Knowledge Resources
For individuals working to transform conflicts in their own societies, gaining access to even the most basic information can be a challenge. In too many countries, knowledge resources ranging from accurate histories of those societies in conflict, to practical training manuals on negotiations, to texts on constitutional law, can be out of reach, even in the age of the internet.
For much of the past decade, a core element of our assistance to peacebuilders in Sri Lanka, Nepal, Lebanon and now Myanmar/Burma has been helping them gain access to information both by donating and developing new libraries containing books and training manuals in native and foreign languages, as well as developing online resources that can be shared through virtual private networks.
Most recently, we have begun to work with a consortium of partners to launch the Peace and Dialogue Platform, a collaborative on-line space and "shared knowledge" resource for peace and dialogue processes and structures. With our founding partners, a group of national and international civil society organizations and UNDP's Bureau for Conflict Prevention and Recovery, we are working to build a dynamic platform where stakeholders to conflicts and practitioners in the field of peacebuilding will share experiences, capture unfolding processes and through this engagement jointly create knowledge of use to future peacebuilders.
The initiative is an extension of both the Peace Appeal Foundation's efforts to build physical and virtual libraries for peacebuilding as noted above. In its current form, the Peace and Dialogue Platform has the following aims:
Federalism Thematic Resource Guide
Decentralization Thematic Resource Guide
Security Sector Reform Thematic Resource Guide
We welcome your comments and suggestions. Please see the individual guides for how to contact the individual guide curator.
For much of the past decade, a core element of our assistance to peacebuilders in Sri Lanka, Nepal, Lebanon and now Myanmar/Burma has been helping them gain access to information both by donating and developing new libraries containing books and training manuals in native and foreign languages, as well as developing online resources that can be shared through virtual private networks.
Most recently, we have begun to work with a consortium of partners to launch the Peace and Dialogue Platform, a collaborative on-line space and "shared knowledge" resource for peace and dialogue processes and structures. With our founding partners, a group of national and international civil society organizations and UNDP's Bureau for Conflict Prevention and Recovery, we are working to build a dynamic platform where stakeholders to conflicts and practitioners in the field of peacebuilding will share experiences, capture unfolding processes and through this engagement jointly create knowledge of use to future peacebuilders.
The initiative is an extension of both the Peace Appeal Foundation's efforts to build physical and virtual libraries for peacebuilding as noted above. In its current form, the Peace and Dialogue Platform has the following aims:
- Capture the process, technical and thematic knowledge that emerges out of particular national and regional contexts;
- Attract the diverse narratives in and from national and regional conflicts;
- Generate new frameworks to define, design, analyze and manage peace and dialogue process; and,
- Link national experiences, understanding of processes and technical expertise to bridge the gap between practice and theory in our field;.
Federalism Thematic Resource Guide
Decentralization Thematic Resource Guide
Security Sector Reform Thematic Resource Guide
We welcome your comments and suggestions. Please see the individual guides for how to contact the individual guide curator.
