1. New publications and materialsDialogue through film DVDMaking short films for a unique project on the conflict overNagorny Karabakh has given young Karabakh Armenians andAzerbaijanis a rare chance to talk directly and get to knoweach other. A selection of their films is now available on DVDand will be shown throughout the South Caucasus in 2008.Charting the hopes, fears and humour of people living with theconsequences of conflict, “these films show that we might havedifferent aspirations but war is not the way to solve ourconflict”.
http://www.c-r.org/our-work/west-africa/building-paths/index.php New Accord publication and policy briefConciliation Resources' latest Accord publication and policybrief, published in March, explore how the use of incentives,sanctions and conditionality can underpin or underminepeacemaking. Drawing upon cases such as Darfur, Sri Lanka,northern Uganda, South Africa and Georgia-Abkhazia, it concludesthat these tools are rarely effective unless they form part ofa wider strategy that makes support for a durable peace processits priority.http://www.c-r.org/our-work/accord/incentives/index.phpBuilding paths to peace onlineOur recently published book about the pioneering work of ourpartner Bo Peace and Reconciliation Movement (BPRM) in southernSierra Leone is now available to read online. The book will beofficially launched at an event in Freetown on 22 April 2008.It features lessons learned and success stories from BPRM’scommunity peace monitors, who have resolved and prevented over1000 cases of armed violence and local disputes.http://www.c-r.org/our-work/west-africa/building-paths/index.php 2. Recent highlightsTraining course for UK government conflict advisersCR Policy Adviser Catherine Barnes led a three-day residentialtraining course in March on peace processes and conflicttransformation, held at the request of the UK Department forInternational Development. Co-organized by CR and North SouthConsultants Exchange, the course indicates the UK government'sgrowing interest in improving its support for peace processes.Read more about our work on learning from peace processes andinfluencing UK peacemaking policy. http://www.c-r.org/our-work/accord/index.php http://www.c-r.org/our-work/practice-policy/index.phpInvitation to review UK government agreement on conflictCR's Executive Director Andy Carl has been invited by the UKPrime Minister's Delivery Unit to be part of an external reviewteam looking at its Public Service Agreement on conflict. Theteam will assess the government's capacity to achieve itscommitments and make recommendations on any changes required.3. Upcoming eventsCrossing boundaries: civil society and the security sectorCR will host a sub-regional conference on civil society andsecurity sector reform cooperation from 30 April -1 May 2008 inFreetown with speakers from Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. The conference is part of our wider ongoing StrengtheningCitizens’ Security project with three local partners, whichaims to make the security sector more accessible andaccountable to ordinary people in the region. Read more aboutthis work:http://www.c-r.org/our-work/west-africa/west-africa-security.php4. In memory of Sahr JohnbullOur colleague Sahr Johnbull, 32, sadly passed away in March2008. Originally from Kono district, Sierra Leone, he hadworked in CR’s Freetown office for the past seven years and wasAssistant Finance and Administrative Officer. He was a valuedand much-loved member of our Sierra Leonean team and will begreatly missed. We offer our deepest sympathies to his wifeIsata and two children Sahr and Fatmata.
http://www.c-r.org/our-work/west-africa/building-paths/index.php New Accord publication and policy briefConciliation Resources' latest Accord publication and policybrief, published in March, explore how the use of incentives,sanctions and conditionality can underpin or underminepeacemaking. Drawing upon cases such as Darfur, Sri Lanka,northern Uganda, South Africa and Georgia-Abkhazia, it concludesthat these tools are rarely effective unless they form part ofa wider strategy that makes support for a durable peace processits priority.http://www.c-r.org/our-work/accord/incentives/index.phpBuilding paths to peace onlineOur recently published book about the pioneering work of ourpartner Bo Peace and Reconciliation Movement (BPRM) in southernSierra Leone is now available to read online. The book will beofficially launched at an event in Freetown on 22 April 2008.It features lessons learned and success stories from BPRM’scommunity peace monitors, who have resolved and prevented over1000 cases of armed violence and local disputes.http://www.c-r.org/our-work/west-africa/building-paths/index.php 2. Recent highlightsTraining course for UK government conflict advisersCR Policy Adviser Catherine Barnes led a three-day residentialtraining course in March on peace processes and conflicttransformation, held at the request of the UK Department forInternational Development. Co-organized by CR and North SouthConsultants Exchange, the course indicates the UK government'sgrowing interest in improving its support for peace processes.Read more about our work on learning from peace processes andinfluencing UK peacemaking policy. http://www.c-r.org/our-work/accord/index.php http://www.c-r.org/our-work/practice-policy/index.phpInvitation to review UK government agreement on conflictCR's Executive Director Andy Carl has been invited by the UKPrime Minister's Delivery Unit to be part of an external reviewteam looking at its Public Service Agreement on conflict. Theteam will assess the government's capacity to achieve itscommitments and make recommendations on any changes required.3. Upcoming eventsCrossing boundaries: civil society and the security sectorCR will host a sub-regional conference on civil society andsecurity sector reform cooperation from 30 April -1 May 2008 inFreetown with speakers from Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. The conference is part of our wider ongoing StrengtheningCitizens’ Security project with three local partners, whichaims to make the security sector more accessible andaccountable to ordinary people in the region. Read more aboutthis work:http://www.c-r.org/our-work/west-africa/west-africa-security.php4. In memory of Sahr JohnbullOur colleague Sahr Johnbull, 32, sadly passed away in March2008. Originally from Kono district, Sierra Leone, he hadworked in CR’s Freetown office for the past seven years and wasAssistant Finance and Administrative Officer. He was a valuedand much-loved member of our Sierra Leonean team and will begreatly missed. We offer our deepest sympathies to his wifeIsata and two children Sahr and Fatmata.
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