This note discusses the increasing use of community driven approaches in conflict environments. It underscores the appropriateness of such approaches in countries emerging from conflict as a mechanism for social and physical reconstruction. The note presents a framework for a nuanced, conflict-sensitive implementation of community driven programming, based on a disaggregated analysis of the ten-year period following the end of war.

Darfur Rehabilitation Project (DRP) was founded by a group of Darfurians living in the U.S., and deeply concerned about the human rights tragedy occurring in their homeland in western Sudan. DRP is working to unify the voices of Darfurians everywhere and bring increased international attention to bear on the situation there.

This report summarizes the findings of a major research project on the constraints, challenges, and compromises affecting humanitarian action in conflict and crisis settings. The building blocks are 12 case studies of local perceptions of humanitarian action, conducted in 2006 and 2007 in Afghanistan, Burundi, Colombia, DR of Congo, Iraq, Liberia, Nepal, Uganda, occupied Palestinian territory, Pakistan, Sri anka and Sudan.

The Institute – "an intellectual tool for preventive diplomacy" -- aims to educate people in the many ways the media interact with issues of war and peace. It welcomes two kinds of participants: persons from areas of recent, current or potential conflict; and persons from countries strongly concerned with international peace and security. It also plans a research program targeting urgent international peace-related questions in which the media play a significant role. By its education and rese more...

The International Peacebuilding Alliance, Interpeace, works only with local partners in divided societies to build lasting peace.

It promotes national dialogue by bringing together key actors across a broad cross section of society to analyse their country’s problems, find home-grown solutions and to define a common vision for long-term development.

Interpeace has a hybrid status as a Swiss association and acts as a link between local and national actors and the international community. more...

"Working with a wide array of partners from non-governmental organizations, governments, militaries, international organizations, and the private sector, USIP is helping develop common doctrine, frameworks, and methodologies in support of peacebuilding. This is the first of several Strategic Frameworks that USIP is helping to craft."

"The United States Institute of Peace is an independent, nonpartisan, national institution established and funded by Congress. Its goals are to help prevent and resolve violent international conflicts, promote post-conflict stability and development, and increase conflict management capacity, tools, and intellectual capital worldwide. The Institute does this by empowering others with knowledge, skills, and resources, as well as by directly engaging in peacebuilding efforts around the globe."

The Training for Peace (TfP) in Africa programme is an international training and research programme commissioned and funded by the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Its primary purpose is to contribute towards capacity building within the broader ambit of peace operations at the practical and conceptual level in Africa.

This guidelines were developed by an interagency working group led by the US State Department's Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and DStabilization. This "living" document lays out the requirments for supporting countries in the aftermath of a conflict.

The Institute for Justice and Reconciliation was established to promote reconcilation, transitional justice and democratic nationa-building in Africa by means of research, analysis and selective intervention.