"The UKās peacebuilding approach achieved meaningful resultsā, the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) confirmed in its latest report published on 9 December 2022, ābut a more reliable and long-term funding approach would make them even betterā.
Russiaās invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 shattered Europeās security architecture, with far-reaching and unpredictable implications for conflicts in neighbouring regions where Russia plays a role. This discussion paper focuses on the impacts of war in Ukraine on the peace processes of the South Caucasus, a region fractured by protracted conflicts dating back to the 1990s.
2022 has seen the outbreak of more violent conflicts around the world, as well as new challenges to peacebuilding. The unpredictability of conflict requires innovative and creative ideas to respond quickly and explore new ways to build peace.
Itās becoming increasingly clear that climate change can exacerbate fragility and conflict. However, we still lack evidence to help us understand precisely how this happens. Gender provides a lens that can help us analyse and understand this, which in turn can support the development of effective conflict prevention and resolution strategies. Yet, gender, climate change and conflict have mostly been looked at in siloes, rather than in an interrelated way, when it comes to peacebuilding.
It can seem impossible for those caught up in violent conflict and its consequences to find space to imagine what peace might look like. Our new briefing paper explains how futures thinking can contribute to more sustainable peace processes. Looking to the future in a structured, purposeful way can help question current assumptions, compare different possibilities and enable conflict parties and societies to imagine alternative futures.
Alastair joined Conciliation Resources in November 2022, to support the organisationās work shaping counter-terrorism sanctions and developing policy messages on issues including gender, peace and security, mediation and dialogue and climate change and conflict. In this role, he is the co-chair of the Bond working group on Sanctions and Counterterrorism.
Women play an essential, but often under-recognised, role in peacebuilding. Our Europe-Asia Director, Laura Aumeer, spoke to Sparknews about the why and the how, and shares some resources and tips for sharper, more inclusive conflict-related stories.
Abdullahi Umar Eggi grew up in a nomadic family in Taraba State, Nigeria. After attending a nomadic school in Taraba and secondary school in Jos he graduated from the federal college of forestry, Jos, and then from the University of Jos with a BSc. in psychology. He has over a decade of experience conducting research on the sociology of pastoralism across northern Nigeria and the wider region. He speaks Fulfulde, Hausa, and English fluently.
Inter Mediate focuses on the most difficult, complex and dangerous conflicts where other organisations are unable to operate.
It brings together some of the worldās leading experts on dialogue and negotiation, who operate as a small and flexible team that fills a vital gap in the conflict resolution landscape. Through the facilitation of negotiation, Inter Mediate hopes to contribute towards a sustainable end to conflict.
A new platform for convening environmental experts, think tanks, business leaders and peacemakers across South Asia has been selected for the Paris Peace Forumās Scale-up Programme, which provides accelerated, customised support for the initiativeās development.
