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Featured Publications

Quick Start Guide: Conflict Sensitivity & Public Health Emergencies

For public health, humanitarian, and peacebuilding practitioners looking for more practical tools to navigate the interconnected nature of the emergencies they work in and on, this guide will help you get started.

Responding Amid Uncertainty and Managing Risk in Humanitarian Settings – Summary Findings Report

CDA and InterAction partnered to identify and understand risk management “traps” that limit organizations’ abilities to meet humanitarian needs and adapt to complex contexts, as well as the strategic changes that can break them.

Dealing with fragility: A practice note for oil and gas companies

The Practice Note is based on International Alert’s and...

Foundational Books

Do No Harm: How Aid Can Support Peace - Or War

Time to Listen: Hearing People on the Receiving End of International Aid

Confronting War: Critical Lessons for Peace Practitioners

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Common Themes

Accountability to affected populations	Do No Harm	Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL)
Conflict sensitivity	Feedback loops	Peacebuilding effectiveness
CSR and responsible business	Locally led and localization	Systems thinking

‘Strength is from a Union; Working Together You Go Far’: Understanding Collective Impact Using an Analytic Framework

Jan 29, 2019

Disclaimer: At the request of the Network and the case organization involved in this work and owing to the politically sensitive climate in the...

Hope for Building a Collective Peace Movement: Lessons Learned from Developing Collective Impact Networks in Nigeria and Sri Lanka

Jan 10, 2019

The Framework for Collective Impact in Peacebuilding, first published in 2017 was field-tested in partnership with Search for Common Ground...

A Seat at the Table: Capacities and Limitations of Private Sector Peacebuilding

Jan 4, 2019

Suggested Citation: Miller, Ben, Brian Ganson, Sarah Cechvala, and Jason Miklian. “A Seat at the Table: Capacities and Limitations of Private...

Peacebuilding Networks and Alliances in Kenya

Dec 11, 2018

As part of the Collective Impact in Peacebuilding initiative, the case study from Kenya examined the conditions for effective peacebuilding...

Weaving Peace in Mindanao

Dec 4, 2018

This case study details the work of Mindanao Peaceweavers (MPW) - a “network of networks” of peace advocates in the southern Philippines. As a way...

Effective Approaches to Preventing Violent Extremism: A Peacebuilding Systems Perspective

Oct 16, 2018

Suggested Citation: Effective approaches to preventing violent extremism: a peacebuilding systems perspective. In: Berghof Dialogue Handbook on...

Planning for success from start to exit: A review of literature, policy, and practice

Sep 27, 2018

Suggested Citation: Planning for success from start to exit: A review of literature, policy, and practice - First Edition (Peace Direct,...

Mainstreaming of Accountability to Communities: An Operational Case Study

May 29, 2018

As an organization, accountability to our communities means transparent communication, meaningful participation of the communities and ploughing...

Adding Up to Peace: The Cumulative Impacts of Peace Initiatives

Apr 24, 2018

Adding Up to Peace: The Cumulative Impacts of Peace Initiatives aims to identify how cumulative impacts in peace practice operate at all levels, in...