News and information from Conciliation Resources http://www.c-r.org 1-30 2010-08-02 13:48:16 We are currently recruiting for the positions of: Fundraiser (closing date 23 August) and East and Central Africa Projects Manager (closing date 6 September). The job descriptions and application forms can be downloaded on our website. http://www.c-r.org/about/jobs.php 1-29 2010-07-23 16:38:17 We are currently recruiting for the positions of Project Manager and Finance Officer for the People's Peacemaking Perspectives (PPP) project, a joint project with Saferworld, supported by the European Commission and running for eighteen months from 1 October 2010. The project's overall objectives are to prevent and reduce violent conflict and increase post-conflict stabilisation by promoting and supporting participatory and transformative approaches to building peace, stability and socio-economic development. http://www.c-r.org/about/jobs.php 1-28 2010-06-30 09:30:20 Peacebuilding work, already dangerous to do and difficult to fund just got harder, says Andy Carl, CRs Executive Director, in a piece for BBC News. In upholding the law, The US Supreme Court has clarified that offering material support to groups listed as terrorist includes knowingly providing conflict resolution services like expert advice in how to peacefully resolve disputes. For organizations working in the peacebuilding field, mediation support work now comes with a risk of 15 years in prison. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/10432265.stm 1-27 2010-05-19 17:06:04 This workshop report documents lessons shared at the first of two international workshops, convened by CR, bringing together CR partners from Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Uganda, Southern Sudan, Georgia-Abkhazia and Fiji. The lessons and debates recorded in the report are derived from the first year and a half of progress on a 5-year programme, funded by the UK Department for Development, working to help women, men and youth in conflict-affected communities to engage more effectively with politicians and policy makers to influence decision-making on issues that impact their daily lives. http://www.c-r.org/latest-news/documents/GTF_JAW_Report_FINAL_March2010.pdf 1-25 2010-04-22 11:45:19 SIERRA LEONE, Gendemma. The Mano River bridge dividing Sierra Leone and Liberia is the main crossing point between the two countries. On market days a steady stream of mainly women traders crosses over to trade. http://www.c-r.org/resources/photogalleries/talking-borders/index.php 1-24 2010-04-22 11:38:53 Conciliation Resources and nine other civil society organizations took part in the International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding in Dili, Timor Leste in April. We emphasized that statebuilding must be based on inclusive political settlements.... http://www.c-r.org/latest-news/index.php 1-23 2010-04-12 18:23:33 It is 18 months since India and Pakistan began trading between their respective parts of Kashmir for the first time in 60 years. Conciliation Resources is working with economists, journalists and academics from both sides of the Line of Control to explore how to improve this trade... http://www.c-r.org/latest-news/index.php 1-22 2010-03-24 18:57:16 Does conflict transformation work? A new book by Diana Francis reviews 20 years of developments in the field and argues that genuine peacebuilding must be linked to a principled rejection of militarism. Read our interview on OpenDemocracy.net http://www.c-r.org/latest-news/index.php 1-21 2010-03-23 16:12:31 A new docudrama from Conciliation Resources gives a voice to communities in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea's border areas, tackling issues of petty corruption, harassment and bureaucracy. Based on over 300 interviews, it tells the stories of a woman trader, a policeman and a young ex-soldier. Watch it now on YouTube. http://www.c-r.org/our-work/west-africa/talking-borders-video.php 1-20 2010-02-23 20:16:05 The war between the Ugandan government and Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) is one of Africa's longest. The Juba peace talks between 2006-08 offered unprecedented hope of ending it. A peace deal was negotiated but not signed by rebel leader Joseph Kony. Military operations have since driven the LRA into nearby countries and the violence continues. Our northern Uganda Accord update explores the Juba process, what went wrong, and lessons for future peacemaking. http://www.c-r.org/our-work/accord/northern-uganda-update/index.php