European Peacebuilding
Liaison Office

📢New publication: EPLO Statement on the next MFF 📢

Please visit our dedicated page for our official statement on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), outlining our position and priorities.

About us

WHO WE ARE

The European Peacebuilding Liaison Office (EPLO), founded in 2001, is the largest independent European civil society platform of European NGOs, NGO networks and think tanks that are committed to peacebuilding and the prevention of violent conflict.

Member

Member Organisations

Our strength resides in our +50 member organisations. This diverse and dedicated network of civil society actors drives our mission forward. We represent a wide range of organisations united by a shared objective: to promote peace and prevent violent conflict.

Agency for Peacebuilding

Berghof Foundation

Budapest Centre for Mass Atrocities Prevention

Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC)

Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD Centre)

Christian Aid Ireland

CMI – Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation

Conciliation Resources

Concordis International

Conducive Space for Peace

Cordaid

CSSP – Berlin Center for Integrative Mediation

Democratic Progress Institute

ESSEC IRENÉ

European Centre for Electoral Support

European Institute of Peace

German Platform for Peaceful Conflict Transformation

Humanity & Inclusion – HI

Independent Diplomat

Institute of Studies on Conflicts and Humanitarian Action

International Alert Europe

International Catalan Institute for Peace

International Center for Transitional Justice

International Coalition of Sites of Conscience Europe

International Crisis Group

Interpeace

Kosovar Center for Security Studies

Life & Peace Institute

Mercy Corps Netherlands

Mines Advisory Group

Nansen Center for Peace and Dialogue

Near East Foundation – Belgium

Non Violent Peaceforce

Oxfam International

Partners Bulgaria

Pax Christi International

PAX Netherlands

Peace Action, Training and Research Institute of Romania

Peace Direct

Peaceful Change initiative

Quaker Council for European Affairs

SaferGlobe

Saferworld

Sant’Egidio BXL Europe

Search for Common Ground

swisspeace

The HALO Trust

The Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation

Transparency International – Defence & Security

Un Ponte Per

World Vision

What we do

CSDN

The Civil Society Dialogue Network (CSDN) is a platform for dialogue between civil society and EU policymakers on peace and conflict. It’s co-funded by the EU and EPLO and managed by EPLO in cooperation with the EC and EEAS.

Established in 2010, CSDN V (2023-2026) organizes dialogue meetings in Brussels, EU Member States, and conflict-affected countries with EU presence.

news

discover the latest news

MFF Statement – Ensuring the EU continues to finance conflict prevention and peacebuilding after 2027

NGO Roundtable Meeting in The Netherlands  – Dutch Perspectives on Peacebuilding in a Changing Landscape of EU External Action

Keep Peace on the Agenda! – Peacebuilding at a crossroads ahead of the European elections

BLOG Peacebuilding in the new European Parlament

Peacebuilding in the new European Parliament: a bad moon rising

EPLO Letter – Building Peace with the European Union’s Green Transition

Letter to Future MEPs – The European Union as a Global Peace Actor

BLOG Standing up sgainst gender based violence

Standing up against gender-based violence? Mismatches between EU internal and foreign policy

Trends towards the defunding of European Peacebuilding: German ODA cuts as a case in point

Peace in the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus: Key Recommendations

What Mariama Diomande can teach us about social cohesion

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