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Latest Publications

	Impact Report 2009
	International Alert 2010-06
	Open publication - Free publishing - More peacebuilding
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	La Traversée: Petit Commerce et Amélioration des relations transfrontalières entre Goma (RD Congo) et Gisenyi (Rwanda).
	Par Celestin Kimanuka et Maria Lange 2010-06
	Le petit commerce transfrontalier de produits vivriers entre la RDC et le Rwanda est à la base de l’économie de survie de milliers d’individus de parts et d’autres de la frontière. Ce rapport analyse ce type de commerce entre les villes de Goma (RD Congo) et Gisenyi (Rwanda) et les relations qu’entretiennent les femmes commerçantes congolaises et rwandaises, afin de pouvoir comprendre l’impact que l’amélioration de ce commerce pourrait avoir sur les relations de bon voisinage, de paix et de sécurité entre les deux pays. Le rapport est basé sur une importante recherche de terrain et les`résultats sont utilisés dans le but d’améliorer le dialogue entre les femmes commerçantes congolaises et rwandaises pour renforcer les liens de confiance, en visant des questions d’intérêt commun. Parmi les recommandations faites aux commerçant(e)s, aux autorités congolaises et rwandaises ainsi qu’aux institutions régionales, ce rapport cite l’établissement de marchés transfrontaliers, d’accords de coopération pour le petit commerce transfrontalier et d’un réseau de commerçant(e)s congolais(es) et rwandais(es).
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	Practice note 1: Market development in conflict-affected contexts
	Tracy Gerstle and Laura Meissner The SEEP Network 2010-03
	This guidance note explains why market development in countries affected by conflict is important and relevant for economic development planners and practitioners. It presents some of the main issues, risks and opportunities that economic development professionals may typically face.
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	Practice note 2: Business environment reforms in conflict-affected contexts
	Wade Channell 2010-03
	This practice note explains why and how business environment reforms should be taken into consideration by economic development planners and practitioners working in conflict- and post-conflict contexts. It presents some of the main issues, risks and opportunities that economic development professionals need to bear in mind when designing programmes and initiatives that seek to attract foreign investors to unstable contexts.
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	Practice note 3: Foreign Direct Investment in conflict-affected contexts
	John Bray, Control Risks 2010-03
	If all goes well, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) contributes to peacebuilding. In the worst case, it may itself be a source of conflict. This practice note explains why and how the operations of foreign investors are relevant for economic development planners and practitioners in conflict-affected contexts. It presents some of the main issues, risks and opportunities that economic development professionals need to bear in mind when designing programmes and initiatives that seek to attract foreign investors to unstable contexts.
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	Refugees in eastern DRC:
	International Alert 2010-01
	Inter-community violence and successive wars and rebellions have caused large-scale displacement of populations in the Great Lakes region of Africa. And when refugees and internally displaced people return, that can be the pretext for further outbreaks of violence. The displacement of people and also their return can often be exploited by political interests, and even if the people themselves are not being manipulated, rumours and false information can be orchestrated to heighten fears and tensions between communities. All these things are happening to some degree in the east of DRC, particularly at present in North Kivu. This short report is issued by International Alert to warn of the dangers and advocate action that should be taken.
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	The Role Of The Exploitation Of Natural Resources In Fuelling And Prolonging Crises In The Eastern DRC
	International Alert 2010-01
	For more than a decade, research has stressed the importance of the economic dimension of conflict, and of the economic interests of belligerents. Competition among political, military and business actors for the control of mineral resources in the east of the country is being increasingly recognised as a pivotal factor in assessing the causes of instability in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This report is based on a thorough review of all the main literature on the subject since the year 2000. It describes and assesses the different categories of actors and the processes, chains and linkages that are involved in mining and trading of minerals in the Kivu provinces and in the territory of Ituri. It also reveals some of the main gaps in the information on the issue that is needed to develop and refine more effective peace-building strategies by national and international interveners.
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	Socio-Economic Reintegration Of Ex-Combatants: Understanding And Addressing Key Challenges
	Charlotte Watson 2009-12
	International Alert is seeking to build on previous initiatives to inform and advance EU thinking on the reintegration of ex-combatants into post-conflict societies and economies. This is the second of two briefing papers produced as part of a year-long initiative aimed at reinvigorating the debate on reintegration. Based on research in Burundi, Liberia and Nepal, it discusses why the lessons of past reintegration programmes are not being learned and what implications this has for future EU disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) programming. It was used in draft form to inform discussions at an Alert Roundtable held in Brussels in November 2009.
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	Etude sur le rôle de l’exploitation des ressources naturelles dans l’alimentation et la perpétuation des crises de l’est de la RDC
	International Alert 2009-11
	Depuis plus d'une décennie, les recherches ont souligné l'importance de la dimension économique du conflit et des intérêts économiques des belligérants. La concurrence entre les acteurs politiques, militaires et commerciaux pour le contrôle des ressources minérales dans l'est du pays est de plus en plus reconnue comme un facteur clé dans les causes d'instabilité en République démocratique du Congo. Ce rapport est basé sur un examen approfondi des principaux documents écrits sur le sujet depuis l'an 2000. Il décrit et évalue les différentes catégories d'acteurs, de processus, les chaînes et les liens impliqués dans le secteur minier et le commerce des minerais dans les provinces du Kivu et dans le territoire de l'Ituri. Il révèle également certaines lacunes principales d'informations sur la question, nécessaires aux intervenants nationaux et internationaux pour développer et affiner des stratégies d'édification de la paix plus efficaces.
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	Socio-Economic Reintegration of Ex-Combatants: What Role for the European Union?
	Charlotte Watson 2009-11
	A major challenge to improving human security and establishing sustainable peace in countries emerging from violent conflict is how to reintegrate ex-combatants into a peacetime society and economy. This is the first of two briefing papers produced as part of a year-long initiative aimed at reinvigorating the debate on reintegration. It aims to provide a platform for linking a broader range of actors who could be involved in ensuring the related aspects of the disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) concept move beyond policy to practice, and to explore what role the EU can play in reintegration. It discusses why socio-economic reintegration is important, what challenges it faces, what approaches are being pursued, and what factors constrain successful implementation. It was used in draft form to inform discussions at an Alert Roundtable held in Brussels in September 2009.
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	Climate Change Conflict and Fragility
	Janani Vivekananda, Dan Smith 2009-11
	This report explores the complexities of responding to climate change in fragile and conflict affected contexts. It highlights the interaction between the impact of climate change and the social and political realities in which people live and stresses that it is this that will determine their capacity to adapt. To be effective, the goal of policy responses must be to address the political dimension of adapting to climate change, and the underlying causes of vulnerability where the state is unable to carry out its core functions. The report sets out five policy objectives and some key observations on getting the institutional structures right in order to achieve this goal. The reports findings urge policy makers to look beyond technical fixes and to address the interlinked political, social and institutional constraints to effective responses.
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	A New Business Model for Humanitarian Assistance?
	World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Humanitarian Assistance 2009-10
	Untitled Document In this challenge paper the members of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council propose a new vulnerability and protection business model for humanitarian assistance. This new model should have six requirements: A comprehensive risk framework; A reworked balance of spending between response, prevention and recovery; A big investment in national and local capacity; Fuller engagement of the private sector; Linking of the humanitarian to broader social and economic development issues; and Regional and international readiness to address cross-border humanitarian issues.
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	Harnessing Oil for Peace and Development in Uganda
	Jessica Banfield 2009-09
	This report examines the potential of Uganda’s newly discovered oil reserves and recommends increased transparency and principled leadership to promote broad economic opportunities of oil discovery for peace and development in Uganda. This discovery of oil, taking place within a context of a variety of tensions that exist on both sides of the DRC-Uganda border, represents a potential risk of conflict and presents a peacebuilding challenge for local communities, the government, private sector investors, donors and civil society. With a proactive approach that takes into account conflict risks, the dual dividend of peace and development can be realised through the equitable and transparent exploitation of this resource.
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	Dialogue on security guarantees in the context of the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict
	International Alert 2009-09
	This paper presents the separate analyses of both Georgian and Abkhaz civil society experts on the need for security guarantees, the reasons why the sides have been unable to agree on them as well as barriers and opportunities for future agreements. In itself, the document reflects the achievement of Alert’s long-term engagement as a facilitator of dialogue between Georgian and Abkhaz civil society leaders. It reflects an advance in the dialogue process while contributing to the debate around security guarantees. This publication is an attempt to present a new analytical framework for dialogue to stimulate communication and debate across the conflict divide. It should be of equal interest to Georgian and Abkhaz societies, hopefully bringing the perspective of the other side into internal debates, while helping international actors with an interest in peaceful resolution of the conflict to understand Georgian & Abkhaz perspectives better. This paper is also available in Russian
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	Sustaining Business and Peace: A Resource Pack on Corporate Responsibility for Small and Medium Enterprises
	Radhika Hettiarachchi, Lucy Holdaway, Canan Gündüz. Editor: Jehan Mendis 2009-07
	This resource pack contains five sections which lead the reader through a three-step cycle of understanding and analysing, planning and doing, and checking and improving Corporate Responsibility (CR) activities. It primarily addresses Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), and is based on experience from Sri Lanka. The purpose of this resource pack is to introduce Sri Lankan SMEs to the concepts and approaches of CR. It presents a coherent framework that will help SMEs identify ways of adapting CR to their own context and purposes. Chapters; Section 1 : Introduction Section 2 : Understanding Stakeholders and Context Section 3 : Planning and Implementing a CR-Centred Business Model Section 4 : Checking and Improving CR Strategy and Activities, and Communicating Success Section 5 : Digging Deeper: Case Studies and Additional Resources Complete
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	Inclusive Peace in Muslim Mindanao: Revisiting the dynamics of conflict and exclusion
	Francisco J. Lara Jr. and Phil Champain 2009-07
	This paper argues that at the core of the problem of persistent violence in Mindanao is the exclusionary political economy that is developed and sustained through a complex system of contest and violence. “Rebellion-related” violence relating to the vertical armed challenges against the infrastructure of the state combines with “inter- or intra-clan and group violence” relating to horizontal armed challenges between and among families, clans, and tribes. These two types of conflict interact in ways that are poorly understood and which sustain conditions serving the interests of those with access to economic and political power at the expense of the majority of those in Mindanao. The publication informs a dialogue process now underway in Mindanao exploring the key issues raised through the research.
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	Snapshot series: Security and justice from a district perspective; 1.1 Kailali
	International Alert, Initiative for Peacebuilding 2009-05
	The ‘Snapshot’ briefings are part of a longer-term initiative by International Alert to help address the current gaps in knowledge and understanding between those actors at the district level and those in Kathmandu. Each briefing aims to outline current security and justice needs and challenges in a particular district, and advance constructive recommendations for ways in which national and international actors could address these challenges. The briefings are based on research undertaken as part of Alert’s work for the Initiative for Peacebulding project. Snapshot 1.1 focuses on Kailali a rural Terai district where ethnic tensions threaten to escalate.
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	Snapshot series: Security and justice from a district perspective; 1.2 Morang
	International Alert, Initiative for Peacebuilding 2009-05
	The ‘Snapshot’ briefings are part of a longer-term initiative by International Alert to help address the current gaps in knowledge and understanding between those actors at the district level and those in Kathmandu. Each briefing aims to outline current security and justice needs and challenges in a particular district, and advance constructive recommendations for ways in which national and international actors could address these challenges. The briefings are based on research undertaken as part of Alert’s work for the Initiative for Peacebulding project. Snapshot 1.2 focuses on Morang an industrial hub hit hard by unrest in the eastern Terai region.
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	Snapshot series: Security and justice from a district perspective; 1.3 Jumla
	International Alert, Initiative for Peacebuilding 2009-05
	The ‘Snapshot’ briefings are part of a longer-term initiative by International Alert to help address the current gaps in knowledge and understanding between those actors at the district level and those in Kathmandu. Each briefing aims to outline current security and justice needs and challenges in a particular district, and advance constructive recommendations for ways in which national and international actors could address these challenges. The briefings are based on research undertaken as part of Alert’s work for the Initiative for Peacebulding project. Snapshot 1.3 focuses on Jumla a remote hill district where the vast majority of the population lacks access to formal security and justice mechanisms.
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	Uganda: Enabling peace economies through early recovery
	Jessica Banfield with Jana Naujoks 2009-04
	This series of four country case studies explores the ways in which the economic causes, drivers and impacts of conflict have been tackled in different ways in a number of conflict-affected countries where Alert works. The aim is to encourage cross-country learning, and inform what has become a vibrant international debate in the last few years on how to adapt economic development interventions to conflict contexts, to make them conflict-sensitive, and able to support longer-term peacebuilding. The case of Northern Uganda illustrates the pitfalls that exist for those who seek to ‘move early’ to lay the foundations for economic recovery following the signing of a peace agreement, or even in the absence of one. The report identifies several elements and priorities for enabling a peace economy in the region, including facilitating peaceful return of IDPs and mitigating land conflicts; offering opportunities for youth; and promoting conflict-sensitive investment.
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	Nepal: What role for business in post-conflict economic recovery?
	Lindsay Alexander, Canan Gündüz, DB Subedi 2009-04
	This series of four country case studies explores the ways in which the economic causes, drivers and impacts of conflict have been tackled in different ways in a number of conflict-affected countries where Alert works. The aim is to encourage cross-country learning, and inform what has become a vibrant international debate in the last few years on how to adapt economic development interventions to conflict contexts, to make them conflict-sensitive, and able to support longer-term peacebuilding. The report discusses the complex links between political and economic causes, as well as legacies, of conflict. To address them, effective partnerships need to be forged between different actors, including government, development agencies and civil society. In particular, the report highlights that reaching out to the business community is key, bearing in mind however the huge diversity of the Nepali private sector, and the numerous challenges it currently faces.
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	Sri Lanka: Rethinking the nexus between youth, unemployment and conflict
	Harini Amarasuriya, Canan Gündüz, Markus Mayer 2009-04
	This series of four country case studies explores the ways in which the economic causes, drivers and impacts of conflict have been tackled in different ways in a number of conflict-affected countries where Alert works. The aim is to encourage cross-country learning, and inform what has become a vibrant international debate in the last few years on how to adapt economic development interventions to conflict contexts, to make them conflict-sensitive, and able to support longer-term peacebuilding. In Sri Lanka several policy initiatives in the past have not led to significant reforms or changes in dynamics that exclude young people from both political and economic spheres in society. The report argues that more nuance is needed in the frequently made argument that ‘youth unemployment causes armed conflict’. This needs to reflect both the multiple factors feeding young people’s frustrations and grievances in conflict contexts; and the multiple barriers young people face in entering the job market.
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	Colombia: The challenges of supporting 'alternative' livelihoods opportunities for peacebuilding
	William Godnick and Diana Klein 2009-04
	This series of four country case studies explores the ways in which the economic causes, drivers and impacts of conflict have been tackled in different ways in a number of conflict-affected countries where Alert works. The aim is to encourage cross-country learning, and inform what has become a vibrant international debate in the last few years on how to adapt economic development interventions to conflict contexts, to make them conflict-sensitive, and able to support longer-term peacebuilding. Maintaining and strengthening the livelihoods of conflict-affected populations during and after violent conflict is high on the agenda of governments and development agencies the world over. This report seeks to present some of the experiences of the Colombian government and the international community’s efforts to generate economic opportunities for conflict-affected populations in Colombia, and reflect on lessons for policy and practice elsewhere.
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	Global Monitoring Checklist on Women Peace and Security
	GAPS-UK 2009-03
	The Global Monitoring Checklist is a pilot research project designed to contribute towards international understanding on women, peace and security efforts. It highlights relevant activities at the local and national level by women, civil society, national governments and the international community. It is not a comprehensive survey of all initiatives relating to women, peace and security; rather, it is a first step in gathering and collating information that links directly to UNSCR 1325 implementation. International Alert is an active member Gender Action for Peace and Security UK (GAPS) and also hosts the working group at the London offices. GAPS is a research and advocacy group working to bridge the gap between the realities of women (activists and non-activists) at the local level in conflict and post-conflict regions with UK decision makers and practitioners working on peace and security. Click here to download the Executive Summary
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	Les Mots Qui Tuent: Rumeurs, préjugés, stéréotypes et mythes parmi les peuples des pays des Grands Lacs d’Afrique
	International Alert 2009-02
	Cette première édition du Réseau d’Analystes Régionaux (RAN) montre à partir de plusieurs perspectives comment la question des Rumeurs, des Mythes, des Stéréotypes et des Préjugés affecte le conflit. Les chercheurs ont consulté beaucoup de citoyens ordinaires de même que des décideurs politiques et leaders d'opinion. La recherche a capté des informations qui ne sont pas, ou très peu, documentées. La même originalité des conclusions fournit des vues nouvelles et passionnantes qui vont susciter l'intérêt de tous. Les recommandations communes proposées sont d'une nature concrète et pratique et seront utiles aux décideurs politiques, tant à l'intérieur qu’à l’extérieur de la région, pour traiter les questions tournant autour des conflits dans cette région complexe.
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	Security for Whom?: Security Sector Reform and Public Security in Nepal
	Charlotte Watson with Rebecca Crozier 2009-01
	The accessible and accountable provision of security and justice is a key requirement for ensuring sustainable peace and economic and social development. In Nepal, there is an urgent need to address issues related to security provision and the security sector as part of the ongoing peace process. Success in security sector reform (SSR) is vital in ensuring the improvements to governance, without which further violent conflict in Nepal is likely. However, given the sensitivities that SSR terminology evokes, thought needs to be given to what can be done in the short term under the banner of public security to lay the groundwork for SSR. If something is not done to address the current public security situation, then any longer-term SSR initiatives will be jeopardised. This briefing forms part of the EU-financed Initiative for Peacebuilding (IfP) It aims to connect the public security and SSR agendas in Nepal in order to inform ongoing discussions amongst donors and to explore the role that the EU could play in future security-enhancing activities in Nepal.
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	Integrating women’s priorities into peacebuilding processes: Experiences of monitoring and advocacy in Burundi and Sierra Leone
	International Alert 2008-11
	Women peacebuilders in various conflict-affected countries face very similar challenges as they attempt to integrate women’s interests in peacebuilding policy processes and civil society actors from different countries can potentially learn a lot from exchanging experiences with each other. This report outlines the findings and recommendations of a workshop with representatives from Burundian and Sierra Leonean civil society organisations working in the field of gender equality and women’s empowerment organised by International Alert on 25th to 29th February 2008. The aim of the five-day workshop was to exchange experiences, discuss common challenges and strengthen future collaboration in order to support the integration of gender-related priorities into peacebuilding processes. Throughout the workshop, a number of key policy issues relevant to civil society actors in both countries were raised. A central concern across all issues was the challenge that civil society organisations face in attempting to integrate gender perspectives into peacebuilding policies, particularly security-related activities, and then effectively monitoring the implementation of these policies. The workshop resulted in a number of findings and recommendations that can be built on to ensure enhanced support for women’s organizations to monitor and advocate for the inclusion of gender perspectives in peacebuilding processes.
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	Consolidating Peace. Nepali Constitution-Making: A Filipino Peace Practitioner’s Perspective
	Ed Garcia 2008-11
	This report reflects some of the perspectives and lessons learned from the Philippine-Nepal Exchange on the Peace Aspects of Constitution-making that took place in Kathmandu in August 2008. The report includes pertinent lessons from the Philippines experience of constitution-making from the perspectives of a Filipino peace practitioner, who served as a member of the Constitutional Commission that drafted the 1987 Philippines Constitution. It also reflects on debate and opinions amoung Nepali Constitutional Assembly members, constitutional experts, political party and government representatives, international organisations and a diverse range of civil society thinkers and activists in Nepal.
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	Building a Peace Economy in Northern Uganda: Conflict-sensitive approaches to recovery and growth
	International Alert 2008-09
	The attention and interest of the various stakeholders in rebuilding Northern Uganda’s economy as part of peace and recovery present critically important opportunities for positive change and a move to sustainable peace in the region, following years of economic decline and underdevelopment during the decades of conflict. But how strategic are these plans, given the challenges that persist, and when seen from a peacebuilding perspective? Are the opportunities to address root causes, immediate consequences, and ongoing threats of war being seized? What are the unforeseen risks of a re-emergence of conflict posed by some approaches? And how can these best be mitigated? This first issue of International Alert’s Investing in Peace briefing paper series seeks to answer these questions, in order to serve as a stimulus to more conflict-sensitive policy and practice. Its intended audience are policy-makers and implementers in central and local government, as well as development partners (including NGOs), and private sector local to, or doing business in, the region. In order to contextualise its analysis, the report presents an overview of the political economy of war in Northern Uganda, before proceeding to review the different interventions being made or proposed for the region’s economic recovery.
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	Participation politique des femmes dans les pays sortant d’un conflit dans la région des Grands Lacs en Afrique
	International Alert 2008-07
	This is the report of a consultation workshop jointly organised by International Alert and the Eastern African Sub-Regional Support Initiative for the Advancement of Women (EASSI) in partnership with the Women and Gender Studies Department at Makerere University. The workshop is part of a regional research project aimed at assessing the impact of women’s political participation in countries emerging from conflict in the Great Lakes Region of Africa. The workshop was attended by members of civil society, parliamentarians, provincial governors, and International Alert and EASSI partners from Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda and the DRC. The discussions focused amongst others, on issues such as the nature of women’s participation, factors facilitating women’s participation in political transition processes and hindrances and constraints to women’s participation.
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	Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights: Performance Indicators
	Salil Tripathi, William Godnick and Diana Klein 2008-06
	Voluntary Principles for Security and Human Rights provide a broad framework that can help companies operate in ways that provide security to their facilities while respecting human rights and fundamental freedoms. Several companies have developed their own guidelines to implement the principles. In this paper, International Alert, a founding member of the VP process, has developed performance indicators for companies, to help establish benchmarks in the longer term.
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	Principios Voluntarios en Seguridad y Derechos Humanos Indicadores de Desempeño
	International Alert 2008-06
	Voluntary Principles for Security and Human Rights provide a broad framework that can help companies operate in ways that provide security to their facilities while respecting human rights and fundamental freedoms. Several companies have developed their own guidelines to implement the principles. In this paper, International Alert, a founding member of the VP process, has developed performance indicators for companies, to help establish benchmarks in the longer term.
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	A role for the private sector in peace processes? Examples, and implications for third-party mediation
	Salil Tripathi and Canan Gündüz 2008-06
	This report was produced as a background paper for CHD’s Oslo Forum, an annual gathering of senior international conflict mediators. This paper will discuss the diverse roles played by the private sector during Track 1 peace processes in particular, drawing on a variety of examples from different contexts. These examples illustrate that where the private sector enjoys credibility (sometimes higher than state parties), has access to conflict parties, and a strategic interest in the resolution of a conflict, it can become actively involved and have significant impact on the course of a peace process, for better or worse.
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	Improving EU Responses to Gender and Peacebuilding: Priority Action Areas for the European Commission
	Karen Barnes and Minna Lyytikäinen 2008-06
	This briefing outlines the key findings of the recent study on Enhancing the EU Response to Women and Armed Conflict commissioned by the Slovenian Presidency of the EU, and discusses the recommendations in relation to the European Commission. Although the EU has repeatedly committed itself to the need for the full implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security, current EU interventions in conflict-affected contexts lack a clear gender and conflict analysis and women continue to be marginalised from peacebuilding initiatives.
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	The World Bank in fragile and conflict-affected countries: ‘How’, Not ‘How Much’
	Edward Bell 2008-05
	This study outlines the particular development challenges confronting international actors in fragile and conflict-affected countries, and gives a summary of the World Bank’s evolving approach to those challenges. The study then sets out certain key problems which, despite recent improvements, continue to reduce the quality of the Bank’s impacts. Noting the inconsistencies in the Bank’s approaches, it assesses the factors that determine the Bank’s ability to deal with, and help address, the immense complexity of its operating environments. It concludes with recommendations for improving approaches to those complexities.
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	Women’s political participation in countries emerging from conflict in the Great Lakes Region of Africa: Report of the Consultation Workshop
	International Alert 2008-05
	This is the report of a consultation workshop jointly organised by International Alert and the Eastern African Sub-Regional Support Initiative for the Advancement of Women (EASSI) in partnership with the Women and Gender Studies Department at Makerere University. The workshop is part of a regional research project aimed at assessing the impact of women’s political participation in countries emerging from conflict in the Great Lakes Region of Africa. The workshop was attended by members of civil society, parliamentarians, provincial governors, and International Alert and EASSI partners from Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda and the DRC. The discussions focused amongst others, on issues such as the nature of women’s participation, factors facilitating women’s participation in political transition processes and hindrances and constraints to women’s participation.
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	Conflict- sensitive approaches to value chain development
	Canan Gündüz and Diana Klein 2008-05
	This paper aims to provide initial thoughts and options for integrating conflict-sensitive approaches (CSA) into value chain analysis and interventions in conflict situations. It uses a value chain framework as a starting point and explores how CSA can be applied to the analysis both of different levels and the various components of the chain. While the focus is on the initial analysis stage of a project cycle, the paper also presents preliminary points for practitioners to bear in mind in implementation. The paper is structured to cover three aspects of conflict-sensitivity as they relate to value chain analysis: (i) Conflict analysis; (ii) Identifying value chain/conflict interactions; (iii) Options for project design and implementation based on (i) and (ii)
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	Explorando el dividendo de la paz: Percepción de los impactos del conflicto armado en el sector privado colombiano Resultados de una encuesta nacional - Exploring the peace dividend: perceptions of armed conflict impacts on the Colombian private sectorRe
	Angelika Rettberg 2008-04
	Based on a survey of 1,113 enterprises in six Colombian cities, this report presents the perceptions of costs suffered by domestic enterprises operating in a context of armed conflict. The study assesses the direct as well as indirect economic effects of the armed conflict, for example the impacts of armed actors present in a company’s operating environment, company growth rates, and community relations strategies. It reveals sectoral and geographic differences in how costs are spread among different types of enterprises, with some more vulnerable than others.
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	Enhancing the EU response to women and armed conflict with particular reference to Development Policy: Study for the Slovenian Presidency of the EU
	Andrew Sherriff with Karen Barnes 2008-04
	This report focuses on the EU’s response to the "Women and Armed Conflict" (WAC) study, in particular on the development cooperation dimension. The report describes international approaches and legal obligations to WAC, identifies and discusses the most salient issues, gives an overview and assessment of the EU response and provides findings and recommendations. Examples or cases from Sierrra Leone, Uganda, the DRC, Kosovo and Burundi are included as well as thematic cases on sexual and gender based violence, local advocates for accountability on WAC, national action plans associated with WAC and regional approaches to WAC.
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	National Security Policy-Making and Gender
	Peter Albrecht and Karen Barnes 2008-03
	This tool provides an introduction to the benefits and opportunities of integrating gender issues into national-level security policy making. As strategic documents, security policies are critically important in establishing a coordinated response to security threats, and can serve as a platform for security sector reform (SSR) processes. Ensuring that gender issues are integrated into security policies may increase participation and local ownership, and create policies and institutions that are more likely to effectively and sustainably provide security and justice to men, women, girls and boys on an equitable basis. The tool is designed to be a resource for staff responsible for initiating security policy-making processes within the executive branch of government, including those responsible for drafting, implementing and evaluating security policies. In addition, the tool may be useful to a variety of other actors involved in security policy-making processes, including parliamentarians and parliamentary staffers, ministerial staff, civil society organisations, municipallevel government, international and regional organisations, and donor countries supporting the development of security policies.
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	Civil Society Oversight of the Security Sector and Gender
	Karen Barnes and Peter Albrecht 2008-03
	This tool is designed to be a resource for civil society organisations (CSOs) engaged in oversight of the security sector, as well as those CSOs that seek to play a more active role in this regard. The tool is also relevant for policymakers and officials in national governments, international and regional organisations, and donor countries around the world that are engaged in designing and implementing security sector reforms and that could play an active role in strengthening and supporting civil society engagement.
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	Climate of Conflict - SIDA Edition
	Dan Smith, Janani Vivekananda Editors: Jon Hedenström and Henrik Hammargren 2008-02
	Climate change is upon us and its physical effects have started to unfold. That is the broad scientific consensus expressed in the Fourth Assessment Review of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change. This report takes this finding as its starting point and looks at the social and human consequences that are likely to ensue – particularly the risks of conflict and instability. This version has been amended by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) adding illustrations and boxes highlighting areas of Swedish priorities and initiatives. It is available in English and Swedish
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	Climate of Conflict - SIDA Edition – Swedish
	Dan Smith, Janani Vivekananda Editors: Jon Hedenström and Henrik Hammargren 2008-02
	Climate change is upon us and its physical effects have started to unfold. That is the broad scientific consensus expressed in the Fourth Assessment Review of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change. This report takes this finding as its starting point and looks at the social and human consequences that are likely to ensue – particularly the risks of conflict and instability. This version has been amended by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) adding illustrations and boxes highlighting areas of Swedish priorities and initiatives. This is the Swedish language edition.
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	Youth Perspectives on Community Security in the Eastern Terai
	International Alert 2008-01
	The aim of this paper is to outline the key community security concerns voiced by young people in Morang and Sunsari districts and reflect these voices upto policy and decision makers at the national level.
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	Introducing International Alert
	International Alert 2008-01
	General introduction to International Alert brochure
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	A Climate of Conflict: The Links Between Climate Change, Peace and War
	Dan Smith, Janani Vivekananda 2007-11
	Climate change is upon us and its physical effects have started to unfold. That is the broad scientific consensus expressed in the Fourth Assessment Review of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change. This report takes this finding as its starting point and looks at the social and human consequences that are likely to ensue – particularly the risks of conflict and instability.
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	Peacebuilding in Eastern DRC: Improving EU support for economic recovery
	Alison Thompson with Edward Bell 2007-11
	This report focuses on economic recovery as a central pillar of peacebuilding in eastern DRC and, in particular, the role of the European Commission in supporting such processes. It argues that the drivers of fragility and instability must be addressed if meaningful long term economic recovery is to be realised. The report is based on field work carried out in South Kivu and Ituri, and draws on research by Alert’s partner in Bukavu, CEGEC. It explores how peacebuilding can be put at the heart of efforts to create shared economic opportunities in the east, notwithstanding the immense challenges faced by donors in such conflict-affected environments.
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	Voices from the villages: Peoples’ agendas for peace
	Shiva K Dhungana, Narad N Bharadwaj, Rebecca Crozier, Dr Natalie Hicks 2007-11
	This report aims to inform policy-makers, Civil Society Organizations, I/NGOs and donors engaged in peacebuilding of the dynamics of conflict at the local level and the agendas of a wide variety of stakeholders for sustainable peace in Nepal.
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	Youth Speak out on Community Security in the Eastern Terai - English
	Friends for Peace and International Alert 2007-11
	This paper aims to summarise the key community security concerns and issues that were voiced by youth and student groups in consultations carried out in Sunsari and Morang districts between the 25th September and the 5th November 2007. Voluntary ‘Youth Steering Committees’, comprising active and knowledgeable youth stakeholders, have played a key role as representatives for their district and in steering the project process. Local level interactions were then held in order to understand the particular issues facing rural youth. The paper looks first at the community security issues affecting youth in the two districts, then moves on to explore ways in which respondents felt that the current situation of unrest and insecurity could be changed.
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	Youth Speak out on Community Security in the Eastern Terai - Nepali
	Friends for Peace and International Alert 2007-11
	This paper aims to summarise the key community security concerns and issues that were voiced by youth and student groups in consultations carried out in Sunsari and Morang districts between the 25th September and the 5th November 2007. Voluntary ‘Youth Steering Committees’, comprising active and knowledgeable youth stakeholders, have played a key role as representatives for their district and in steering the project process. Local level interactions were then held in order to understand the particular issues facing rural youth. The paper looks first at the community security issues affecting youth in the two districts, then moves on to explore ways in which respondents felt that the current situation of unrest and insecurity could be changed.
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	Laying Bridges and Building Capacities: Extractive Industry, Human Rights and Peace (Spanish-language report) / Tendiendo puentes y construyendo capacidades: el Sector Extractivo, Derechos Humanos y Paz
	Salil Tripathi and William Godnick 2007-11
	This report summarises a June 2007 roundtable supported by Alert and its Colombian partner Indepaz. It provided a platform for stakeholders to express their concerns about the impact of mining and petroleum on the country's armed conflict and development in general. The report includes contributions from indigenous leaders, activists and International Alert's own Salil Tripathi and William Godnick.
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	Tendiendo puentes y construyendo capacidades: el Sector Extractivo, Derechos Humanos y Paz - Laying Bridges and Building Capacities: Extractive Industry, Human Rights and Peace (Spanish-language report)
	Salil Tripathi and William Godnick 2007-11
	This reports summarises a June 2007 roundtable supported by Alert and its Colombian partner Indepaz to provide a platform for stakeholders to express their concerns about the impact of mining and petroleum on the country's armed conflict and development in general. It includes contributions from indigenous leaders, activists and International Alert's own Salil Tripathi and William Godnick.
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	India and its neighbours: Do economic interests have the potential to build peace?
	Charu Lata Hogg 2007-10
	The aim of this report is to conduct a preliminary investigation into the linkages between India's growing economic and political clout and its correlation, if any, to peacebuilding in South Asia, with particular emphasis on conflicts in Sri Lanka and Nepal.
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	Nepal at a Crossroads: The Nexus between Human Security and Renewed Conflict in Rural Nepal
	Narad N Bharadwaj, Shiva K Dhungana, Dr. Natalie Hicks, Rebecca Crozier and Charlotte Watson 2007-10
	Friends for Peace and International Alert undertook research in Morang, Makawanpur, Kailali and Jumla to assess the existing community security situation, people’s perceptions towards it and prospects for the future. The research was based on individual and group interviews and wider community interactions and was led by the communities themselves.
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	National Discussion on Oil Revenue Management in Sao Tomé and Principe (STP), and Regional Coordination Meeting of Civil society from Portuguese-speaking Countries in Africa
	Publish What You Pay (PWYP) coalition, International Alert and UNDP 2007-10
	This is the report of a roundtable discussion organized by the Publish What You Pay (PWYP) coalition, International Alert and UNDP which took place in Sao Tomé and Principe from 29 to 31 October 2007.
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	Nepal at a Crossroads: Strengthening Community Security in the Post-Settlement Context
	International Alert and Friends for Peace 2007-08
	This donor briefing paper provides a synopsis of a more detailed report, available from International Alert and Friends for Peace, on key community security issues in Nepal. The briefing draws on research and interactions that brought together stakeholders from the government, political parties, security forces, civil society and the development community in Nepal with the aim of understanding perceived security needs and the experiences of diverse groups at the local level. It offers a number of recommendations to donors who wish to address issues of security and justice in this unpredictable and fragile context.
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	Addressing Gender-Based Violence in Sierra Leone: Mapping Challenges, Responses and Future Entry Points
	Karen Barnes with Peter Albrecht and Maria Olson 2007-08
	Addressing gender-based violence, which has affected tens of thousands of women and children in Sierra Leone, is a critical element of building peace there. This briefing paper explores the issue, and identifies strategies to enhance prevention and response to gender-based violence in Sierra Leone.
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	International Alert 2006 Annual Review
	International Alert 2007-07
	An overview of International Alert's work in 2006.
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	International Alert Update: Issue 4
	International Alert 2007-06
	This is the fourth issue of International Alert's newsletter.
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	Reform of the Coffee Sector in Burundi: Prospects for Participation, Prosperity and Peace
	By Jean-Paul Kimonyo and Damase Ntiranyibagira 2007-05
	Coffee farming plays a vital role in the Burundian economy. It is the main industry and export product of the country and provides important income for the roughly 600,000 families (about 40% of the population) who grow it. Reforms of the coffee sector have continued with greater deregulation and privatization, but this process takes places in a specific political and economic context: on the one hand there is a new democratically elected government and generalized poverty which has been aggravated by 10 years of civil war. On the other hand there is a turmoil of diverging interests which will only intensify as reforms proceed. Meanwhile, the movement of coffee growers claims ownership over coffee production and thus seeks control over a good part of the state’s shares in the sector, as well as active participation in all decisions concerning the sector. Faced with this issue, International Alert wishes to contribute to the debate and to propose solutions that will allow the reforms to proceed in a way that serves the common interest of all the players involved. The ultimate aim of the report is to contribute to the prevention of conflicts that could arise in connection with the reforms.
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	Local Business Local Peace - Russian Executive Summary
	International Alert 2007-05
	Russian language Executive summary of the Local Business Local Peace report.
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	Local Business Local Peace- South Caucasus Case Study, Russian
	International Alert 2007-05
	Russian version of the South Caucasus case studies taken from the Local Business local Peace report.
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	GAPS Report on Involving Men in the Implementation of Resolution 1325
	GAPS Gender Action for Peace and Security 2007-04
	This report is based on a GAPS event hosted by the Canadian High Commission on Tuesday, March 13th 2007 at Canada House, London.
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	Acting on commitments: How EU strategies and programming can better prevent violent conflict
	International Alert, Saferworld and the European Peaceubilding Liaison Office 2007-04
	New strategy papers for the EU's engagement with developing countries will soon be agreed. The activities under them will have fundamental impacts on the contexts in which they will be applied, and many of these are prone to, or affected by, violent conflict, or experience some kind of societal or state fragility. Recognising the importance of the strategy papers, and the programming which will flow from them, International Alert, Saferworld and the European Peaceubilding Liaison Office, have come together to produce this briefing paper, providing analysis and advice for decision-making in Brussels and in the field.
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	Entreprise Locale, Paix Locale: Le potentiel du secteur privé national pour la construction de la paix - Résumé
	International Alert 2007-02
	French language version. Also Available in English.
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	Réformes de la Filière Café au Burundi: Perspectives d’Avenir pour la Participation, la Prosperite et la Paix
	Jean-Paul Kimonyo et Damase Ntiranyibagira 2007-02
	L’importance de la culture du café dans l’économie burundaise est indéniable. Elle représente l’essentiel des structures industrielles et des recettes d’exportation du pays. Les réformes de la filière café, entamées depuis 1990 mais inachevées, se sont poursuivies par la suite avec une plus grande libéralisation dans le secteur qui s’est manifesté par l’entrée dans certaines fonctions des opérateurs privés notamment dans l’exportation, le déparchage et plus récemment (mais encore timidement) dans la torréfaction. International Alert a voulu proposer des voies de solutions pour que les réformes de la filière café puissent se faire pour l’intérêt commun des principaux intervenants dans le secteur café. Le but ultime de cet exercice est d’oeuvrer pour prévenir des conflits qui pourraient en résulter.
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	Best Intentions Cannot Go Far Enough
	Salil Tripathi 2007-01
	Mr. Tripathi points out the interconnectedness of severe human rights abuses in violent conflict with certain corporate practices, drawing on examples from Africa, Asia and Latin America, and shows that voluntary initiatives alone are not enough to ensure that companies, particularly in the extractive sector, act as per the law or best practices. While human rights impact assessments and conflict risk assessments are not sufficient, they are necessary in guiding corporate practices, and he provides examples from Alert's work in Colombia, in implementing Alert's 'Conflict Sensitive Business Practices: Guidance for the Extractive Sector (CSBP)' with respect to two projects in Colombia.
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	Donor Aid Strategies in Post-Peace Settlement Environments
	International Alert 2006-12
	This paper aims to provide a think-piece for how donor strategies might respond in support of Nepal’s future prospects for sustainable peace. It does this recognising that Nepal is still suffering from the causes and consequences of 10 years of debilitating violent conflict and a history of multiple, parallel governance systems
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	Donor Aid Priorities for Peacebuilding in Nepal’s Post-Peace Settlement Transition
	International Alert 2006-12
	This paper grows from the meeting between IA and the Donor Group on 23rd November 2006 on how to respond effectively and appropriately in the changed political context in Nepal. Drawing on the comments and analysis at the meeting, this paper offers recommendations on priorities for donor engagement. The basic theme is that short-term goals can be achieved, but only if addressing the culture of power in Nepal is the starting point.
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	International Alert Update: Issue 3
	International Alert 2006-11
	This is the third issue of International Alert's newsletter.
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	Las empresas locales y la paz: el potencial de construccion de paz del sector empresarial nacional - Resumen ejecutivo
	International Alert 2006-10
	Spanish language version. Also Available in English.
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	Local Business Local Peace - Sri Lanka Case Study, Sinhala
	International Alert 2006-10
	Sinala version of the Sri Lankan case studies taken from the Local Business local Peace report.
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	Local Business Local Peace - Sri Lanka Case Study, Tamil
	International Alert 2006-10
	The Sri Lanka business case study taken from the Local Business Local Peace report.
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	Mobilising the Ugandan Business Community for Peace: Scoping Study – Summary Report
	International Alert 2006-10
	The ‘Mobilising the Ugandan Business Community for Peace’ scoping study project undertaken by International Alert and funded by Swedish SIDA, ran from October 2005-July 2006. The purpose of the research was to assess the potential of the private sector in Uganda to address Uganda’s conflicts and contribute to peacebuilding.
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	SCR 1325 and the Peacebuilding Commission: Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security – Six Years On Report
	Gina Torry (Ed). Authors: Karen Barnes, Rebecca Chiarelli, Carol Cohn, Ramina Johal, Milkah Kihunah and Maria Olson. 2006-10
	The recently established United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) is a body intended to advise and propose integrated peacebuilding, development and reconstruction strategies for countries emerging from violent conflict. This SCR 1325 6 Years On Report examines the recent establishment of the Peacebuilding Commission, its structure, mandate and obligation to implement SCR 1325 in the achievement of durable peace and development.
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	The UN Peacebuilding Commission: A Chance to Build Peace More Effectively (The Case of Burundi)
	International Alert 2006-10
	Set up during 2006 with peacebuilding as its sole objective, the UN Peacebuilding Commission has the potential to use its intergovernmental voice to focus attention on the factors that could drive a renewal of conflict. In this light, Alert submitted recommendations in late 2006 on how the PBC could most effectively orientate its short and long-term support to the process of improving security and sustaining peace, for men and women, in Burundi. More widely, this publication also looks at the main challenges for the PBC and how it should focus its activities. The recommendations aim also to draw the PBC’s attention to the “where” and “how” of its engagement. This is because the way it engages with national stakeholders will be a significant determinant of progress towards peace.
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	Práctica Empresarial Sensible al Conflicto: guía para la industria extractiva
	International Alert 2006-09
	This is a set of tools for companies concerned about improving their impact on host countries to begin thinking more creatively about understanding and minimising conflict risk, and actively contributing to peace.
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	Central Asia: A Strategic Framework for Peacebuilding - Russian Language Version
	Anna Matveeva 2006-09
	Although Central Asia has remained relatively peaceful in the years since the break-up of the Soviet Union, there is still a considerable potential for conflict in the region. The Strategic Framework for Peacebuilding provides an in-depth analysis of conflict potential in Central Asia, from which it derives a peacebuilding strategy. The report focuses its attention on three states: Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The regional context (Afghanistan) and the influence and interest of major powers (USA, Russia, China) in the region are also taken into account, as are common regional factors like strict border regimes cutting through communities, the complex ethnic situation in the Ferghana valley, the drug trade and the threat of Islamism. The headline conclusion is that the central threat to stability lies not, as has long been thought, in ethnic rivalries or competition over resources, but rather in the relationship between the citizens and the state.
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	DDR: Supporting Security and Development - The EU's Added Value
	Edward Bell & Charlotte Watson 2006-09
	This report looks at the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of ex-combatants. It analyses the process and the role of the European Union, and makes recommendations on future EU involvement.
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	Corruption and Conflict in the South Caucasus - Russian Language Version
	Natalia Mirimanova; Diana Klein (ed.) 2006-09
	This report is the product of field research and subsequent analysis carried out between July 2004 and July 2005 by a team of researchers from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia as well as Nagorny Karabakh, Abkhazia and South Ossetia across the South Caucasus, facilitated by International Alert. Based on a series of one-to-one interviews and focus groups with a wide range of stakeholders, it examines the connections between corruption and frozen conflicts in the South Caucasus region, exploring corruption on all sides. It is the first systematic study of corruption from the perspective of conflict analysis and the first to include the unrecognised entities of the region.
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	Peacebuilding in the South Caucasus: What can the EU Contribute?
	Edward Bell with Diana Klein 2006-09
	This paper is aimed at motivating and informing discussion within the EU institutions and Member States on the nature of their engagement in the South Caucasus. It suggests priority areas for political dialogue and external assistance programming under the upcoming EC Country and Regional Strategy Papers. It argues that unless authorities and civil society in the region, supported by the international community, genuinely address the root causes of violent conflict, societal instability and distrust, then broad-based development and prosperity will remain beyond reach.
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	International Alert 2005 Annual Review
	International Alert 2006-09
	An overview of International Alert's work in 2005.
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	Práctica empresarial sensible al conflicto: guía para la reforestación comercial en Colombia (PESC-R)
	Manuela Leonhardt & José Miguel Orozco 2006-09
	An adaptation of the tools and guides of Alert's 'Conflict-Sensitive Business Practice: Guidance for Extractive Industries', specifically tailored to and for use by the Colombian commercial reforestation industry.
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	Construction de la Paix dans la Région des Grands Lacs: Défis et Opportunités pour l’Union Européenne en RDC
	Charlotte Vaillant 2006-09
	Elaboré dans le cadre du Partenariat pour la Prévention des Conflits, ce document analyse le contexte dans lequel l’UE utilise ses instruments de relations extérieures pour combattre l’insécurité, promouvoir une gouvernance légitime et efficace, et soutenir la reconstruction, un développement durable, et l’intégration régionale en RDC. Des consultations dans la région et dans l’UE ont permis de dégager des propositions communes sur chaque thème pour que l’UE puisse mieux contribuer à une paix et développement durable en RDC et dans la région.
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	Addressing the economic dimensions of peacebuilding through trade and support to private enterprise
	Canan Gündüz and Charlotte Vaillant, with Jessica Banfield 2006-09
	This report argues that putting peacebuilding at the centre of the EU's range of economic development and trade policies could notably contribute to greater policy coherence for development, but also help support the kind of economic growth which can help societies and regions permanently emerge from violence and war.
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	Peacebuilding in The Great Lakes: Challenges and Opportunities for the EU in the DRC
	Charlotte Vaillant 2006-09
	Produced as part of the EU-funded Conflict Prevention Partnership, this paper analyses the context in which the European Union uses its external relations instruments to address security issues, promote legitimate and effective governance, and support economic recovery and regional integration, in the DRC. Consultations in the region and in the EU, as well as meetings held in Kinshasa in September 2006 with local officials, civil society and international diplomats have been used to develop recommendations and suggest possible avenues under each theme.
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	Conflict-Sensitive Business Practice: Guidance for Commercial Reforestation in Colombia (CSBP – R)
	Manuela Leonhardt & José Miguel Orozco 2006-09
	An adaptation of the tools and guides of Alert's 'Conflict-Sensitive Business Practice: Guidance for Extractive Industries', specifically tailored to and for use by the Colombian commercial reforestation industry.
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	Conflict-Sensitive Business Practice: Engineering Contractors and their Clients
	Jessica Banfield & Salil Tripathi 2006-08
	Contractors operating in unstable states face a range of conflict risks. Oil, gas and mining projects, which frequently have significant contractor involvement, can inadvertently trigger or sustain violence, or become the focus of resentment themselves. Produced in partnership with Engineers Against Poverty, this guidance note is addressed both to engineering contractors and their clients. It examines some key issues related to conflict, contractors and conflict sensitivity, and introduces conflict-sensitive business practice (CSBP) – steps through which these issues can be understood and managed.
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	Conflict-Sensitive Project Finance: Better Lending Practice in Conflict-Prone States
	Jessica Banfield & Salil Tripathi 2006-08
	This briefing paper highlights the risks associated with financing projects in conflict-prone areas, and proposes better lending practice in conflict-prone states –defined as ‘conflict sensitive’ project finance.
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	Local Business, Local Peace: the Peacebuilding Potential of the Domestic Private Sector. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
	International Alert 2006-07
	This is an executive summary of the publication Local Business, Local Peace: the Peacebuilding Potential of the Domestic Private Sector.
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	Local Business, Local Peace: the Peacebuilding Potential of the Domestic Private Sector
	Jessica Banfield, Canan Gündüz, Nick Killick (eds.) 2006-07
	This publication makes the case that the local business community in conflict-affected countries can and should play a role in building peace. Linking up with other peacebuilding actors, and taking advantage of their own resources and skills, business communities should address socio-economic, security, political and reconciliation dimensions of peacebuilding.
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	International Alert: 20 Years of Peacebuilding
	International Alert 2006-06
	Highlights of International Alert's founding, early work and expansion over the past 20 years.
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	Reviewing Action on Small Arms 2006: Assessing the first five years of the UN Programme of Action
	Biting the Bullet (International Alert, Saferworld, University of Bradford) 2006-06
	This report by Biting the Bullet (International Alert, Saferworld and University of Bradford) aims to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date review and analysis of progress towards implementation of the UN Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons In All Its Aspects (PoA) and of the consequent issues and priorities for the 2006 Review Conference.
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	Report on the proceedings of the Diamonds for Development Sub-Regional Conference
	International Alert 2006-06
	Report on the proceedings of the Diamonds for Development Sub-Regional Conference
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	Current State of Diamond Mining in the Mano River Basin and the use of Diamonds as a Tool for Peacebuilding and Development, The
	Robert Powell & Mohamed Yahya 2006-06
	Based on a series of visits to working diamond mines, interviews with diggers, mine owners, traders, exporters, government officials and NGOs, the report describes the current state of the diamond industry in West Africa, providing both an overview of the sub-region and detailed analysis of each country. It identifies possible ways of using diamonds as a tool for development rather than a fuel for conflict, including how to deliver a larger part of the revenue from diamonds to the miners themselves and to the rural communities that host them, plus strategies for making artisanal mine owners more efficient and profitable and less financially dependent on the traders who buy their stones. It also suggests ways of improving cooperation and harmonising diamond policy at the regional and international level.
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	Supporting Civil Society in Building Peace in Nepal
	International Alert 2006-05
	This report is divided into two sections. The first section is a brief overview of the new context in Nepal resulting from the People’s Movement II of April 2006. The second section comprises the substantive part of the report and offers concrete recommendations for how donors can collaborate to support civil society in peacebuilding and conflict transformation. In the current context, greater focus has been given to recommendations based on collaborative donor support to civil society outside of Kathmandu.
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	International Alert Update: Issue 2
	International Alert 2006-04
	This is the second issue of International Alert's newsletter.
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	Education for All – Nepal: Review from a conflict perspective
	Tony Vaux, Alan Smith, Sirjana Subba 2006-03
	This Review of the Education For All (EFA) programme in Nepal was commissioned by the Finnish Embassy on behalf of the group of supporting donors and undertaken by a team of consultants contracted by International Alert. The Review concludes that the design of the EFA programme is directly aimed at issues of exclusion and therefore is a highly appropriate response to conflict. There are, however, a number of serious deficiencies in implementation and donors could focus their efforts in relation to the EFA programme more sharply ‘on’ conflict.
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	Central Asia: A Strategic Framework for Peacebuilding
	Anna Matveeva 2006-02
	Although Central Asia has remained relatively peaceful in the years since the break-up of the Soviet Union, there is still a considerable potential for conflict in the region. The Strategic Framework for Peacebuilding provides an in-depth analysis of conflict potential in Central Asia, from which it derives a peacebuilding strategy. The report focuses its attention on three states: Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The regional context (Afghanistan) and the influence and interest of major powers (USA, Russia, China) in the region are also taken into account, as are common regional factors like strict border regimes cutting through communities, the complex ethnic situation in the Ferghana valley, the drug trade and the threat of islamism. The headline conclusion is that the central threat to stability lies not, as has long been thought, in ethnic rivalries or competition over resources, but rather in the relationship between the citizens and the state.
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	Corruption and Conflict in the South Caucasus
	Natalia Mirimanova; Diana Klein (ed.) 2006-01
	This report is the product of field research and subsequent analysis carried out between July 2004 and July 2005 by a team of researchers from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia as well as Nagorny Karabakh, Abkhazia and South Ossetia across the South Caucasus, facilitated by International Alert. Based on a series of one-to-one interviews and focus groups with a wide range of stakeholders, it examines the connections between corruption and frozen conflicts in the South Caucasus region, exploring corruption on all sides. It is the first systematic study of corruption from the perspective of conflict analysis and the first to include the unrecognised entities of the region.
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	Biting the Bullet. Promoting effective global action on small arms: Priorities for the 2006 UN Review Conference
	Owen Greene 2006-01
	The first Review Conference for the UN Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat, and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects is due to take place in July 2006. This Report identifies and examines key priorities for the 2006 Review Conference for the PoA. It particularly focuses on identifying realistic and potentially negotiable objectives for the Conference.
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	Conflict and Project Finance: exploring options for the better management of conflict risk
	Corene Crossin and Jessie Banfield 2006-01
	Until now the financial sector has had limited involvement in international debates on business and conflict. This background paper seeks to stimulate greater consideration of conflict risk and a more constructive path for project finance backed investments in conflict-prone regions. While there is a cluster of factors that point to project financiers’ particular exposure to conflict risk, the project finance community is at the same time well-placed to take remedial steps, to both protect their own investments and ensure that their business is not impacting negatively on those affected by violent conflict or the wider objectives of their own institutions. This paper looks at the connections between conflict and project finance, and explores how financial institutions may adopt a ‘conflict-sensitive’ approach to finance by improving their understanding of the two-way relationship between projects and violent conflict.
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	Background Paper and Analytical Framework for a conflict assessment of the Education For All programme in Nepal
	Sarah Bayne 2005-12
	The paper aims to serve as background and analytical guidance for a conflict assessment of the Education for All programme in Nepal.
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	Meeting Report: Panel Discussion. Inclusive Security, Sustainable Peace: Tools for Action
	International Alert, Search for Common Ground 2005-11
	This panel discussion aimed to link the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 implementation five years on to the European focus on the implementation of 1325 and the related European Parliament resolution on the participation of women in peaceful conflict resolution.
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	International Alert Annual Review 2004-5
	International Alert 2005-11
	An overview of International Alert's work in 2004-5.
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	International Alert Update: Issue 1
	International Alert 2005-11
	This is the first issue of International Alert's newsletter.
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	Civil Society Action on SALW Control
	William Godnick (International Alert) and the TRESA team (M. Ashkenazi, C. Beeck, J. Brethfeld, F. Foltz, J. Horner, S. Wanjau) 2005-10
	This module is intended to serve as a guideline for members of civil society and civil society organizations (CSOs) that want to become involved in small arms and light weapons(SALW) collection and destruction.
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	Implementing International Small Arms Controls: Some Lessons from Eurasia, Latin America and West Africa
	Michael von Tangen Page, William Godnick, Janani Vivekananda 2005-07
	This report examines the lessons learned from the three year Monitoring the Implementation of Small Arms Controls (MISAC) project which addressed the barriers to the implementation of international controls on small arms such as the 2001 Programme of Action and the UN Firearms Protocol as well as regional control measures such as the EU Code of Conduct, the OSCE Small Arms Document the OAS Convention and the ECOWAS Moratorium. It assesses the key barriers to implementation as well as drawing lessons learned from those countries and regions which have implemented these controls. It concentrates on the lessons learned from three regions, Eurasia, West Africa and Latin America.
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	Controles Internacionales Sobre Armas Pequeñas, Los: Algunas lecciones de Eurasia, América Latina y Africa Occidental
	Michael von Tangen Page, William Godnick y Janani Vivekananda 2005-07
	Este reporte describe los puntos claves del aprendizaje comparativo recogido como resultado del Proyecto MISAC del Programa de Seguridad y Construcción de Paz de International Alert. El proyecto examinó el proceso de implementación de medidas regionales e internacionales de control SALW en Eurasia, América Latina y África Occidental. Este reporte sin embargo está diseñado para dar al lector una visión global y comparativa tanto de los impedimentos claves en la ejecución de los acuerdos de control SALW como de un entendimiento comparativo de los diferentes requerimientos que enfrentan los funcionarios que están implementando estas medidas.
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	Mise en oeuvre des contrôles internationaux sur les armes légères, la: enseignements issus d’Eurasie, d’Amérique Latine et d’Afrique de l’Ouest
	von Tangen Page, William Godnick et Janani Vivekananda 2005-07
	Ce rapport expose en termes comparatifs les enseignements clés tirés du projet d’International Alert sur le suivi de l’application des contrôles des ALPC. Le projet a examine le processus de mise en ouvre des mesures régionales et internationales de contrôle des ALPC en Eurasie, en Amérique Latine et en Afrique occidentale. Chacun des rapports examinant un pays en particulier contient également des recommandations spécifiques et lecteur pourra se référer à ces rapports lorsqu’il souhaitera approfondir les enjeux liés au contexte propre d’un pays ou d’une région. Ce rapport est cependant conçu de manière à fournir au lecteur une vue globale et comparative des obstacles principaux à l’application des traites sur le contrôle des ALPC.
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	Biting the Bullet Discussion Paper. Promoting Effective Global Action on Small Arms: Emerging Agendas for the 2006 UN Review Conference
	Owen Greene 2005-07
	This Discussion Paper identifies and discusses emerging issues and priorities for the July 2006 Review Conference for the UN Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat, and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects. It particularly focuses on identifying realistic and potentially negotiable objectives for the 2006 Review Conference.
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	Developing an EU Strategy to Address Fragile States: Priorities for the UK Presidency of the EU in 2005
	International Alert, Saferworld 2005-06
	This report assesses how the EU’s range of policy instruments and structures can more effectively be used to address the causes and consequences of fragile states and provides practical recommendations targeted at the EU Presidencies, the European Council, Commission and Parliament.
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	Biting the Bullet. International Action on Small Arms 2005: Examining Implementation of the UN Programme of Action
	IANSA, International Alert, Saferworld, University of Bradford 2005-06
	This report provides a comprehensive review of progress towards implementing the important commitments contained in the UN Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects (PoA), drawing on data gathered for over 180 countries and analysing relevant local, national, regional and international processes. It aims to: provide a relatively comprehensive, analytical and reliable overview; illustrate implementation experiences across each of the regions; identify emerging strengths and weaknesses; and assess overall performance in implementing the PoA. It is a contribution to international debates, and to discussions at the 2005 Biennial Meeting of States and preparations for the 2006 UN Review Conference.
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	Women Building Peace: Sharing Know-How. Assessing Impact: Planning for Miracles
	Judy El Bushra with Ancil Adrian-Paul and Maria Olson 2005-06
	This report, based on a workshop on assessing impact, seeks to broaden the scope of peace and conflict impact monitoring by highlighting issues of concern to women, and by showing how these issues may enrich the field. It distils some of the experience and thinking of women's organisations engaged in peacebuilding on how - and why - they carry out impact assessment.
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	UN SC Resolution 1325 Women, Peace and Security: Issues and Instruments - The Afghan Context
	Ancil Adrian-Paul and Partaw Naderi 2005-06
	A report on the first ever Afghan consultation on the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. The consultation was organised by International Alert's Gender and Peacebuilding Programme and the Afghan Civil Society Forum (ACSF).
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	Corps des Femmes Comme Champ de Bataille Durant la Guerre en République Démocratique du Congo, Le: Violences sexuelles contre les femmes et les filles au Sud-Kivu (1996-2003)
	International Alert, Réseau des Femmes pour un Développement Associatif, Réseau des Femmes pour la Défense des Droits et la Paix 2005-04
	Combatants on all sides of the conflict in Eastern DRC have been using sexual violence purposefully asa weapon of war. Acts of sexual violence continue to be committed with unprecedented cruelty, the perpetrators inflicting the most humiliating and degrading treatment on their victims that they can devise. This report is based on interviews with 492 women and 50 soldiers in Eastern DRC. It documents the violation of women’s human rights during the war and examines the socio-cultural roots of this violence and the different forms it takes.
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	Women's Bodies as a Battleground: Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls During the War in the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Kivu (1996-2003)
	International Alert, Réseau des Femmes pour un Développement Associatif, Réseau des Femmes pour la Défense des Droits et la Paix 2005-04
	Combatants on all sides of the conflict in Eastern DRC have been using sexual violence purposefully asa weapon of war. Acts of sexual violence continue to be committed with unprecedented cruelty, the perpetrators inflicting the most humiliating and degrading treatment on their victims that they can devise. This report is based on interviews with 492 women and 50 soldiers in Eastern DRC. It documents the violation of women’s human rights during the war and examines the socio-cultural roots of this violence and the different forms it takes.
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	International Alert Strategic Perspective 2005-9
	International Alert 2005-04
	This five-year strategic perspective is based on International Alert’s strategic review conducted in 2004. Approved at our Board meeting in April 2005, this perspective guides the work of the organisation in the coming period.
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	Biting the Bullet Briefing 18: Ammunition Stocks: Promoting Safe and Secure Storage and Disposal
	International Alert, Saferworld, University of Bradford, SEESAC 2005-03
	The challenge of dealing with Ammunition is one of the key issues in the contemporary international SALW debate. Not only is ammunition vital for firing a weapon it is significantly more volatile, and therefore dangerous, leading to special care being necessary in stockpile management. This report examines the mechanisms of ammunition destruction and disposal open to governments as well as discussing why it is an important SALW issue.
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	Putting a Human Face to the Problem of Small Arms Proliferation
	Nicola Johnston and William Godnick with Charlotte Watson and Michael von Tangen Page 2005-03
	This report examines the potential impact that gender issues have on small arms and light weapons (SALW) proliferation generally and specifically in relation to the 2001 UN Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (PoA). It provides a general background to the interrelationship between the PoA and gender and provides recommendations to the UN on how the PoA can be better implemented by taking into account gender considerations.
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	Conflict-Sensitive Business Practice: Guidance for Extractive Industries
	International Alert 2005-03
	This is a set of tools for companies concerned about improving their impact on host countries to begin thinking more creatively about understanding and minimising conflict risk, and actively contributing to peace.
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	International Companies and Post-Conflict Reconstruction – Cross-Sectoral Comparisons
	John Bray 2005-02
	In development circles, the debate about the role of business in conflict-affected regions has tended to focus on petroleum and mining. This paper begins with a review of the extractive industries, but then broadens the discussion to discuss three other sectors: mobile phones, construction and commercial banks. It cites examples from Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iraq, Somalia, Sierra Leone and Timor- Leste.
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	Peace through Profit: Sri Lankan Perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility
	International Alert 2005-01
	This report investigates Sri Lankan perceptions of the role of business in society, and businesses’ own perception of this role, including its potential in supporting social, economic and political development. It also explores whether Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), as presently understood by businesses and the wider community, can be a useful entry point for Sri Lanka’s private sector to contribute to peace
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	Oil and the Search for Peace in the South Caucasus: The Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline
	International Alert 2004-12
	This report analyses the interaction between the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline and its political context in the South Caucasus, with particular reference to the frozen conflict over Nagorno Karabakh. It examines a range of conflict actors and assesses the dual potential of the pipeline for conflict reduction or escalation, as well as the possible impact of the changing political status quo on the pipeline itself.
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	Inclusive Security, Sustainable Peace: A Toolkit for Advocacy and Action
	International Alert, Women Waging Peace 2004-11
	A resource for women peace activists, practitioners and policy makers, intended to enable women to engage strategically in peacebuilding and security processes. Includes sections on conflict prevention, resolution and reconstruction; security issues; justice, governance and civil society and protecting vulnerable groups.
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	Ot ekonomiki voiny k ekonomike mira na Yuzhnom Kavkaze. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
	Economy and Conflict Research Group and International Alert 2004-09
	This document is a summary of our publication 'From War Economies to Peace Economies in the South Caucasus'. The book was the product of a 18 month period of research and analysis that aimed to explore how a better understanding of the region’s current economic dynamics might contribute to the resolution of its conflicts.
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	Ot ekonomiki voiny k ekonomike mira na Yuzhnom Kavkaze
	Economy and Conflict Research Group and International Alert 2004-09
	This is the product of a 18 month period of research and analysis that aimed to explore how a better understanding of the region’s current economic dynamics might contribute to the resolution of its conflicts. It is the first book to examine this topic from the perspectives of those living in the region - the authors are members of the Economy and Conflict Research Group; a pool of experts from throughout the South Caucasus, covering Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey and including Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh and South Ossetia.
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	From War Economies to Peace Economies in the South Caucasus
	Economy and Conflict Research Group and International Alert 2004-09
	This is the product of a 18 month period of research and analysis that aimed to explore how a better understanding of the region’s current economic dynamics might contribute to the resolution of its conflicts. It is the first book to examine this topic from the perspectives of those living in the region - the authors are members of the Economy and Conflict Research Group; a pool of experts from throughout the South Caucasus, covering Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey and including Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh and South Ossetia.
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	From War Economies to Peace Economies in the South Caucasus. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
	Economy and Conflict Research Group and International Alert 2004-09
	This document is a summary of our publication 'From War Economies to Peace Economies in the South Caucasus'. The book was the product of a 18 month period of research and analysis that aimed to explore how a better understanding of the region’s current economic dynamics might contribute to the resolution of its conflicts.
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	Small Arms Consultative Group Process. Small Arms and Light Weapons Transfers: Developing Understandings on Guidelines for National Controls and Transfers to Non-State Actors
	International Alert, Saferworld, University of Bradford 2004-08
	The objectives of this informal Small Arms Consultative Group have been to develop shared understandings of two linked issue areas that are of key importance to the implementation and further development of the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons: transfers of SALW to non-state actors and guidelines for national decisions on whether to authorise weapons transfers.
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	International Alert Annual Review 2003-4
	International Alert 2004-08
	An overview of International Alert's work on conflict 2003-4.
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	Natural Resource Exploitation and Human Security in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Seminar Report
	International Alert, Pole Institute 2004-06
	The report is organised in three parts: first, summaries of the seminar presentations and plenary discussions; then analysis of the issues discussed and some conclusions; lastly a sketch of relevant policy actors and processes, with a view to further research and advocacy.
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	EIDHR Review: Recommendations for 2005/2006
	Lindsay Alexander 2004-06
	Report commenting on the European Commission's “provisional draft non-paper” on EIDHR programming for 2005-2006.
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	Building Institutional Capacity for Conflict-Sensitive Practice: The Case of International NGOs
	Maria Lange 2004-05
	This report looks at the factors that drive international development organisations towards or away from integrating conflict analysis into their programming.
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	Small Arms Control in Central Asia (MISAC)
	John Heathershaw, Emil Juraev, Michael von Tangen Page, Lada Zimina 2004-04
	This study examines the activities and identifies the organisations that have been involved in the work against the illicit trafficking of small arms, following the July 2001 UN Conference on the Illicit Trade of Small Arms and Light Weapons in all its Aspects.
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	Promoting a Conflict Prevention Approach to OECD Companies and Partnering with Local Business
	International Alert 2004-03
	A briefing for the OECD-DAC Conflict, Peace and Development Co-operation Network meeting, March 2004.
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	Small Arms Control in Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal (MISAC)
	Christiane Agboton-Johnson, Adedeji Ebo, Laura Mazal 2004-03
	This report seeks to document governmental and civil society activity in Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal with regard to the control of SALW.
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	What Role for Oil Majors in Supporting Sustainable Peace and Development in Angola? A Survey of Stakeholder Perspectives
	Jessica Banfield and Phil Champain 2004-02
	This report presents the findings of a consultative research project examining the potential of oil majors to support peace in Angola. It looks in particular at oil companies’ relations with stakeholders, and argues that frequent and meaningful engagement with all stakeholders is essential for enabling business to become conflict-sensitive and to fulfill its peacebuilding potential.
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	Strengthening Global Security Through Addressing the Root Causes of Conflict: Priorities for the Irish and Dutch Presidencies in 2004
	International Alert, Saferworld 2004-02
	The aim of this document is to highlight practical steps that the EU could take to better link the progress being made with its developing European Security and Defence (ESDP) operations and crisis management with longer-term conflict prevention. The paper outlines four key areas for the EU Member States, officials in the Council and the Commission to address to enhance the EU’s capacity to prevent violent conflict.
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	Gender Justice and Accountability in Peace Support Operations: Closing the Gaps
	Pam Spees 2004-02
	The goal of this policy briefing is to provide a focused look at the challenges and obstacles to ensuring gender justice and accountability in the context of international peace support operations and to provide recommendations for UN and regional peacekeeping bodies (AU, ECOWAS, EU, NATO, OSCE) officials responsible for peacekeeping in terms of setting policy standards and practice guidelines, as well as those directly involved as military or civilian peacekeepers.
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	Small Arms Control in Eurasia (MISAC)
	Stephanie Cooper, Michael von Tangen Page, Helena Vàzquez, Lada Zimina 2004-01
	The key issues addressed in this broad overview are the relevant treaties and international instruments relating to SALW; which of them have been adopted by the countries under study and what are the achievements and areas of concern for these countries in implementing these international instruments.
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	Strategising for Peace and Social Justice in West Africa
	Nana K. A. Busia 2004-01
	This is an overview of International Alert's work in West Africa.
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	Enhancing the Capacity of Women Leaders of Community Organisations to Contribute Towards Peace Building in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria
	Amina Salihu, Emem Okon, Ndeye Sow 2004-01
	This report documents the processes and outcomes of a needs assessment carried out with women in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria between the 12th and 20th July 2002 - part of a project to build the capacities of women leaders to contribute towards a non-violent resolution of conflict.
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	Conflict-Sensitive Approaches to Development, Humanitarian Assistance and Peacebuilding: A Resource Pack
	Africa Peace Forum, Center for Conflict Resolution, Consortium of Humanitarian Agencies, Forum of Early Warning and Response, International Alert, Saferworld 2004-01
	The pack provides practical guidelines and tools for development and humanitarian organisations working in conflict in order to help them place conflict-sensitivity at the centre of their situation analysis, programme design and monitoring processes.
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	EU Security Strategy, The: Implications for EU Conflict Prevention
	International Alert, Saferworld 2004-01
	The paper assesses the EU Security Strategy from a conflict prevention perspective, highlighting its relationship with the EU Programme for the Prevention of Violent Conflicts, endorsed by the Goteborg European Council in June 2001. It provides practical recommendations on how conflict prevention can be better implemented via the Security Strategy over the next year.
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	Breaking the Links Between Economics and Conflict in Mindanao
	Sylvia Conception, Larry Digal, Rufa Guiam, Rumlo de la Rosa, Mara Stankovitch, International Alert and the Alternate Forum for Research in Mindanao 2003-12
	This report sheds analytical light on the complex linkages between economic factors and the conflict in Mindanano, and on the possible role of local business leaders and their associates in communities of other sectors in the country in breaking these links. It also explores options for government in addressing these dynamics.
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	Conflict, Humanitarian Assistance and Peacebuilding: Meeting the Challenges
	Maria Lange and Mick Quinn 2003-12
	This report summarises current debate on conflict, aid and peacebuilding and suggests that humanitarian agencies can go beyond avoiding negative impacts on conflict to contributing positively to peacebuilding in a way that respects their core mandates and key humanitarian principles.
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	Contrôle des armes légères en Afrique de l’Ouest (MISAC), Le
	Adedeji Ebo 2003-12
	This report is an overview of illicit small arms and light weapons (SALW) proliferation in West Africa, focusing on the implementation of sub-regional control instruments. In this regard, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Moratorium on the Importation, Exportation and Manufacture of Small Arms and Light Weapons in West Africa (ECOWAS Moratorium) stands out as the main platform on which arms control in the sub-region is based.
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	Small Arms Control in The Black Sea Region (MISAC)
	Suzette Grillot 2003-12
	This report, Small Arms Control in the Black Sea Region, is the second in a series of assessments published by International Alert to support the exchange of knowledge and information about small arms controls in Eastern Eurasia.
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	Small Arms Control in West Africa (MISAC)
	Adedeji Ebo 2003-11
	This report is an overview of illicit small arms and light weapons (SALW) proliferation in West Africa, focusing on the implementation of sub-regional control instruments. In this regard, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Moratorium on the Importation, Exportation and Manufacture of Small Arms and Light Weapons in West Africa (ECOWAS Moratorium) stands out as the main platform on which arms control in the sub-region is based.
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	Control de Armas Pequeñas en el Mercosur (MISAC)
	Pablo Dreyfus y Carolina Iootty de Paiva Dias con Benjamín Lessing y William Godnick 2003-10
	El presente informe documenta los mecanismos e instituciones relevantes al control de armas pequeñas en MERCOSUR incluyendo los dos países asociados, Bolivia y Chile.
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	Regional approaches to conflict prevention in Africa: European support to African processes
	Lindsay Alexander, Adam Higazi, James Mackie, Javier Niño-Perez and Andrew Sherriff 2003-10
	This In Brief article exams EU policy on conflict prevention and the instruments at the Union's disposal, exploring how these instruments can be used to support African initiatives to counter conflict.
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	Approches régionales pour la prévention des conflits en Afrique: Le soutien européen aux processus africains
	Lindsay Alexander, Adam Higazi, James Mackie, Javier Niño-Perez et Andrew Sherriff 2003-10
	Cet En Bref dresse le décor dans lequel les acteurs impliqués s'efforceront de traduire les approches régionales émergentes en matière de prévention des conflits concrètement et sur le terrain. Le document présentera enfin la politique de l'UE en matière de prévention des conflits etles instruments dont elle dispose, examinant comment ceux-ci sont susceptibles d'être employés pour permettre aux initiatives des Africains d'enrayer les conflits.
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	Transnational Corporations in Conflict Prone Zones: Public Policy Responses and a Framework for Action
	Jessica Banfield, Damian Lilly, Virginia Haufler 2003-09
	This report assesses the possibility of the convergence of conflict prevention and CSR policy frameworks on the issues of TNCs and Conflict - a convergence that is crucial if policymaking institutions' commitments to either goal is to be fulfilled.
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	Building a Network for Small Arms Control in MERCOSUR: Workshop Report
	International Alert 2003-09
	A report on the main conclusions and actions from International Alert's meeting with IANSA and Viva Rio on small arms advocacy in MERCOSUR, held 19-20 June 2003.
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	International Alert Annual Review 2002-3
	International Alert 2003-08
	An overview of International Alert's work on conflict 2002-3
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	EU Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution in Africa
	International Alert, Saferworld 2003-07
	This report consolidates the outcomes of the EU Rome seminar on conflict prevention, management and resolution in Africa and a background discussion paper prepared for the delegates by a variety of European and African authors.
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	Control de Armas Pequeñas en Centroamérica (MISAC)
	William Godnick and Helena Vàzquez 2003-06
	This report seeks to document governmental, multilateral and NGO activity in Central America with a specific focus on the time period following the UN 2001 Small Arms Conference. The purpose of the report is to assess regional, governmental, and civil society trends and capacities to lessen the illicit transfer and misuse of small arms.
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	Women Building Peace: Sharing Know-How
	Judy El-Bushra 2003-06
	This report aims to synthesise the findings to date of International Alert’s Women Building Peace: Sharing Know-how Project. It makes use of a varied set of project activities (including conferences, key-informant interviews, documentation from partner organisations, and the deliberations of the Sharing Know-how Workshop held in Oxford in November 2002) as well as a range of sources drawn from literature on the emerging theme of women and peacebuilding.
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	Biting the Bullet. Implementing the Programme of Action 2003: Action by States and Civil Society
	IANSA, International Alert, Saferworld, University of Bradford 2003-06
	This report provides an initial review of progress towards implementation of the 2001 UN Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects. It outlines and assesses progress towards implementation of the PoA, drawing on data gathered for 156 countries and analysing relevant national, regional and international processes. It aims to provide a broad and reliable overview of progress and illustrate experiences across each of the regions, to identify emerging strengths and weaknesses and contribute to on-going efforts to promote wide and effective implementation of the PoA.
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	Small Arms Control in Central America (MISAC)
	William Godnick and Helena Vàzquez 2003-06
	This report seeks to document governmental, multilateral and NGO activity in Central America with a specific focus on the time period following the UN 2001 Small Arms Conference. The purpose of the report is to assess regional, governmental, and civil society trends and capacities to lessen the illicit transfer and misuse of small arms.
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	Small Arms Control in MERCOSUR (MISAC)
	Pablo Dreyfus and Carolina Iootty de Paiva Dias with Benjamin Lessing and William Godnick 2003-06
	The key issues addressed in this broad overview are the relevant treaties and international instruments relating to SALW; which of them have been adopted by the countries under study and what are the achievements and areas of concern for these countries in implementing these international instruments.
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	Enhancing the role of non-state actors in conflict-sensitive development
	International Alert, Saferworld 2003-05
	This report argues that the Communication on the Participation of Non-State Actors in EC Development Policy neglects the important contribution and role that non-state actors with a conflict prevention focus can make to sustainable peace and development as well as the particular sensitivity required when engaging non-state actors in conflict affected areas. Greater emphasis and understanding of how development processes impact, and are impacted by, conflict dynamics, would both strengthen the debate, and ultimately improve the effectiveness of EC policy.
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	Ensuring Progress in the Prevention of Violent Conflict: Priorities for the Greek & Italian EU Presidencies 2003
	Saferworld, International Alert 2003-03
	This report highlights practical steps that the EU could take during the Greek and Italian Presidencies in 2003 to better implement and monitor the progress of the commitments made on conflict prevention. It outlines five key issues for EU member states and the Commission to address during the Greek and Italian Presidencies to enhance the EU’s capacity to prevent violent conflict.
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	Small Arms Control in Central and Eastern Europe (MISAC)
	Suzette R. Grillot 2003-03
	This report is the first in a series of sub-regional mappings of Eastern Eurasia (the other two being the Black Sea Region and Central Asia). This report profiles the national control agreements and capabilities to address matters pertaining to small arms and light weapons (SALW) in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).
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	Memoria Taller Binancional Panamá -- Costa Rica/ Report Binational Workshop Costa Rica -- Panama
	International Alert, Arias Foundation for Peace and Human Progress, SERPAJ 2003-03
	Informe del seminario que lleva por nombre “Costa Rica y Panamá: tráfico ilícito y control de armas de fuego, un aporte para la Comisión de Seguridad del SICA”. Report of the seminar entitled “Costa Rica and Panama: Illicit Trafficking and Control of Firearms. Strengthening the Role of the Central American Security Commission”.
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	Control de las Armas Pequeñas en América Latina (MISAC)
	William Godnick and Helena Vàzquez 2003-03
	This study examines the activities and identifies the organisations that have been involved in the work against the illicit trafficking of small arms, following the July 2001 UN Conference on the Illicit Trade of Small Arms and Light Weapons in all its Aspects.
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	Small Arms Control in Latin America (MISAC)
	William Godnick and Helena Vàzquez 2003-03
	This study examines the activities and identifies the organisations that have been involved in the work against the illicit trafficking of small arms, following the July 2001 UN Conference on the Illicit Trade of Small Arms and Light Weapons in all its Aspects.
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	Consolidare L'Impegno nella Prevenzione dei Conflitti Violenti: Priorita' per le Presidenze Greca ed Italiana dell'Unione Europea nel 2003
	International Alert, Saferworld 2003-03
	Le proposte di International Alert e Saferworld intendono evidenziare i passi concreti che l’Unione Europea potrebbe compiere nel 2003 per promuovere un intervento organico di prevenzione dei conflitti violenti.
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	Building Peace, Security & Development in Africa: Taking Forward European Union (EU) Commitments to Conflict Prevention
	International Alert & Saferworld 2003-02
	This is a briefing by Saferworld and International Alert to the EU-Africa Summit 2003 in Lisbon
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	EU’s Response to Conflict Affected Countries, The: Operational Guidance for the Implementation of the Cotonou Agreement
	Sophie de Camara Santa Clara, Tehri Lehtinen, Andrew Sheriff,Jean Bossuyt 2003-02
	This Discussion Paper summarises the main findings of a two year research programme, led in the first phase at headquarters of the major Development and Humanitarian Agencies present in conflict affected countries. As a second phase 6 countries case-studies were carried out: Burundi, Congo DRC, Guinea Bissau, Rwanda, Somalia and Sudan. This paper is a summary of these six experiences.
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	Biting the Bullet Briefing 16. Regulation of Civilian Possession of Small Arms and Light Weapons
	International Alert, Saferworld, University of Bradford 2003-01
	One of the more controversial outcomes of the UN Small Arms conference was the failure of states to explicitly commit to more effective regulation of civilian possession and use of small arms and light weapons (SALW). Nevertheless, the Programme of Action does contain limited provisions including the criminalisation of illicit possession of SALW and a requirement that states ensure responsibility for SALW issued by them.This policy briefing elaborates on how these and other international commitments should be interpreted and implemented so as to enhance human security.
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	Biting the Bullet Briefing 17. Strengthening Embargoes and Enhancing Human Security
	International Alert, Saferworld, University of Bradford 2003-01
	Arms embargoes are one of the principal tools of states in seeking to prevent, limit and bring an end to armed conflict and human rights abuses. Despite the frequency with which arms embargoes have been imposed, there are significant problems with their implementation. Pressure is therefore growing for the international governmental community to act in order to ensure that the political commitment embodied by the imposition of arms embargoes is matched by the commitment to ensure their rigorous enforcement and to achieve enhanced human security on the ground.
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	Peace & Conflict Impact Assessment (PCIA) and NGO Peacebuilding – Experiences from Kenya & Guatemala: A Briefing Paper
	Manuela Leonhardt, Patricia Ardon, Njeri Karuru, Andrew Sherriff 2002-09
	This report summarises the key findings from two collaborative projects on NGO capacity building for conflict reduction and peacebuilding undertaken by International Alert (IA) and the Instituto de Enseñanza para el Desarrollo Sostenible (IEPADES) in Guatemala, and the Centre for Conflict Research (CCR) in Kenya. The work focussed on the development and validation of practical tools for conflict-sensitive development planning and monitoring.
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	Goal Orientated Approach to Governance and Security Sector Reform, A
	Damian Lilly, Robin Luckham, Michael Von Tangen Page 2002-09
	Poor governance of the security sector is a key obstacle to sustainable development and peacebuilding, and in recent years there has been an increasing recognition of these linkages by the donor community. Whilst undertaking security sector reform is ultimately the responsibility of governments and societies, donors can provide assistance to better support the reform processes. This report aims to assist donors to move from a broadly accepted policy framework to strategies for supporting comprehensive security sector reform programmes in developing countries through a coherent and co-ordinated approach.
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	More than Implementers: Civil Society in Complex Emergencies. A Discussion Paper
	Mick Quinn 2002-08
	This discussion paper explores one aspect of the vast area of working with civil society organisations in conflict contexts from an operational perspective.
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	Towards A Better Practice Framework in Security Sector Reform: Broadening the debate
	International Alert, Clingendael, Saferworld, 2002-08
	As the arguments for including security sector reform (SSR) into the agendas of donors have become increasingly accepted, the time has come for policy analysts, academics and practitioners to take stock of the lessons that have been learned from some five years of engagement. This new Occasional SSR Paper series, published jointly by the Netherlands Institute of International Affairs ('Clingendael'), International Alert and Saferworld, is intended to provide a forum where these lessons can be discussed and disseminated.
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	Gender Mainstreaming in Peace Support Operations: Moving Beyond Rhetoric to Practice
	International Alert 2002-07
	This paper discusses the need, rationale and mandates for mainstreaming gender throughout Peace Support Operations (PSOs). It raises some of the challenges and suggests recommendations for assisting the process. At this critical time in the development of gender mainstreaming within PSOs it aims to contribute to the growing debate of how gender mainstreaming policy can be translated and entrenched in practice.
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	Afghanistan since the Bonn Agreement: Tasks, Opportunities and Barriers for Peacebuilding. A Discussion Paper
	Raz Mohammad 2002-06
	This paper highlights the main tasks and opportunities presented by the 'Bonn Agreement' recovery process as they relate specifically to the overarching aim of peacebuilding.The overall goal of the Bonn Agreement being sustainable peace, this paper deals only with issues of relief and reconstruction, which have a direct bearing on creating the conditions for peace.
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	Gender and Conflict Early Warning: A Framework for Action
	Susan Schmeidl with Eugenia Piza Lopez 2002-06
	The paper offers a brief overview of the definitions, processes and development of conflict early warning, and clarifies the issues surrounding the use of the terms gender and gender mainstreaming. It also examines the links that can be made between gender and early warning and identifies areas where the integration of a gender perspective can improve existing models.
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	Humanitarian Action and Private Security Companies: Opening the Debate
	Damian Lilly, Tony Vaux, Chris Seiple, Greg Nakano, K. Van Brabrant 2002-05
	Aid agencies are among a number of actors - governments and corporations being notable other examples - that are, increasingly, using private security companies in conflict situations. Whereas there has been considerable debate about the relationship between aid agencies and the military with regard to security management, little attention has been given to the increasing connections with the commercial sector in the form of private security companies. This report aims to open that debate.
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	Aid, Conflict and Peacebuilding in Afghanistan: What Lessons Can be Learned?
	Haneef Atmar and Jonathon Goodhand 2002-02
	This paper focuses on aid, conflict and peacebuilding in Afghanistan. It examines the history of humanitarian assistance, maps out some of the key actors and main characteristics of the aid system, and analyses the interaction between aid provision and the dynamics of violent conflict. In particular, it asks whether and how aid can support efforts to promote conflict prevention and peacebuilding.
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	Cómo Abordar el Tráfico Ilícito de Armas Pequeñas y Ligeras
	William Godnick; traducción de Luisa María Fernández Hermida y Alberto Estévez Suárez 2002-01
	Este monográfico es una versión modificada del informe introductorio elaborado para una conferencia que se celebró en Ottawa (Canadá), en la que participaron representantes de los Estados Miembros de la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA), de organizaciones no gubernamentales y de la sociedad civil para debatir asuntos relacionados con la Conferencia de la ONU sobre el Tráfico Ilícito de Armas Pequeñas y Ligeras en Todos sus Aspectos celebrada en julio de 2001.
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	Putting Conflict Prevention into Practice: Priorities for the Spanish and Danish EU Presidencies 2002
	International Alert, Saferworld, Intermom Oxfam 2002-01
	The aim of this document is to highlight practical steps that the EU could take to put the commitments on conflict prevention into practice during the forthcoming Spanish and Danish Presidencies. It has a particular focus on relations with Africa, Caribbean, Pacific and Mediterranean countries and outlines key issues in areas that are vital for conflict prevention.
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	Report on the Workshop on Conflict Transformation in Africa: African Women’s Perspectives
	International Alert, AWORD 2002-01
	The workshop on which this report is based constitutes an important step in the overall assessment of women’s contributions to conflict resolution in Africa. Many conferences, seminars and meetings dealing with armed conflicts have been organised at the local, regional and continental levels. However, the workshop was not just another talking shop. Breaking with the traditional image of women as eternal victims, the workshop focused on women as social actors and their involvement in armed conflicts, not only in their search for solutions, but also as interested parties who are actively involved in conflicts as combatants.
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	Biting the Bullet Briefing 11. Putting Children First: Building a Framework for International Action to Address the Impact of Small Arms on Children
	BASIC, International Alert, Saferworld 2002-01
	International Alert, in collaboration with BASIC and Saferworld, is working to facilitate the dialogue between government and civil society in order that an effective programme of action follows from the 2001 UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects. The Biting the Bullet series provides governments and NGOs with information and policy recommendations on issues addressed at the conference.
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	Biting the Bullet Briefing 12. Reducing the Stock of the Illicit Trade: Promoting Best Practice in Weapons Collection Programmes
	BASIC, International Alert, Saferworld 2002-01
	International Alert, in collaboration with BASIC and Saferworld, is working to facilitate the dialogue between government and civil society in order that an effective programme of action follows from the 2001 UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects. The Biting the Bullet series provides governments and NGOs with information and policy recommendations on issues addressed at the conference.
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	Biting the Bullet Briefing 13. Building Comprehensive Controls on Small Arms Manufacturing, Transfer and End-Use
	BASIC, International Alert, Saferworld 2002-01
	International Alert, in collaboration with BASIC and Saferworld, is working to facilitate the dialogue between government and civil society in order that an effective programme of action follows from the 2001 UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects. The Biting the Bullet series provides governments and NGOs with information and policy recommendations on issues addressed at the conference.
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	Biting the Bullet Briefing 15. Implementing the UN Action Programme for Combating the Illicit Trafficking in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects
	BASIC, International Alert, Saferworld 2002-01
	International Alert, in collaboration with BASIC and Saferworld, is working to facilitate the dialogue between government and civil society in order that an effective programme of action follows from the 2001 UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects. The Biting the Bullet series provides governments and NGOs with information and policy recommendations on issues addressed at the conference.
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	Tackling the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons
	William Godnick 2002-01
	This is a modified version of a background paper prepared for a conference in Ottawa, Canada in May 2001, bringing together representatives of the Member States of the Organization of American States (OAS), non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and civil society to discuss issues related to the July 2001 United Nations (UN) Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects.
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	Biting the Bullet Briefing 15. Mise en Oeuvre du Programme d’Action des Nations Unies pour Lutter Contre le Commerce Illicite des Armes Légères et de Petit Calibre sous tous ses Aspects
	BASIC, International Alert, Saferworld 2002-01
	International Alert, in collaboration with BASIC and Saferworld, is working to facilitate the dialogue between government and civil society in order that an effective programme of action follows from the 2001 UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects. The Biting the Bullet series provides governments and NGOs with information and policy recommendations on issues addressed at the conference.
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	Biting the Bullet Briefing 15. Aplicación del Programa de Acción dela ONU para Combatir el Tráfico Ilícito
	por Elizabeth Clegg, Michael Crowley, Owen Greene, Sarah Meek y Stephanie Powell 2002-01
	Este informe proporciona una valoración crítica de las medidas importantes incluidas en el PoAde la Conferencia de la ONU sobre Armas pequeñas.Asimismo, examina de qué manera se pueden emprender acciones para prevenir y combatir el comercio ilícito de armas pequeñas y livianas en todos sus aspectos a los niveles subregional y regional junto con todos los principales actores participantes, incluyendo la sociedad civil, durante el periodo previo a la primera Conferencia de Revisión.
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	Conflict and Aid: Enhancing the Peacebuilding Impact of International Engagement. A Synthesis of Findings from Afghanistan, Liberia and Sri Lanka
	Jonathan Goodhand and Philippa Atkinson 2001-12
	This paper examines whether humanitarian assistance in war zones can support efforts to promote conflict prevention and peacebuilding. Is this an objective that should be pursued? Can it be operationalised in practice? Does this represent a more intelligent and expansive form of humanitarianism, or is it a dangerous distortion of humanitarian mandates? This paper explores these questions and provides a synthesis of findings from country studies of Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Liberia.
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	Preventing Violent Conflict: Opportunities for the Swedish and Belgian Presidencies of the European Union in 2001
	International Alert, Saferworld 2001-12
	Swedish and Belgian presidencies of the EU offer a vital opportunity to put measures in place to increase the EU’s capacity to prevent violent conflicts and promote a culture of prevention. This briefing paper sets out key proposals for action.
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	Politicisation of Humanitarian Action and Staff Security, The: The Use of Private Security Companies by Humanitarian Agencies
	International Alert 2001-12
	On April 23-24 2001 thirty humanitarian practitioners, government representatives and experts gathered in Tufts University, Boston, USA, for a workshop on ‘The Politicisation of Humanitarian Action and Staff Security: T h e Use of Private Security Companies by Humanitarian Agencies’. This report provides a summary of the main themes and emerging issues discussed, as well as possible ways forward.
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	Towards a Coherent EU Conflict Prevention Policy in Africa: Challenges for the Belgian Presidency
	International Alert, Saferworld, EPLO 2001-11
	This conference sought to identify some of the challenges facing the Belgian Presidency of the EU and suggest concrete steps that the EU could take to ensure coherence in its development co-operation, trade, and common foreign and security policies. It specifically aimed to explore how the conflict prevention potential of the new EU-ACP ‘Cotonou’ Agreement could be realised by developing its provisions for political dialogue and the modalities for engaging civil society in conflict prevention and peacebuilding.
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	Regulating Private Military Companies: Options for the UK Government
	Chaloka Beyani and Damian Lilly 2001-08
	This report puts forth arguments as to why the UK Government should take steps to control the activities of mercenaries and private military companies operating out of the UK and proposes options for prospective legislation.
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	The EU's Response to Conflict Affected Countries: Operational Guidance for the Implementation of the Cotnou Agreement
	International Alert and European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) 2001-07
	This Discussion Paper summarises the main findings of a two year research programme, led in the first phase at headquarters of the major Development and Humanitarian Agencies present in conflict affected countries.
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	Development in Conflict: A Seven Step Tool for Planners
	David Nyheim, Manuela Leonhardt, Cynthia Gaigals 2001-06
	This Peace and Conflict Impact Assessment tool has the potential to be used in all interventions including trade and investment, emergency relief and development assistance, in order to ensure coherence between different policy interventions on a micro and macro level and between international and local interventions.
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	Women, Peace and Security: A Policy Audit. From the Beijing Platform for Action to UN Security Council Resolution 1325 and Beyond
	Sanam Anderlini 2001-06
	This report is part of a broader International Alert programme to develop an auditing framework through which the responses of the international community to women’s needs in conflict and post-conflict situations, and support for their peacebuilding efforts can be monitored, enhanced and encouraged. The paper provides a initial overview of some international instruments and outlines achievements and challenges at the global level.
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	EU Development Response towards Politically Fragile Countries: Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of Article 11 of the Cotonou Convention
	Sophie da Câmara Santa Clara Gomes and Andrew Sherriff with the contributions of Jean Bossuyt and Terhi Lehtinen 2001-06
	This Summary paper is the conclusion of a two year Research, led at first at the headquarters of the major Development and Humanitarian Agencies present and active in Politically fragile Countries. As a second phase we carried out 6 countries case-studies: Burundi, Congo DRC, Guinea Bissau, Rwanda, Somalia and Sudan. This paper is a summary of these six experiences, but each one has been the subject of a single discussion paper.
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	Privatisation of Security, The: Framing a Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding Policy Agenda
	International Alert 2001-04
	Report from the The Privatisation of Security: Framing a Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding Policy Agenda conference held at Wilton Park in November 1999.
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	Biting the Bullet Briefing 6. Combating the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons: Enhancing Controls on Legal Transfers
	BASIC, International Alert, Saferworld 2001-01
	International Alert, in collaboration with BASIC and Saferworld, is working to facilitate the dialogue between government and civil society in order that an effective programme of action follows from the 2001 UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects. The Biting the Bullet series provides governments and NGOs with information and policy recommendations on issues addressed at the conference.
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	Protection of Civilians: Gender Considerations for Disarmament, Conflict
	International Alert 2001-01
	Working paper on gender considerations for disarmament, conflict transformation, and the establishment of human security
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	Biting the Bullet Briefing 9. Information Exchange and Transparency: Key Elements of an International Action Programme on Small Arms
	BASIC, International Alert, Saferworld 2001-01
	International Alert, in collaboration with BASIC and Saferworld, is working to facilitate the dialogue between government and civil society in order that an effective programme of action follows from the 2001 UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects. The Biting the Bullet series provides governments and NGOs with information and policy recommendations on issues addressed at the conference.
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	Biting the Bullet Briefing 10. Private Military Companies and the Proliferation of Small Arms: Regulating the Actors
	BASIC, International Alert, Saferworld 2001-01
	International Alert, in collaboration with BASIC and Saferworld, is working to facilitate the dialogue between government and civil society in order that an effective programme of action follows from the 2001 UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects. The Biting the Bullet series provides governments and NGOs with information and policy recommendations on issues addressed at the conference.
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	Biting the Bullet Briefing 5. Enhancing Traceability of Small Arms and Light Weapons Flows: Developing an International Marking and Tracing Regime
	BASIC, International Alert, Saferworld 2001-01
	International Alert, in collaboration with BASIC and Saferworld, is working to facilitate the dialogue between government and civil society in order that an effective programme of action follows from the 2001 UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects. The Biting the Bullet series provides governments and NGOs with information and policy recommendations on issues addressed at the conference.
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	Biting the Bullet Briefing 7. Combating the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons: Strengthening Domestic Regulations
	BASIC, International Alert, Saferworld 2001-01
	International Alert, in collaboration with BASIC and Saferworld, is working to facilitate the dialogue between government and civil society in order that an effective programme of action follows from the 2001 UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects. The Biting the Bullet series provides governments and NGOs with information and policy recommendations on issues addressed at the conference.
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	Biting the Bullet Briefing 8. Controlling Arms Brokering and Transport Agents: Time for International Access
	BASIC, International Alert, Saferworld 2001-01
	International Alert, in collaboration with BASIC and Saferworld, is working to facilitate the dialogue between government and civil society in order that an effective programme of action follows from the 2001 UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects. The Biting the Bullet series provides governments and NGOs with information and policy recommendations on issues addressed at the conference.
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	Mercenary Issue at the UN Commission on Human Rights, The: The Need for a New Approach
	Leonard Gaultier, Garine Hovespian, Ayesha Ramachandran, Ian Wadley, Badr Zerhoud 2001-01
	This briefing argues that the institutional and legal response by the international community to the mercenary problem as it is manifested today is inadequate and urgently needs to be addressed
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	Protección a Civiles: Consideraciones de Género para el Desarme,Transformación del Conflicto y el Establecimiento de Seguridad Humana
	International Alert 2001-01
	Un Documento de Trabajo - Programa de Género y Construcción de Paz, International Alert
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	The Mercenary Issues at the UN Commission on Human Rights
	Leonard Gaultier, Garine Hovsepian, Ayesha Ramachandran, Ian Wadley and Badr Zerhdoud 2001-01
	This briefing has been written in the context of discussions on the future of the United Nations expert 'mercenary mechanism' which tackles the use of 'mercenaries' as a means of violating human rights and of impeding the right to self-determination.
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	Peace and Conflict-Sensitive Approaches to Development: A Briefing for the OECD Task Force on Conflict, Peace and Development Cooperation and the Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction Network (CPRN)
	International Alert & Saferworld 2000-12
	This paper is based on research, policy dialogue and fieldwork on approaches to peace and conflict-sensitive development, and includes an overview of the policy frameworks within which approaches to peace and conflict-sensitive development practice could be applied; an examination of the different types of approaches that have been developed and key areas in which they need to be enhanced; and an outline of some of the main institutional changes required for effective conflict prevention and peace-building.
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	Biting the Bullet Briefing 2. Regional Initiatives and the UN 2001 Conference: Building Mutual Support and Complementarity
	BASIC, International Alert, Saferworld 2000-12
	International Alert, in collaboration with BASIC and Saferworld, is working to facilitate the dialogue between government and civil society in order that an effective programme of action follows from the 2001 UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects. The Biting the Bullet series provides governments and NGOs with information and policy recommendations on issues addressed at the conference.
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	Biting the Bullet Briefing 3. Stockpile Security and Reducing Surplus Weapons
	BASIC, International Alert, Saferworld 2000-12
	International Alert, in collaboration with BASIC and Saferworld, is working to facilitate the dialogue between government and civil society in order that an effective programme of action follows from the 2001 UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects. The Biting the Bullet series provides governments and NGOs with information and policy recommendations on issues addressed at the conference.
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	Biting the Bullet Briefing 4. The UN Firearms Protocol: Considerations for the UN 2001 Conference
	BASIC, International Alert, Saferworld 2000-12
	International Alert, in collaboration with BASIC and Saferworld, is working to facilitate the dialogue between government and civil society in order that an effective programme of action follows from the 2001 UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects. The Biting the Bullet series provides governments and NGOs with information and policy recommendations on issues addressed at the conference.
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	Privatization of Peacekeeping, The: Prospects and Realities
	Damian Lilly 2000-09
	This article, published in Disarmament Forum, assesses the present and potential role of private military companies in peacekeeping operations
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	Conflict Impact Assessment of EU Development Co-operation with ACP Countries: A Review of Literature and Practice
	Manuela Leonhardt, International Alert, Saferworld 2000-06
	This paper reviews conceptual and practical approaches to integrating a conflict prevention and peacebuilding perspective into development co-operation. It identifies good practice and lessons learned, necessary for the development of a Peace and Conflict Impact Assessment, a planning and management tool that helps development practitioners to mitigate conflict and promote peace in a systematic manner.
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	Egalité d’Accès à l’Education, L' - Un Impératif pour la Paix au Burundi
	Tony Jackson 2000-06
	One of the main causes of Burundi's cyclical conflicts is the exclusion - from opportunities for personal advancement and from entry into the institutions of the state - experienced by large parts of the population. Making educational opportunities fairer now is therefore vital - as a means to peace and an end in itself - and donor commitment and resources are urgently required.
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	Equal Access to Education: A peace imperative for Burundi
	Tony Jackson 2000-06
	One of the main causes of Burundi's cyclical conflicts is the exclusion - from opportunities for personal advancement and from entry into the institutions of the state - experienced by large parts of the population. Making educational opportunities fairer now is therefore vital -as a means to peace and an end in itself - and donor commitment and resources are urgently required.
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	Arms Watching: Integrating Small Arms and Light Weapons into the Early Warning of Violent Conflict
	Edward J. Laurence 2000-05
	The report presents three area-specific treatments of early warning and small arms and light weapons. The goal of these three case studies is to demonstrate that weapons-specific early warning is already underway in some regions, and has the potential significantly to enhance the early warning and conflict prevention work of NGOs, states, and international organisations.
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	Biting the Bullet Briefing 1. Framework Briefing. The UN 2001 Conference: Setting the Agenda
	BASIC, International Alert, Saferworld 2000-02
	International Alert, in collaboration with BASIC and Saferworld, is working to facilitate the dialogue between government and civil society in order that an effective programme of action follows from the 2001 UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects. The Biting the Bullet series provides governments and NGOs with information and policy recommendations on issues addressed at the conference.
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	Business of Peace, The: The private sector as a partner in conflict prevention and resolution
	Jane Nelson 2000-01
	The Business of Peace provides a framework for understanding both the positive and negative roles that business can play in situations of violent conflict. Drawing on examples from over 30 countries and from a variety of industry sectors, the report concludes that both domestic and multinational companies have an increasingly important role to play in conflict prevention and resolution.
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	Business of Peace, The: The private sector as a partner in conflict prevention and resolution: Executive Summary
	Jane Nelson 2000-01
	An executive summary of our publication, The Business of Peace, which provides a framework for understanding both the positive and negative roles that business can play in situations of violent conflict.
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	Promoting Development in Areas of Actual or Potential Violent Conflict: Approaches in Conflict Impact Assessment and Early Warning
	International Alert, FEWER 2000-01
	A paper originally presented at the Global Development Network Conference in Bonn, 5-8 December 1999 discussing approaches in conflict impact assessment and early warning.
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	The Lomé Convention and Conflict Prevention
	International Alert, Centro de Investigación para la Paz Fundción and Saferworld 1998-12
	This report is based on a seminar held in London on June,1998 by International Alert, Centro de Investigación para la Paz Fundción and Saferworld on conflict and development. The participants gathered to assess the European Comminssion's mandate for renegotiation of the Lomé Convention and to inform the negotiating process which began on 30 September, 1998.
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	A Life in Conflict
	Dr. K Rupesinghe 1998-09
	Valedictory lecture given by Dr. K Rupesinghe to mark the closure of his 6 year term of office as Secretary General of International Alert, with reflections by friends and colleagues.
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	International Alert Code of Conduct: Conflict Transformation Work
	International Alert 1998-01
	Our Code of Conduct provides an ethical framework that stresses impartiality, partnership and transparency in working for peaceful outcomes to conflict. It is based on the lessons learned during the course of our work since 1985.
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	Ensemble de Ressources pour la Transformation des Conflits: Un recueil de données pour les formateurs, les personnes formeés, les animateurs et tous ceux interessés par la transformation des conflits violents
	International Alert 1997-05
	International Alert's collection of materials for trainers, trainees, facilitators and others interested in transforming violent conflict.
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	The Lezgins: A Situation Assessment: Report of a Fact Finding Mission
	International Alert 1997-05
	In March 1997 IA conducted a seminar in Makhachkala, Dagestan, in order to discuss the implications of the division of peoples(including lezgins, Avars, Rutuls and Tabassarans) and explore options twoards thier possible solutions. Many leaders of ethnic movements were present at the seminar, which gave an opporunity for IA Mission to assess the Dagestani side of the Lezgin issue. A number of interviews were also conducted outside the seminar framework on the situation of the Lezgins.
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	Working Towards Conflict Resolution in the Former Soviet Union
	International Alert 1997-01
	Report on International Alert's activities in the former Soviet Union from 1992-1996
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	The Abidjan Peace Accord - Rearranged with Heading
	International Alert 1997-01
	Contribution that can be described as a layperson's guide to the Abidjan Peace Agreement.
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	Resource Pack for Conflict Transformation: a Collection of Materials for Trainers, Trainees, Facilitators and Others Interested in Transforming Violent Conflict
	International Alert 1996-11
	International Alert's collection of materials for trainers, trainees, facilitators and others interested in transforming violent conflict.
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	Documentation of the Rwandan Genocide: Strategies for Collaboration
	HURIDOC and International Alert

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Explorando el dividendo de la paz: Percepción de los impactos del conflicto armado en el sector privado colombiano Resultados de una encuesta nacional - Exploring the peace dividend: perceptions of armed conflict impacts on the Colombian private sectorRe

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