Summary: The case study focuses on community-based development initiatives through social mobilization. CIDP enabled local communities to solve their water supply problems by encouraging them to organize themselves in several self-governing Community Organizations (CO) and to establish Community saving funds. COs were able to take stock of their situation, identify needs, set priorities and decide what resources they can contribute towards the solution. They participated in the design of water supply system and its construction. The programme also developed an alternative institutional and organizational model for community-based water supply O&M management, where COs were authorized to autonomously manage, operate and maintain the systems through Community Based Enterprises. Thus, development of communal infrastructure served as an entry point for the promotion of good governance and hence to reduction of poverty.

Region: Europe

Type: Case Studies
Sector: Conflicts
Theoretical Approach: Policy Engagement

Summary: Operating at the highest level of policy-making in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (ARC), CIDP’s Human Security Project complements the other programme components by combining an early warning type system with dialogue-like processes institutionalized in the form of the Crimean Human Security Council (HSC).

Region: Europe

Type: Case Studies
Sector: Conflicts
Theoretical Approach: Policy Engagement

Summary: The largely peaceful return and resettlement of over 260,000 Crimean Tatars and other ethnic groups, which were deported by the Soviet government to Central Asia and Siberia in 1944 for alleged collaboration with Nazi Germany, is a major achievement in recent Crimean history. It attests to the capacity of Crimean society to accommodate the views and interests of different ethnic and religious groups,1 and is a foundation on which lasting stability in Crimea can be built. However, a definitive solution to the challenges facing Crimea will require continued commitment from all stakeholders in Ukraine, as well as continued external support. Ironically, because it has managed to avoid the escalating tensions that led to conflicts (now frozen) in Transdnistria, South Ossetia, and other CIS territories, Crimea has gradually lost international attention since the early 1990s.

Region: Europe

Type: Papers
Sector: Conflicts
Theoretical Approach: Policy Engagement

Summary: El Fondo para el Desarrollo de la paz ofrece becas a organizaciones y proyectos que intenten lograr relaciones pacíficas, justas y equitativas entre pueblos y naciones. Se apoyará a organizaciones que le den más poder a los pueblos locales al organizarlos contra sistemas injustos para lograr un cambio. Es dirigido para apoyar la lucha social, medioambiental y económica en América Latina y el Caribe.

Region: Latin America

Type: Funding Opportunities
Sector: Conflicts
Theoretical Approach: Advocacy

Summary: This book examines the issues surrounding the interaction of non-governmental organisations with policymakers as they seek to affect policy outcome in conflict situations. This book looks at why and how NGOs seek to influence policy and the challenges they face in terms of resources and retaining independence while engaging with policymakers on crucial issues. It examines the constraints faced in trying to penetrate the governmental process and discusses how these obstacles may be overcome. The book also includes analysis and reflections by a variety of experienced policymakers and academics working in the field. The book is published by the International Conflict Research centre of University of Ulster, Northern Ireland.

Region: Europe

Type: Books
Sector: Conflicts
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