EPLO Member Organisation Event – National Dialogues at crossroads

In the Berghof Foundation's event to launch the paper on “National Dialogues x Digitalisation” it will explore how digitalisation shapes National Dialogues and to what extent National Dialogues may contribute to shaping digitalisation. National Dialogues are nationally owned political processes aimed at generating consensus among a broad range of national stakeholders in times of deep […]

EPLO Member Organisation Event: Growing Violence, Dwindling Aid: Rohingya Crisis at an Inflection Point

More than six years after more than 700,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar’s Rakhine State to Bangladesh, the now protracted crisis has reached an important inflection point. Conditions in the world’s largest refugee camp are worsening, with a spike in killings, crime and a four-fold rise in abductions compounded by dwindling humanitarian assistance. Many refugees have little […]

Book Conversation: Foreign Aid and Its Unintended Consequences

Foreign aid, be it humanitarian, peacebuilding or development support, frequently brings with it a range of unintended consequences. In his new book, ‘Foreign Aid and its Unintended Consequences’ Prof. Dirk-Jan Koch brings together his teams’ research and his personal experiences with the side effects of foreign aid. The book, which is aimed at development practitioners, […]

Book Conversation: Rethinking Illicit Economies In Opium And Cocaine

Illicit economies in opium and cocaine are generally regarded only as criminological problems to be solved mainly by law enforcement – which may be why sustainable solutions remain elusive. In his new book ‘Rethinking Illicit Economies in Opium and Cocaine: Policy Responses to Drug Crops in the Global South’, Dr Eric D. U. Gutierrez opens […]

Informal roundtable discussion: Futures thinking and foresight in dialogue and mediation practice

Futures thinking and foresight refer to an ecosystem of approaches, methods, tools, practices, and processes aimed at creating a space to imagine the factors and forces shaping the future. In peacemaking praxis, these methodologies can enable participatory analysis of key issues and beliefs among conflict stakeholders, as well as the joint creation of alternative futures. The envisioned futures function as shared and […]