July 2008 - The Director-General of Interpeace, Scott M. Weber, has joined the Advisory Board of the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform.
Selected because of our operational peacebuilding experience, our participation enables the organization to play a meaningful role in this knowledge platform. One of the key objectives is to advance practical understanding of the key issues in peacebuilding which we believe is crucial to building lasting peace around the world. Scott joins 23 others in the Advisory Board who come from a range of UN organizations, NGOs, civil society organizations, academic and international financial institutions and other international organiziations. The Geneva Peacebuilding Platform was formally launched on 11 March 2008 as a joint initiative of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, the Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, and Quaker United Nations Office, Geneva.
In FocusSomali Region: Peace Mapping Study07 May 2013 - Interpeace's three local partners, the Puntland Development Research Center (PDRC), the Academy for Peace and Development (APD), and the Center for Research and Dialogue (CRD), completed a Peace Mapping Study on peacebuilding initiatives and reconciliation in the Somali region. The Peace Mapping Study is unique in its focus on the peace achievements that the Somali people have made rather than on conflict as is usually the case. The research documents the peacebuilding processes that have been carried out in the Somali region such that lessons can be learned from both successful and unsuccessful initiatives and then applied to future peacebuilding processes. Recognizing local capacity Through focusing on positive developments, the Peace Mapping Study fills an important void in past research by highlighting the often understated experience and capacity of the Somali people to conduct peace processes locally without rel...
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Faces of PeaceMaysoun Saed Ibrahim Qawasmeh
Maysoun was born and raised in Jordan. She moved back to her homeland, the Occupied Palestinian Territory, when she got married about 20 years ago...
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Central America: Addressing the Factors Contributing to ...14 May 2013 - The Interpeace Regional Office for Central America released the report "Violent Women ...
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Israel: Challenging Perceptions Among the Russian-speaki...13 May 2013 - Recently, members of the Russian-speaking community in Israel had the opportunity to a...
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Restoring the Truth About the Burundian Conflict...06 May 2013 - It has been 41 years since the tragic events of April 1972 in Burundi, following which...
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Rwanda: Engaging Youth in the Peace Process...02 May 2013 - Interpeace's local partner in Rwanda, the Institute of Research and Dialogue for Peace...
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