# EPLO: eplo

> The European Peacebuilding Liaison Office \(EPLO\) is the independent civil society platform of European NGOs, NGO networks and think tanks that are committed to peacebuilding and the prevention of violent conflict\.

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## Pages
- [Resources](https://eplo.org/resources/)
- [Civil Society Dialogue Network](https://eplo.org/csdn/)
- [Become a Member](https://eplo.org/get-involved/become-a-member/)
- [Policy work](https://eplo.org/what-we-do/policy-work/)
- [What We Do](https://eplo.org/what-we-do/)

## Posts
- [MFF Statement \- Ensuring the EU continues to finance conflict prevention and peacebuilding after 2027](https://eplo.org/mff-statement/)
- [Peace in Practice: a conversation with peacebuilders](https://eplo.org/peace-in-practice-a-conversation-with-peacebuilders/)
- [EPLO Statement \- Global Europe: ensuring the EU continues to fund conflict prevention and peacebuilding](https://eplo.org/eplo-statement-global-europe/)
- [EPLO Statement \- Reaffirming and safeguarding the EU’s approach to Women, Peace and Security](https://eplo.org/eplo-statement-reaffirming-and-safeguarding-the-eus-approach-to-women-peace-and-security/)

## Mega Menu Items
- [elementor\-mega\-item\-48](https://eplo.org/jet-menu/elementor-mega-item-48/)
- [elementor\-mega\-item\-49](https://eplo.org/jet-menu/elementor-mega-item-49/)
- [elementor\-mega\-item\-1283](https://eplo.org/jet-menu/elementor-mega-item-1283/)
- [elementor\-mega\-item\-51](https://eplo.org/jet-menu/elementor-mega-item-51/)
- [elementor\-mega\-item\-46](https://eplo.org/jet-menu/elementor-mega-item-46/)

## JetPopup
- [Detail \- Staff](https://eplo.org/jet-popup/detail-staff/)
- [Detail \- Member](https://eplo.org/jet-popup/detail-member/)

## Trainings
- [Diploma de Acción Humanitaria \(in Spanish\)](https://eplo.org/trainings/diploma-de-accion-humanitaria-in-spanish/)
- [Other test](https://eplo.org/trainings/other-test/)
- [Community Dialogue Processes](https://eplo.org/trainings/community-dialogue-processes/)

## Vacancies
- [Kvinna till Kvinna \- WPS Consortium Coordinator](https://eplo.org/vacancies/34496/)
- [GPPAC \- Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer](https://eplo.org/vacancies/gppac-planning-monitoring-evaluation-and-learning-officer/)
- [GPPAC \- Network Coordinator](https://eplo.org/vacancies/gppac-network-coordinator/)
- [CMI \- Project Manager, Ukraine](https://eplo.org/vacancies/cmi-project-manager-ukraine/)
- [Climate\-Sensitive Peacebuilding Policy Officer](https://eplo.org/vacancies/climate-sensitive-peacebuilding-policy-officer/)

## Newsletters
- [Test newsletter](https://eplo.org/14/test-newsletter/)

## Announcements
- [The Power Of Unity: How Group Cohesion Shapes Peace Negotiations](https://eplo.org/announcements/titre-de-la-pub/)
- [Towards a More Inclusive and Rigorous Peacebuilding Evaluation: An Emerging Integrated Framework \(May 2023\)](https://eplo.org/announcements/towards-a-more-inclusive-and-rigorous-peacebuilding-evaluation-an-emerging-integrated-framework-may-2023/)
- [Publication test](https://eplo.org/announcements/publication-test/)

## Events
- [Funding Instruments Meeting](https://eplo.org/events/funding-instruments-meeting/)
- [NGO Roundtable Meeting in The Netherlands  \- Dutch Perspectives on Peacebuilding in a Changing Landscape of EU External Action](https://eplo.org/events/ngo-roundtable-meeting-in-the-netherlands-dutch-perspectives-on-peacebuilding-in-a-changing-landscape-of-eu-external-action/)
- [Geographic Meeting on climate and security in Somalia](https://eplo.org/events/geographic-meeting-on-climate-and-security-in-somalia/)
- [Training Seminar \(24\-26 June\)](https://eplo.org/events/training-seminar-24-26-june/)
- [Somalia Briefing Paper Call](https://eplo.org/events/somalia-briefing-paper-call/)

## User Blogs
- [Consequat Reiciendi](https://eplo.org/profilegrid_blogs/consequat-reiciendi/)
- [Dignissimos qui sit](https://eplo.org/profilegrid_blogs/dignissimos-qui-sit/)

## Listing Items/Components
- [Publication MEMBER ltem](https://eplo.org/?jet-engine=publication-member-ltem)
- [Latest news](https://eplo.org/?jet-engine=38336)
- [List \- Staff](https://eplo.org/?jet-engine=list-staff)
- [EPLO Blog listing](https://eplo.org/?jet-engine=eplo-blog-listing)
- [EPLO Events](https://eplo.org/?jet-engine=eplo-events)

## EPLO Blog
- [Aligning the EU Budget with Women, Peace and Security](https://eplo.org/eplo-blog/aligning-the-eu-budget-with-women-peace-and-security/): At the end of March, our Policy Officer Marie Lena on behalf EPLO participated at the conference ‘Gender Budgeting in the New EU Multiannual Financial Framework: Making Budgets work for Gender Equality and Women’s Human Rights in Europe’, organised by the European Gender Budgeting Network in collaboration with the Cyprus Gender Budgeting Platform and the Foundation FIMONOI\. 
- [Water, Peace and Conflict: Recommendations from Civil Society](https://eplo.org/eplo-blog/water-peace-and-conflict-recommendations-from-civil-society/): In the framework of the Civil Society Dialogue Network \(CSDN\) \[1\], EPLO organised a Geographic Meeting on Water, Peace and Conflict: Exchanging on Opportunities and Best Practices in October 2022\. The aim of the meeting was to exchange and to gather input on how the EU should enhance the way it addresses the linkages between the climate crisis, water resources, and peace and conflict dynamics, particularly in relation to mediation and issues of governance\. The geographic focus of the discussions was the Middle East and North Africa \(MENA\), and the Horn of Africa\.
- [Q\&A with Nina Bernarding \(CFFP\) on Germany’s Feminist Foreign Policy and its implications for the EU](https://eplo.org/eplo-blog/qa-with-nina-bernarding-cffp-on-germanys-feminist-foreign-policy-and-its-implications-for-the-eu/): On 13 April 2023, Marie Lena Groenewald spoke with Nina Bernarding, co\-founder of the Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy \(CFFP\) about the recent developments for Feminist Foreign Policy \(FFP\) in Germany, focusing on the new ‘Federal Foreign Official Guidelines on Shaping Feminist Foreign Policy’ 
- [What Mariama Diomande can teach us about social cohesion](https://eplo.org/eplo-blog/what-mariama-diomande-can-teach-us-about-social-cohesion/): In the new EPLO documentary, “MARIAMA”, we meet Mariama Diomande, a young Ivorian woman who has dedicated herself to building peace in her community in Abidjan, in the wake of the violence that engulfed Côte d’Ivoire following the 2010 election\.
- [Peace in the Humanitarian\-Development\-Peace Nexus: Key Recommendations](https://eplo.org/eplo-blog/peace-in-the-humanitarian-development-peace-nexus-key-recommendations/): Since the European Union \(EU\) published its Global Strategy for Foreign and Security Policy in 2016, it has made steady efforts to strengthen the connections between its humanitarian, development and peacebuilding actions\. However, despite the progress achieved, there remain across EU services and delegations different understandings of the peace component of the humanitarian\-development\-peace \(HDP\) nexus

## EPLO Publications
- [EPLO reaction concerning the Commission proposal for the post\-2027 EU ](https://eplo.org/eplo-publications/mff-statement-ensuring-the-eu-continues-to-finance-conflict-prevention-and-peacebuilding-after-2027/): EPLO publishes its reaction to the European Commission's proposal for the post\-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework \(MFF\)\.
- [MFF Statement – Ensuring the EU continues to finance conflict prevention and peacebuilding after 2027](https://eplo.org/eplo-publications/mff-statement-ensuring-the-eu-continues-to-finance-conflict-prevention-and-peacebuilding-after-2027-2/): We call for greater investment in CP\-PB as a tool that remains essential for the fulfilment of the EU’s international commitments, its external action strategic framework, and for the EU’s international influence amid rising challenges\. Not only is CP\-PB strategic, preventing violent conflicts makes economic sense\.
- [Letter to Ministers \- Foreign Affairs Council on Development](https://eplo.org/eplo-publications/letter-to-ministers-foreign-affairs-council-on-development/): On 18 May 2026, Ministers for Development Cooperation of EU Member States will meet at the Foreign Affairs Council \(FAC\) on Development\. With negotiations on the next Multiannual Financial Framework underway, this meeting is a key opportunity to shape the future of EU external action, at a time when fragility and conflict are rising globally\.
- [EPLO Statement – Global Europe: ensuring the EU continues to fund conflict prevention and peacebuilding](https://eplo.org/eplo-publications/eplo-statement-global-europe-ensuring-the-eu-continues-to-fund-conflict-prevention-and-peacebuilding/): EPLO released its official statement accompanied by the brief on the European Commission’s proposal for a new Global Europe regulation\. The focus of this contribution is clear: the European Union must continue to invest in conflict prevention and peacebuilding \(CP\-PB\) beyond 2027
- [EPLO Annual Report 2025](https://eplo.org/eplo-publications/eplo-annual-report-2025/): EPLO’s Annual Report 2025 offers an overview of the network’s work and collective achievements over the past year\.

## EPLO events
- [Diplomeds Exchange on Mediation, Dialogue and Peacebuilding in the Mediterranean](https://eplo.org/eplo-events/diplomeds-exchange-on-mediation-dialogue-and-peacebuilding-in-the-mediterranean/): On 5 May 2026, EPLO and Diplomeds, The Council for Mediterranean Diplomacy, in cooperation with the Friedrich\-Ebert\-Stiftung, convened a closed\-door roundtable in Brussels bringing together practitioners from mediation and diplomacy, alongside experts and peacebuilders from across Mediterranean countries\.
- [Roundtable Discussion with Geneva Call](https://eplo.org/eplo-events/roundtable-discussion-with-geneva-call/)
- [EPLO 2026 General Assembly](https://eplo.org/eplo-events/eplo-2026-general-assembly/): On 17 April 2026, EPLO held its Annual General Assembly, bringing together its 50\+ member organisations from across Europe\.
- [EPLO Brown Bag Lunch with Geneva Call: Civilian Protection, Conflict Prevention and Dialogue with Armed Groups and Communities in Sudan](https://eplo.org/eplo-events/eplo-brown-bag-lunch-with-geneva-call-civilian-protection-conflict-prevention-and-dialogue-with-armed-groups-and-communities-in-sudan/): During April 17, EPLO hosted a Brown Bag Lunch discussion with Geneva Call \(LINK\), focusing on civilian protection, conflict prevention and dialogue with armed actors and communities in Sudan\.
- [CMI \- Brown Bag on Sudan with CMI Sudan Team](https://eplo.org/eplo-events/cmi-brown-bag-on-sudan-with-cmi-sudan-team/): On Thursday 22 May 2025 at 12:30\-14:00 CET / Brussels time, CMI, in co\-organization with EPLO, hosted an informal lunch discussion with Sir Nicholas Kay, CMI Senior Advisor, Sylvia Thomson, Senior Manager and Amir Salim, Advisor\. 

## CSDN Events
- [Shaping Peace and Security in the Western Balkans: Civil Society Perspectives on EU Integration](https://eplo.org/csdn-events/shaping-peace-and-security-in-the-western-balkans-civil-society-perspectives-on-eu-integration/): Meeting in Prishtina gathered civil society from the Western Balkans to discuss peace, security and EU integration, exploring how EU partnerships and reforms can support regional stability and reconciliation\.
- [Policy Meeting on European Civil Society Organisations’ input to the UN Peacebuilding Architecture Review 2025](https://eplo.org/csdn-events/policy-meeting-on-european-civil-society-organisations-input-to-the-un-peacebuilding-architecture-review-2025/): Civil society organisations met in Brussels to discuss the UN Peacebuilding Architecture Review and identify recommendations relevant for the EU and its Member States ahead of the 2025 review process\.
- [Conference on Youth, Peace and Security in YPS Week](https://eplo.org/csdn-events/conference-on-youth-peace-and-security-in-yps-week/): During EU YPS Week, CSDN sessions examined Youth, Peace and Security action plans and links with other agendas\. Young peacebuilders, EU representatives and partners joined discussions on youth participation in peacebuilding\.
- [CSDN Member State Meeting: Building Partnerships to Secure Peace](https://eplo.org/csdn-events/csdn-member-state-meeting-building-partnerships-to-secure-peace/): Meeting in Rome gathered policymakers, mediation experts and civil society to discuss partnerships for peace ahead of EU Peace Week, focusing on collaboration, mediation initiatives and evolving conflict dynamics\.
- [The EU’s role in a shifting global order: promoting peace through a strong Women, Peace and Security agenda](https://eplo.org/csdn-events/the-eus-role-in-a-shifting-global-order-promoting-peace-through-a-strong-women-peace-and-security-agenda/): Policy meeting in Brussels discussed the future of the EU’s Women, Peace and Security agenda\. Participants reflected on its role within broader debates on peace, security governance and EU external action\.

## CSDN Publications
- [Climate, Peace and Security: Entry points for EU engagement in complex partnership contexts\. Perspectives on the Sahel](https://eplo.org/csdn-publications/climate-peace-and-security-entry-points-for-eu-engagement-in-complex-partnership-contexts-perspectives-on-the-sahel/): This CSDN meeting report documents the discussions from the online Geographic Meeting held on 3 June 2026, bringing together civil society organisations and EU institutions to explore how climate and environmental programming can open entry points for engagement in contexts where formal diplomatic frameworks are limited
- [EU Frameworks on Climate, Peace and Security \(EN / FR\)](https://eplo.org/csdn-publications/eu-frameworks-on-climate-peace-and-security-en-fr/): This background paper traces the evolution of EU policy at the intersection of climate, peace and security, from early recognition of climate change as a threat multiplier to the current geopolitical moment\.
- [Conflict Prevention, Peacebuilding and Crisis Response in the Next Multiannual Financial Framework](https://eplo.org/csdn-publications/conflict-prevention-peacebuilding-and-crisis-response-in-the-next-multiannual-financial-framework-3/): This CSDN Background Paper provides the policy and budgetary context for the April 2026 Policy Meeting on conflict prevention, peacebuilding and crisis response in the next Multiannual Financial Framework\.
- [Conflict prevention, peacebuilding and crisis response in the next Multiannual Financial Framework](https://eplo.org/csdn-publications/conflict-prevention-peacebuilding-and-crisis-response-in-the-next-multiannual-financial-framework/): This report presents discussions from a Civil Society Dialogue Network \(CSDN\) Policy Meeting on conflict prevention, peacebuilding and crisis response in the context of the next Multiannual Financial Framework \(MFF\)\.
- [The EU's engagement in Sudan: Perceptions and Recommendations from Civil Society](https://eplo.org/csdn-publications/the-eus-engagement-in-sudan-perceptions-and-recommendations-from-civil-society/): This CSDN Country Briefing Paper brings together insights from civil society actors and EU stakeholders to explore how the European Union is engaging in Sudan today, and what could be strengthened moving forward\.

## EPLO Steering Committee
- [Hilde Deeman](https://eplo.org/eplo-steering-commit/tracey-martin/)
- [Peter Marsden ](https://eplo.org/eplo-steering-commit/peter-marsden/)
- [Judy McCallum](https://eplo.org/eplo-steering-commit/judy-mccallum/)
- [Santa Falasca](https://eplo.org/eplo-steering-commit/santa-falasca/)
- [Dr Jibecke Joensson](https://eplo.org/eplo-steering-commit/dr-jibecke-joensson/)

## Members' Publications
- [Wise](https://eplo.org/?members-publication=wise)
- [un ponte per](https://eplo.org/?members-publication=un-ponte-per)
- [Transparency international](https://eplo.org/?members-publication=transparency-international)
- [swisspeace](https://eplo.org/?members-publication=swisspeace)
- [sfcg](https://eplo.org/?members-publication=sfcg)

## Staff
- [Carlotta Venza](https://eplo.org/?staff=carlotta-venza)
- [Marie Lena Groenewald](https://eplo.org/?staff=marie-lena-groenewald)
- [Aurélie Buytaert](https://eplo.org/?staff=aurelie-buytaert)
- [Dearbhaile O'Callaghan](https://eplo.org/?staff=dearbhaile-ocallaghan)
- [Lorenzo Conti](https://eplo.org/?staff=lorenzo-conti)

## Organizations \(Public organizations\)
- [Youth Initiative for Human Rights](https://eplo.org/member/youth-initiative-for-human-rights/)
- [Women in International Security](https://eplo.org/member/women-in-international-security/)
- [WeWorld](https://eplo.org/member/weworld/)
- [The Shaikh Group](https://eplo.org/member/the-shaikh-group/)
- [Sustainable Cooperation for Peace and Security](https://eplo.org/member/sustainable-cooperation-for-peace-and-security/)

## Categories
- [News](https://eplo.org/category/news/)
- [Publications](https://eplo.org/category/publications/)
- [Geographic focus](https://eplo.org/category/geographic-focus/)
- [EU Policies](https://eplo.org/category/eu-policies/)
- [Funding for Peace](https://eplo.org/category/funding-for-peace/)

## Tags
- [Brown Bag Lunch](https://eplo.org/tag/brown-bag-lunch/)
- [CSDN](https://eplo.org/tag/csdn/)
- [Climate crisis and Peacebuilding](https://eplo.org/tag/climate-crisis-and-peacebuilding/)
- [EU policy](https://eplo.org/tag/eu-policy/)
- [Peace](https://eplo.org/tag/peace/)

## Types
- [Job](https://eplo.org/vacancy_type/job/)
- [jobs](https://eplo.org/vacancy_type/jobs/)

## Event tags
- [Event CSDN](https://eplo.org/event-tags/event-csdn/)
- [Event](https://eplo.org/event-tags/event/)

## Blog Author
- [Marie Lena Groenewald](https://eplo.org/blog-author/marie-lena-groenewald/)

## EPLO Blog type
- [Insight](https://eplo.org/eplo-blog-type/insight/)
- [Analysis](https://eplo.org/eplo-blog-type/analysis/)

## EPLO event type
- [Brown Bag Lunch](https://eplo.org/eplo-event-type/brown-bag-lunch/)
- [Other](https://eplo.org/eplo-event-type/other/)

## EPLO Publication type
- [EPLO Statement](https://eplo.org/eplo-publication-type/eplo-statement/)
- [Annual Report](https://eplo.org/eplo-publication-type/annual-report/)
- [Joint Letter](https://eplo.org/eplo-publication-type/joint-letter/)
- [Other](https://eplo.org/eplo-publication-type/other/)

## csdn phase event
- [CSDN V](https://eplo.org/csdn-phase-event/csdn-v/)

## csdn event type
- [Policy Meeting](https://eplo.org/csdn-meeting-type/policy-meeting/)
- [Training Seminar](https://eplo.org/csdn-meeting-type/training-seminar/)
- [Geographic Meeting](https://eplo.org/csdn-meeting-type/geographic-meeting/)
- [Member State Meeting](https://eplo.org/csdn-meeting-type/member-state-meeting/)
- [NGO Roundtable Meeting](https://eplo.org/csdn-meeting-type/ngo-roundtable-meeting/)

## Publication Type
- [Meeting Report](https://eplo.org/publication-type/meeting-report/)
- [Background Paper](https://eplo.org/publication-type/background-paper/)
- [Discussion Paper](https://eplo.org/publication-type/discussion-paper/)
- [Country/ Regional Briefing Paper](https://eplo.org/publication-type/country-regional-briefing-paper/)

## CSDN Phase
- [CSDN V](https://eplo.org/csdn-phase/csdn-v/)

## Role
- [Members](https://eplo.org/role/members/)
- [Chair](https://eplo.org/role/chair/)

## Tags
- [Temporibus et cum au](https://eplo.org/blog_tag/temporibus-et-cum-au/)
- [Atque ut cupidatat v](https://eplo.org/blog_tag/atque-ut-cupidatat-v/)

## Optional
- [Sitemap index](https://eplo.org/sitemap_index.xml)