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Dear Friend,
Welcome to
the June edition of Alert's e-bulletin. In this issue, you can learn
about Alert's advocacy work around the UN Peacebuilding Commission's
recent activities at UN Headquarters in New York.
Some of our other highlights include:
- Events Sign up for our PeaceTalks lecture or PWUK courses
- Publications Reform of the coffee sector in Burundi
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Jobs Gender Project Manager
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| NEWS |
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Peaceworker profile: Alison Stables – Alison
Stables explains how a Peaceworkers's crisis
management course helped prepare her for life in West
Africa. Read more on Alison's peacework here
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The UN Peacebuilding Commission: quality over speed
– Following recent meetings in New York, Alert is continuing
to make recommendations for the Peacebuilding Commission's future
strategies. Read more about our advocacy to the PBC here
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Climate change and violent conflict – Alert is now working on a report to explore the relationship between conflict and climate change. Read more about this research here
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Country focus: peacebuilding at multiple levels in Colombia – Alert's recent work in Colombia focuses on untapping the peacebuilding potential of the business community. Read more on our work in Colombia here
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EU Training in Kosovo – With
a European team due to take over from the UN Mission that assists
with security in Kosovo, International Alert has been helping to assess
their training needs. Find out about the training in Kosovo here
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| EVENTS |
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What's happening at Alert:
- Peaceworkers courses – Interested in
working as a peaceworker? Our Peaceworkers team is offering
several introductory courses in the coming months. Find out more about the courses here
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PeaceTalks with Paddy Ashdown – Keep
your diary free on the 27th of this month. Paddy Ashdown will
be leading our PeaceTalks discussion series, in partnership with
the RSA. Learn how you can attend this event
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| PUBLICATIONS |
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New report from International Alert:
- Reform of the Coffee Sector in Burundi: Prospects for Participation, Prosperity and Peace –
This report analyses the coffee sector in Burundi and makes
recommendations for changes to improve the power of local growers,
workers and distributors. Download the Burundi Coffee Sector report here
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| JOBS |
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Job opportunities at Alert:
- Gender Project Manager – We are looking for an exceptional candidate to consolidate, drive forward and manage the gender dimensions of our work. More on this position
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Understanding conflict. Building peace. |
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About
International Alert
International Alert is an independent peacebuilding organisation
working in over 20 countries and territories around the world. Our dual
approach involves working directly with people affected by violent
conflict as well as at government, EU and UN levels to shape both
policy and practice in building sustainable peace.
Our regional work is based in:
At both regional and international levels, our thematic work focuses
on the role of business, humanitarian aid and development, gender,
security and post-conflict reconstruction in the context of building
peace.
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