Home About us Resource Library News Events Contact WHAT WE DO SHAPING CONFLICT RESOLUTION The European Institute of Peace is contributing to shaping conflict resolution. Our activities range from facilitating local reconciliation to support for mediators, from building capacity of negotiators to high level, quiet consultations. The work we do is demand driven and informed by careful analysis, including of the political economy and other drivers of instability. Our work is guided by international law, human rights and a commitment to inclusivity and sustainability – essential if conflict resolution is to result in lasting peace. Structurally, the Institute’s programme work is divided under two units enabling it to operate through both top-down and bottom-up approaches to enhance the prospects of sustainable peace. The two units work together wherever possible in joint teams, affording custom designed expertise across a range of issues. A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO PEACE Engagement, Dialogue and Process Design The Engagement, Dialogue and Process Design Unit (EDP) works top-down, at politically delicate levels with those who closely support or are themselves directly involved in peace talks. We help develop strategies for how parties can engage with one another, offer expertise on process design and provide other types of mediation support. One of our strengths is our ability to bring people together in discreet political dialogue. Our work focuses on a range of national and regional conflict dynamics, specific policy challenges, or ways to improve peace process design. A red thread running through it is that we target and support those who can effect change at the higher level, whether as negotiators, mediators, policy-makers or influential advisors. The Engagement, Dialogue and Process Design Unit comprises of two core areas of work: Political Dialogue Facilitation Mediation & Process Support In support, EDP covers four complementary programmatic envelopes: Comprehensive Peace Support Sustainable Process Design European Policy Support Early Assessment and Action Within this framework, EDP works to create space for dialogue, contribute to the sustainability of peace processes and help make sure the results stick. Peace Practice and Innovation The Peace Practice and Innovation Unit (PPI)’s work focuses on parts of society less directly involved in talks but directly affected by the conflict and whose support for any process is likely to be essential for sustained peace. In this sense it can be understood in broad terms as a bottom-up approach. Our work is characterised by a common method: deep and focused consultation, a commitment to context-specificity; and a concentration on short to medium term results. We then bring specific, world-class expertise on the issues of conflict resolution to the situation in question The Peace Practice and Innovation Unit divides its content-led work into the four areas of: Conflict Justice and Reconciliation Responding to Violent Extremism Environmental Peacemaking Gender, Peace and Security As the centre of the Institute’s innovation efforts, PPI develops approaches and leads in close cooperation with the other unit’s new and creative efforts. Our Strategic Plan Address European Institute of Peace Rue des Deux Eglises, 25 1000 Brussels, Belgium Copyrights © 2021 | EIP Privacy Policy | Webdesign: ALYS