Large-scale investments in fragile states – in Latin America, Africa, the former Soviet Union and Asia – have increasingly become magnets for conflict that undermines business, development and security. International policy has so far responded to these challenges with regulation, state-building and institutional reform, but with poor and often perverse results. Caught up in old […]

What is the African Union (AU)? What role does it play in Africa and beyond? How effectively does it operate? What can the Netherlands achieve with the AU in areas such as peace and security, migration and international justice? Especially as the Netherlands prepares for the 2018 term in the UN Security Council: what do […]

In addition to the loss of human life and creating severe humanitarian crises, the destruction of cultural heritage has played a prominent role in the ongoing conflicts in Syria and Iraq, and in the recent conflict in Mali. For example, this issue recently came into the spotlight in September 2015, when the International Criminal Court […]

In June 2016, EU High Representative Federica Mogherini, with the publication of the Global Strategy Global Strategy for the EU’s Foreign and Security Policy, shared her vision of how Europe should position itself as a global player in a conflict-ridden and highly complex world. In light of the new geopolitical situation and the myriad of […]

The European Parliament’s Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG) is hosting a seminar entitled 'Preventing election related Violence: What Role for Political Mediation and Dialogue' in co-operation with the European Centre for Electoral Support (ECES), the European External Action Service (EEAS), the European Institute of Peace (EIP) and the European Peacebuilding Liaison Office (EPLO). […]

Efforts by the international community to prevent election violence have evolved over the last few years. There is broad recognition today that prevention mechanisms need to address root causes of violence through a more coherent approach. Quaker organisations such as the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) have contributed to reducing post-election violence in Kenya by […]

How can the peacebuilding field tackle the unique challenges of peacebuilding evaluation and learning? The Peacebuilding Evaluation Consortium (PEC), the Alliance for Peacebuilding (AfP) and EPLO invite you to a lunchtime roundtable meeting to present and discuss the PEC’s draft Guiding Steps for Peacebuilding. The document aims to help organisations to enhance how they conduct […]

On Wednesday 21 March, the European Peacebuilding Liaison Office, the United Nations and the World Bank Group are co-organising an event entitled 'A Joint United Nations and World Bank Study: ‘Pathways for Peace: Inclusive Approaches to Preventing Violent Conflict'. Opening Remarks: Barbara Pesce-Monteiro, UN Director in Brussels Moderator: Sonya Reines-Djivanides, Executive Director of the European […]

On Thursday 24 May, DME for Peace will hold a webinar with Tilman Brück and Neil T. Ferguson of the International Security and Development Center, who will lead a discussion on "Do Jobs Aid Peace? The Impact of Employment Programming on Peace". That employment builds peace backstops over 2,450 interventions; and good theories suggest the […]

Join DME for Peace on Thursday, June 21st at 16:00 CET as Ian Morrison & Isaac Galiwango of USAID’s Supporting Access to Justice, Fostering Equity and Peace Project lead a discussion on “Outcome Harvesting: A Solution for Evidence-Based Programming?” Click here to register now This webinar examines the Outcome Harvesting Methodology used by the USAID’s […]