2021-25 UNIR: BUILDING DEMOCRATIC AND PEACE CULTURES 2021-25 UNIR: BYGGA DEMOKRATI- OCH FREDSKULTURER Det övergripande målet med insatsen är att i) stärka kapaciteten (makt och röst) hos subnationella offentliga institutioner (och hos vissa strategiska medborgarorganisationer) för att de ska kunna bli konstruktiva konflikthanterare, och ii) att utveckla och stärka rollen för den opartiska tredje parten, för att skapa förutsättningar för god samhällsstyrning och fredsbyggande kulturer på lokal nivå,  Inte minst när det gäller miljö- och kommunfrågor. The general objective of the intervention is to i) strengthen the capacities (power and voice) of subnational public institutions (and of some strategic citizen organizations) for they to become constructive conflict managers, and ii) to develop and strengthen the role of the impartial third party, in order to generate conditions for good governance and peacebuilding cultures at the local levels, especially on environmental and municipal issues. The general objective of the intervention is to i) strengthen the capacities (power and voice) of subnational public institutions (and of some estrategic citizen organizations) for they to become constructive conflict managers, and ii) to develop and strengthen the role of the impartial third party, in order to generate conditions for good governance and peacebuilding cultures at the local levels, especially on environmental and municipal issues.

UNIR has developed four action lines to implement the present contribution:

Action Line 1: GENERATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION ABOUT SOCIAL CONFLICTS
Specific objective: To provide analytical information on social tensions and conflicts in the country, in order to contribute to a better understanding of national reality, so it can be used to in adequate decision-making processes that may contribute to an improved governance, enhanced democracy and the construction of a culture of peace in the country.

Action line 2: DEVELOPMENT OF CAPACITIES FOR CONFLICT
PROVENTION: MANAGEMENT AND CONCILIATION
Specific objective: Public officials and members of citizen organizations have strengthened their skills to contribute to i) a constructive and peaceful management of disputes and conflicts, and ii) an improved performance of an impartial third party for conciliation purposes. 

(Incidentally, provention (and not prevention) is a neologism which means to provide individuals and/or groups with the necessary skills to deal with conflicts. It is learning on how to deal with the conflict, rather than trying to avoid it (conflict prevention).

Action line 3: CONSTRUCTIVE AND CONCRETE ACTIONS IN CONFLICT MANAGEMENT PROCESSES AND CONCILIATION
Specific objective: To contribute to a constructive and peaceful management of controversies and conflicts which, hopefully, will generate reference cases to better guide future interventions of the responsible actors and strengthen the role of the third party.

Action line 4: DIALOGICAL PROCESSES FOR THE REENCOUNTER
AND RECONCILIATION
Specific objective: To contribute to the reconciliation and to a constructive/productive dialogue between representative groups of distanced and/or confronted sectors in order to strengthen their power and voice and ability to propose public policies for an improved and pacific democratic coexistence.