Healing the invisible wounds of violence in Rwanda
October 22, 2020
Partnership beyond projects: the importance of local ownership and trust
Interpeace and the Centre of Studies for Peace and Development (CEPAD) have worked together since 2007, supporting peacebuilding processes in Timor-Leste. Our partnership began in response to the violent political cr [...]
NGO Consortium members vote Interpeace to chair Somalia peacebuilding group
Members of national and international civil society organizations operating in Somalia have voted Interpeace as the chair of a multi-agency peacebuilding working group. The Somalia NGO Consortium made the announcement on 27 January 2020. [...]
Governing with and for Citizens – Lessons from a Post-Genocide Rwanda
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A study on citizens’ participation in post-genocide Rwanda was jointly undertaken by Never Again Rwanda (NAR) and Interpeace in the framework of their Societal Healing and Participatory Governance for Sustainabe Peace Program. Both organisations believe [...]
The Handbook on Human Security as a Contribution to the Peace Process in Colombia
The Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) and Interpeace have searched for options to promote civil - military cooperation oriented towards comprehensive human security in Colombia. Representativ [...]
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
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Frameworks for Assessing Resilience (FAR) is a programme initiated by Interpeace, implemented between 2014 and 2016 with local partners in Guatemala [...]
Somaliland youth violence and youth role role in peacebuilding: Baseline survey
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August 1, 2015
Somaliland youth violence and youth role role in peacebuilding: Baseline survey
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This report seeks to understand the perceptions young people have about trends in youth violence in Somaliland, including extent, actors and causes. It also seeks to lay a foundation for youth empowerment by asking youth what is needed to improve their ability [...]
The limited value-for-money of international technical cooperation, capacity-development and institutional reform support – Effective advising in statebuilding and peacebuilding contexts
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October 13, 2015
The limited value-for-money of international technical cooperation, capacity-development and institutional reform support – Effective advising in statebuilding and peacebuilding contexts
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This document is a background course on effective advising in statebuilding and peacebuilding contexts. ‘Technical Cooperation’ or ‘Technical Assistance’, mostly in the form of international experts and advisors, and loans and grants for ‘institution [...]
Thinking and working politically – Effective advising in statebuilding and peacebuilding contexts
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October 13, 2015
Thinking and working politically – Effective advising in statebuilding and peacebuilding contexts
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This document is a background course on effective advising in statebuilding and peacebuilding contexts. Social and economic development, organizational development and institutional reform, statebuilding and peacebuilding, the delivery of social services and o [...]
The 5 capabilities framework – Effective advising in statebuilding and peacebuilding contexts
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October 13, 2015
The 5 capabilities framework – Effective advising in statebuilding and peacebuilding contexts
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This document is a background course on effective advising in statebuilding and peacebuilding contexts. Capacities can exist at different levels: that of an individual (which we then will call ‘competencies’), a team, a unit within an organization, an orga [...]
Public participation and citizen engagement – Effective advising in statebuilding and peacebuilding contexts
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October 13, 2015
Public participation and citizen engagement – Effective advising in statebuilding and peacebuilding contexts
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This document is a background course on effective advising in statebuilding and peacebuilding contexts. It explores the importance of public participation and citizen engagement on issues of public importance. [...]
Understanding and working with power – Effective advising in statebuilding and peacebuilding contexts
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October 13, 2015
Understanding and working with power – Effective advising in statebuilding and peacebuilding contexts
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This document is a background course on effective advising in statebuilding and peacebuilding contexts. Anyone interested in ‘change’ has an interest in understanding ‘power’, because ‘power’ is both one of the constraining factors to change and on [...]
Doing development differently – Effective advising in statebuilding and peacebuilding contexts
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October 13, 2015
Doing development differently – Effective advising in statebuilding and peacebuilding contexts
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This document is a background course on effective advising in statebuilding and peacebuilding contexts. It focuses on the ‘3Ds’ of ‘Doing Development Differently,’ in other words on how development (state and institution building and institutional refo [...]
The art of asking catalytic questions – Effective advising in statebuilding and peacebuilding contexts
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October 13, 2015
The art of asking catalytic questions – Effective advising in statebuilding and peacebuilding contexts
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This document is a background course on effective advising in statebuilding and peacebuilding contexts. Asking powerful, compelling questions that matter is a central skill of an adviser, mentor or coach, or of a thought leader, seeking to catalyze in others t [...]
Appreciative inquiry – Effective advising in statebuilding and peacebuilding contexts
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October 13, 2015
Appreciative inquiry – Effective advising in statebuilding and peacebuilding contexts
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This document is a background course on effective advising in statebuilding and peacebuilding contexts. This paper explores the practice of appreciative inquiry in advising, which aims at perceiving organizations as ‘social constructs’ that are produced an [...]
Jill and Jack of all trades, master of some. Competency requirements for effective advising in international cooperation contexts
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May 11, 2015
Jill and Jack of all trades, master of some. Competency requirements for effective advising in international cooperation contexts
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This working paper examines the competency requirements for effective advising in international cooperation contexts. [...]
Value for money? The overall record of technical assistance for institutional and governance reform
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May 4, 2015
Value for money? The overall record of technical assistance for institutional and governance reform
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This working paper examines the effectiveness of technical assistance in past years. [...]
United Nations review of international civilian capacities
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This report is a contribution to a broader UN-led reflection and wider consultation about the type, quality, expertise and availability of civilian experts to support the immediate capacity development needs of countries emerging from conflict. This document p [...]
Peacebuilding how? Assessing the design of peacebuilding interventions
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This document in the 'Peacebuilding How?' series visualizes the major dimensions that need to be considered when designing or assessing a peacebuilding intervention. The central question is whether the peacebuilding intervention is strategic, which requires a [...]