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Dealing with conflict in a constructive way as an inseparable part of life requires different tools and each country and community has come up with different methods for that. Traditional mediation has been used as such a tool in Iran for hundreds of years. The Berghof Foundation's Peace Education and Global Learning Programme and the Tehran Peace Museum (TPM) have developed a qualification course on mediation. The manual is available for free download here in English and Farsi and contains an overview of the mediation approach adapted to the Iranian context. The manual includes an overview of different personal conflict styles, gives an insight into conflict escalation and de-escalation, and the purpose of conflict analysis. It introduces the mediation approach, its principles and characteristics, and shows how mediation can be used in different phases of conflict. It also focuses on and the characteristics, competencies, skills and roles of a mediator. And it connects the mediation approach with experiences from Iran, especially in the field of insider and faith-based mediators.

• Year2019
• Author(s)Cora Bieß, Uli Jäger, Isabella M. Bauer, Yalda Khosravi, Neda Pouryekta, Eva Sodeik-Zecha

Das SIPRI Yearbook 2019 verbindet Originaldaten aus Bereichen wie weltweiten Militärausgaben, internationalen Waffentransfers, Rüstungsproduktion, Nuklearstreitkräften, bewaffneten Konflikten und multilateralen Friedenseinsätzen mit aktuellen Analysen wichtiger Aspekte der Rüstungskontrolle, des Friedens und der internationalen Sicherheit. Diese Broschüre fasst den Inhalt des SIPRI Yearbook 2019 zusammen und bietet eine Auswahl der darin enthaltenen Daten und Analysen.

• Year2019
• Author(s)Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

From a practitioners' view, the article analyses Colombian civil society's role in the peace process against general functions of civil society, especially in peace processes. Colombia's vibrant and diverse organizations play different and potentially complementary roles, while reflecting the country's dividing lines along levels, regions, and ideology. In Berghof Foundation's conflict transformation work, civil society actors co-shape, even in less visible roles than other sectors, various elements of the peace process acting, among other roles, as watchdogs, incubators for democracy, intermediators, dialogue practitio­ners, and in peace infrastructures.

• Year2019
• Author(s)Barbara Unger

Dealing with violent extremism (VE) has emerged as a central framework of analysis and policy-making in most Western and non-Western government agencies. It is also heavily shaping the programming of non-governmental agencies and research institutions. While there is an undeniable need to address the phenomenon, more often than not analysis and programming fall short in understanding and tackling its root causes, factors, actors and systemic dynamics.

• Year2019
• Author(s)Engjellushe Morina, Beatrix Austin, Véronique Dudouet, Tim Jan Roetman

Dokumenti i politikave parashtron rekomandime për përmirësimin e programimit, me qëllim parandalimin e ekstremizmit të dhunshëm (PEDH) dhe thekson nevojën që të gjitha programimet të mbështeten në analiza dhe planifikim në nivel vendor. Ai vë në dukje edhe një sërë faktorësh dhe aktorësh që mund të kontribuojnë në qëndresën sociale kundër ekstremizmit të dhunshëm. Dokumenti mbështetet kryesisht te raporti i zgjeruar Perspektivat Komunitare për Parandalimin e Ekstremizmit të Dhunshëm Mësimet e Nxjerra nga Ballkani Perëndimor, i cili sapo përmbylli një projekt dyvjeçar mbi hulumtimin, dialogun me komunitetin dhe këshillimin për politikat në Shqipëri, Bosnjë-Hercegovinë, Kosovë dhe Maqedoninë e Veriut.

• Year2019
• Author(s)Engjellushe Morina, Beatrix Austin, Véronique Dudouet, Tim Jan Roetman

Овој краток преглед на политика ги нагласува препораките за подобрување на програмирањето насочено кон спротивставување на насилен екстремизам (СНЕ), и ја истакнува потребата за тоа да севкупното програмирање започне со работа со локално заснована анализа и планирање. Исто така, нагласува низа фактори и чинители кои може да придонесат кон социјалната отпорност на насилен екстремизам. Овој преглед во главно се основа на опсежниот извештај Перспективите на заедницата за спречување насилен екстремизам: Лекции научени од Западен Балкан, со кој завршува двегодишен истражувачки проект, дијалог со заедницата и совети за политиките во Албанија, Босна и Херцеговина, Косово и Северна Македонија.

• Year2019
• Author(s)Engjellushe Morina, Beatrix Austin, Véronique Dudouet, Tim Jan Roetman

Ovaj sažetak politike donosi preporuke za unapređenje programiranja koje ima cilj sprečavanja nasilnog ekstremizma (PVE) i naglašava potrebu da svaki program počne djelovati uz lokalno utemeljenu analizu i planiranje. Također podcrtava faktore i aktere koji mogu doprinijeti društvenoj otpornosti na nasilni ekstremizam. Sažetak se uglavnom zasniva na opsežnom izvještaju pod nazivom Stajališta zajednice o sprječavanju nasilnog ekstremizma: pouke sa Zapadnog Balkana, završnici dvogodišnjeg projekta koji je uključivao istraživanje, dijalog sa zajednicom i savjetovanje oko politika u Albaniji, Bosni i Hercegovini, na Kosovu i u Sjevernoj Makedoniji.

• Year2019
• Author(s)Engjellushe Morina, Beatrix Austin, Véronique Dudouet, Tim Jan Roetman

قد صُمم هذا الكتيب لمساعدة الجهات الفاعلة في المجتمع المدني في أماكن النزاع على توفير السلامة لمجتمعاتهم. وهو يحدد المبادئ الرئيسية لنهج سلامة المجتمع ويقدم إرشادات عملية بشأن كيفية تحديد التحديات الأمنية وكيفية تنفيذ استراتيجيات لمواجهتها. وقد تم إعداد هذا الكتيب في الأصل لجهات فاعلة في المجتمع المدني في سوريا، ولكن يمكن استخدامه أيضاً في سياقات أخرى. والدليل متاح أيضا باللغة الإنجليزية.

• Year2019
• Author(s)Will Bennett

The annual report will present you with an insight into the broad spectrum of our work in 2018.

• Year2019

Over the course of several years, the Berghof Foundation and the Political Development Forum (PDF) have focused on strengthening inclusive local governance in Yemen. This work focuses both at the local level in Hadhramawt and Dhamar and at the national level, to improve inclusivity, relaunch the local political process, and engage a broad range of stakeholders in discussions about the current challenges and potential future shape of local governance arrangements in Yemen.

• Year2019
• Author(s)Joshua Rogers