International Day of Conscience 2025: Leave No One Behind

PROGRAMME

Palais des Nations, Geneva

04 April 2025

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The Venue

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ABOUT THE EVENT

Leveraging the I nner Development Goals Framework and Initiatives of Change methodologies honed over 75 years, the Caux Inner Development Goals Forum provides a platform for participants from diverse backgrounds to collectively address contemporary challenges. Embraced within an atmosphere of trust, care, solidarity, and respect, the Caux IDG Forum encourages open and deep discussions, fostering self-reflection on how personal transformation can initiate broader and collective change.

In alignment with the workstreams, the Caux IDG Forum facilitates a unique convergence of the SDGs and IDGs, addressing challenges that demand inner capacities in our complex world.

Participation in the Caux IDG Forum entails unlocking individual and collective potential, urging reflection on roles, exploration of resources, and a connection with responsibilities as change-makers—believing that every individual can contribute significantly. It involves actively embodying the Inner Development Goals Framework in daily practices. The interaction between participants will help many find inspiration, tools, courage and effective strategies for their efforts and may lead to the launch of initiatives beyond the Caux IDG Forum.

WHAT PRACTICAL OUTCOMES ARE ENVISIONED?

Bring people together around collective exploration and action.
First-hand experiences of a wide range of people active in the key selected issues.
Learn, innovate, prototype, practice and share application of tools.
Create opportunities to support further activities within the IDG Hubs and organisations.
Ally with partner organisations to scale the development of IDG.
Share stories, arts, event designs and presentations.

The Venue: The Caux Palace (near Montreux) & Maison de la Paix (Geneva)

The Caux IDG Forum takes place in our centre for dialogue - the Caux Palace, a former Belle Époque Grand Hotel nestled in the mountains 1000m above sea level. With its breathtaking view over the Léman and the Alps, it provides a unique and inspiring setting.

The Opening Ceremony will take place in Geneva on 9 July at the Maison de la Paix, close to the UN Palais des Nations. This provides the opportunity to inform and create awareness amongst the diplomatic, political, economic and academic worlds of International Geneva. In addition to the event being broadcast online, we also expect three hundred participants to attend the Opening Ceremony in person.

Registration for the Caux IDG Forum includes attendance of the Opening Ceremony in Geneva. If you are unable to attend the full forum, it is possible to register for the Opening Ceremony separately here.

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Arrival and Departure

The Caux IDG Forum will start with the Opening Ceremony in Geneva on Tuesday, 9 July (14:30 - 17:00 CEST). Attendees who have signed up for the full residential Caux IDG Forum are encouraged go straight to Geneva and travel up to Caux following the Opening Ceremony.

Information on transportation from Geneva to the Caux Palace will be communicated to all confirmed participants prior to the event.

WORKSHOPS WORKSTREAM 3

Cultivating Peaceful Societies - Embracing Conscience, Peace and Love (SDG 16)

Where: 300 C (3rd floor)
Main language: English (with French interpretation)
Number of participants: 20

About the workshop
Inner change is imperative. Current evidence from the field of neuro genesis and neuro plasticity, emphasises that each of us can exercise agency and autonomy to change ourselves and get into the driver’s seat of our life. This workshop will look at how the human brain works and the sense of ‘global citizenship’ that resonates from a deeper understanding of ourselves.

This session will run on the principles of ‘edu-cate’ to `draw-out`, engaging the deeper self as a foundation towards inner development goals. This process integrates both the knowledge of neuro sciences as well as deep reflection, inner listening and discernment as transformative practices. You will be introduced to the Human Evolutionary Matrix (HEM) as one of the frameworks.
Personal development, leadership, resilience is the outcome of integrating the optimal 'operating systems' within us. This sets the foundations for a life of higher purpose, the basis of good global citizenship and spontaneous recognition of the interconnectedness of all.

Where: 300 C (3rd floor)
Main language: English (with French interpretation)
Number of participants: 20