The Swiss government re-opens the Caux Palace as a detention center for British military who escaped from Italian prisoners camps; then as an asylum center for Italian refugees and later as refuge for 1670 Jews from Hungary.

In 1999, an oak tree is planted and a memorial plaque installed in the park of the Caux Palace in memory of these refugees and those who were not admitted entry into Switzerland during World War II.

Around a hundred Swiss individuals and families, led by the Geneva-born diplomat Philippe Mottu, buy the Caux Palace. The Caux Foundation is established to manage the facilities, as a conference centre for the global movement of Moral Re-Armament, initiated by the American Lutheran minister Frank Buchman in 1938.

The annual summer Caux conferences kick off with more than 3000 people visiting the new conference centre.

Many meetings between French and German delegations take place in Caux, creating a solid ground for further reconciliation efforts between the two countries torn-apart by war.

Japanese political and union leaders meet with their former enemies in Caux after the devastation of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear attacks.

The Caux Palace becomes a reference for reconciliation and trust building efforts.

After the death of Frank Buchman the movement starts a transition process. The Caux Foundation continues to run the Caux conferences in the following decades.

Several peace and reconciliation efforts take place at the Caux Palace, like the action for peaceful independence of former Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) or dialogues between opposing groups from Lebanon, Cambodia, Somaliland and South Africa. Various ethnic communities from different countries meet in Caux, enhancing trustbuilding and reconciliation processes in their countries.

The Caux Round Table, initiated in 1986 as a joint initiative from top executives of European, Japanese and US companies, launches the “Caux Principles for Business”, one of the first international code of business ethics.

The premises of the Caux Palace are partially rented out to the Swiss Hotel Management School (SHMS) from September to mid-June to help sustain the building's upkeep and preserve the heritage of the Caux Foundation.

With the support of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, peace and reconciliation efforts for Burundi and the African Great Lakes Region take place at the Caux Palace and the Villa Maria. Government officials and rebellion leaders hold talks alternatively in Caux and in their own countries.

In 2001, in order to better adapt its institutional goals as a global network, Moral Re-Armament is renamed as Initiatives of Change, continuing its work as an organization dedicated to building trust across the world’s divides.

The Caux Initiatives of Change Foundation celebrates its 70th anniversary with a commemorative series of events in Switzerland and during its annual summer conferences.

The Caux conferences are transformed into the Caux Forum, hosting a range of training programmes, dialogues and conferences during summer.

The vision of opening the Caux Palace and the Villa Maria year-round leads to the development of hospitality services, offering groups and organizations a space for dialogues, training and retreats.

With the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Caux Forum becomes the Caux Forum Online in order to continue shareing the spirit of Caux, and the valuble tools developed through it. This lays the basis for hybrid and online events in the future.

The Caux Palace and Villa Maria start welcoming big external groups during the summer. In collaboration with Montreux Riviera Tourism, the Caux Palace and its gardens are opened to the public and guided house tours are offered.

The Caux Initiatives of Change Foundation celebrates its 75th anniversary under the theme "75 Years of Encounters". Activities, honouring and creating meaningful encounters, are held online as well as in Caux.

At the same time, IofC’s global women’s empowerment initiative, Creators of Peace, and the Caux Scholars Program, an academic course focused on conflict resolution, celebrate their 30th anniversary. Both initiatives were initiated during the summer conferences in Caux in 1991.

In July 2023, the IofC flagship event, the Caux Forum, and a large range of other programmes and events are back onsite at the Caux Palace, bringing together hundreds of people from over 70 countries.

The Caux Palace becomes a favoured venue for local cultural events and programmes.

Our strategic partnership with the Swiss Hotel Management School, involving the partial lease of the Caux Palace from September to mid-June, plays a vital role in sustaining the building's upkeep.