Project Group
»Changing the Munich Security Conference« e.V.

Unsere Vision ist eine Münchner Konferenz für Friedenspolitik – Our Vision is a Munich Conference for Peace Policy

Activities

Announcement: 7th Munich Peace Meeting 2025

On the initiative of the project group ‘Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz verändern’ e.V. and with the participation of the Munich Security Conference team, a Munich Peace Meeting has been held annually since 2019 as a non-public expert discussion.

The Munich Peace Meeting (MPM) has developed into an important event where
– peace research, peace work, the peace movement, and the MSC network,
– an in-depth expert exchange on aspects of security and peace policy takes place,
– concrete suggestions for the upcoming MSC in February each year can emerge regarding topics, guests, and formats.

The 7th Munich Peace Meeting will take place on September 29, 2025 (Part 1) and October 21, 2025 (Part 2).

The following key topics are planned:

  • Role of women in sustainable conflict transformation and peacekeeping
  • Influence of culture, religion, and tradition on security and peace instruments
  • Contribution of active non-violence and civil peace work to peacekeeping and stability
  • Social justice and inclusion as central foundations of constructive and sustainable peacebuilding

We will inform you about the results and further activities after the conclusion of the MPM 2025.

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July 7, 2025: MSKverändern General Meeting

On July 6, 2025, the association’s annual general meeting took place at the “Leiden Christi” Parish in Munich-Obermenzing.
Dr. Thomas Mohr, Chairman of the project group, chaired the meeting and, following his welcome, outlined the key topics of the event:

  • organizational structure of the association
  • definition of thematic priorities
  • recruitment of new members and supporters
  • finances

In addition, the board was elected:
Dr. Thomas Mohr remains the Chairman of the association.
Katharina Rottmayr-Czerny and Matthias Linnemann were also confirmed in their positions.

Two new association members were welcomed. The event was also used to commemorate the valuable work of the honorary chairwoman Mechthild Schreiber, who passed away last year.

The association wishes the board every success in its work.

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Around the Munich Security Conference 2025

On MSC weekend in Munich you can at many events of the peace movement participate:

For reading, there is again our current MSKv-project newspaper (also in English)

We will continue our activities to change the conference at the MSC 2025 on site:

Press release: Rethinking MSKv and security for the MSC 2025

 

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Review of the MSC conference observers from MSKv

Our review of the MSC 2025 will take place in the parish hall of the St. Bonifaz parish. Our conference observers, Ralf Becker and Alessia Neuner, will share their impressions and answer your questions. Information about our two conference observers can be found here.

Date: Sun, February 16, 2025, 4:30 PM
Location: Parish Center St. Bonifaz, Parish Hall Karlstr. 34, 80333 Munich
MVV: Subway U2, Königsplatz stop

Please also note our flyer for the event:

Following at the same location: Prayer for Peace of Religions, 6:30 PM

 

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MSKv Side Event 2025 – Peace Experts as a Counterpoint at the MSC

Since 2015, we have been proposing side events as a space for reflection and learning for the international participants of the MSC. Our cooperation partners were or are in particular: forumZFD, APTE.

Our theme for 2025 is:

“On the Way to a Century of Tolerance: Don’t Shoot!
Nonviolent De-escalation and Peace Practice of the Global South”


We know that courageous civil society campaigns, especially in the Global South, have an impact even in mostly very complex situations of systematic violence, towards the emergence of resilient communities that renounce violence. The MSC participants from international diplomacy, politics, business and military, institutes and think tanks, as well as civil society are invited to engage with the successful practice of our guests and to learn how conflict resolution and de-escalation can be tested in their area of responsibility through empathy, healing and active nonviolence, and how humane, human security succeeds.

The following resource persons have accepted our invitation and will speak at the MSC:

Marie-Noelle KOYARA, Bangui, Minister of Defense (2022), Dialogue with the terrorist groups in the Central African Republic
Archbishop Martin KIVUVA, Mombasa, Chairman (2024) Kenyan Conference of Catholic Bishops, Prevention of ethnic-political street violence after the dismissal of the President
Dr. Sylvain KOFFI, Abidjan/Ivory Coast, international consultant in social and peace programs, founding member of the Pan-African Union of Peace Professionals, Secretary General of the African network and the political campaign “Rethinking African Security” (RAS).

Press release by MSKv and Sicherheit neu denken on the Side Event at the MSC 2025

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Our association’s conference observation at MSC 2025

Ralf Becker (sicherheitneudenken.de) and Alessia Neuner (Student of Peace and Conflict Research) will be our observers at the MSC this year.

Ralf Becker: Observer once again

As coordinator of the “Rethinking Security” initiative, I want to once again intensively observe as an observer – the atmosphere, the energy, the actors, and their way of moving and interacting within the MSC space. For me, this is the prerequisite and the key to discovering communication opportunities that we can gradually (further) develop, build up, and expand after the MSC. I
approach the MSC with a questioning attitude: How do I perceive myself in this space? What reveals itself to me? What scope for action emerges for shaping a cooperative global domestic policy? Where and how is encounter at eye level possible, where do opportunities arise to let go of the usual dominant stance of Western actors in the “great game” in favor of an encounter between actors from different cultural backgrounds at eye level? Where and how could the effectiveness of civilian security policy become perceptible and tangible? What kind of meeting spaces enable the establishment and expansion of trusting relationships?


Alessia Neuner: New observer

This year, I have the opportunity to participate in the MSC as an observer, marking my first visit to such a prominent political event. I am currently still studying Peace and Conflict Research, and I am therefore eager to see what impressions and questions the conference will leave and raise for me. The program’s focus this time seems to be on defense, world order, human security, sustainability, and technology. It will certainly be exciting to see how these concepts are addressed in the panels and discussion rounds. Which events, problems, and needs will be taken up? Which solutions will be presented? Which perspectives will be highlighted? And which voices might be missing from the large and small stages of the MSC? I also want to try to reflect repeatedly on how I perceive the Security Conference from my perspective as a person read and socialized as female. And above all, I hope for the opportunity to engage in dialogue with other participants to learn about diverse viewpoints on the event.

Our conference observers report – Information see here

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International Munich Peace Conference

This year, the Peace Conference is titled ‘Foundations of Peace’. Renowned speakers, including Prof. Dr. Heribert Prantl, Prof. Dr. Hanne-Margret Birckenbach, Francesca Albanese, are expected.

Finding a suitable venue for the conference was particularly challenging this time. It is becoming evident that independent, dissenting opinions are being increasingly marginalized. For instance, LMU (Ludwig Maximilian University) cancelled another event planned for February 16th with Francesca Albanese on short notice. All the more reason to give the conference special attention again this year.

Details on the program, venues, and online participation can be found here: friedenskonferenz.info

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Peace demonstration on the occasion of the MSC

As in previous years, we support the AntiSiko demonstration as a signal of peace from civil society. In our own appeal, we elaborated on this: “With our participation in the demonstration, we aim to focus on creative and non-violent protest. We advocate for civil conflict resolution and for the reallocation of arms expenditures towards a sustainable, civil security policy, as currently described by the ‘Rethink Security’ campaign in its Positive Scenario 2025-2040 ‘The Role of Europe for Peace in the World’.”

The full call: Demo call MSKv

With our appeal as an invitation to all those who desire peace, we support the peace demonstration, which aims to (loudly) remind the MSC and the public of “Create Peace – Without Weapons.”

Opening Rally:
Sat, February 15, 2025, 1:00 PM, Karlsplatz/Stachus. Followed simultaneously by a peace chain through the pedestrian zone and a demonstration march. Closing Rally: approx. 3:00 PM, Marienplatz.
Further information about the demonstration: Anti-Siko Demo

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