Sintidu di justisa – Executive Summary – Participatory barometer on the perception and experience of the population: How to improve the governance of justice in Guinea-Bissau

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With the goal of strengthening the capacities of citizens, civil society organizations and local authorities to assess local governance of justice in Guinea-Bissau, Voz di Paz and Interpeace carried out a participatory barometer, unprecedented in the country. [...]

Sintidu di justisa – Barómetro participativo sobre a perceção e experiência da população: Como melhorar a governação da justiça na Guiné-Bissau

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DR Congo: Fostering peace and reconciliation in Kasaï and Kasaï-Central

Interpeace hosted a national forum with partners in Kinshasa on 25 and 26 August, to discuss findings and recommendations of a participatory action research conducted in Kasaï and Kasaï-Central in the Democratic Republic of Congo. [gallery columns="2" ids [...]

BIBISS LAAFI BATU (Dialogue des jeunes pour la paix)

Interpeace en collaboration avec le Studio Yafa de la Fondation Hirondelle a facilité un dialogue entre jeunes, et entre jeunes et autorités au Burkina Faso. Au cours de ce processus participatif, les jeunes se sont exprimés sur ce qu’ils considèrent com [...]

Engaging communities to end violence in eastern DR Congo

Several violent confrontations in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have killed, wounded, and displaced many people. Amid the armed conflict, humanitarian actors have been targeted by communities fearing and resisting interventions. The spike in violence [...]

Integrating peace into development and humanitarian work: Interpeace launches Peace Responsiveness Facility

Interpeace is delighted to announce the launch of the first international Peace Responsiveness Facility in June 2020. The Facility will provide expert advice and develop practical field work  with international organizations – including [...]

Interpeace and ECES form partnership to support democratisation processes in Somali Region

Interpeace and the European Centre for Electoral Support (ECES) have established a new partnership to reinforce support to electoral commissions in Somalia and Somaliland on their democratisation processes. For almost two d [...]

Empowering young people to dialogue for peace in Burkina Faso

Rising violence and hostilities are rapidly disrupting social cohesion in parts of Burkina Faso. Many actors from national to international institutions are working to address the issues and restore meaningful peace in the country. However, when addressing [...]

Building peace across borders in the African Great Lakes

In many armed conflicts around the world, borders are an important but often poorly understood feature. Conflict dynamics on one side of a border often have an impact on the other side. Despite this transnational nature of conflict, peacebuilding interventions [...]

Interpeace praises Kenyan communities for resolving to end violence in Mandera

There is hope that the surge in violent attacks in communities near the Kenya-Ethiopian border is close to being contained. Local leaders have committed to end violent activities linked to extremist groups and communal disputes over land and other meagre resou [...]

Infrastructures de paix: Ouest ivoirien, se réinventer pour la paix

  Pendant la crise politico-militaire en Côte d’Ivoire, le District des Montagnes, à l’ouest du pays, était particulièrement affecté, faisant face à une absence flagrante d’autorité – tant étatique que coutumière. En réponse, des Comi [...]

Healing wounds of the past in Rwanda

It is 11:37am in Muhanga, a town in the southern province of Rwanda and a group of 24 women have gathered despite the drizzle, to welcome a delegation of Interpeace and Never Again Rwanda.  These women have all exper [...]

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!

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 [...]

“Vestibule de la Paix” – A multi-stakeholder initiative for peacebuilding in Mali

Seven years ago, Mali came into the spotlight as violence broke out following an attempt by armed groups to seize control of the North of the country and a military coup. While democracy was returned one year later, instability remains. Since then, Mali has co [...]

Breaking the pattern of deadlock in the Cyprus Peace Process

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Interpeace and local partner, the Centre for Sustainable Peace and Democratic Development (SeeD), have developed a [...]

2019 Geneva Peace Talks: Building Peace, Trust Matters!

GENEVA, 17 September 2019 – Mistrust and suspicion are at the origin of the all too familiar violent conflicts around the world today. Violent conflicts tear apart society and destroy the trust that binds relationships. Trust is the foundati [...]