The Creative Spark

The GCSP Creative Spark supports senior experts and practitioners in making their innovative project a reality. Experience, expertise, successes and failures feed our applied research and allow us to provide forward-looking solutions and transformational ideas for a more peaceful future.

What does the Creative Spark offer to its members

In a turbulent and polarizing world, the GCSP Creative Spark leverages the ‘Esprit de Genève’ and the Swiss values of impartiality, inclusiveness and independence, as well as Geneva’s position as a hub of global affairs in peace, security, health, human rights, humanitarian, trade and finance. Fellows have a unique risk-free space to test ideas, innovate and gain a holistic view of security challenges by gathering feedback from experts with broad perspectives. They are able to connect to and collaborate with people across sectors and break down silos of knowledge, expertise, methodology and experience, to strengthen ideas and develop policy and practices advancing sustainable peace and development. Fellows contribute to and benefit from the GCSP’s leading education environment.  They are able to learn about and integrate the most innovative tools in leadership, education and strategic policy development. 

The Creative Spark offers applicants presenting promising ideas with a high likelihood of generating sustainable impact on international peace and security an up to 12 months programme, where the GCSP provides targeted support to convert innovative efforts into reality.  This includes but is not limited to office space, business & marketing strategy services, business operation, legal support, media marketing services, accounting and financial management, training, networking opportunities and seed funding.   

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What does the Creative Spark offer its partners

With our 25 years’ experience in the fields of peace and security, we help our partners identify promising forward-looking solutions and transformational ideas for a more peaceful future. We know the needs and challenges in these fields and we therefore are able to assess for you the most innovative and impactful projects that will make their mark and change the trajectory of the future.