29 Dec 2020 Our work in 2020

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.
5 Jan 2021 Constitutions and peace processes: Event on 28 January
21 Dec 2020 Latest developments in the Afghan peace process: A commentary

Hans-Joachim Giessmann
9 Dec 2020 Youth for peace
25 Nov 2020 Incremental inclusivity in peace processes

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?

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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.
Course Advanced peace mediation

This course is a five-day intensive programme, designed for experienced mediators who work at Track 1-1.5 levels.
Project Highlight Yemen: Strengthening inclusive local governance

The project supports mediation, local consultation, and dialogue in four Yemeni governorates and seeks to include local governance issues in the peace process.

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Impact Keeping doors open in Yemen

We continue to support inclusive Yemeni dialogues on the framework, substance, and mechanisms of a peace process.
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