'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 […]
Civil society, including women’s organisations, is at the forefront of efforts to build peaceful and prosperous societies. Their activity in the Western Balkans is, however, undermined by serious political, security and financial challenges, and governments’ attempts to discredit and weaken those civil society organisations which criticise them is a particularly worrying trend. A delegation of […]
'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 […]
On Thursday 18 May 2017, Maastricht University is organising a workshop entitled 'Implementing the EU Global Strategy: EU civilian crisis management and the integrated approach in perspective' in the framework of the EU-CIVCAP project. PROGRAMME 14:00 Registration 14:30 Comparing EU, UN and OSCE approaches to conflict prevention, crisis management and peacebuilding Chair: Prof. Sophie Vanhoonacker, […]
As part of national and international counter-terrorism efforts, Tunisia’s highly marginalised border regions have been the focus of the Tunisian state and international partners in attempts to strengthen security in the country and the region. However, the experience of people living in these areas shows that restrictions on border trade as a result of these […]