Frontline Mediation. Challenging Perspectives.

Forward Thinking is a proactive, demand-driven, independent non-governmental organisation that works in the UK and the Gulf-MENA region to resolve conflict through a process of inclusive dialogue.

Jerusalem

Women for a Sustainable Future

The WSF brings together women parliamentarians from Europe and the Gulf-MENA region alongside government officials and experts from international organisations to address the shared challenges faced by women.

We engage with cross-party Israeli and Palestinian leadership to promote an inclusive peace process essential to achieving a durable settlement to the conflict.

Middle East Programme

A view of Canary Wharf from Surrey Quays

UK Programme

The UK Programme works with diverse British Muslim communities to overcome the challenges of social and political exclusion.

A meeting of the WSF in Windsor, UK

Ice breaker boats at the Port of Helsinki

Helsinki Policy Forum

The Helsinki Policy Forum provided an ‘unofficial’ space for an open and frank dialogue on the challenges and opportunities facing the Gulf-MENA region and Europe.

Past Programmes