News and Insight

Our staff and partners draw on decades of experience, understanding and analysis to make peace possible. As well as news, see their latest thoughtful insights covering violent conflict, peacebuilding, and global events.

May 2018
News
Executive Director of Conciliation Resources, Jonathan Cohen, has been appointed Chair of the European Peacebuilding Liaison Office (EPLO) Steering Committee.
 
EPLO is the independent civil society platform of European NGOs,
May 2018
Story

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.

May 2018
Insight

Inclusive societies are more resilient and less prone to violent conflict, and achieving greater inclusion is a widely accepted peacebuilding goal. What’s less obvious however, is the journey people in less equal and inclusive societies need to take to get there.

May 2018
News
This week, Conciliation Resources hosted a delegation in London representing the newly established Commission for the Clarification of Truth, Coexistence, and Non-Repetition in Colombia.
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May 2018
Insight

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.

May 2018
News
New research from Conciliation Resources reveals that the majority of people living in the states most affected by the Boko Haram insurgency in northeastern Nigeria, support the idea of talking to elements of the armed group to negotiate a lasting end to the conflict.
April 2018
Insight
The ongoing instability in the Central African Republic (CAR) is not a religious conflict. There are undoubtedly some religious elements to it, but the popular story that it is an intractable war of Muslims versus Christians – of former Séléka rebels versus anti-Balaka vigilantes – is far too simplistic.
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April 2018
Insight

After more than 50 years of war, Colombia is now 16 months in to the implementation of an historic peace agreement.

March 2018
News

A pesar de que las mujeres indígenas se vieron seriamente afectadas por el conflicto en Colombia, sus voces no siempre son escuchadas. Durante todo el año pasado, Conciliation Resources trabajó mancomunadamente con su socio colombiano CIASE para establecer y apoyar una red de mujeres indígenas capaces de desempeñar un papel fundamental en el proceso de paz del país.

March 2018
Insight
Conflict analysis is all about deepening one’s understanding of a conflict and the broader context in which it is situated. Good conflict analysis is sensitive to relations of power – including gender.
March 2018
News

Conciliation Resources will be welcoming mediation support experts from more than 20 organisation from around the globe to London from 5 March, for the annual meeting of the Mediation Support Network (MSN).

March 2018
News
In light of the revelations about abuse and exploitation within aid and development, Conciliation Resources welcomes the increased attention on this important issue. We also support the International Development Secretary in her drive to improve safeguarding across the sector.