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In order to adopt to a digitalised world, a planet facing ecocide through climate change and further global challenges, the Berghof Foundation as an organisation has to evolve as well. We are therefore expanding our activities beyond our established focal areas into six additional areas of strategic importance. How Berghof intends to go about it over the next four years is the subject of this document.

• Year2022

Based on interviews conducted in two Yemeni governorates hit hard by the effects of climate change, Helen Lackner identifies the key environmental issues facing the populations of Hadhramawt and Al Mahra today. The report shows how they are connected to conflict in the two governorates, and explores what local authorities, communities and international actors are doing and can do in the future to mitigate the impacts of climate change and better manage the conflicts that derive from it.

• Year2021
• Author(s)Helen Lackner

بناءً على المقابلات التي أجريت في محافظتين يمنيتين تضررتا بشدة من آثار تغير المناخ ، تحدد هيلين لاكنر القضايا البيئية الرئيسية التي تواجه سكان حضرموت والمهرة اليوم. يوضح التقرير كيفية ارتباطها بالنزاع في المحافظتين ، ويستكشف ما تفعله السلطات المحلية والمجتمعات والجهات الفاعلة الدولية وما يمكن أن تفعله في المستقبل للتخفيف من آثار تغير المناخ وإدارة النزاعات التي تنجم عنه بشكل أفضل.

• Year2021
• Author(s)Helen Lackner

This book provides an overview of the Berghof Foundation’s work and impact over the past 50 years and sheds light on future challenges for building sustainable peace.

• Year2021

Sa booklet na ito, ibinahagi ng mga babaeng ex-combatant mula sa Moro Islamic Liberation Front - Bangsamoro Women's Auxiliary Brigade (MILF-BIWAB) at kanilang mga anak na babae sa Mindanao ang kanilang mga kuwento mula sa proseso ng reconciliation pagkatapos ng conflict sa rehiyon.

• Year2021
• Author(s)Carolien van Hoof, Stina Lundström, Véronique Dudouet, Beatrix Austin, Mohanie U. Kasan, Mariffa M. Samayatin, Amira U. Ebrahim, Ledrolen R. Manriquez, Jehan A. Usop, Baina T. Samayatin

In this booklet female ex-combatants from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front - Bangsamoro Women's Auxiliary Brigade (MILF-BIWAB) and their daughters in Mindanao share their stories from the region’s post-conflict reconciliation process.

• Year2021
• Author(s)Carolien van Hoof, Stina Lundström, Véronique Dudouet, Beatrix Austin, Mohanie U. Kasan, Mariffa M. Samayatin, Monawara Kumayog, Amira U. Ebrahim, Ledrolen R. Manriquez, Jehan A. Usop, Baina T. Samayatin

Esta exploración se aleja decididamente de los discursos predominantes sobre los jóvenes, que ya están bastante bien cubiertos en la literatura: "son tanto alborotadores como pacificadores" o "son una categoría especial y potente de agentes de paz, y por lo tanto hay que capacitarlos". Esta investigación se centra más bien en las historias existentes sobre los esfuerzos de diálogo y mediación en el espacio de los jóvenes, en un intento de sacar a la luz algunas ideas que normalmente se dejan en la oscuridad, y de estimular un discurso hasta ahora ausente. Esto se considera particularmente oportuno, dado el inicio de una miríada de iniciativas desde la adopción de la Resolución 2250.

• Year2021
• Author(s)Mir Mubashir, Irena Grizelj

Dieser Beitrag, Buchkapitel im MOTRA-Monitor 2020, ist der erste einer Reihe von MOTRA-Monitor-Veröffentlichungen zum Thema Radikalisierungsprävention. Darin deklinieren die Autor*innen einen explizit friedensfördernden und konflikttransformativen Zugang zum Themenfeld Radikalisierung und Extremismusprävention.

• Year2021
• Author(s)Beatrix Austin, Andreas Schädel, Tilman Papesch

Cette note de synthèse examine les hypothèses sous-jacentes au niveau politique sur la manière dont la confiance s'installe dans les partenariats de sécurité et d'état de droit (SRoL). Sur la base d'un examen des politiques et d'entretiens, elle identifie deux " théories du changement " prédominantes comme voies causales pour les programmes SRoL visant à renforcer la confiance des citoyens dans les institutions étatiques liées à la sécurité. Elle propose ensuite une réflexion critique sur ces hypothèses causales, en tenant compte des avancées récentes de la recherche sur la confiance dans diverses disciplines. Sur la base de cette analyse, il fournit des recommandations sur la manière de mieux refléter la confiance et le renforcement de la confiance dans les politiques et les programmes de SRoL.

• Year2021
• Author(s)Karoline Eickhoff, Viktoria Budde

This policy brief investigates underlying assumptions at the policy level on how trust comes about in Security and Rule of Law (SRoL) partnerships. Drawing on a policy review and interviews, it identifies two prevalent ‘Theories of Change’ as causal pathways for SRoL programmes towards enhancing citizens’ trust in security-related state institutions. It then critically reflects on these causal assumptions, considering recent advancements in trust research from various disciplines. Based on analysis, it provides recommendations on how to better reflect trust and trust-building in SRoL policies and programming.

• Year2021
• Author(s)Karoline Eickhoff, Viktoria Budde