Funders, partners, networks

Our work benefits from the generous funding of many donors who support our mission of creating space for conflict transformation.

• Berghof Foundation Trust
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH
• Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• European Commission, International Partnerships
• European External Action Service
• European Union, Horizon Europe
• Finkelstein Stiftung
• Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs
• Förderverein Peace Education
• French Embassy to Berlin
• German Federal Foreign Office
• German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
• German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
• Global Affairs Canada
• International Organisation for Migration
• Kultusministerium Baden-Württemberg
• Mercedes Stiftung
• Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Royal Danish Embassy Somalia
• Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
• Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
• United Nations Department of Peace Operations
• United Nations Development Programme
• Westminster Foundation for Democracy

Over the years, we have collaborated with or received support from many partners all around the world, including:

• Adelphi
• Afghan Human Rights Research and Advocacy Organization, Afghanistan
• African Foundation for Development (AFFORD), United Kingdom
• African Union High Level Implementation Panel for Sudan and South Sudan
• African Union Peace and Security Department
• Agency for Social, Economic & Cultural Development, Tskhinval/i
• Al- Balqa' Applied University, Jordan
• Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran
• Aluna Psicosocial
• American University of Beirut (Lebanon)
• Association for Development Cooperation (AGEH), Germany
• Association Internationale Soufie Allawiyya (AISA International ONG)
• Archiv der Jugendkulturen e.V.
• Atlantic Initiative, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Berlin Center for Integrative Mediation (CSSP), Germany
• Brot für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst, Germany
• Bundeskriminalamt
• Bundesministerium für Entwicklung und wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit (BMZ)
• Caucasus University, Tbilisi
• Center for Conflict Studies and Cultural Diversity, Prince of Songkla University (PSU), Thailand
• Center for Dialogue, Research and Cooperation, Ethiopia
• Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF), Germany
• Center for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPCS), Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
• Center for Peace Mediation at the Europa-Universität Viadrina, Germany
• Center for Public Policy and Democracy Studies (PODEM), Turkey
• Centre for Training and Development of Ex-Combatants (CEDAC), Burundi
• Centro de Investigación y Educación Popular (CINEP), Colombia
• City of Tübingen, Germany
• Clingendael Institute of International Relations - Conflict Research Unit, the Netherlands
• Common Space Initiative, Lebanon
• Como Consult GmbH, Germany
• Conciliation Resources, United Kingdom

• CTS-Makipura, Colombia
• Moro Women Development and Cultural Centre, Inc. (MWDECC), Mindanao

• Danish Refugee Council (DRC), Denmark
• Dar al-Fatwa, Lebanon
• Deep South Watch, Thailand
• Democracy Lab, Macedonia
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Germany
• EURICE European Research and Project Office GmbH (Germany)
• European External Action Service (EEAS), Belgium
• European Peacebuilding Liaison Office (EPLO), Belgium
• Escola de Cultura de Pau, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona (ECP), Spain
• ESSEC IRENÉ (Institute for Research and Education on Negotiation), France
• Faculty of Law and International Relations of Georgian Technical University, Tbilisi
• Finn Church Aid, Finland
• Fondation Maison des sciences de l‘homme (France)
• Free University of Tbilisi
• Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
• Fundacion Euroarabe de Altos Estudios (Spain)
• Gender and Development Initiative (GDI), Myanmar
• German Federal Foreign Office
• German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Germany
• German-Jordanian Society Reg.Soc.
• GIGA / German Institute for Global and Area Studies
• Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC), the Netherlands
• Government of Hirshabelle, Federal Member State of Somalia
• Hiiraan University, Beledweyne, Somalia
• Hellenic Foundation of European and Foreign Policy (Greece)
• Heritage Institute for Policy Studies, Somalia
• Hrant Dink Foundation (HDF), Turkey
• Hochschule Fresenius, University for Applied Sciences
• Ilia State University, Tbilisi
• Inmedio, Germany
• Institute for Democracy and Mediation (IDM), Albania
• Institute for Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand
• Institute for Peace Leadership and Governance at Africa University, Mutare, Zimbabwe
• Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH), Germany
• Institute of Islamic Strategic Affairs (IISA), UK
• Institute of Peace Studies, Prince of Songkla University (PSU), Thailand
• Institute of Political Science, University of Tübingen, Germany
• Institut für Politikwissenschaften der Universität Tübingen, Germany
• Institute of World Policy (IWP), Ukraine
• Intergovernmental Authority on Development, Djibouti
• International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, United States
• International Center on Conflict and Negotiation, Georgia
• International Organisation for Migration
• Interpeace
• Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia
• Jobkey University, Jowhar, Somalia
• Jordanian Society for Democratic Empowerment, Jordan
• Justice and Peace Service (JPS) Bamenda of the Catholic Archdiocese of Bamenda
• Kadtabanga Foundation for Peace and Development, Philippines
• Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (itas)
• King Prajadhipok’s Institute, The Office of Peace and Governance, Bangkok, Thailand
• Kosovar Centre for Security Studies, Kosovo
• Kriminologische Zentralstelle
• Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), United Kingdom
• Ludwig Maximilian Universität München (LMU), Institut für Kommunikationswissenschaft und Medienforschung
• Malaviya Centre for Peace Research at Banaras Hindu University (MCPR), India
• MediatEUr, Belgium
• MediaInk, Hargeisa, Somalia
• Ministry of Education, Jordan
• Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports Baden-Wuerttemberg
• Ministry of Higher Education, Jordan
• Modus – Zentrum für angewandte Deradikalisierungsforschung gGmbH

• Mothers of Abkhazia for Peace and Social Justice
• Nansen Center
• Nepal Peacebuilding Initiative, Nepal
• Open Horizons Co. Ltd., Nairobi, Kenya
• Open Think Tank (Iraq)
• Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development - Development Assistance Committee (OECD-DAC)
• Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM), Colombia
• Peace Boat, Japan
• Peace Counts Network, Germany
• Peace Development Center, Georgia
• Peace Information Center, Thammasat University, Thailand
• Peace Studies Institute, Prince of Songkla University (PSU), Thailand
• People’s College, Thailand
• Political Development Forum (PDF), Yemen
• ProPAZ GIZ, Colombia
• Public Policy and Democracy Studies (PODEM), Turkey
• Puntland State University, Somalia
• Pyidaungsu Institute for Peace and Dialogue, Myanmar
• Regional Development Support Society, Georgia
• Relief International
• Religions for Peace
• Robert Bosch Stiftung, Germany
• Sabauni - Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani University, Tbilisi
• Scouts Musulmans de France (SMF)
• Search for Common Ground
• Servicestelle Friedensbildung Baden-Württemberg
• Sfax University (Tunisia)
• SIMAD University, Somalia
• Sinergia S.A., Argentina
• Stanford University, USA
• South Sudanese Women’s Coalition
• South Sudan Youth Coalition
• Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Sweden
• Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft, Germany
• Swisspeace, Switzerland
• Stiftung Gedenkstätte Berlin-Hohenschönhausen
• Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Germany
• Tehran Peace Museum, Iran
• The Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Batumi
• The Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers
• Theodor Schneller Educational Training Centre, Jordan
• Trinity College Dublin (Ireland)
• Truth Justice Memory Center (Hafıza Merkezi), Turkey
• United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (UNDPPA) – Mediation Support Unit
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
• United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
• United Nations Mediation Support (MSU)
• United States Institute of Peace, United States
• Universität Hamburg
• University of Duisburg Essen
• University of Jordan (UJ), Jordan
• University of Law and Political Sciences of Bamako (USJPB), Mali
• University of Petra, Jordan
• University of Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• University of Southern Somalia, Somalia
• University of Tübingen, Germany
• University of Utrecht, Netherlands
• University of Windsor, Canada
• Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia
• Uppsala University (Sweden)
• Verein Evang. Ausbildungsstätten für Sozialpädagogik, Germany
• Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin
• World Bank, USA
• World Council of Churches, Switzerland
• World Without Violence, Sukhum/i
• Zeitenspiegel Reportagen, Germany

The Berghof Foundation is a member of the following organisations and platforms providing opportunities for networking with like-minded partners in order to better achieve our goals.

• Arbeitsgemeinschaft Frieden und Entwicklung (FriEnt): FriEnt is an association of governmental organisations, church development agencies, civil society networks and political foundations.
• Development Partners Network on Decentralisation & Local Governance (DeLoG): DeLoG is a network of 44 bi- and multilateral development partners and specialised institutions working in the field of Decentralisation and Local Governance (DLG). By promoting more harmonised and aligned interventions the network aims to improve development effectiveness in the field of DLG.
• European Peace Liaison Office (EPLO): EPLO is a European association of non-governmental organisations which are engaged in peacebuilding, crisis prevention and conflict resolution. Being a platform for collaboration amongst a community of like-minded partners, it is also lobbying for a more prominent role of peaceful tools and strategies in the policies of the European Union. EPLO’s office is located in Brussels, Belgium.
• Global Coalition on Youth, Peace and Security (GCYPS): GCYPS is the leading platform for shaping global policy and practice on youth, peace, and security. The GCYPS facilitates exchange, coordination, and collaboration between more than 70 organizations from civil society, including youth-led and youth-focused organizations, UN entities, donors, academia and inter-governmental bodies. The GCYPS is co-chaired by the United Network of Young Peacebuilders (UNOY Peacebuilders), Search for Common Ground (SFCG) and the United Nations (Peacebuilding Support Office – PBSO and United Nations Population Fund – UNFPA).
• Initiative Mediation Support Deutschland (IMSD): IMSD consists of a consortium of five non-governmental organisations that aim to further the knowledge and application of mediation and mediation support in public discourse and Germany’s (foreign) policy and to integrate mediation as one efficient and sustainable instrument of civilian crisis prevention.
• Mediation Support Network (MSN): MSN’s mission is to promote and improve mediation practice, processes and standards to address political tensions and armed conflict.
• Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers: The Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers brings together actors to provide global support for grassroots to international peace and peacebuilding efforts. The aim of the Network is to improve the effectiveness and sustainability of peace-focused efforts by collaboratively supporting and strengthening the positive role of religious and traditional actors in peace and peacebuilding processes.
• Plattform Zivile Konfliktbearbeitung: The Platform is a German network of associates, aiming to promote peaceful conflict management. It is designed as an open network.
• Principles for Peace (P4P): P4P is a global participatory initiative to develop a new set of principles, standards and norms that will fundamentally reshape how peace processes are structured, sequenced and actualized.
• RESOLVE Network: RESOLVE is a global consortium of researchers and research organizations in agreement that factors contributing to community vulnerability and resilience to violent extremism are contextual.