EPLO Brown Bag Lunch Event – A threat inflated? The countering and preventing violent extremism agenda in Kyrgyzstan

Saferworld’s recently-published long read article entitled ‘A threat inflated? The countering and preventing violent extremism agenda in Kyrgyzstan’ looks at how – in response to a series of high-profile attacks and reports of recruitment into violent groups – donors, multilateral agencies, authorities and many (I)NGOs in Kyrgyzstan have shifted their attention to countering or preventing […]

EPLO Member Organisation Event: Policy Paper Launch & Panel Discussion ‘Peace, illicit drugs and the SDGs: a development gap’

Brunei Lecture Theatre SOAS, University of London Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, Bloomsbury, London

Four years ago, the United Nations created the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the aim of providing a “blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all.” Yet in the SDGS there is no mention of the illicit drug economies that for many marginalised communities around the world have become a vital coping […]

EPLO Member Organisation Event – Demonstrating the Impact of Locally-led Peacebuilding

Join DME for Peace next Thursday, July 18th at 10am EDT, as Phil Vernon, Report Writer, and Scarlett Kassimatis, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Adviser at Peace Direct, join the M&E Thursday Talks to lead a discussion on “Demonstrating the Impact of Locally-led Peacebuilding.” Peacebuilding is now widely accepted as an indispensable dimension of responses in […]

EPLO Member Organisation Event – M&E Thursday Talks – Sri Lanka’s Community Memorialization Project

Join DME for Peace next Thursday, 15 August, as Radhika Hetti, Researcher and Curator of The Herstories Project, joins the M&E Thursday Talks to lead a discussion on “Memorialization: Lessons Learned from Sri Lanka.” Radhika Hetti will share lessons learned from developing and implementing the Community Memorialization Project, which is a joint project between Search […]

EPLO Member Organisation Event – M&E Thursday Talks – Understanding the Interplay Between Media and Democracy

Join DME for Peace on Thursday, September 5th at 10am EDT, as Sarah Rapucci of Freedom House, joins the M&E Thursday Talks to lead a discussion on “Understanding the Interplay Between Media and Democracy.” Sarah Rapucci will lead a discussion on the relationship between media and democracy. Rapucci will take a deep-dive into Freedom House’s […]

EPLO Member Organisation Event – Geneva Peace Talks

Palais des Nations Geneva

Every year, the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. The United Nations General Assembly has declared this a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and people. The 2019 Geneva Peace Talks is organized under the theme: Trust Matters. Through a series […]

PAX National Peace Week

PAX is organising every year a week entirely dedicated to peace in the Netherlands. In 2019, the Vredesweek will take place on 21-29 September. For more information about Vredesweek and this year's activities please click here.

EPLO Member Organisation Event – International Forum on Peacebuilding in Mexico

Mexico has been experiencing a serious crisis of security for many years, which seriously affects the human rights of people who live or travel there. The most worrying facts include the high rate of murders (33,000 in 2018) and forced disappearances (40,000 in the last 13 years), as well as the routine practice of torture […]

EPLO MEMBER ORGANISATION EVENT – Countering Violent Extremism: An Introductory Guide to Concepts, Programming, and Best Practices

Despite the recent growth of the countering violent extremism (CVE) field of practice, there has not yet been a publicly accessible training curriculum that offers a comprehensive introduction to this unique and sensitive approach. To address these gaps, Search and Hedayah have developed a culturally-literate training package aimed at raising awareness of CVE approaches. The […]