Africa

Peace Talks

Our 2011 Annual Report

International Alert is proud to present its new annual report, “Peace Talks”, which looks back at Alert’s work and impact in 2011 – when Alert celebrated its 25th year – using dialogue as a theme.

Wed, 04/07/2012

Peace Talks

Annual Report 2011
International Alert
July, 2012
International Alert
30 pages
London, UK
978-1-906677-92-3

International Alert is proud to present its new annual report, “Peace Talks”, which looks back at Alert’s work and impact in 2011 – when Alert celebrated its 25th year – using dialogue as a theme.

International Alert is proud to present its new annual report, “Peace Talks”, which looks back at Alert’s work and impact in 2011 – when Alert celebrated its 25th year – using dialogue as a theme.

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Oil for peace in Uganda

Dialogue for empowerment

From Alert's 2011 Annual Report

Tue, 26/06/2012

What peace and whose?

Building a more comprehensive peace in the two Sudans

In the more than 50 years since its independence, Sudan has suffered from recurring civil wars causing extensive suffering and devastation. With the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005 hopes rose for peaceful co-existence and development. However, since the secession of South Sudan in 2011, the situation can at best be described as non-war. A positive peace seems to be far away.

Phil Vernon
Fri, 22/06/2012

Our Voices

Alert launches documentary film on Burundi

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International Alert is proud to present a new documentary film from our programme in Burundi, in the Great Lakes region of Africa.

Our Voices presents the views of Burundian women about what is needed to foster peace and development in the country.

Burundi emerged from more than a decade of civil war in 2005. During the conflict, over 300,000 people lost their lives and more than 1 million Burundians were forced to flee their homes.

Cloe Clayton
Fri, 20/07/2012

Conference on aid effectiveness in fragile contexts in Addis Ababa

The New Deal Framework and Citizens’ Security

International Alert, ISS and OXFAM organised a conference on "Aid effectiveness in Fragile and Conflict-affected Contexts: the New Deal Framework and Citizens’ Security" on 29th and 30th May 2012 in Addis Ababa.

Lulsegged Abebe
Thu, 31/05/2012

Alert contributes to establishing a Committee on Women in Cross-border Trade

Improving conditions for women traders in the Great Lakes

In the context of an ongoing programme on Women’s Economic Empowerment, Alert co-organised a regional workshop with the Economic Community of the Great Lakes (CEPGL) and UN WOMEN on April 25th – 27th in Gisenyi, Rwanda.

Maria Lange
Thu, 31/05/2012

Comparing post-conflict media in Liberia and Nepal

Challenges and opportunities for conflict-sensitive journalism

 

Richard Reeve
Fri, 30/03/2012

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

Dialogue on climate change, conflict and effective response

Linking top-down to bottom-up approaches in South Asia and West Africa

 

International Alert’s fifth dialogue on climate change, conflict and fragility, held on 27th January 2012 in London, explored the connections between climate change and community level security, drawing on new research from West Africa and South Asia. During the discussion, participants explored the practicalities of linking top-down policies with on the ground realities in communities already facing complex risks to their human security.

Janani Vivekananda
Wed, 01/02/2012

Climate Change, Water and Conflict in the Niger River Basin: A Summary

Marisa Goulden
Roger Few
December, 2011
International Alert
8 pages
London, UK

This summary report is based on a research project in collaboration with the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and the School of International Development at the University of East Anglia. The research analyses the links between environmental stress, climate change, human security, conflict and adaptation at different scales and localities along the Niger River. Drawing on the study’s findings, this report offers key policy guidelines for resilience building, adaptation and reducing conflict.

Summary of a report analysing the links between environmental stress, climate change, human security, conflict and adaptation at different scales and localities along the Niger River.

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Climate Change, Water and Conflict in the Niger River Basin

Marisa Goulden
Roger Few
December, 2011
International Alert
London, UK
978-1-906677-18-3

This report is based on a research project in collaboration with the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and the School of International Development at the University of East Anglia. The research analyses the links between environmental stress, climate change, human security, conflict and adaptation at different scales and localities along the Niger River.

An analysis of the links between environmental stress, climate change, human security, conflict and adaptation at different scales and localities along the Niger River.

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Defining Theories of Change

Peacebuilding with Impact
CARE
International Alert
January, 2012
CARE
14 pages
London, UK

This report focuses on how theories of change can improve the effectiveness of peacebuilding interventions. A review of 19 peacebuilding projects in three conflict-affected countries found that the process of articulating and reviewing theories of change adds rigour and transparency, clarifies project logic, highlights assumptions that need to be tested, and helps identify appropriate participants and partners. However, the approach has limitations, including the difficulty of gathering theory-validating evidence.

This report discusses how theories of change can improve the effectiveness of peacebuilding interventions, reviewing 19 projects in three conflict-affected countries.

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