CSDP missions and operations are some of the most visible crisis management tools of the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). In recent years, the EU and its member states have taken concrete steps to ensure gender and human rights advisers are deployed to all EU missions and operations. Their specific roles and responsibilities […]

Countering violent extremism (CVE) is everywhere we look. It is at the top of global security and political agendas; it makes headlines in domestic politics in many countries; it is the buzz word in many of the meetings we attend; and for those of us in the international peacebuilding sector, it is rapidly making its […]

On 27 March 2014, the Government of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) signed the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), the culmination of efforts and peace talks which started in 1997. Since 2009, an International Contact Group (ICG) accompanied the parties towards a landmark agreement aimed at ending decades of conflict […]

Over 1 billion children are victims of violence every year and many more suffer physically and psychologically from living in violent communities and homes. Violence also stands as a major barrier to community progress – entrenching poverty, exacerbating racism, disrupting education, and undermining community development and local economies. A new scientific understanding of violence is […]

UNESCO has long held that education is one of the essential pathways to building an enduring peaceful future for humanity. As we face an unprecedented influx of violently-displaced refugees and migrants into the EU, it is particularly crucial to reflect on how education contributes to peace. While recognising that education offers both support and an […]

Gender sensitivity is essential to inclusive and effective peacebuilding. However, including gender in policies and programmes can be a hard task. In order to respond to this challenge, Conciliation Resources developed a Gender & conflict analysis toolkit for peacebuilding practitioners. A complementary toolkit has been developed by Saferworld: “Gender in Conflict Analysis”. In this Brown […]

Although the democratic election of a new government in 2014 ended five years of political crisis in Madagascar, the situation in the country remains fragile and volatile with potential for increased tensions and possibly even a new crisis in the run-up to presidential elections in 2018. Poverty is widespread and the country’s overall economic and […]

In the absence of political progress in Geneva to end the war in Syria, Syrian civil society groups are working together to end the Syrian crisis and establish a future Syria where equal rights and responsibilities are granted to all Syrians. In this EPLO Brown Bag Lunch discussion, a delegation of Syrian civil society activists […]

In this EPLO Brown Bag Lunch discussion, Dr Ken McDonagh and Dr Maria-Adriana Deiana will present the findings of their project ‘Add Women and Hope? Assessing the gender impact of EU Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) missions’ which focuses on the EU’s mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (EUFOR Althea) and the EU’s rule of […]

Depuis que la crise actuelle a éclaté en République Centrafricaine (RCA) en 2013, les efforts du gouvernement national, des Nations Unies et des bailleurs de fonds extérieurs, ainsi que des communautés locales et des acteurs de la société civile, ont contribué à un retour au calme relatif dans le pays. Malgré ces améliorations sur le […]