Justin Vaïsse, New President of the Paris Peace Forum Endowment Fund

Justin Vaïsse, Founder of the Paris Peace Forum in 2018, will become the first President of the new Endowment Fund, whose mission is to ensure the organisation's long-term financial sustainability. The creation of the endowment fund aims to generate stable income to finance the organisation’s activities and support its ambition to “reinvent diplomacy in a changing world”. The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), one of the Forum’s founding members, pursues its commitment and becomes the first donor, with a pledge of 10 million euros. “I am very proud of what we have collectively accomplished: the Paris Peace Forum has solidified its standing. We have a young and dynamic team at the Permanent Secretariat, with top-tier directors, balanced accounts, an endowment fund that has made an excellent start thanks to His Highness the Aga Khan, a strong global reputation, a growing number of partners who believe in our mission, and a promising year ahead in 2026 thanks to the synergy we will create with France’s G7 presidency,” he told the Executive Committee and General Assembly members.