
The Berghof Approach
While conflict is inevitable, violence is not. We bring people in conflict together, creating space for conflict transformation.
As 2021 arrives, we take a quick look back at a few highlights from our work in 2020 and the prospects for peace for 2021.
Hans-Joachim Giessmann
While conflict is inevitable, violence is not. We bring people in conflict together, creating space for conflict transformation.
Learn about conflict transformation and other key themes in our work.
The overall goal of Berghof’s work in this region is to support Afghan-driven efforts to resolve the protracted conflict and to restore resilient and sustainable peace.
This course is a five-day intensive programme, designed for experienced mediators who work at Track 1-1.5 levels.
The project supports mediation, local consultation, and dialogue in four Yemeni governorates and seeks to include local governance issues in the peace process.
We continue to support inclusive Yemeni dialogues on the framework, substance, and mechanisms of a peace process.
In Al-Absiyya, a small village in Yemen’s mountainous central highlands, the brand-new local health centre lay slowly falling apart for the last four years.
Peace making is no longer just an amateur art form, it really has become a discipline. […] and the German Berghof Foundation have done an enormous amount to turn this into a discipline. Peace making is no longer just an amateur art form, it really has become a discipline. […] and the German Berghof Foundation have done an enormous amount to turn this into a discipline.
Ashraf Ghani, President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani, President of Afghanistan