Guidance: conflict sensitivity interactions typology
The problem Humanitarian, development and peacebuilding activities in countries affected by violent conflict impact the context where they take place and the dynamics underpinning conflict. They can do so either positively, addressing some issues that sustain conflict, or negatively, exacerbating its drivers. Nowadays, the interaction between programming and violent conflicts is widely accepted in the […]
Guidance: conflict sensitivity matrix
What this tool is for 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. The matrix allows those designing and implementing assistance programmes (1) to reflect on the potential interactions between activities and the context, (2) to design adaptations […]
Doing better conflict analysis
The first step of conflict sensitivity is to understand the context. Without some understanding of the area in which aid is being delivered, it would be impossible to consider the ways in which activities might affect peace and conflict. So far so good, but most organisations’ response to this step is to commission a ‘conflict […]
Three common conflict sensitivity problems and what to do about them
Peaceful Change initiative has been providing conflict sensitivity advice for over 10 years. This advice has been given in many forms: we set up and ran a one-stop-shop conflict sensitivity support facility in Libya; we conduct conflict analysis for a range of agencies and we have hand-held organisations through organisation-wide processes to strengthen their conflict […]
The Peaceful Change Podcast: the conflict sensitivity master class series
The Peaceful Change Podcast explores how international peacebuilding can most effectively prevent, manage, resolve and transform violent conflict. On the Peaceful Change Podcast, peacebuilding experts working at local, national and international levels share their experiences, reflections, and hard-won lessons about how to confront war and build peace. This Podcast is produced by the Peaceful Change […]
Gender integration grant
Through this project we aim to deepen our work on gender integration across PCi’s projects, policies, and governance.
Building peace in a multi-polar world
We now live in a multi-polar world, characterised by greater complexity and unpredictability. How can peacebuilders respond to this increased potential for chaos and violence?
PCi CEO addresses ECFR meeting on Libya stabilisation
PCi CEO discussed strengthening stabilisation efforts to advance a meaningful political process in Libya at a meeting hosted by the European Council on Foreign Relations.
Webinar: conflict sensitivity in remote programming
In this webinar, PCi senior advisers share the challenges and opportunities of mainstreaming conflict sensitivity in remote programming contexts.
Peace can be a dirty word: Challenging assumptions about the nature of peacebuilding
In thisTEDx talk, Fleur Just, CEO of Peaceful Change initiative, challenges common assumptions made about peace, peacebuilding and conflict prevention.
Peacebuilding in 2022: what we learned
As we look back at 2022, we want to highlight a few of the lessons we have learned through building peace in the last year.
‘A Force for Good?’ Examining UK Engagement in Fragile and Conflict Affected Countries
The virtual event (6 December 2021) discussed the findings of the Foreign Policy Centre (FPC) and the Peaceful Change Initiative (PCi) publication. The event and publication seek to re-examine the UK’s presence in fragile and conflict affected countries (FCACs) around the world at a time of continuing global geopolitical competition and added fragilities generated by […]