Objectives of the Peace Prize Forum

The five objectives of the Peace Prize Forums are:

1. To engage Norwegian-American colleges, churches, and cultural communities in an annual forum on peace issues, with the support of the Norwegian Nobel Institute;

2. To have Nobel Peace Prize laureates, American diplomats, professional analysts, other academic institutions, peace organizations, and the general public participate;

3. To stimulate dialogue from balanced philosophical and cultural perspectives on the underlying causes and contemporary manifestations of conflict, injustice, and war in the world;

4. To create international programs and curricula that will provide opportunities for further study of peace issues raised by the forums; and

5. To promote and publicize outcomes of each of the forums in the United States and abroad as an educational contribution to world peace.