The Berghof Foundation and the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany are organising the launch event of the 'National Dialogue Handbook. A Guide for Practitioners'. It is the product of an intensive two-year project (2015 – 2017) by the Berghof Foundation, in cooperation with swisspeace, and supported by the Swiss Federal Department of […]

'The Foundations of Monitoring and Evaluation' is part of a webinar series which DME for Peace are hosting. DME for Peace is a global community of practitioners, evaluators, donors, and academics who share best and emerging practices on how to design, monitor, and evaluate peacebuilding programs. Through greater collaboration and transparency we hope to increase […]

The Quaker Council for European Affairs and the European Network against Arms Trade are organising a screening of the film 'Shadow World'. 'Shadow World' is a documentary that reveals the shocking realities of the global arms trade – the only business that counts its profits in billions and its losses in human lives. Based on […]

On Tuesday 4 April 2017, swisspeace is organising a roundtable with the participation of: Friederike Mieth (keynote), social and cultural anthropologist and a 2016/17 Research Fellow, Robert Bosch Academy Mithra Akhbari (discussant), Conflict Transformation and Gender Advisor, HEKS While popularity of transitional justice as an academic field and community of practice continues to grow, the […]

'Follow that car! Telling the story of conflict and peacebuilding through material objects' is part of a webinar series which DME for Peace are hosting. DME for Peace is a global community of practitioners, evaluators, donors, and academics who share best and emerging practices on how to design, monitor, and evaluate peacebuilding programs. Through greater […]

On Friday 21 April 2017, Pax Christi International is organising a panel discussion entitled ‘Nonviolence: a Style of Politics for Peace’. The panel discussion will focus on the potential of nonviolent strategies and tools, especially as part of EU policies responding to conflicts in the world. Participants will gain greater understanding about nonviolent approaches to […]

'The Evolution of Collective Impact' is part of a webinar series which DME for Peace are hosting. DME for Peace is a global community of practitioners, evaluators, donors, and academics who share best and emerging practices on how to design, monitor, and evaluate peacebuilding programs. Through greater collaboration and transparency we hope to increase the […]

Conflict prevention has become a major item on the international agenda. From the times of Kofi Annan’s pledge to move "from a culture of reaction to a culture of prevention" to the three priorities of the new UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres – "prevention, prevention and prevention." The crucial challenge today is how to shift […]

The Concordis Peace Together Conference 2017 entitled 'The essence of peacebuilding: economics or politics?' will take place on Wednesday 14 June 2017 at 14.00, followed by a reception hosted by Clifford Chance LLP from 18.00 to 20.00. Speakers at the conference will explore the role of economic development in peacebuilding programmes at national, regional and […]

World Vision Brussels & EU Representation and the European Commission are co-organising an event entitled 'Faces of today, leaders of tomorrow – EU joins forces with girls to end violence for good' on Thursday 29 June 2017. Every year, violence affects over one billion children around the world and occurs in every country and every […]