'Changing the Narrative on War & Violence' is part of a webinar series on M&E and Ethics in the Digital Age 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. […]
On 25 August, swisspeace is organising the book launch of 'Taking Economic, Cultural and Social Rights Seriously in International Criminal Law' by Evelyne Schmid with the participation of Dr. iur. Evelyne Schmid (University of Basel) and Prof. Frank Haldemann (University of Geneva). In her recent book, Evelyne Schmid challenges the widespread belief that economic, social […]
The European Forum on Armed Drones (EFAD) is an informal interest group set up in 2015 for NGO professionals concerned about issues relating to armed drones. It provides opportunities for networking, information sharing, and the coordination of advocacy. All interested NGO professionals are welcome, whether or not they have previously taken part in an EFAD […]
Although the democratic election of a new government in 2014 ended five years of political crisis in Madagascar, the situation in the country remains fragile and volatile with potential for increased tensions and possibly even a new crisis in the run-up to presidential elections in 2018. Poverty is widespread and the country’s overall economic and […]
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has revised its Recommendation 8 on nonprofits (NPOs) to no longer characterise them as being 'particularly vulnerable' to terrorist abuse, and made important changes to the Interpretive Note to this Recommendation. NPOs are now wondering how their countries will react to these revisions and how they can ensure that […]
In the absence of political progress in Geneva to end the war in Syria, Syrian civil society groups are working together to end the Syrian crisis and establish a future Syria where equal rights and responsibilities are granted to all Syrians. In this EPLO Brown Bag Lunch discussion, a delegation of Syrian civil society activists […]
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 […]
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 […]
'Ask an Evaluator!' is part of a webinar series on M&E and Ethics in the Digital Age 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 […]
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 […]