Capacity Building – Turning knowledge into practice
Article published in Swiss Peace Supporter, by President of Interpeace, Scott M. Weber, entitled “Capacity Building – turning knowledge into practice”.
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Effective Advising in Statebuilding and Peacebuilding Contexts – How – Thinking and Working Politically
Social and economic development, organizational development and institutional reform, statebuilding and peacebuilding, the delivery of social services and other public goods etc. are not solely ‘technical’ challenges. Around each of these and related issues we find competing interests, power asymmetries, perceptions about who benefits and loses from the status quo and from possible or proposed [...]
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Effective Advising in Statebuilding and Peacebuilding Contexts – How – Public Participation and Citizen Engagement
This document explores the importance of public participation and citizen engagement on issues of public importance.
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Effective Advising in Statebuilding and Peacebuilding Contexts – How – Understanding and Working with Power
Anyone interested in ‘change’ has an interest in understanding ‘power’, because ‘power’ is both one of the constraining factors to change and one of its enablers. This paper discusses the importance of understanding and working with power in multi-stakeholder processes.