FriEnt-Topics

FriEnt works on key challenges at the interface between peace building and development and thus generates significant impetus for its members’ practical work.

FriEnt’s current priority topics are:

FriEnt-Countries

Countries & Regions

FriEnt’s priority countries and regions have, in some cases, been blighted by violent conflict for decades. Both the causes of the conflicts and the opportunities for and approaches to settling the conflicts differ immensely.

For FriEnt, they represent examples which illustrate various possibilities and constraints of peace building and non-violent conflict management. Country-specific round tables hosted by FriEnt provide a central forum for networking and dialogue.

The current priority countries and regions are:

Who we are

The Working Group on Peace and Development (FriEnt) is an association of governmental organisations, church development agencies, civil society networks, and political foundations. FriEnt aims to pool capacities, support networking and cooperation, and contribute to conflict-sensitive development cooperation.
About us

FriEnt is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2011. This is an opportunity for us to reflect on relevant developments over the last ten years in those fields we are active in, identifying achievements as well as old and new challenges. During the anniversary period from April 2011 - November 2011, we will be marking the anniversary in various ways, including through events and publications.

One of the highlights of the year will be an essay series on Peace and Development in eight parts, which will accompany the FriEnt activities in the anniversary peroiod. We have asked eight colleagues to reflect on challenges and perspectives in selected thematic issues.

Democracy, Democratisation and Peace – Lessons from Recent Experience

Essay by Dan Smith, Secretary General of International Alert more

Land, conflict and the challenge of pro-poor peacebuilding

Essay by Saturnino M. Borras Jr. and Jennifer C. Franco, Transnational Institute more

Peacebuilding at the UN over the last 10 years

Essay by Vanessa Wyeth, International Peace Institute (IPI) more

Fixing Obstacles Blocking a Multi-Stakeholder Approach to Peace and Development

Essay by Prof. Lisa Schirch, Director of 3P Human Security: Partners for Peacebuilding Policy more

Education and Peacebuilding: from ‘conflict-analysis’ to ‘conflict transformation’?

Essay by Alan Smith, UNESCO Chair, University of Ulster more

Linking Peacebuilding and Health in post-conflict settings

Essay by Lisa J. Laplante, University of Connecticut more

The EU and Conflict Prevention: a Ten Year Assessment

Essay by Simon Duke, European Institute of Public Administration more

Challenges for Development-oriented Peace Work: Old and New Ways Forward

Essay by Natascha Zupan, Head of the FriEnt-Team more

FriEnt members

FriEnt's nine members are united by their great commitment to peace and development. They vary, however, in their size, mandate, international partners, projects and approaches. They aim to utilise their diverse perspectives and experience as an asset for their shared productive work on peace building in the context of development cooperation.
FriEnt members

Member Publications

South Caucasus - 20 years of independence

Collection of essays

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung | 2011

Digital Development Debates

05 securing peace

GIZ | 2011

Five paradoxes of peace operations

Policy briefing

Richard Gowan | Zentrum für Internationale Friedenseinsätze | 2011

Assessing Human Insecurity Worldwide: The Way to a Human (In)Security Index

INEF-Report 102

Sascha Werthes/Corinne Heaven/Sven Vollnhals | INEF | 2011

People's Power - The Arab World in Revolt

Perspectives Middle East #2

Layla Al-Zubaidi et al. | Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung | 2011

Collection of data concerning landgrabbing and conflict

Collection of Studies and other Papers

Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst | 2011

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FriEnt Publications

Peace and Development

Bi-annual Report 2009-2010

FriEnt | 2011

New Horizons. Linking Development Cooperation and Transitional Justice for Sustainable Peace

Conference Report: Issues and Challenges

Sylvia Servaes, Natascha Zupan | FriEnt | 2010

Engaging with Victims and Perpetrators in Transitional Justice and Peace Building Processes

Dokumentation des Internationalen Workshops, 12. - 13. Februar 2008

FriEnt | 2008

Development and Legitimacy in Transitional Justice

Report from Workshops at the Conference ´Building a Future on Peace and Justice`

Susanne Reiff, Sylvia Servaes, Natascha Zupan | | 2007

All Publications

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