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The how to guide to conflict sensitivity

Conflict Sensitivity Consortium publish guide

Conflict Sensitivity Consortium (with support from DFID) has been working since 2008 to enhance the impact of development, humanitarian aid and peacebuilding programming through increased and more effective integration of conflict sensitivity. This experience (drawing from 35 member agencies in 4 countries) has culminated in the production of 'The how to guide to conflict sensitivity'.

Vesna Matovic
Thu, 03/05/2012

Training mediators in Batken

Mitigating conflict dynamics at the community level

International Alert implemented a Training of Trainers in  Batken Province (Oblast) of the Kyrgyz Republic between 2nd and 6th April 2012, as part of Alert’s contribution to TASK – an EU-funded conflict mitigation and peacebuiding project in Kyrgyzstan implemented by Alert together with partners Foundation for Tolerance International (FTI) and Coalition for Democracy and Civil Society (CDCS), and 12 other international and national NGOs.

Kim Toogood
Wed, 02/05/2012

New report on trans-Ingur/i economic relations

Engaging economic actors in peacebuilding in the South Caucasus

International Alert has published a new Economy and Conflict study on the Georgian-Abkhaz context. Prospects for the regulation of trans-Ingur/i economic relations: Stakeholder analysis analyses the views among business communities, particularly small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), on the issue of regulating economic relations across the river Ingur/i which largely follows the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict divide.

Oskari Pentikainen
Mon, 30/04/2012

Filipino officials visit the UK

Learning from the Northern Ireland peace process

Dessy Roussanova
Mon, 30/04/2012

Diaspora dialogues

Sharing experiences from Sri Lanka

In early March 2012, seven British Sri Lankans and two British MPs met communities in Puttalam, Anuradhapura, Vavuniya, Killinochchi and Trincomalee in Sri Lanka to improve the understanding of British-Sri Lankan communities in the UK of the rapidly changing circumstances in Sri Lanka following the end of the war.

Mais Yacoub
Mon, 30/04/2012

Business as an agent for peace

New avenues for Pakistan?

Business as an agent for peace

Rabia Nusrat
Tue, 24/04/2012

Comedians for peace

Top UK comedians tell us what they think peace is and why it’s so important

Browse through the images below of some of the comedians that have taken part in International Alert’s ‘Are You Taking the Peace?’ series, and find out what they think peace is and why it’s so important.
 
Want to know when our next ‘Are You Taking the Peace?’ event is taking place? Click HERE.

 

Nasseem Khanum
Fri, 20/04/2012

A first step for Alert in Tunisia

Building a path towards a just and sustainable peace

Tunisia roundtableFrom 16th-18th March 2012 International Alert convened a group of 25 civil society leaders from different parts of Tunisia.

Phil Champain
Fri, 30/03/2012

Comparing post-conflict media in Liberia and Nepal

Challenges and opportunities for conflict-sensitive journalism

 

Richard Reeve
Fri, 30/03/2012

Stimulating dialogue through literature and culture

The second South Caucasus Literary Almanac

South Caucasus Literary AlmanacInternational Alert has published the second edition of the South Caucasus Literary Almanac, a collection of prose and poetry from the five literatures of the South Caucasus – Abkhaz, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Georgian and Ossetian – published in one volume in Russia

Mana Farooghi
Fri, 30/03/2012

Training on core skills for working in conflict

'In fact, concepts or skills that we think we might have, still need a lot of improvement'


'I have loved this week and learnt so much.'
'This is an excellent opportunity for learning – very beneficial both professionally and personally.'
'I liked the course, it has given me lot of insights and practical skills.'
'This week has made me self-aware!'

 

Katrien Hertog
Wed, 29/02/2012

What peace and whose?

Envisioning a more comprehensive, more stable peace in South Sudan and Sudan

 

What peace and whose?

International Alert has recently launched a paper that explores some profound questions about peace and peacebuilding in South Sudan and Sudan, as a contribution to the debate about how to build a more comprehensive and more stable peace within and between the two Sudans.

Richard Baltrop
Tue, 28/02/2012
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