Teaching materials

Conciliation Resources developed a range of teaching materials on public participation for use in workshops and other educational forums. They are available in English and Spanish and have been used in workshops in Sri Lanka and Colombia.

English documents

Three modes of public participation in peacemaking Catherine Barnes 2002

Political participation: a basic human right. Important UN standards

Spanish documents

Tres formas de participación pública para lograr la paz Catherine Barnes 2002

Participación política: un derecho básico: lista de normas importantes de la ONU

Graphics (English and Spanish)

MPNP [pdf 4kb] Español: MPNP [pdf 4kb]
Shows the structure of South Africa's multi-party negotiating process. Another version of this diagram can be found in the Accord 13 article by Catherine Barnes and Eldred de Klerk, South Africa's multi-party constitutional negotiation process.

codesa [pdf 4kb] Español: codesa [pdf 4kb]
Shows the structure of the CODESA negotiations. Another version of this diagram can be found in the Accord 13 article by Catherine Barnes and Eldred de Klerk, South Africa's multi-party constitutional negotiation process.

NPA [pdf 5kb] Español: NPA [pdf 5kb]
Shows the structure of the negotiations that led to the National Peace Accord. Another version of this diagram can be found in the Accord 13 article by Chris Spies, South Africa's National Peace Accord: its structures and functions.

SAconst_process [pdf (4kb]
Shows the South African constiution-making process. For more information, see the Accord 13 article by Catherine Barnes and Eldred de Klerk, South Africa's multi-party constitutional negotiation process.

NUC [pdf 5kb] Español: NUC [pdf 5kb]
Shows the structures of the Philippines National Unification Commission. There is an article on the National Unification Commission by Miriam Coronel Ferrer in Accord 13.

ASC_role [pdf 7kb] Español: ASC [pdf 7kb]
Shows the structure of the civil society assembly (ASC) in Guatemala. Another version of this diagram can be found in the Accord 13 article by Enrique Alvarez, The Civil Society Assembly: shaping an agreement.

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