In Mataban, Somalia, we conducted a Shir where participants from different communities and societal groups came together to discuss local conflicts and the impacts of climate change.

Celebrating ten years of peacebuilding and conflict transformation in Somalia

Since 2015, we have worked with community members and government actors to strengthen their capacity to facilitate dialogue and foster reconciliation in Somalia.

feature 28 Mar 2025

National Dialogue and peacemaking

This seven-week online course provides an in-depth understanding of National Dialogues and how to prepare, conduct and implement them.

Course Sept 2026

Our annual report 2024A word from our Executive Director

2024 was marked by a record number of violent conflicts, underscoring the importance of the work that we do. Read about how we intensified our peacebuilding efforts despite the challenges that organisations like ours currently face.

Our annual report 2024Narrative

2024 was marked by a record number of violent conflicts, underscoring the importance of the work that we do. Read about how we intensified our peacebuilding efforts despite the challenges that organisations like ours currently face.

Volunteers clean the streets and distribute food near the site of the explosion, on the 3rd day after a huge unknown blast at the port of Beirut, Lebanon on August 7, 2020.

Still struggling to give “P” a chance?Options for integrating the peace pillar into the triple nexus

Lessons from our in-country work show that there is more we can and should do to integrate peace more effectively into nexus programming.

blog post 28 Jul 2025
Author(s) Joshua Rogers

Facing overlapping crises, women peacebuilders in Somalia create an impact that fosters hope and sustainable peace within their communities.

International Day of Peace 2025: Listen to the stories of women peacebuilders

On Peace Day, we spotlight Somali women peacebuilders shaping resilient futures through collective action. Watch their powerful stories.

feature 18 Sept 2025

Europe must lead on Women, Peace and Security

25 years since its adoption, Chris Coulter urges governments and multilateral institutions to redouble efforts to mainstream the WPS Agenda.

blog post 28 Oct 2025
Author(s) Chris Coulter

The Women, Peace and Security agenda underscores that sustainable peace is only possible when women are fully included in decision-making and peacebuilding.

Supporting Women, Peace and Security

The UN Security Council’s landmark resolution turns 25 this year.

feature 29 Oct 2025

Women, youth, elders, all together in dialogue: one of the core principles of the Insider Peacebuilders Networks.

Strengthening infrastructures for peace in Iraq, Somalia, and Yemen

The overall goal of Berghof Foundation’s infrastructures for peace programme in Iraq, Yemen, and Somalia is to strengthen conflict transformation mechanisms.

Current Project

Water, land and power: Environmental conflict drivers in Abyan, Yemen

The Abyan governorate in southern Yemen faces growing environmental pressures that have become key drivers of local conflict. Water scarcity, land degradation and extreme weather events are intensifying social tensions in a region already affected by war and weak governance. This study examines how environmental stressors contribute to disputes and connect to displacement, livelihood loss and declining social cohesion. It also highlights the roles of tribal customs, religious authorities, local governance and community initiatives in mediating resource-related conflicts and identifies opportunities for local stakeholders and international donors to strengthen environmental management and support conflict-mediation efforts in Abyan.

Year 2025
Author(s) Summer Nasser

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