Year In Review

Interpeace teamed up with Peace One Day to establish the first ever NGO Coalition for Global Truce 2012.

LONDON -

GLOBAL

Almost 400 organizations from around the world joined the NGO Coalition.

Interpeace co-organized a seminar on 'Placing Inclusiveness at the Heart of Peacebuilding? Limits and Opportunities' together with the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform and the United Nations Office at Geneva.

GENEVA

Interpeace and the Geneva Centre for Security Policy brought together 23 peacebuilding participants for a four-day, senior level course on leadership in peacebuilding.

NEW YORK

Interpeace signed collaborative agreements with the Policy and Mediation Division of the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) of the United Nations. It also seconded a policy offer to the Peacebuilding Support Office of the United Nations (PBSO).

CYPRUS

Interpeace Local Partner:

Cyprus 2015

Cyprus 2015 works to link the peace negotiation process to the population's needs and aspirations.

Bringing together 10 leading experts on reconciliation, Cyprus 2015 organized a four-day workshop on the development of an index to measure social cohesion and reconciliation.

PALESTINE

Interpeace Local Partner:

Mustakbalna

Mustakbalna promotes reconciliation between different groups of Palestinian society to develop a common vision for the future.

A petition calling for the end of the division between Fatah and Hamas demonstrated the potential of a novel form of citizen engagement in the Palestinian context.

More than 9,100 signatures were collected in the West Bank and Gaza.

B4D launched an educational programme for women of the traditional religious population with the goal of exposing them to different political views in Israel.

ISRAEL

Interpeace Local Partner:

Base 4 Discussion

B4D engages groups traditionally excluded from peace talks in the reflection on possible peace scenarios.

Programme Coordinator for Israel

Liron was an inspiration proving

through her work every day

that peace is possible.

Tribute to Liron Mehrez-Melnik

“With Liron’s passing, we have lost an

exceptional person and one of the

most impressive peacebuilders I have ever met,”

Scott M. Weber, Director-General of Interpeace.

Liron passed away on 2 April 2012 after a prolonged illness.

NORTH AFRICA

Interpeace published its pioneering Constitution-making Handbook in Arabic, as many countries across North Africa and the Middle East are faced with the immense challenges and opportunities presented by constitution-making processes.

LIBYA

Based on extensive consultations carried out across the country, Interpeace has developed a long-term strategy to support conflict transformation and reconciliation.

MALI

Interpeace conducted an exploratory process in Mali and in neighboring countries to assess the institutional and security situation and design a programme

strategy.

“This proposal is a tool that facilitates the work of practitioners and different government actors who work to support prevention strategies that are focused on young people,” Karina Boaños, Deputy Minister of Youth.

The programme brought together 25 Costa Rican government officials to discuss a policy proposal for youth violence prevention, which was used as a basis to adapt the country's National Plan.

The first International Day of the Girl Child was observed on 11 October 2012.

On this day, Interpeace published a report on the particular situation faced by girls and young women in gangs in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.

CENTRAL AMERICA YOUTH PROGRAMME

Interpeace works at the national and regional level to conduct inclusive processes to develop policy recommendations on preventing youth violence.

CENTRAL AMERICA

SECURITY AND JUSTICE

PROGRAMME

Interpeace works to improve the capacity of countries in the region to manage insecurity by strengthening public institutions, empowering civil society and encouraging a constructive relationship between state and society.

In cooperation with the Guatemalan Ministry of National Defense, the Security and Justice team jointly formulated a proposal for a 'Multisectoral dialogue process on the role of the Guatemalan army in security affairs.'

Voz di Paz has positioned itself as a key partner for facilitating dialogue sessions between different ethnic groups, for instance when violence around livestock rustling started escalating.

In 2012, Voz di Paz mediated more than 110 local-level conflicts.

GUINEA-BISSAU

Voz di Paz co-organized the first public debate since the coup d'état of April 2012. Political and religious leaders and representatives of the military, civil society and the media discussed the opportunities presented by the current political transition period.

Interpeace Local Partner:

Voz di Paz

Voz di Paz is facilitating a comprehensive dialogue to develop a national vision for the future of the country.

CÔTE D'IVOIRE

Interpeace held consultations with the population of Western Côte d'Ivoire to identify what they consider to be the major obstacles to peace.

APD is civil society and peacebuilding adviser to the Somaliland National Electoral Commission, which successfully organized local council elections in November.

PDRC and the Transitional Puntland Electoral Commission were mandated to manage the Constitutional Convention, the inclusive body which ratified the Constitution of Puntland in April.

SOMALI REGION

The Interpeace programme in Liberia was transformed into an independent Liberian non-profit organization and Interpeace partner called the Platform for Dialogue and Peace (P4DP).

Interpeace Local Partners:

Puntland Development

Research Center

Academy for Peace

and Development

CRD, APD, and PDRC highlighted the importance of Somali women in peacebuilding by releasing a film depicting them as extraordinary peacebuilders.

Center for Research

and Dialogue

LIBERIA

Interpeace Local Partner:

Platform for Dialogue and Peace

P4DP is supporting reconciliation and engaging youth in the peacebuilding process.

In South-Central Somalia, the report "In Pursuit of Peace – Challenges and Opportunities in the Central Regions" was published. Over 500 Somalis participated in the research in order to better understand peacebuilding issues.

IRDP continues to train tomorrow's peacebuilders, with a series of events focusing on youth.

The second edition of the film festival for youth was held in Kigali in June, and in November, a National Creative arts Competition was organized.

Both events gave a chance to high school and university students to express themselves on the issues of peace, social justice and development.

RWANDA

Interpeace Local Partner:

Institut de Recherche et de

Dialogue pour la Paix

IRDP supports Rwandan society in its quest for better social cohesion and increased citizen participation in decision-making.

Following a meeting between the Prime Minister of Rwanda and IRDP on the lack of citizen participation in decision-making and the need to make government representatives more accountable, an Accountability Day was initiated for Rwandan ministers.

GREAT LAKES

REGION

BURUNDI

Interpeace Local Partner:

Following several missions to North and South Kivu, Interpeace has elaborated a regional programme strategy.

Centre d’Alerte et de

Prévention des Conflits

CENAP facilitates dialogue between key stakeholders to break the country's political deadlock.

This was the first official dialogue between all political parties since the opposition parties boycotted the elections in 2010.

Following a request from the President of the National Assembly, CENAP co-facilitated consultations with the extra-parliamentary opposition to define their legal status.

Timor-Leste dropped from the 127th position out of 183 countries to the 143rd position in Transparency International’s 2011 Corruption Perception Index.

Research conducted by CEPAD identified Corruption, Collusion, and Nepotism as major obstacles to peace in the country.

CEPAD convened national experts to discuss policy recommendations to tackle these issues, produced by a specialized working group.

TIMOR-LESTE

Interpeace Local Partner:

Centre of Studies for Peace

and Development

CEPAD works towards the consolidation of democracy in Timor-Leste.

A LOOK BACK ON 2012