Peacebuilding Resources
As anyone involved in peacebuilding knows, the subject is vast and often ill-defined. We have collected here some basic resources, listing and categorising of hundreds of organisations involved in peacebuilding, with a special focus on Geneva-based stakeholders. Using the sectoral definition of peacebuilding adopted by the United Nations in their Peacebuilding Capacity Inventory of 2005, on the following page we list organisations by peacebuilding sectors as noted in the International Geneva Peacebuilding Guide,
Below we have collected a selection of more general offerings such as training and online resources of articles, manuals, and bibliographies.
Peacebuilding resources
The Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management http://www.berghof center.org/std_page.php?LANG=e&id=13
Conflict resolution, ombuds, and peacebuilding blogs http://www.adrblogs.com/conflictblogs.htm
The Geneva Peacebuilding Platform http://www.gcsp.ch/peacebuilding
Global Policy Forum http://www.globalpolicy.org/reform/topics/pbcindex.htm
Peacebuilding Initiative http://peacebuildinginitiative.org/index.cfm
Peacebuilding Portal http://www.peacebuildingportal.org/index.asp?pgid=1
*swisspeace www.swisspeace.org/
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) – Conflict Management http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/cross-cutting_programs/conflict/
Vision of Humanity: Global Peace Index http://www.visionofhumanity.com/
Wilson Center event on the UN PBC, with video coverage of conference http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=events.event_summary&event_id=239723
Working Group on Development and Peace http://www.frient.de/en/
Academic, research, and monitoring institutions; think tanks
Alliance for Peacebuilding http://www.allianceforpeacebuilding.org/
*Association for the Prevention of Torture http://www.apt.ch/
The Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management http://www.berghof center.org/std_page.php?LANG=e&id=13
*BioWeapons Prevention Project www.bwpp.org/
Canadian International Development Agency http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/index-e.htm
*Centre for Applied Studies in International Negotiations (CASIN) http://www.casin.ch/web/
Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) http://www.csvr.org.za/
Conflict Prevention and Post-Conflict Reconstruction Network http://cpr.web.cern.ch/cpr/
Conflictsensitivity.org http://conflictsensitivity.org/
Coventry University Centre for Peace and Reconciliation Studies http://www.coventry.ac.uk/researchnet/d/224
Crisis Management Initiative http://www.ahtisaari.fi/
*Defence for Children International http://www.dci-is.org/
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (German Association for Technical Collaboration): Conflict Prevention http://www.gtz.de/en/themen/uebergreifende-themen/krisenpraevention/898.htm
European Centre for Conflict Prevention www.conflict-prevention.net/
European Network for Civil Peace Services http://www.en-cps.org/
European Peacebuilding Liaison Office http://www.eplo.org/
Field Diplomacy Initiative http://www.fielddiplomacy.be/
*Geneva Call http://www.genevacall.org/home.htm
*The Geneva Forum www.geneva-forum.org/
*Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining http://www.gichd.org/
Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) http://www.gppac.net/page.php?id=1
*Graduate Institute of Development Studies http://www.unige.ch/iued/en/institut/
Humanitarian Practice Network http://www.odihpn.org/
Institute of Development Studies – Security and Conflict http://www.ids.ac.uk/go/browse-by-subject/security-and-conflict
*International Campaign to Ban Landmines http://www.icbl.org/
*International Committee of the Red Cross www.icrc.org/
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) – Democracy and Conflict http://www.idea.int/conflict/index.cfm
*International Organization for Migration www.iom.int/
*International Peace Bureau http://www.ipb.org/
*Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS Secretariat) http://www.unaids.org/en/AboutUNAIDS/UNAIDS_secretariat/default.asp
*Norwegian Refugee Council / Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre www.internal-displacement.org/
Organisation for Co-operation and Development (OECD) – Development Co-operation Directorate – Conflict and Peace http://www.oecd.org/department/0,3355,en_2649_34567_1_1_1_1_1,00.html
Partners for Democratic Change International http://www.partnersglobal.org/index-noflash.html
Peace Building Framework Project http://www.peacebuilding.md/about.htm?lang=en&ida=4044478a9c418
Peace and Conflict Planners http://www.pcpcanada.com/index.php
Peace Team Forum http://www.fredsforum.se/eng/default_eng.htm
*Programme for Strategic and International Security Studies (PSIS), HEI Geneva www.psis.org/
*Quaker United Nations Office www.quno.org/
Saferworld http://www.saferworld.org.uk/
Search for Common Ground http://www.sfcg.org/
*Small Arms Survey www.smallarmssurvey.org/
*swisspeace www.swisspeace.org/
Toledo International Centre for Peace http://www.toledopax.org/
Tulane University CERTI program, peacebuilding and post-conflict reconstruction documents http://www.certi.org/themes/Peace_Building-Conflict.htm
*United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) www.unicef.org/
*United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) – Crisis Prevention and Recovery Unit http://www.undp.org/cpr/
*United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) www.unhabitat.org/
*United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) www.unidir.org/
*United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) www.unitar.org/
*United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) www.ohchr.org/
*United Nations Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) www.unhcr.org/
*United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) www.unfpa.org/
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) – Conflict Management http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/cross-cutting_programs/conflict/
United States Institute for Peace http://www.usip.org/index.html
University of Colorado International Online Training Program on Intractable Conflict http://www.colorado.edu/conflict/peace/treatment/peacebld.htm
*University for Peace www.upeace.org/
Working Group on Development and Peace http://www.frient.de/en/
The World Bank - The Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction Unit http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTSOCIALDEVELOPMENT/EXTCPR/0,,menuPK:407746~pagePK:149018~piPK:149093~theSitePK:407740,00.html
*World Food Programme www.wfp.org/
*World Food Programme www.wfp.org/
*World Health Organisation www.who.int/
International Geneva and multilateral forums
Alliance for Peacebuilding http://www.allianceforpeacebuilding.org/
Conflict Prevention and Post-Conflict Reconstruction Network http://cpr.web.cern.ch/cpr/
European Centre for Conflict Prevention www.conflict-prevention.net/
European Network for Civil Peace Services http://www.en-cps.org/
European Peacebuilding Liaison Office http://www.eplo.org/
Field Diplomacy Initiative http://www.fielddiplomacy.be/
Geneva Centre for Security Policy peacebuilding project http://www.gcsp.ch/e/publications/IGPeaceProject/Background/index.htm
International Geneva Peacebuilding Guide http://www.gcsp.ch/e/publications/IGPeaceProject/Guide/index.htm
Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) http://www.gppac.net/page.php?id=1
*Geneva Call http://www.genevacall.org/home.htm
*The Geneva Forum www.geneva-forum.org/
*The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria www.theglobalfund.org/
Humanitarian Practice Network http://www.odihpn.org/
*International Campaign to Ban Landmines http://www.icbl.org/
*International Peace Bureau http://www.ipb.org/
*International Service for Human Rights www.ishr.ch/
Peace Team Forum http://www.fredsforum.se/eng/default_eng.htm
*Quaker United Nations Office www.quno.org/
Toledo International Centre for Peace http://www.toledopax.org/
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