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Alison Hilliard, Programme Director at Wilton Park, chairing a dialogue on Women, Religion and Climate Change at Wiston House, September 2023

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We provide a space where ideas are tested and accelerated, and new projects and policies are born.

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We curate events that harness the expert knowledge of participants to facilitate insightful discussions and grow networks of influence.

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We maintain a dynamic network that is global in composition and outlook.

We bring together those with decades of experience with the leaders and decision makers of tomorrow, convening the right people at the right time, for conversations that move agendas forward and solve problems.

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We maintain a dynamic network that is global in composition and outlook.

We bring together those with decades of experience with the leaders and decision makers of tomorrow, convening the right people at the right time, for conversations that move agendas forward and solve problems.

Get involved

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Our History

Since our inception we have always undertaken important and challenging work. From rehabilitating prisoners of war following World War II, facilitating conversations about the end of apartheid, to bringing together opposition groups after the Balkans war, we have gripped issues when others hesitate.

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Heinz Koeppler sits at a desk

1946

Heinz Koeppler establishes Wilton Park.

 Attendees sit for a group photo at the first session at Wiston House

1951

Wilton Park relocates to Wiston House, Sussex.

 The Duke of Edinburgh walks up a path as he visits Wilton Park.

1968

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh visits Wilton Park’s 100th conference.

1968

1951

Edward Heath disembarks a helicopter.

1973

Prime Minister Edward Heath and the French President, Georges Pompidou, agree discussions on European enlargement should be addressed at Wilton Park.

 A bronze statue of Nelson Mandela with his arms outstretched.

1980

Wilton Park becomes a venue for South African representatives to discuss the transition from apartheid

1980

1973

1973

Damaged buildings in Sarajevo.

1999

Wilton Park holds a conference on the Western Balkans after Milosevic, less than three months after the end of NATO’s air campaign

2003

Conferences go beyond Europe for the first time to Japan and Brazil.

2003

1999

William Hague and Angelina Jolie sit at a table at Wilton Park.

2012

Rt Hon William Hague MP and Angelina Jolie, United Nations’ Special Envoy, attend Wilton Park’s conference on preventing sexual violence.

 Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, speaks at the Opening Ceremony for Cop26 at the SEC Glasgow.

2021

Wilton Park acts as the Secretariat for the major COP26 initiative, Catalyst for Climate Action, on behalf of the UK’s COP26 Presidency.

2021

2012

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