Berghof Foundation Annual Report 2018

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

Year2019

Local Governance in YemenTheory, Practice, and Future Options

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

Peace Process Support in Times of CrisesThe National Dialogue Support Programme in Yemen 2014-16

The National Dialogue Support Programme's aim was to strengthen and protect the political transition process by supporting locally-owned and inclusive structures and mechanisms for political dialogue, informed decision-making and trust- and consensus-building. Yet, at the same time it had to respond to the political dynamics in Yemen which changed dramatically - and at times very quickly- between February 2014 and December 2016.

Year2018
Author(s)Oliver Wils, Sonja Neuweiler

Legal Assessment of the Local Authority System in Yemen and Proposals for Development

The aim of this paper is to describe the reality of local authority legislation in Yemen, underline its strengths and weaknesses, identify the main obstacles to its implementation, and present suggestions for improving it. To attain these objectives, an integrated approach was followed based on the review and analysis of existing literature and official documents, as well as one-on-one interviews with a number of public administration leaders at central and local levels.

Year2018
Author(s)Ahmed Mohamed Al-Mawari

Local Governance: Engine for Stability in Yemen

This paper on the local governance experiment in Yemen seeks to review its past developmental stages and current reality. It includes governorates still under the war’s impact, as well as and those no longer affected by war, but still facing major challenges to reinforcing stability.

Year2018
Author(s)Badr Basalmah

Local Revenue and Resource Allocation in Yemen

This paper, by an academic and political activist in Sana'a, will shed light on the resources available to local authorities in the Republic of Yemen, highlight the constraints on revenue collection, and propose how to address them and develop Yemeni local authority revenue streams.

This paper relies on a number of references – listed at the bottom – as well as various meetings with academics, researchers and specialists to enrich the ideas it discusses.

Year2018
Author(s)Anonymous

The Importance of Local Governance in Strengthening and Supporting the Political Process in Yemen

Governance systems differ from one state to another depending on the politics in each state, its social, economic and cultural development, and other historical factors. Symmetry in the form and content of relations between local governance units, or between units and central authority, is rare. Local governance embodies decentralization, and is essentially a system that allows citizens to run their own local affairs. It should therefore be based on a set of principles and objectives as preconditions for applying decentralization and the goals for local governance set by the state and local communities.

Year2018
Author(s)Abdul-Raqib Fatih

From Power Mediation to Dialogue Support?Assessing the European Union's Capabilities for Multi-Track Diplomacy

This paper presents results from the European Union Horizon 2020-funded project “Whole-of-Society Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding” (WOSCAP). It is one of three cross-country comparative assessments of EU capabilities for conflict prevention and peacebuilding with regards to various thematic 'clusters' of external intervention. The other two comparative studies deal with EU support for security sector reform and decentralisation reform. The empirical contents are primarily based on field research carried out by local partner organisations in Mali, Yemen, Georgia and Ukraine.

Year2017
Author(s)Karin Göldner-Ebenthal, Véronique Dudouet

Berghof Foundation Annual Report 2016

Our Annual Report provides information about the projects that we have worked on together with our partners in 2016. A particular light is shed on our support to national dialogues, an approach that has raised interest among conflict parties in countries that are transitioning from an autocratic system to more participatory governance.

Year2017

Basics of Mediation: Concepts and DefinitionsFact Sheet Series: Peace Mediation and Mediation Support

This fact sheet is part of a fact sheet series on peace mediation that provides a structured overview of approaches, stakeholders, challenges and possibilities for action in the field of peace mediation.

Year2017
Author(s)German Federal Foreign Office, Initiative Mediation Support Deutschland (IMSD)

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