25 Nov 2020 Incremental inclusivity in peace processes

Our study shows how peace processes benefit from inclusivity when the timing is right.
19 Nov 2020 Online event, 2 Dec: Women's agency in war and peace
9 Nov 2020 Fifth anniversary of the Service Centre Peace Education
29 Oct 2020 UNSCR 1325 turns 20

Véronique Dudouet
8 Oct 2020 "Peace really must be for everyone, everywhere and anytime"

The Berghof Approach

While conflict is inevitable, violence is not. We bring people in conflict together, creating space for conflict transformation.

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What is conflict transformation?

Learn about conflict transformation and other key themes in our work.

Project Highlight Afghanistan: Fostering peace negotiations

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.
Project Highlight Servicestelle Friedensbildung

Das Projekt bietet Lernmedien, Fortbildungen für Lehrkräfte und Schulaktivitäten zur Stärkung der Friedensbildung an Schulen in Baden-Württemberg.
Course Advanced peace mediation

This course is a five-day intensive programme, designed for experienced mediators who work at Track 1-1.5 levels.

Help us do more So much money is spent on war. It's time to invest in peace

When you donate, you enable us to sustain and expand our work where it is most needed.
Impact Insider peacebuilders resolving local conflicts in Somalia

We supported the creation of a network of insider peacebuilders who have the skills and experience to encourage dialogue and reconciliation in Somali communities.
Impact Solving local conflicts to unblock development

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