ICGLR JOURNALIST AWARD 2025
Application period: 21 September – 21 December 2025The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) invites journalists from its Member States to participate in the ICGLR Journalist Award 2025. This annual award recognizes outstanding reporting that promotes peace, security, human rights, and regional cooperation in the Great Lakes Region.
Submit your best story or production, share your voice, and stand a chance to be recognized for your contribution to peace journalism in our region.
News and Events
MEDIA ADVISORY
Members of the media are invited to cover the meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration in preparation for the Ad hoc Summit under the International Conference on the Great...
Connecting Peace Mediators: The ICGLR Community of Practice
The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) has established a Community of Practice (CoP) for Mediation Professionals as a strategic platform to strengthen mediation capacity,...
Press release: Workshop on Capacity Building and Support to Peace Processes in DRC and the Region
Kinshasa, 13 December 2025 – The Secretariat of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) launched, on Friday 12 December 2025 in Kinshasa, a capacity-building workshop for...
PRESS STATEMENT ON THE ESCALATION IN SOUTH KIVU IN THE EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC)
Bujumbura, Burundi, 12th December 2025 – The Secretariat of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) wishes to express its profound concern over the increasingly troubling...
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Peace and Security
The heads of state and government of the member states of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region at the signing of the security pact…
Democracy and good governance
The heads of state and government of the member states of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region at the signing of the security pact…
Economic development and regional integration
The heads of state and government of the member states of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region at the signing of the security pact…
Humanitarian, social, and environmental issues
Cross-cutting issues
The heads of state and government of the member states of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region at the signing of the security pact…
Gender, Women, and Children
The heads of state and government of the member states of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region at the signing of the security pact…
The ICGLR Structure
The Summit held in Nairobi in 2007 established the Regional Follow-up Mechanism to facilitate the implementation of the Pact. These include the Summit of Heads of State and Government, the Regional Inter-Ministerial Committee, the Conference Secretariat, the National Coordination Mechanisms, the Collaborative Mechanism, and other specific structures or forums, as appropriate, to ensure the implementation of the Pact.
Summit of Heads of State
The Troika
Regional Interministerial Committee
Ad hoc Groups
Conference Secretariat
National Coordination Mechanism