Filipe Domingues is now the representative in Portugal of the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP). thinktank based in Sydney and best known for the Peace Index, the Global Peace Index (IGP). With offices in New York, Brussels, The Hague, Mexico City and Nairobi, IEP also works internationally with partners to measure and communicate the economic value of peace. Filipe Domingues will report to the IEP office in Brussels, responsible for Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
Portugal has consistently ranked among the IGP’s top positions (in the 2023 report it ranks seventh, with Iceland, Denmark and Ireland on the podium) and is classified as one of the most peaceful countries in the world.
Filipe Domingues started his career as a journalist, served for twelve years as Secretary General of the Institute for the Promotion of Latin America and the Caribbean (IPDAL) and is co-founder and director of the Center for Cooperation in Cyberspace. He is also co-author of The world doesn’t have to be this waya biography of António Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations.
“I have known Filipe Domingues for many years, from his previous positions at IPDAL. I have always admired his ability to build bridges and represent his institution in the most professional way. When the Institute for Economy and Peace decided to close its activities in Portugal, the choice seemed obvious to us,” says Serge Stroobants, IEP Director for Europe, Middle East and North Africa, who was in Lisbon a few days ago and was interviewed by DN. In his comments on the state of the world, at a time when the conflict between Israel and Hamas brings a new dose of conflict, Stroobants surprised by emphasizing that “the conflict that claimed the most victims last year was not that of Ukraine, but rather the conflict that last year’s war claimed the most victims in Tigray, in Ethiopia.” The phrase provided the title of the interview.
Source: DN
