Providing mediation, facilitation and advisory support to parties and groups engaged in peace and negotiations processes
Knowledge Resources and Practical Tools for Intractable Conflicts.
Promoting Innovation in Peacebuilding, Conflict and Cultural Transformation.
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Partners & Allies
Academy for Educational Development AED is a nonprofit organization working globally to improve education, health, civil society and economic development--the foundation of thriving societies. In collaboration with local and national partners, AED fosters sustainable results through practical, comprehensive approaches to social and economic challenges. AED implements more than 250 programs serving people in more than 150 countries. The Appeal collaborated with AED in Kosovo, Sri Lanka and Nepal. www.aed.org
Ashoka Innovators for the Public Ashoka is the global association of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs—men and women with system changing solutions for the world’s most urgent social problems. Since 1981, they have elected over 2,000 leading social entrepreneurs as Ashoka Fellows, providing them with living stipends, professional support, and access to a global network of peers in more than 60 countries. The Appeal’s Chairman is a former Ashoka Fellow and its current Executive Director was a former vice president and still serve on selection panels for Ashoka. www.ashoka.orgwww.changemakers.org
Dream of the Good
The Dream of the Good is a peace and health methodology and a network project that has grown out of the Swedish charitable organization Det Andra - in cooperation with The Peace Appeal Foundation - as a model for the development of a creative global peace education. The project engages principals, teachers, recreation leaders and preschool staff and supports them in introducing the methodology to students of all ages. It works throughout Scandinavia and is currently building partnerships with like-minded institutions in North America. www.dreamofthegood.org
Berghof Foundation for Peace Support Located in Berlin, the capital city of Germany, BFPS was established in 2004. Initial impetus for the organisation grew out of the experiences of the Sri Lanka project, which was first undertaken and coordinated by the Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management (BRC). Given the achievements of this work in Sri Lanka, BRC subsequently was inspired to more broadly apply key insights from these experiences to other conflict zones. However, this decision to expand its activities to new regions moved beyond the organisation's sphere of activities and therefore required a new managing entity. Hence the creation of BFPS, which now fulfils this role.The Appeal collaborates with Berghof in Sri Lanka, Nepal, Lebanon and South-East Asia in support of national peace and dialogue processes; joint publication on worldwide peace structures; and on Shared Knowledge Creation initiatives. www.berghof-peacesupport.orgwww.berghof-handbook.net
Microsoft Humanitarian Systems Microsoft Humanitarian Systems (MHS) is an expeditionary team under Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie, tasked with investigating and building working models of advanced solutions to address collaborative aspects of some of the most vexing, emotionally-charged, and least-served human interaction problems, including relief, development, conflict resolution, human trafficking, and human rights. The team is founded on the premise that significant, forward-looking collaborative solutions can emerge when they are designed for - and developed in - complex environments where networks are unreliable, equipment fails, trust is lacking, training is minimal, users are highly mobile, and information overload is the norm. The Appeal has a partnership with MHS on the development of Peace Tools and other software development initiatives in Nepal, Lebanon and the USA.
Nepal Transitions to Peace Initiative The Nepal Transition to Peace (NTTP) Initiative (2005-2009) is a national peace support program, designed in consultation with the Government of Nepal and political parties to support their peace and negotiations processes, create an inclusive multi-party dialogue to address all stakeholders' concerns, and institutionalize government and other peace structures. The NTTP Initiative supports processes that enable Nepali stakeholders to develop common ground by facilitating problem-solving interventions and information sharing. www.peace.gov.np/eng/
Sri Lanka One-Text Initiative The "One Text Initiative," provides a multipartisan dialogue for Singhalese, Tamil, and Muslim political stakeholders in the peace process. All the major political parties in the country are participating or have agreed to participate in this dialogue. www.onetext.org
South Asia Peace Institute The South Asia Peace Institute (SAPI) is an entity that aims at developing the capacity of all political stakeholders to the Sri Lankan conflict as well as to work towards transforming the environment of the Sri Lankan conflict, effectively. www.sapi.lk
Swiss Foreign Ministry The Swiss Foreign Ministry provides varied support to initiatives in a wide range of fields. Foreign Ministry
Peace Appeal South Asia Peace Appeal South Asia was formed to provide support to orphans and orphanages affected by the conflict in Sri Lanka. PASA also provides research support to peace initiatives internationally.
UNDP in Lebanon UNDP has been operational in Lebanon for nearly five decades, since 1960. Its presence in the country has been continuous in the best of times and in the worst of times, in times of war and peace. UNDP strives to reflect the ability and resilience of the Lebanese to adapt to continuing development challenges. www.undp.org.lb
In 2004, there were 230 political conflicts worldwide, including 3 wars and 33 severe crisis,
characterized by massive amounts of violence.
