Conflict Transformation

  The PCTR is a five-day intensive program which provides experts, practitioners and policy makers with a forum for reflection and targeted, relevant professional development in a dynamic and stimulating environment.  Given the issues it addresses, it is also relevant for those working in political, gender, security, human rights, development, and humanitarian fields, donors, and diplomats, working in areas affected or threatened by war and armed conflict or in post-war situations. ...

This CDA Working Paper series aims to share reflections, lessons learned, and practical support for practitioners who are undertaking their own program reviews and evaluations. Evaluability Assessment, the topic of this paper, is a form of program review well known in the evaluation world but neglected in the peacebuilding field....

This self-guided modular curriculum breaks the project cycle down into easily manageable stages as they relate to the design, monitoring and evaluation of peacebuilding projects and programs. The modules are meant to enable peacebuilders to learn simple, practical, and effective tools to design high quality programs and follow them up with rigorous monitoring and evaluation....

After the development of its computer game designed to teach conflict resolution skills to Rwandan children, Search for Common Ground conducted an evaluation of the game in primary schools in each province of Rwanda. ...

Presented by the Conflict Sensitivity Consortium, this guide provides practical advice suitable for anyone aiming to improve conflict sensitivity, whether in the field of development, humanitarian aid or peacebuilding work. It aims to provide user-friendly information for people who are focusing at project or at organisation-wide level, whether aiming for best practice or just starting out on the journey towards conflict sensitivity. ...

Recognising a need for better, tailored approaches to learning and accountability in conflict settings, the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) launched an initiative to develop guidance on evaluating conflict prevention and peacebuilding activities.  The objective of this process has been to help improve evaluation practice and thereby support the broader community of experts and implementing organisations to enhance the quality of conflict prevention and peacebuilding interventions....

This 15-page article, published in the Africa Peace and Conflict Journal, shares Search for Common Ground's work using participatory theatre for peacebuilding in Rwanda, designed to help citizens and government leaders take ownership over the process of collaboratively negotiating land disputes....

Dear Colleagues/Experts,       The International Peace and Development Training Center (IPDTC) is inviting expert professionals, policy makers and practitioners for its upcoming Autumn Programs. The programmes are designed for UN agencies, governments and national and international organisations....

In this interview, Sharon Morris, Director of the Youth & Conflict Division at Mercy Corps, reflects on recent progress and achievements made in the advancement of peacebuilding design, monitoring and evaluation. She praises the maturation thus far of peacebuilding DM&E, and implores practitioners to have more faith and confidence that our approaches will be validated by the evidence collected through evaluation....

When we talk about the current state of DM&E in the peacebuilding field, we often lament the fact that we do not have an established evidence base of what works, and that our methodological approaches are still not that sophisticated compared with other disciplines such as education and health....

This document is an  evaluation of the 24-month project implemented by Search for Common Ground (SFCG) entitled Trading for Peace in the Great Lakes.  The overall goal of this project was for trade routes between Burundi, DRC and Rwanda to be more secure for regional economic activities. ...

To advance the use of theory-based inquiry within the field of peacebuilding, CARE International and International Alert undertook a two and a half year research project to develop light touch methods to monitor and evaluate peacebuilding projects, and pilot these in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Nepal and Uganda....

This report presents key messages and findings from the People’s Peacemaking Perspectives (PPP) project. They are relevant not only to European Union (EU) actors working in or on conflict-affected and fragile states and the peacebuilding community, but to anyone who recognises the importance of conflict analysis and is striving to do – and use – it more effectively. ...

Development and Training Services, Inc. (dTS) was contracted to conduct a mid-term evaluation of the Kenya Civil Society Strengthening Program (KCSSP). This grant-making and capacity-building program was designed to address the fragmentation, fractionalization and low constituent credibility constraining Kenya civil society from effectively playing its role in promoting political reforms and keeping government accountable to the citizens of Kenya....

The overall goal of Pact Sudan’s Transitional Areas Peace Fund (TAPF) Program is to support sustainable peace and reconciliation as a foundation for recovery and development in the transitional areas of Sudan. The program purpose is to help create an “enabling environment” for the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in the Three Areas of Abyei, Blue Nile, and Southern Kordofan in Sudan....

This collection introduces the Worldwork model and three case studies of some of its possible applications. The first chapter provides an overview of the model, describing its underlying methodology, perspective, and conceptual framework. The following chapter presents highlights of the theoretical concepts, and elucidates some of the terms and concepts that are used in the subsequent case studies....

According to Search for Common Ground (SFCG)‟s description in its Inception Report, The Team in Morocco “seeks to transform the relationship between individuals from two sides of the economic divide. The series dramatizes the wide and growing gap between the „haves‟ and the „have-nots‟ characterized in the relationship between the wealthy footballer, Mehdi and the poor footballer, Samir....

The goal of this project was to increase public awareness of religious freedom in the Near East, South and East Asia and Turkey by providing a voice for constructive perspectives on religion, and effectively using the media as a forum for free speech in which individuals stand up for human rights and tolerance....

The project ―Kosovo Youth for Democracy and Peace building‖ started in January 2010, when CCG in partnership with YMCA has been granted funding by the European Comission, to target Kosovo youth from 15 to 22 years of age, coming from different ethnic communities and various municipalities throughtout the country and create awareness of the basic principles of democracy and human rights, as embedded in international treaties as well as Kosovo‘s constitution....

Since 2002 Search for Common Ground (SFCG) has worked with local civil society organisations, the media, conflict survivors and others to develop appropriate and innovative conflict transformation initiatives. In 2009 SFCG sought resources from the US Embassy Jakarta to implement a two year project that aimed to counter and prevent radicalization in Indonesian prisons....