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The Top Resources of 2020 2020 was a unique and difficult time for so many across the world, and it has reshaped the peacebuilding field for years to come. As we continue to look forward to 2021, share knowledge, and connect, we wanted to highlight...
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Outcome Harvesting: Best Practices for Learning & Reflection Outcome harvesting is an evaluation approach that allows us to retrospectively identify emergent impact by collecting examples of what has changed in “behavior writ large” (actions, relationships, policies, practices) and then work backwards to determine whether, and how, an intervention...
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Outcome Harvesting: More than a Contingency Plan In peacebuilding, we often face complex settings where the context continues to evolve, the outcomes of our interventions are not defined at the outset, or the project activities are not clear. How do we account for this uncertainty, ensure we...
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Data for Peacebuilding and Prevention Ecosystem Mapping: The State of Play and the Path to Creating a Community of Practice How can cutting-edge approaches to data—like advanced data science methods, quantitative methods, predictive analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and natural language processing (NLP)—help inform peacebuilding and conflict prevention?   In 2019 and 2020, the Center on International Cooperation...
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Supporting Women’s Leadership in Myanmar’s Rakhine State The ABA ROLI-led Women and Girls Empowered (WAGE) consortium funded by the U.S. Department of State Office of Global Women's Issues is pleased to announce its new initiative “Addressing Barriers to Sustainable Peace and Stability in Myanmar”. This initiative is...
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Placing Women’s Leadership at the Heart of Sri Lanka’s Peace & Reconciliation Process ABA ROLI-led Women and Girls Empowered (WAGE) consortium is pleased to announce its new initiative “Strengthening the Role of Women Leaders in Promoting Peace and Reconciliation in Sri Lanka”. This initiative is launched during a challenging time. As COVID-19 spreads...
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Perceived Risk Factors Driving Youth Involvement in Violence in Eastern DRC: Situational Analysis & Programming Options Search for Common Ground (Search) conducted a youth-led research exercise between June and August 2019 in order to better understand the dynamics of youth participation in violence in North and South Kivu and to make recommendations for youth involvement programming...
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Discussion Series with One Earth Future One Earth Future takes an approach to measuring program impact that extends beyond assessments, evaluations, and surveys, to also integrate robust outcome-focused monitoring systems into all programs from their inception. Through trial and error over the course of its decade-long history...
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Digital Inclusion in Peacemaking: Opportunities During and After COVID-19 Mediating conflict and building an inclusive peace in the middle of a global pandemic is no small thing. Against the backdrop of COVID-19, and the far-reaching travel restrictions and lockdowns that came with it, the peacemaking community has been challenged...
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More Women in Tech Means a More Peaceful World Pakistan ranks 148 out of 149 countries on the gender inequality index (WEF). It will take another 500 years for Pakistan to reach gender equality in this scenario (UNWomen). Women empowerment is essential to gain generational equality. Technology has emerged...
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Using Lessons from the Ebola Response to Address COVID-19: Virtual Roundtable On April 15, 2020, Search for Common Ground (Search) organized a virtual roundtable in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Charline Burton, Executive Director of Search Europe, moderated the virtual roundtable with two of Search’s experts, who shared valuable lessons learned...
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Freedom in the World 2020: A Leaderless Struggle for Democracy Democracy and pluralism are under assault. Dictators are toiling to stamp out the last vestiges of domestic dissent and spread their harmful influence to new corners of the world. At the same time, many freely elected leaders are dramatically narrowing...
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Learning Brief: What Works to Address Violent Extremism in Kenya Over the past few years, Search for Common Ground (Search) has implemented several projects in Kenya, Coastal Kenya in particular, to support countering violent extremism and other security challenges. Recently, Search implemented two projects, namely: Justice for Peace, which aimed...
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The Top Resources of 2019 It was an exciting year for DME for Peace, with over 37,000 people from 191 countries accessing and contributing to the platform. As we continue to look forward and move into 2020, we wanted to highlight the top M&E resources...
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Rights-based approaches: A practical how-to note on integrating principles of empowerment into almost any development activity This guide was prepared by Pact in collaboration with USAID’s Center of Excellence on Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance (DRG) under the USAID-funded, Freedom House-led Human Rights Support Mechanism (HRSM). The purpose of the guidance is to help USAID staff...
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Stopping As Success: What is required for a conducive space for local agency and power? Isabella Jean from the “Stopping As Success” consortium, shares her reflections from a recent meeting on local agency and power and discusses the organizational practices that require attention in order to strengthen inclusive and locally driven peacebuilding and development processes....
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Freedom and the Media 2019: A Downward Spiral Threats to media freedom are having dangerous impacts on the state of democracy worldwide. The Freedom House report, Freedom and the Media 2019, finds that leaders intent on consolidating power are finding new ways to repress independent journalism in democracies...
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Stopping As Success: Capacity development in international transitions: can it be used to shift the norm? In this article, Grace Boone of CDA Collaborative Learning, part of the “Stopping As Success” consortium, discusses capacity development in transitions, particularly focusing on the theme of psycho-social support for local actors given on behalf of INGOs during the transition. ...
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Stopping As Success: “If the forest survives, we survive”: locally-led development in Bangladesh In this article, Salem Osseiran of Peace Direct, part of the “Stopping As Success” consortium, discusses the theme of community agency in transitions, reflecting on a recent case study research visit to Bangladesh.  “Stopping As Success” has, over the past...
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Stopping As Success: INGOs as yeast, not the flour Kiely Barnard-Webster and Isabella Jean of CDA Collaborative Learning, part of the “Stopping As Success” consortium, discuss their aims for the research project and dissect previous findings on aid exits. In 2012, CDA’s book Time to Listen: Hearing People on the...
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Stopping As Success: Perspectives on Aid from the Philippines Farzana Ahmed, Senior Researcher at Peace Direct who are leading the “Stopping As Success” learning project, reports on conversations she had with aid actors at a SAS convened workshop in the Philippines in April this year. How should we define...
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The Very Young Adolescent Sexual & Reproductive Health and Gender Program Design Guide Save the Children is excited to share a resource with actionable guidance for designing programs to address gender inequality and sexual and reproductive health among  very young adolescents (VYAs). The Very Young Adolescent Sexual & Reproductive Health and Gender Program...
Evaluation Reports
Reducing the Recruitment and Recidivism of Violent Extremists in Indonesia This data visualization is based on “Full Evaluation: Reducing the Recruitment and Recidivism of Violent Extremists in Indonesia” by Search for Common Ground Indonesia. Click here to access the full evaluation.
Evaluation Reports
“Tomorrow is a New Day – Lobi Mokolo Ya Sika” This visualization was based on Search for Common Ground's final evaluation, “Tomorrow is a New Day – Lobi Mokolo Ya Sika.” Click here to access the full evaluation.
Evaluation Reports
Communications for Peacebuilding in South Sudan This data visualization is based on “Final Evaluation: Communications for Peacebuilding in South Sudan” by Search for Common Ground. Click here to access the full evaluation.
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Sub-Sector Review: Reconciliation Programming in Peacebuilding This data visualization is based on the "Sub-Sector Review: Evidence from Reconciliation Programs" by the Peacebuilding Evaluation Consortium (PEC). Click here to access the full review.
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The Government Performance Index This data visualization is based on “Pact’s The Government Performance Index (GPI).”  Click here to access the full handbook.
Evaluation Reports
RCTs in Evaluation – The Sierra Leone 2012 Elections This is based on "The Impact of Voter Knowledge Initiatives in Sierra Leone" by JPAL and Search for Common Ground. Click on the image below to access the data visualization of this evaluation. To read the full evaluation report, click here.
Evaluation Reports
Promoting Social Cohesion and Conflict Transformation through Insider Mediators This is based on the “Final Evaluation: Promoting Social Cohesion and Conflict Transformation through Insider Mediators" by Search for Common Ground Yemen. Click the image below to access the data visualization of this evaluation. To read the full evaluation report, click here.
Evaluation Reports
Final Evaluation: Promoting Social Cohesion and Conflict Transformation through Insider Mediators This project started in November 2015 and ended in August 2017. The goal of the project was to enhance community resilience to violence in four communities (districts), (Al-Ma’afer and Al-Shamaytain districts in Taiz and Lawder and Moudiah districts in Abyan)...
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4 Tips for Starting a Developmental Evaluation The visual presentation below is based on the work of Rebecca Herrington through the DEPA-MERL project. Recognizing that much of the available Developmental Evaluation resources are based on theory rather than practical experience, this “Tips, Tools, and Templates” resource captures...
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What is: Human Centered Design?
Evaluation Reports
What is Evaluation, Really? "We acknowledge that the field of evaluation (and related disciplines) has unleashed a torrent of definitions and concepts that have, unfortunately, created significant confusion over just what evaluation is and its value to strategic and programmatic decision making." - Srik...
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The PEC Data Visualizations Series With support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, through the Peacebuilding Evaluation Consortium, the DME for Peace team has worked to turn some of the most accessed resources on the site's resource library into data visualizations and graphic summaries....
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Peacebuilding Design, Monitoring and Evaluation Training Manual This training manual was developed by seasoned trainers with subject matter expertise in program design, conflict analysis, conflict sensitivity, monitoring and evaluation. It was developed by CDA Collaborative Learning Projects (CDA) in partnership with the Peacebuilding Evaluation Consortium (PEC) and...
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Guiding Steps for Peacebuilding Design, Monitoring, and Evaluation Many of us believe, very deeply, that peacebuilding is critical to reduce violence and build sustainable peace, but we still struggle to show evidence of the impact of our work. This lack of evidence is one of the greatest challenges...
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M&E Thursday Talk – Measuring Peacebuilding Cost-Effectiveness This is a recording of the M&E Thursday Talk from September 14th, 2017 as Talia Hagerty of the Institute for Economics and Peace hosted a discussion on "Measuring Peacebuilding Cost-Effectiveness." M&E Thursday Talk - Measuring Peacebuilding Cost-Effectiveness from DME for Peace...
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Third Party Monitoring in Volatile Environments – Do the Benefits Outweigh the Risks? The use of third party monitoring in development projects has gained increasing prominence in recent years, driven by demand for more robust accountability mechanisms. Typically, the goal is to bring an independent perspective on project performance by using outside parties...
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5 Tips to Ensure Inclusivity is a Cornerstone of the Program Design Process United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 16: “Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.” Target 16.7: “Ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at...
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M&E Thursday Talk – Transforming Violent Extremism On Thursday, June 1st Lena Slachmuiljder of Search for Common Ground hosted the M&E Thursday Talk webinar series to lead a discussion on “Transforming Violent Extremism: A Peacebuilder’s Guide.”   M&E Thursday Talk - Transforming Violent Extremism from DME for...

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