Conflict Sensitivity | Peaceful Change Initiative

Conflict sensitive assistance in Syria – new considerations

This report outlines a number of ways in which international assistance risks doing harm and ways in which it can contribute to peace in Syria.

The Position and Behaviour effect: integrating reflexivity in aid interventions

What is the Position and Behaviour effect and why does it matters for development and humanitarian aid programming?

Exploring the space for young people in peacebuilding in northern Mozambique

This case study looks at the intersection of youth, culture, and peacebuilding in Cabo Delgado and Nampula, and in particular in the districts of Chiure, Mecufi and Erati.

Taking a due-diligence approach to conflict sensitivity – a new tool

The Conflict Sensitive Due-Diligence (CSDD) tool consists of four questions, or tests, which should be asked when undertaking any decision about assistance.

Guidance: conflict-sensitive due diligence tool

This tool is designed to allow you take a due-diligence approach to decisions about whether to move ahead with a programme or activity where there is risk that it will do harm.

Guidance: conflict sensitivity interactions typology

This tool is designed to be used hand-in-hand with PCi’s conflict sensitivity matrix to facilitate the identification of how your activities and programmes may affect the context where they take place.

Guidance: conflict sensitivity matrix

PCi’s conflict sensitivity matrix is designed to be used hand-in-hand with the interactions typology to systematically identify how aid activities affect the peace and conflict context.

Doing better conflict analysis

In this resource we discuss some of the lessons PCi has learned about the role of conflict analysis in conflict sensitivity and how to improve understanding of context.