Articles addressing current topics related to the EU from a whole of society perspective

This is the second Working Paper produced as part of the project “Whole-of-Society Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding”. The purpose of the WOSCAP...

The Role of Inclusive Multi-stakeholder Partnerships

Cyclical conflicts which continue to plague the Great Lakes region of Africa necessitate a reflection on the effectiveness of peacebuilding...

International Conference on the Great Lakes Region

At the end of the 3,5 years Great Lakes Project, the project partners, NPI-Africa, ACCORD and GPPAC developed the International Conference on the...

The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region

This policy paper examines the prospective role of civil society organisations (CSOs) within the mechanisms and structures of the International...

WOSCAP: Theoretical and Methodological Framework

The WOSCAP project’s research objective is to improve understandings of how EU civilian capabilities can facilitate peacebuilding and conflict...

Towards improved use of monitoring data

In development coorperation monitoring has evolved as a practice that is predominantly geared towards fulfiling upward accountability to donors...

Local Ownership, Civil-Military-Police Coordination & Human Security

This policy brief results from a 3-year collaboration between the Alliance for Peacebuilding, the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at...

EU and Security Sector Reform: Tilting at Windmills?

Overall, the EU’s approach to civilian peacebuilding and crisis management toolkit, hence security sector reform (SSR) hinges on set of liberal norms...

WOSCAP Briefing on Key Concepts, Research Plans and Entry Points for the EU

This is the first Working Paper produced as part of the project “Whole-of-Society Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding”. The purpose of the paper is...

From Power Mediation to Dialogue Facilitation: Assessing the European Union’s Approach to Multi-Track Diplomacy

This scoping report defines multi-track diplomacy (MTD) as a specific approach to EU foreign policy, alongside other intervention strategies such as...

Gender in EU Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding Policy and Practice

This scoping study examines integration of the gender dimension and the women, peace and security (WPS) agenda into the field of conflict prevention...

Multi-stakeholder Coherence at the Core of EU Comprehensiveness

By paying attention to realities both at field-level and in the policy arena in Brussels, this scoping study aims to show that the EU multi...