The Peres Center for Peace undertakes various events and activities abroad, reaching out to the international community and involving numerous countries in its mission of Palestinian-Israeli peacebuilding. These events range from speeches and lectures to conferences and fundraisers, and they serve as a crucial element in garnering international support and awareness of peaceful cooperation between the two societies.

Some recent activities:

• In May 2008, the Peres Center held a special gathering alongside the President's Conference in Jerusalem, hosted by Mr. Mikhail Gorbachev, former President of the USSR and member of the Peres Center's International Board of Governors. Mr. Gorbachev applauded the Peres Center for focusing on youth, commenting that such age group is vital to nurturing the next generation of peace-makers. He suggested that the Peres Center's cross-border programs "build avenues which will one day be a road to peace and cooperation between the nations". Mr. Gorbachev was followed by President Shimon Peres, who commented on ten years of successful peacebuilding undertaken by the Peres Center. He stated that "peace between peoples is more important than peace among governments" and that "building peace is more important than negotiating peace". President Peres concurred with Mr. Gorbachev's emphasis on youth, saying that if you make friends when you are 5 years old, you can be friends for some 80 years, however when you make friends at the age of 85, you don’t have the same chances of maintaining long-term friendships. Indeed, for President Peres, seeing a Palestinian and an Israeli boy playing football together gives him hope for the region's future. The event was successful in gathering some key friends and supporters of the Peres Center, and updating them in regard to present peacebuilding activities.

• In May 2008, a special exhibition was held in Brussels in honor of Israel's 60^th anniversary, which included a booth of the Peres Center's Benelux Friends Association. Thousands of people attended the exhibition, allowing the Friends Association in Benelux to reach out to the public in Brussels and spread awareness of the Peres Center's crucial and much-needed peacebuilding programs.

• In April 2008, the Peres Center participated in several events at the European Parliament. A Peres Center representative lectured at the meeting of the "Delegation for the Relations with Israel", as well as at a special event for the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel. During both events, European members of parliament were exposed to the existing cooperation between Palestinians and Israelis, and asked questions related to then role of NGOs under the present circumstances.

• In April 2008, a representative of the Peres Center featured as the keynote speaker at an international conference of the European Parliament's Water Forum, entitled "How to Cope with the Scarcity of Water Resources in a Context of Global Warming: Best Practices, Collaborative and Innovative Techniques in Europe, Africa and the Near East". The conference was attended by some 120 participants from Europe, Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Jordan, and participants were particularly interested in learning how the Peres Center uses the scarce resource of water to bring together neighboring communities in conflict. Information was shared regarding the Peres Center's work with advanced Israeli technologies that are used in a cross-border manner to alleviate the regional water problems. Moreover, the session shed light on the importance of knowledge-sharing in solutions to water and waste water issues for the benefit of the populations of the region, and encouraged the attendees to promote cross-border solutions.

• In March 2008, in order to formally launch the Peres Center's Friends Association in Belgium, the Director General of the Peres Center, Dr. Ron Pundak, spoke at a special event in Brussels. Some 40 guests heard about the cross-border peacebuilding activities of the Peres Center and enjoyed a lively discussion about recent political developments. The event was held within the Peres Center's efforts to enlarge its network of friends and partners in Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg.