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Decolonising peacebuildingA way forward out of crisis
A shifting state system, a dysfunctional market and a restless global society face rising economic inequality and mass migration, accelerating polarisation and extremism, and urgent demands for decolonisation, racial justice and an end to gender-based violence. Current economic and political models offer little reprieve, and in some cases seem to be fuelling disorder rather than promoting the order or stability they aim to achieve. How will the peacebuilding field respond or transform given these challenges?
- Year 2022
- Author(s) Lisa Schirch
Priorities for the new Somali governmentPolicy recommendations for after the elections
Looking ahead we have drafted four recommendations for the new Somali government to take into consideration.
- feature 20 Apr 2022
El espacio juvenil del diálogo y la mediaciónUna exploración
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.
- Year 2021
- Author(s) Mir Mubashir, Irena Grizelj
Women in armed conflict and peace negotiationsBerghof in conversation with the street magazine Karuna Kompass
Peace agreements are measurably more sustainable when women are involved early.
- feature 9 May 2022
Berghof Foundation ist neues Mitglied der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Frieden und Entwicklung (FriEnt)
Die Berghof Foundation ergänzt die Arbeitsgemeinschaft als neues Mitglied durch zusätzliche Kompetenzen in Konfliktforschung und Friedensförderung.
- feature 4 May 2022
Frauen in bewaffneten Konflikten und in FriedensverhandlungenBerghof im Gespräch mit dem Straßenmagazin Karuna Kompass
Friedensvereinbarungen sind messbar nachhaltiger, wenn Frauen frühzeitig einbezogen werden.
- feature 9 May 2022
Fostering constructive relationsApproaches to trust-building in peacebuilding interventions
The international community is currently facing a dilemma: although building trust between representatives of state institutions and the population is one of the fundamental components of cooperation between donors and recipient countries of support services in the security sector, we are observing worldwide that trust in state institutions fades. Confidence-building initiatives between citizens and, for example, the police and the military obviously do not always contribute to improvement. Therefore, basic assumptions about the role of trust and how trust-building works in conflict societies must be questioned.
- Year 2022
- Author(s) Viktoria Budde, Karoline Eickhoff
Berghof Foundation new member of the Working Group on Peace and Development (FriEnt)
The Berghof Foundation complements the Working Group with additional competencies in conflict research and peacebuilding.
- feature 4 May 2022
Breaking the vicious cycleEntry points for anti-corruption in inclusive peace processes
Corruption and violent conflict are interlinked in deep and complex ways. This U4 Issue considers how corruption as an element of conflict systems could be addressed during peace processes and how peacebuilders can support political efforts to curb corruption and promote accountability during transitions from war to peace. Now is the time to bridge the contributions of peacebuilding and anti-corruption practitioners in the quest for a sustainable transformation process.
- Year 2022
- Author(s) Ulrike Hopp-Nishanka, Joshua Rogers, Calum Humphreys