UN Security Council gives a welcome boost to Youth, Peace and Security
The United Nations Security Council has adopted its third resolution on Youth, Peace and Security (YPS): UNSCR 2535. It signals the Security Council’s deter [...]
Why Peacebuilding should be part of the COVID-19 response
COVID-19 has taken the world by surprise and upended life as we know it, introducing looming uncertainties. As we unite in fighting the rapid spread of the virus, we must also recognize that the consequences of the pandemic go beyond medical and pu [...]
Interpeace’s initiative “Principles for Inclusive Peace” receives global recognition at the Paris Peace Forum
November 13, 2019
Interpeace’s initiative “Principles for Inclusive Peace” receives global recognition at the Paris Peace Forum
Our new initiative, “Principles for Inclusive Peace” is among 10 of the most promising governance projects presented at the 2019 Paris Peace Forum (PPF) that ended i [...]
IPAT – 5th Anniversary
This month, we celebrate IPAT's 5th Anniversary!
Interpeace's Advisory Team - IPAT, was created to provide advising, training, and accompaniment to enchance the capacity of organizations, teams a [...]
Peacebuilding leadership is not about solving problems – Learning to navigate between polarities
March 28, 2019
Effective Advising Course 2018: Taking Advisers on a Reflective Journey
September 24, 2018
Effective Advising Course 2018: Taking Advisers on a Reflective Journey
For the fifth time Interpeace’s International Peacebuilding Advisory Team (IPAT) gathered twenty experts from around the world who currently advise governments, international organizations, or civil society [...]
Rebuilding trust through dialogue and access to independent information
In conflict-affected countries, access to independent information and news can be threatened by political and economic elites. In these contexts, manipulation of the media and stigmatization can create more division and mistrust between communities. To envis [...]
Building peace by focusing on people’s resilience to conflict
February 3, 2017
Building peace by focusing on people’s resilience to conflict
Amid conflict and war, the people most affected by these circumstances have time and time again, risen from misfortune, because of their capacities to organize and transform conflict into opportunities for peace. Strengthening these already existing local capa [...]
La réponse humanitaire et la résilience aux conflits violents
Published: August 30, 2016
La réponse humanitaire peut soit contribuer à ou affaiblir les capacités locales de résilience aux conflits violents. Ceci est une considération particulièrement importante étant donné que 80% de l'aide humanitaire répond aux besoins découlant des [...]
Can resilience for peace enhance the sustainability of international interventions?
A key factor in building sustainable peace is local ownership. This is often inadequately attended to - or even undermined - by international actors in the process of humanitarian action, development assistance, disaster recovery, and peacebuilding efforts. Th [...]
Can women and youth make a difference in the prevention of violent extremism?
Understanding the structural causes of violence and learning how violence mutates is a key factor to preventing and mitigating violent extremism. As defined by USAID, violent extremism involves: “advocating, engaging in, preparing, or otherwise supporting id [...]
Understanding and Strengthening Resilience for Peace in Timor-Leste
Understanding the resilient capacities of local actors during and after violent conflicts, has been one of Interpeace’s main objectives in the past two years. Determining how these existing capacities for resilience can be strengthened to contribute to susta [...]
Interpeace Launches a Guidance Note on Assessing Resilience for Peace
Over 80% of humanitarian emergencies around the world today are conflict-related. More than half of all these crises are protracted conflicts of 8 years or more. Whereas immediate needs of vulnerable and suffering populations are only increasing, the trend wil [...]
Strengthening peace through ‘resilience’ in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
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June 3, 2016
Strengthening peace through ‘resilience’ in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is based on extensive work of states, multilateral organizations and civil society organizations, that will guide interna [...]
Peace among us – A population-based study about resilience for peace in Guatemala
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June 3, 2016
Peace among us – A population-based study about resilience for peace in Guatemala
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Twenty years after the signing of the peace accords between the State of Guatemala and the National Revolutionary Unity of Guatemala (URNG) in 1996, Guatemala remains confronted to poverty, exclusion [...]
Using resilience to build peace – Practice brief: resilience and peacebuilding
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June 2, 2016
Using resilience to build peace – Practice brief: resilience and peacebuilding
Type: PDF Size: 114Kb Published: June 2, 2016
The mainstream approach to peacebuilding is for the most part premised on finding solutions to fragility. As such, conflict analysis is the primary tool used to inform programmes and policies. Whilst a sound understanding of conflict dynamics, including root c [...]
How humanitarian response can strengthen resilience to violent conflict and end need
Last week, about 8,000 participants gathered in Istanbul, for the first World Humanitarian Summit. The event was launched to bring together world leaders, representatives from the humanitarian and develo [...]
Assessing resilience for peace – Guidance Note
Type: PDF Size: 1Mb Published: June 2, 2016
This report is the product of the Framework for Assessing Resilience (FAR) programme. It offers analytical and operational reflections and guidance reflecting an approach to the assessment of resilience bo [...]
Humanitarian response and resilience to violent conflict
Published: May 30, 2016
Humanitarian response can either contribute to or weaken local capacities for resilience to violent conflict. This is a particularly important consideration given that 80% of humanitarian assistance responds to needs deriving from situations of conflict, [...]
Recommendations: How humanitarian response can strengthen resilience to violent conflict and end need
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May 27, 2016
Recommendations: How humanitarian response can strengthen resilience to violent conflict and end need
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Protracted conflicts have contributed to the unprecedented levels of humanitarian needs that have increasingly overwhelmed the international system in the recent years. In order for collaboration between international and local actors to achieve the desired [...]
How humanitarian response can strengthen resilience to violent conflict and end need – Insights and Recommendations
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May 27, 2016
How humanitarian response can strengthen resilience to violent conflict and end need – Insights and Recommendations
Type: PDF Size: 182Kb Published: May 27, 2016
Protracted conflicts have contributed to the unprecedented levels of humanitarian needs that have increasingly overwhelmed the international system in the recent years. In order for collaboration between international and local actors to achieve the desired [...]
Frameworks for Assessing Resilience in Guatemala
Type: PDF Size: 2Mb Published: May 23, 2016
Frameworks for Assessing Resilience (FAR) is a programme initiated by Interpeace, implemented between 2014 and 2016 with local partners in Guatemala [...]
Understanding and Strengthening Resilience for Peace: Timor-Leste Final Report
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May 23, 2016
Understanding and Strengthening Resilience for Peace: Timor-Leste Final Report
Type: PDF Size: 3Mb Published: May 23, 2016
Frameworks for Assessing Resilience (FAR) is a programme initiated by Interpeace, implemented between 2014 and 2016 with local partners in Guatemala [...]
Resilience: Translating promise into reality
Type: PDF Size: 416Kb Published: May 11, 2016
Humanitarian need has outpaced humanitarian resources, stemming in part from protracted and recurring conflicts and crises. One of today’s biggest humanitarian challenges is that of displacement, caused by conflict and natural disasters. To further discus [...]
