Asida Shakryl was the co-director of The Center for Humanitarian Programmes, one of Conciliation Resourcesâ longest standing partners in the Caucasus. She shares her positive experience of peacebuilding through partnership.
This week, Rev. Peter Price steps down as the Chair of the Board of Trustees at Conciliation Resources. We spoke to him about his time as Chair of Conciliation Resources, and what he thinks makes for peace.
Marina Elbakidze is Project Coordinator at the Caucasus Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development (CIPDD). She talks about the importance of peacebuilding partnerships in the Georgian-Abkhaz context.
Inclusive societies are more resilient and less prone to violent conflict, and achieving greater inclusion is a widely accepted peacebuilding goal. Whatâs less obvious however, is the journey people in less equal and inclusive societies need to take to get there.
On May 2 the Basque organisation ETA publicly announced its dissolution, 50 years after claiming its first victim. During its lifespan the organisation has left a bloody trail of more than 800 killings. Throughout the past few years, Conciliation Resources has been supporting the Social Forum and other civil society organisations in working to end the armed struggle.
Collaborative partnerships are at the heart of the way Conciliation Resources works. We believe in genuine, two-way partnerships, characterised by mutual support and learning. In our latest film, our partners and staff share their thoughts on what makes an effective peacebuilding partnership.
After more than 50 years of war, Colombia is now 16 months in to the implementation of an historic peace agreement.
This month, a meeting of the global Mediation Support Network explored the roles mediation and mediation support can play, once a peace agreement has been signed. Felix Colchester outlines some of the challenges and opportunities for mediation in this phase of a peace agreement.