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Caucasus tea festival

Promoting economic cooperation across the South Caucasus

 

Caucasus Tea FestivalOn 16th October, International Alert’s partner Caucasus Business and Development Network (CBDN) organised the annual Caucasus Tea Festival in Tbilisi, Georgia. The aim of the Festival is to promote sectoral cooperation and popularise the Caucasus Tea brand across the region.

Gulru Nabieva
Mon, 31/10/2011

Rio around Britain

A sailing adventure in support of International Alert

 

This summer, two amazing fundraisers (Will Gibbs and Thomas Samuel) took on the challenge of sailing around Britain, and raised some much needed money for International Alert. We managed to catch up with Will to find out how it went…

Rio around Britain 1. How does it feel now that you have completed your sail around Britain?

Nasseem Khanum
Mon, 31/10/2011

Liberian election: Alert speaks to PBS

International Alert is interviewed by US broadcaster PBS

 

Jackson W Speare, Head of our Liberia Office, was interviewed by the Newshour programme for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) channel last week. In the programme, during which current Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and challenger Winston Tubman also give their thoughts on the prospects for peace in the country, Jackson talks about the view from the ground among Liberia's youth and those who do not live in the capital Monrovia.

The election, which is taking place today, is only the second election since the end of Liberia's civil war.

 

Tue, 11/10/2011

Different faces, shared hopes

A photographic exhibition on the human side of conflict

 

Different faces, shared hopes

Ilaria Bianchi
Thu, 06/10/2011

Watch Alert's new video to mark the International Day of Peace 2011

Peace Talks

 

Watch International Alert’s powerful new video. Help spread the word that talking to one another can help stop violence and conflict. Thanks to Massive Attack, David Morrissey and HMDG for their help!

Peace Talks.
 

FOR MORE, SEE HERE

 

International Alert
Wed, 21/09/2011

Navigating complex dilemmas

The World Bank on violence, conflict and peacebuilding

'The World Development Report 2011: Conflict, Security and Development' is shifting the language of international policy on supporting peace and development in fragile and conflict-affected countries. In a briefing for the Bretton Woods Project, Monica Stephen of International Alert examines how the World Bank’s operations need to adjust to support peace and development.

Monica Stephen
Tue, 20/09/2011

Peace is a Marathon

Impact Report 2010

 

Wed, 31/08/2011

A time for reflection

Bringing peacebuilding approaches to the UK

The usual August calm was shattered by the disturbances across England two weeks ago. Whilst the debris is now cleared from the streets, the boarded-up shop windows and fire-blackened facades remain, reminding us of the harder process of rebuilding both physically and socially that needs to follow.  

Mais Yacoub
Wed, 31/08/2011

Study visit of analysts and journalists from the South Caucasus to South East Asia

Sharing peacebuilding and conflict resolution experiences

A study visit of analysts and journalists from across the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict divide to South East Asia took place in July and August 2011.

The group visited South East Asia to look at the peacebuilding experiences of the Philippines, where they focused on both separatist and ideological conflicts, and Indonesia, where they looked at the conflicts in East Timor and Aceh.

Dessy Roussanova
Wed, 31/08/2011

Alert's Secretary General reflects on England’s riots

If the UK were a fragile state…

Peckham, London - August 2011

This month, rioting and looting gripped England. At a time of uncertainty, it seemed salient (and perhaps inevitable) to ask, if the UK were a fragile state, how would we approach the events of last week, their aftermath and the future?

Building stability overseas

Dan Smith
Thu, 18/08/2011

Caucasus dialogues

Perspectives from the region

International Alert is proud to present the first in a series of short analytical articles on topical current affairs from the Caucasus region, with a specific focus on the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict.

Juliet Schofield
Tue, 02/08/2011

South Ossetian teachers’ study visit

Psychosocial rehabilitation through social activism

International Alert recently organised a study visit to Abkhazia for eight teachers from different parts of South Ossetia as part of an ongoing psycho-social and civil society capacity-building initiative.

Juliet Schofield
Tue, 02/08/2011

Caucasian brands presented at the Kars Food Expo, Turkey

Promoting regional economic cooperation and dialogue

Between 29th June and 1st July 2011, International Alert’s Caucasus Business and Development Network (CBDN) partners organised a Food Expo in Kars, Turkey with the aim of promoting Turkish-Armenian and South Caucasian business relations as well as regional economic cooperation and dialogue.

Gulru Nabieva
Tue, 02/08/2011

Averting climate conflict

UN Security Council links climate change to global peace – but overlooks local peace

© International Alert/Niranjan Shrestha

Janani Vivekananda
Fri, 22/07/2011

Alert gives evidence to UK Parliament

MPs debate "working effectively in conflict affected and fragile states"

 

International Alert gave evidence to the House of Commons Select Committee on International Development yesterday, as part of their formal Inquiry into “Working Effectively in Conflict Affected and Fragile States”.

 

Chris Underwood
Wed, 13/07/2011
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