Peres Center for Peace

The Peres Center for Peace and Innovation
Founded1996
FounderShimon Peres
TypeNGO
Focus
  • Health and medicine
  • Sports
  • Agriculture
  • Environment
  • Business
  • Education
  • Youth
  • Technology
  • Arts
Location
Area served
Method
  • Dialogue
  • People-to-people interaction
  • Capacity building
  • Youth cooperation
  • Business and economic cooperation
  • Humanitarian response
Employees
35
Volunteers
5
Websitewww.peres-center.org

The Peres Center for Peace and Innovation, located in Jaffa, Israel, is an independent non-profit, non-governmental, and non-political organization founded in 1996 by Nobel Peace Laureate and former President of Israel Shimon Peres. Its aim is to further Peres' vision of people in the Middle East working together to build peace through socio-economic cooperation and development and people-to-people interaction.