramezani, artist, author and cartoonist.

Photographic exhibitions 

• Inughuit, guardians of the ice by photographer Camille Michel, in partnership with the Les Femmes s'exposent festival
• Syria, year 0 by photographer Edouard Elias In partnership with Prix Bayeux Calvados-Normandie des correspondants de guerre 

The "Engagés pour la paix" space 

On that space, come and meet NGOs, and associations and institutions working for peace and to combat inequalities in the world: 

• Acted, which implements actions aimed at the most vulnerable people in crisis areas or theatres of armed conflict
  Amnesty International France, which fights to end serious human rights violations and raises awareness about numerous situations around the world
  The French Red Cross, a leading player in the field of emergency response and international humanitarian law
• Handicap International, which conducts significant advocacy work on the consequences of armed conflict on local populations and works on the ground with people in vulnerable situations
  ONE, which fights to ensure equal opportunities and respect for the human rights of all, amplifying the voices of young people engaged with the organisation among decision-makers
• Plan International France, which works to promote gender equality and respect for the rights of girls and women
• Secours Islamique France, a humanitarian NGO providing national and international solidarity, working in 20 countries on emergency and development projects
• Regional Peace Education, in collaboration with the International Institute for Human Rights and Peace and the Normandy Chair for Peace

The black box of the Boîte à Bac

The Boîte à Bac, a company specialising in the creation of educational, entertaining and innovative content, is screening the five episodes of the web series Hopes for Peace, produced for this 8^th edition of the Forum.

The bookshop 

Animated by the bookshop Le Brouillon de Culture, the World Forum ephemeral bookshop will be selling books to complement the debates you attend, often written by the speakers themselves. 

Among them, several authors will be signing their books.