Secretary-General António Guterres launched the Action for Peacekeeping initiative (A4P) in March 2018 to galvanize member states to commit to peacekeeping and to translate statements of high-level political support into concrete actions. Since then, member states have signed a “Declaration of Shared Commitments on UN Peacekeeping Operations” in which they agree to adapt peacekeeping operations to meet contemporary challenges. But will this political consensus lead to actual change?
This issue brief assesses the political declaration across seven themes: political solutions, protection, safety and security, performance, partnerships, sustaining peace, and conduct of personnel. It argues that while some of member states’ commitments break new ground, many only reaffirm past agreements—and all require more concrete follow-up mechanisms. Ultimately, the success of the Action for Peacekeeping initiative depends on whether member states and the Secretariat honor their commitments and whether these commitments enable peace operations to help end conflicts and deliver sustainable peace.
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On Sunday, September 23, 2018, IPI held its thirteenth Ministerial Dinner on the Middle East in its Trygve Lie Center for Peace, Security, and Development. The working dinner drew the participation of foreign ministers, United Nations officials, special representatives of the Secretary-General to countries in the region, heads of humanitarian agencies, and other high-level representatives from the Middle East and North Africa, Europe, and beyond.
The event was chaired by Terje Rød-Larsen, President of IPI, and co-hosted by the United Arab Emirates and Luxembourg, represented respectively by Anwar Mohammed Gargash, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, and Jean Asselborn, Luxembourg’s Minister of Foreign and European Affairs.
In a roundtable conversation, conducted under the Chatham House rule of non-attribution, participants exchanged views on the changing landscape in the Arab world, including Yemen, Syria, Libya, Iraq, Israel, and the Palestinian territories, and the large displacement of people in the region. Central to the discussion was the possibility of establishing a multilateral mechanism for regional cooperation for the Middle East and North Africa in coordination with European and international stakeholders.
Attendees included the foreign ministers of Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Greece, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Libya, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Spain; as well as Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Ahmed Aboul-Gheit, and Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Abdul Latif bin Rashid Al Zayani.
Also present were Ferid Belhaj, Vice President of the World Bank; Børge Brende, President of the World Economic Forum; Alistair Burt, United Kingdom Minister of State for the Middle East; Staffan de Mistura, Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Syria; Rosemary A. DiCarlo, UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs; Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship of Canada; Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary-General of the Council of Europe; Pierre Krahenbuhl, Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA); Ján Kubiš, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq and Head of UNAMI; Robert Malley, President and CEO of the International Crisis Group; Peter Maurer, President of the International Red Cross; David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee; Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the UN Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority; Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; Amr Moussa, Former Secretary-General of the League of Arab States; and Kevin Rudd, Former Prime Minister of Australia and Chair of the IPI Board of Directors.
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Bringing Words to Life: How Are the SDGs Supporting Peace, Justice, and Inclusion?
This event focuses on early successes of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development—not only in regards to SDG 16 but across the agenda (SDG16+)—to foster peace, justice, and inclusion at the local and national level.
Monday, July 16, 1:15pm EST
Fostering Entrepreneurship & Innovation to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals
Taking place during the High-Level Political Forum, this event will discuss the role of entrepreneurship in realization of social and economic gains, and showcase success stories from entrepreneurs working on these issues.
Tuesday, July 17, 8:15am EST
Affordable Housing for All
This event examines ongoing and future government efforts to improve access to adequate housing, seeking to increase the awareness of UN member states of the challenges of housing from a more holistic perspective and their commitment to repositioning housing at the center of national development strategies.
Tuesday, July 17, 1:15pm EST
Reaching Internally Displaced Persons to Achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
In this event, participants will discuss the link between development policies and internal displacement by sharing tangible examples of actions that governments, civil society, and the international community are taking to help implement the SDGs by including IDPs.
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Studie auf Basis von SOEP-Daten untersucht Kita-Nutzungsquoten nach verschiedenen Merkmalen eines Haushalts – unter anderem haben Migrationshintergrund und Erwerbstätigkeit der Eltern einen großen Einfluss – Politik sollte mehr Maßnahmen ergreifen, damit Kinder aus allen Familien vom Kita-Ausbau profitieren
Obwohl das Angebot an Plätzen in Kindertageseinrichtungen (Kitas) für Kinder unter drei Jahren in den vergangenen zehn Jahren massiv ausgebaut wurde und es seit 2013 für jedes Kind ab dem zweiten Lebensjahr einen Rechtsanspruch auf einen Betreuungsplatz gibt, hängt der Kita-Besuch nach wie vor stark vom Elternhaus ab. Das ist das zentrale Ergebnis einer Studie des Deutschen Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin). Demnach spielen der sozioökonomische Hintergrund eines Haushalts – also beispielsweise die Bildung der Mutter, die Erwerbstätigkeit der Eltern und das Armutsrisiko – sowie der Migrationshintergrund der Eltern nach wie vor eine entscheidende Rolle, wenn es darum geht, ob und in welchem Umfang ein Kind in einer Kita betreut wird. „Mit dem Kita-Ausbau und der Ausweitung des Rechtsanspruchs auf einen Kita-Platz ab dem zweiten Lebensjahr war teilweise auch die Hoffnung verbunden, dass sich Nutzungsunterschiede nach dem Familienhintergrund reduzieren“, erklärt C. Katharina Spieß, Leiterin der Abteilung Bildung und Familie am DIW Berlin. „Diese Hoffnung hat sich bisher jedoch nicht erfüllt.“
Frau Spieß, die Nutzung der Kindertagesbetreuung hängt stark vom Elternhaus ab. Inwieweit unterscheidet sich die Nutzung zwischen unterschiedlichen Haushalts- und Familiengruppen?
Die Nutzung von Kindertageseinrichtungen, und auch die Nutzung im Bereich der Tagespflege, hängen sehr stark vom Elternhaus ab, in dem das Kind lebt. Das trifft allerdings fast ausschließlich auf Kinder in jüngerem Alter zu. Denn wir wissen, dass gerade im letzten Jahr vor der Einschulung nahezu jedes Kind eine Kita besucht. Hier können wir also keine Unterschiede zwischen Haushalten beobachten. Bei den jüngeren Kindern sehen wir, dass insbesondere Kinder aus bildungsnahen Elternhäusern, in denen beide Elternteile erwerbstätig sind oder ein alleinerziehendes Elternteil einem Beruf nachgeht, eine Einrichtung besuchen. Wir wissen, dass Kinder, deren Eltern keinen Migrationshintergrund haben, überdurchschnittlich stark in Kindertageseinrichtungen vertreten sind. Armutsgefährdete Familien nutzen nicht in dem gleichen Ausmaß Kitas wie Familien, die über der Armutsgrenze liegen. [...]
Der Leibniz-Forschungsverbund (LERN) Bildungspotenziale veranstaltet jährlich ein Bildungspolitisches Forum. Dieses Jahr findet es am Dienstag, den 25. September in Berlin statt und widmet sich dem aktuellen Thema: „Potenziale früher Bildung: Früh übt sich, ...". Hauptorganisator neben der Koordinierungsstelle des LERN-Verbundes ist das DIW Berlin zusammen mit dem Leibniz-Institut für die Pädagogik der Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik (IPN).
Im Mittelpunkt stehen Fragen zu Wirkungen früher Bildung, zur Bedeutung der professionellen Kompetenz pädagogischer Fachkräfte sowie zur Qualität früher Bildungsangebote. Höhepunkte des Programms sind u.a. ein Impulsreferat der Bundesfamilienministerin Dr. Franziska Giffey, eine Keynote von Kitty Stewart von der London School of Economics and Political Science zur Rolle der frühen Bildung für Chancengerechtigkeit aus einem internationalen Blickwinkel sowie eine Podiumsdiskussion mit Vertreterinnen und Vertretern aller beteiligten politischen Ebenen zu den Chancen und Herausforderungen, die Potenziale der frühen Bildung auszuschöpfen.
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Aufgrund des regen Interesses können wir leider keine weiteren Anmeldungen für das Bildungspolitische Forum 2018 annehmen. Die Veranstaltung wird jedoch auf der Webseite des DIW Berlin live übertragen.
Mehr Informationen finden Sie auf der Veranstaltungshomepage und unter dem Twitter-Hashtag #LERNBPF18
DIW-Studie zeigt: Arbeitszeitpräferenzen hängen vom Beschäftigtenstatus ab, nicht vom Geschlecht – Paare würden Arbeitszeiten gerne symmetrischer verteilen – Restriktionen bei der Verwirklichung der Wünsche sind größer in Regionen mit hoher Arbeitslosigkeit, für gering Qualifizierte, ausländische und ostdeutsche Beschäftigte sowie bei unzureichender Kinderbetreuung.
Viele Teilzeitbeschäftigte würden gerne mehr arbeiten, viele Vollzeitbeschäftigte lieber weniger. Paare wünschen zunehmend, ihre Arbeitszeiten gleichmäßiger aufzuteilen. Die tatsächlichen Arbeitszeitmuster sind aber seit 30 Jahren erstaunlich stabil. Dies sind die wichtigsten Ergebnisse einer aktuellen Studie des Deutschen Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin). Die DIW-ÖkonomInnen haben auf Basis von Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) untersucht, inwieweit Wunsch und Wirklichkeit bei den Arbeitszeiten auseinanderklaffen, aber auch, welche Restriktionen der Verwirklichung von Arbeitszeitwünschen im Wege stehen.
Seit fünf Jahren nimmt die Wirtschaftsleistung im Euroraum wieder zu; die Krise scheint überwunden zu sein. Der Schein trügt aber. Denn das Wachstum beruht auch auf Doping. Die Europäische Zentralbank hat die Leitzinsen auf ein extrem niedriges Niveau gesenkt und saugt die Schuldtitel der Mitgliedsstaaten einfach auf. Und trotz des Wirtschaftswachstums verharrt die Staatsschuld gemessen an der Wirtschaftsleistung in Südeuropa und Frankreich auf hohem Niveau. Die Zentralbank wird ihre Politik nicht allzu lange beibehalten können, zumal sich zunehmend unliebsame Nebenwirkungen zeigen. So haben sich die Preise bei den Vermögenswerten immer mehr aufgebläht, was in manchen Ländern zu stark steigenden Mieten führt. Die Lage ist also recht fragil. [...]
On Wednesday, September 26th, IPI in partnership with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and the International Civil Society Action Network are cohosting an event entitled “Women Mediators: Connecting Local and Global Peacebuilders”
Remarks will begin at 4:15pm EST*
Women activists and women’s organizations frequently contribute to conflict resolution and peacebuilding at the local level. However, they continue to be significantly underrepresented in formal peace processes. In fact, women made up just 2 percent of mediators in major peace processes from 1990 to 2017.
To stop violence and foster sustainable peace, global and regional efforts in support of peace must be linked to the locally rooted peace and mediation efforts of community peacemakers, particularly women. Local actors often have significant insight into conflict drivers and conflict solutions. In peace efforts at all levels, from the grassroots to the international, women in particular often have different experiences of conflict and different insights. They also often bring solutions and are able to foster trust and identify the steps needed to ensure the inclusion of all affected—women, men, boys, and girls. But these women often have even less access to formal processes than their male colleagues, as the evidence reflects.
The importance of civil society in sustaining peace is also evident in empirical research. Since the introduction of UN Security Council 1325 in 2000, the women, peace, and security agenda has developed through a collaboration among civil society, the UN, and governments. While the paradigm has been slow to shift, there is growing momentum and support for the full participation of women peacebuilders as mediators and negotiators in peace processes.
Opening Remarks:
Mr. Terje Rød-Larsen, President, International Peace Institute
Speakers:
H.E. Mrs. Adela Raz, Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Affairs, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
H.E. Ms. Ine Eriksen Søreide, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Norway
Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict, Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the UN at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, UK
H.E. Ms. Ana Maria Menéndez, Senior Adviser of the Secretary-General on Policy, United Nations
Ms. Rajaa Altalli, Co-Director of Center for Civil Society and Democracy CCSD
Local peacebuilder, Yemen TBC
Moderator:
Ms. Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini, Founder and Executive Director, ICAN
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On Friday, September 28th, IPI together with the Centre for Policy Research at United Nations University are cohosting a book launch event to discuss Negotiating Peace: A Guide to the Practice, Politics, and Law of International Mediation.
Remarks will begin at 4:45pm EST*
This book is the first and only practical guide to negotiating peace. In this ground-breaking book Sven Koopmans, who is both a peace negotiator and a scholar, discusses the practice, politics, and law of international mediation. With both depth and a light touch he explores successful as well as failed attempts to settle the wars of the world, building on decades of historical, political, and legal scholarship.
Who can mediate between warring parties? How to build confidence between enemies? Who should take part in negotiations? How can a single diplomat manage the major powers? What issues to discuss first, what last? When to set a deadline? How to maintain confidentiality? How to draft an agreement, and what should be in it? How to ensure implementation? The book discusses the practical difficulties and dilemmas of negotiating agreements, as well as existing solutions and possible future approaches. It uses examples from around the world, with an emphasis on the conflicts of the last twenty-five years, but also of the previous two-and-a-half-thousand. Rather than looking only at either legal, political or organizational issues, Negotiating Peace discusses these interrelated dimensions in the way they are confronted in practice as an integral whole with one leading question: what can be done?
Speakers:
H.E. Mr. Stef Blok, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Dr. Sven M.G. Koopmans, Author of Negotiating Peace and former Senior Mediation Expert, United Nations
Mr. Terje Rød-Larsen, President, International Peace Institute
Ms. Teresa Whitfield, Officer-in-Charge, Policy and Mediation Division, UN Department of Political Affairs
Mr. Staffan de Mistura, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria
Moderator:
Mr. Adam Day, Head of Programmes, Centre for Policy Research at United Nations University
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On Friday, September 28th, IPI together with the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland are cohosting a policy forum during the UN High-Level Week to present the main conclusions and recommendations from the third Regional Conversations on “Investing in Peace and the Prevention of Violence in the Sahel-Sahara.” These conversations were organized in Algiers on June 24 and 25, 2018, by the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel, IPI, the FDFA of Switzerland, and the African Union’s African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT), with support from the government of Algeria.
Remarks will begin at 1:15pm EST*
Opening remarks:
H.E. Mr. Jürg Lauber, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations
H.E. Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS)
Speakers:
H.E. Ambassador El Haouès Riache, Ambassador and Counterterrorism Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Algeria
H.E. Mr. Larry Gbevlo-Lartey, African Union Special Representative for Counterterrorism and Director of the African Union’s African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT)
Ms. Lori-Anne Théroux-Bénoni, Director, Dakar Office, Institute for Security Studies, Senegal
Mr. Mohamed Anacko, President of Agadez Regional Council, Niger
Ms. Omezzine Khélifa, Executive Director, Mobdiun, Tunisia
Moderator:
Dr. Youssef Mahmoud, Senior Adviser, International Peace Institute (IPI)
Following similar Conversations in Dakar in 2016 and N’Djamena in 2017, the Algiers gathering aimed to further identify and strengthen local, national, and regional approaches to preventing violent extremism and addressing its causes in the Sahel-Sahara. The focus was on the gap between the state and its citizens, engagement by civil society, the role of the media and security and defense forces, and the contribution of culture, citizenship, and education to prevention. Participants in the Algiers conversation called for a multidimensional approach to prevention that involves all stakeholders. They formulated recommendations on actions practitioners from the region could take, both within states and through regional and subregional groupings, and in some cases with support from the UN and other partners.
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On Thursday, September 27th, IPI together with the Government of Sweden are cohosting a Global Leader Series discussion with H.E. Margot Wallström, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden.
Remarks will begin at 2:45pm EST*
Despite two decades of policy development and commitments intended to support women and girls affected by armed conflict, women’s participation in all levels of peace and security decision-making lags due to structural barriers, lack of access to political arenas, and even threats to women who attempt to participate in these processes. In efforts to build and sustain peace, there remains a widespread neglect of local-level women peacebuilders’ expertise, and formal peacemaking efforts continue to be resistant to women’s meaningful participation and to women’s rights. This problem persists despite increasing recognition that efforts to build and sustain peace are dependent upon the full participation of women and respect for their rights. This Global Leaders discussion will draw on the minister’s years as an advocate for women’s rights, including in conflict zones, and will include her insights on how the international community can better live up to its obligations to women and girls globally.
H.E. Ms. Wallström has been the Foreign Minister of Sweden since 2014. She has had a long career in politics, which began in 1979 when she first served as a member of the Swedish Parliament. Her ministerial career began in 1988 when she was appointed Minister of Civil Affairs, responsible for consumer, women, and youth matters. She subsequently assumed the position of Minister of Culture, and then Minister of Social Affairs. In 1998, she retired from Swedish politics to become Executive Vice-President of Worldview Global Media, a non-governmental organization based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. From 1999 until 2004, she served as European Commissioner for the Environment. In 2004, when the Barroso Commission took office, she was appointed its first vice president responsible for inter-institutional relations and communication.
Ms.Wallström has been an advocate for the rights and needs of women throughout her political career, perhaps most notably as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict from 2010 to 2012, and in her promotion of Sweden’s feminist foreign policy in her role as Foreign Minister. She is currently a member of the High-Level Panel on Humanitarian Financing, appointed by the UN Secretary-General in May 2015. She has received several honorary doctorates and awards for her work on sustainable development and climate change, and has also done extensive work to endorse a European Union-Africa partnership on renewable energy, and to champion equal opportunities. She was also co-founder of the European Union inter-institutional group of women and a key supporter of the 50-50 Campaign for Democracy by the European Women’s Lobby, where she worked to promote a more gender-balanced European Union.
This event will be moderated by Mr. Terje Rød-Larsen, President of IPI.
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On Thursday, September 27th, IPI together with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, are cohosting the eleventh annual Trygve Lie Symposium on “Human Rights Defenders: A Global Movement for Peace.”
Remarks will begin at 8:15am EST*
Speakers at this event include Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Kingdom of Norway, H.E. Ms. Ine Eriksen Søreide, Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Republic of Tunisia, H.E. Mr. Khemaies Jhinaoui, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, H.E. Ms. Michelle Bachelet, as well as other distinguished speakers. This conversation will be moderated by the President of the International Peace Institute, Mr. Terje Rød-Larsen.
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 20th anniversary of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders. Throughout 2018, various events and activities around the globe are being held to highlight the importance of these declarations at an increasingly crucial time for human rights, including the “stand up for human rights” campaign being organized by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
According to OHCHR, the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders tells us that we all have a role to fulfill as human rights defenders and emphasizes that there is a global human rights movement that involves us all.In November of last year, Norway, along with 75 other countries, co-sponsored the Human Rights Defenders UN Consensus Resolution in consultation with civil society, which was unanimously adopted by the UN General Assembly. This resolution recognized “the substantial role that human rights defenders can play in supporting efforts to strengthen conflict prevention, peace and sustainable development, including…in the context of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.”
This year’s Trygve Lie Symposium will bring together high-level UN and government officials, experts, and civil society representatives to discuss and address how the international community can further promote the positive, important, legitimate, and necessary role of human rights defenders and how this work helps to create a world where sustainable peace is possible.
As we celebrate the anniversaries of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, presentations at this year’s Trygve Lie Symposium will reflect on the progress that has been made, new obstacles that those working to protect and defend human rights face, and the challenges that remain.
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On Wednesday, September 26th, IPI in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme, are cohosting a conversation with Liberian President, H.E. Mr. George Manneh Weah, as part of its Global Leader Series.
Remarks will begin at 8:30am EST*
Following President Weah’s presentation, there will be a discussion moderated by IPI’s president, Terje Rød-Larsen, with Sweden’s Permanent Representative to the UN and Chair of the Liberia Configuration of the UN Peacebuilding Commission, H.E. Mr. Olof Skoog, and the Assistant Secretary General and Director of the Regional Bureau for Africa of UNDP, Ms. Ahunna Eziakonwa, on Liberia’s peacebuilding objectives and development priorities. The event will take place at IPI on Wednesday, September 26, 2018, from 8:15am to 9:45am.
Liberia’s presidential and legislative elections at the end of 2017 and the successful transfer of democratic power two months later marked a significant accomplishment in the country’s history. Following this peaceful transition and the end of the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), Liberia now embarks on the next stage of its development trajectory. As part of this process, President Weah and the Liberian government are finalizing the country’s new development framework, the Pro-Poor Agenda for Prosperity and Development (PAPD). At this Global Leader Series event, President Weah will reflect on Liberia’s current opportunities and challenges while also addressing how best the international community can sustain and amplify its support to the country.
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United Nations Counter-Terrorism Architecture (Click for full graphic)
In the past decade, counterterrorism measures have had an increasingly adverse impact on the provision of medical care and the conduct of principled humanitarian action in armed conflict settings. Whether inadvertently or not, they have impeded, and at times prevented, the provision of essential and lifesaving aid, often in violation of international humanitarian law (IHL).
This paper aims to assist the Security Council, relevant UN organs, UN member states, and other stakeholders in upholding their obligations under IHL. It maps the UN counterterrorism framework and looks into the extent to which it guides states in complying with these obligations. In doing so, it offers several recommendations for the way forward:
In recent years, there have been increasing calls to ensure local ownership of peacebuilding design and practice, to take local knowledge fully into account in designing peacebuilding programs and assessing conflicts, and to strive for the meaningful participation of local peacebuilding actors. In the search for new approaches to connect local-level initiatives to international programs and to move local knowledge from the bottom up, community-led peacebuilding networks may have a key role to play.
This volume includes case studies of community-led peacebuilding networks in Burundi, the Central African Republic, Colombia, Kenya, Liberia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and Zimbabwe to identify approaches for more inclusive and integrated peacebuilding. The cases underscore the organizational, political, and financial advantages and risks to operating as part of a broader network. Better understanding how these networks operate in their communities and the challenges they face can help better support and strengthen local efforts to build and sustain peace.
Der Präsident der Technischen Universität Berlin hat Tomaso Duso am 12. September 2018 zum Professor für das Fachgebiet "Empirische Industrieökonomik“ an der Fakultät VII – Wirtschaft und Management ernannt. Die Berufung erfolgte gemeinsam mit dem DIW Berlin und ist mit der Leitung der Abteilung "Unternehmen und Märkte" am DIW Berlin verbunden. Herr Duso war zuvor Professor für empirische Industrieökonomik am Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE) an der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf. Am DIW Berlin leitet er die Abteilung "Unternehmen und Märkte" bereits seit dem Frühjahr 2013.
Zur Mitarbeiterseite von Tomaso Duso am DIW Berlin