News and Insight

Marina Elbakidze is Project Coordinator at the Caucasus Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development (CIPDD). She talks about the importance of peacebuilding partnerships in the Georgian-Abkhaz context.

Inclusive societies are more resilient and less prone to violent conflict, and achieving greater inclusion is a widely accepted peacebuilding goal. What’s less obvious however, is the journey people in less equal and inclusive societies need to take to get there.

On May 2 the Basque organisation ETA publicly announced its dissolution, 50 years after claiming its first victim. During its lifespan the organisation has left a bloody trail of more than 800 killings. Throughout the past few years, Conciliation Resources has been supporting the Social Forum and other civil society organisations in working to end the armed struggle.

This week, Conciliation Resources hosted a delegation in London representing the newly established Commission for the Clarification of Truth, Coexistence, and Non-Repetition in Colombia.

Collaborative partnerships are at the heart of the way Conciliation Resources works. We believe in genuine, two-way partnerships, characterised by mutual support and learning. In our latest film, our partners and staff share their thoughts on what makes an effective peacebuilding partnership.

Froilyn Mendoza is the head of the Teduray-Lambangian Women’s Organisation (TLWOI), one of our partner organisations working in the Philippines. She travelled to London earlier this year to take part in our three-day workshop on partnerships, we asked her about her partnership journey with us.

Since 2012, Father Mark has worked with Conciliation Resources to support returnees from the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). Here, he discusses his partnership with Conciliation Resources, and what make it effective.

Esta semana, Conciliation Resources recibió en Londres a una delegación de representantes de la recién establecida Comisión para el Esclarecimiento de la Verdad, la Convivencia y la No Repetición en Colombia.

It is nearly ten years since the beginning of the Boko Haram insurgency in northeast Nigeria. Conciliation Resources and The Kukah Centre interviewed over 1,000 people living in the region to ask about their views on the current response and what they thought was needed for peace.

Participation of women and other excluded groups in peace talks and political bargaining is important for sustainable peace. Clear opportunities to support gender inclusion exist in all phases of a peace process – before, during and after a peace agreement. 

After more than 50 years of war, Colombia is now 16 months in to the implementation of an historic peace agreement.