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Breaking down barriers through film Making short films for a unique project on the conflict over Nagorny Karabakh has given young Karabakh Armenians and Azerbaijanis a rare chance to talk directly. A selection of their films is now available on DVD and will be shown in the South Caucasus in 2008. Charting the hopes, fears and humour of people living with the consequences of conflict, “these films show that we might have different aspirations but war is not the way to solve our conflict.”
Powers of persuasion Conciliation Resources' latest Accord publication and policy brief, published in March 2008, explore how the use of incentives, sanctions and conditionality can underpin or undermine peace processes. Drawing upon cases such as Darfur, Sri Lanka, northern Uganda, South Africa and Georgia-Abkhazia, it concludes these tools are rarely effective unless they form part of a wider strategy that makes support for a durable peace process its priority.
Building paths to peace Our recently published book about the extraordinary work of one of our partners in Sierra Leone, the Bo Peace and Reconciliation Movement (BPRM) is now available to read online. BPRM is recognized at a national level for its pioneering work to prevent and resolve more than 1000 cases of armed violence and community disputes. more...
Twelve artists, one town – calendar CR and Radio Soma, Abkhazia’s first independent radio station, have produced a 2008 calendar featuring a collection of paintings of the Abkhaz capital, Sukhum/i by Abkhaz, Georgian, Russian and Tartar artists who lived there before the war, with some of their thoughts on what the town means for them. more...
UN Peacebuilding Commission With more than 10 years’ experience of supporting local peacebuilding in Sierra Leone, we recently brought policy concerns gleaned from our work to the UN Peacebuilding Commission’s attention. This resulted in some of our recommendations on youth and peacebuilding being included in the final ‘Peacebuilding Cooperation Framework’ with Sierra Leone’s government. Read our submission
Talking with the enemy Conciliation Resources (CR) helped organize a meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Conflict Issues in December 2007 to discuss the importance of peace processes in dealing with violent conflict and offer ways of addressing shortcomings in the UK's current approach. With Roelf Meyer, former chief negotiator for the National Party in South Africa, and Catherine Barnes, author of Bridging the gap: improving UK support for peace processes.