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This Primer provides guidance for DDR practitioners, peacebuilding stakeholders, and international partners on how to sequence DDR efforts alongside political transformation in ways that align and ideally strengthen one another. Using insights from cases like Nepal, Liberia, Northern Ireland, the Philippines, and Colombia, it examines how different sequencing choices affect the relationship between security and political inclusion in post-conflict settings. The document presents conceptual frameworks, comparative case examples and practical principles to help develop more coordinated and context-sensitive strategies.
The Primer explains the importance of informal political spaces in achieving long-term peace. These arenas are often the most immediate and accessible venues where marginalised groups or lower-level fighters -- including women and young people -- can express their views, develop leadership skills, and take action, especially when formal institutions are inaccessible, exclusive, or no longer trusted. Acknowledging and supporting these peaceful forms of organisation allows DDR and peacebuilding actors to enable ex-combatants to pursue social change without violence, resolve grievances constructively, and rebuild confidence between them and the wider community.
Vor dem Hintergrund eines wieder erstarkten Fluchtaufkommens, von kommunalen Überlastungsanzeigen und Debatten um Zuzugsbegrenzungen kam es in 2023 wieder verstärkt zu Protesten gegen die Unterbringung von Geflüchteten. Basierend auf einer bundesweiten Expert*innenbefragung skizziert der Beitrag dieses Protestgeschehen und zeigt regionale Unterschiede sowie Kontinuitäten und Veränderungen seit der Protestwelle in den Jahren 2016 und 2017 auf.
This report examines the current climate finance landscape in Afghanistan, analysing funding trends before and after 2021 and identifying entry points for action under current political constraints.
It explores how political constraints and institutional gaps have reshaped access, delivery, and co-financing dynamics, while identifying emerging models for indirect implementation through UN agencies, NGOs, and regional mechanisms. Comparative case studies from Haiti, Somalia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo illustrate how other fragile states have mobilised climate finance amidst instability.
This Primer guides DDR practitioners, peacebuilders, and partners in promoting gender-responsive political transformation within or beyond DDR processes. It calls for expanding reintegration efforts beyond livelihoods and security to include political participation as essential to lasting peace. Drawing on field experience, it shows how women, men, and gender-diverse ex-combatants face unique gendered challenges in entering politics. The Primer stresses tackling patriarchal norms and integrating gender-responsive approaches across all DDR phases, offering practical tools to support equitable and inclusive political participation for all former fighters.
Building on an earlier collaboration with UNDP, this paper presents an overview of current trends, emerging practices, and evolving thinking on strengthening infrastructures for peace (i4p). It offers insights and considerations for both local as well as international state and non-state actors seeking to enhance their engagement with i4p.
Yemen has long ranked low on global corruption indices but has fallen to even lower levels since the outbreak of the war in 2014. Given a renewed interest by the internationally recognised government of Yemen in reforming formal accountability structures – and by international donors in the systems in place in Yemen as they mull options for more direct support – this study looks into de jure and de facto accountability mechanisms in Yemen and explores concrete governorate-level examples of accountability structures in Taiz, Aden, Hadhramawt, and Al Mahra.
لطالما احتلت اليمن مرتبة متأخرة في مؤشرات الفساد العالمية، إلا أن مستويات الفساد شهدت تدهوراً أكبر منذ اندلاع الحرب في عام 2014. وفي ظل الاهتمام المتزايد من قبل الحكومة اليمنية المعترف بها دولياً بإعادة هيكلة منظومة المساءلة الرسمية، وتنامي حرص الجهات الدولية المانحة على فهم طبيعة الأنظمة القائمة في اليمن تمهيداً لتقديم دعم أكثر مباشرة، تأتي هذه الدراسة لتتناول آليات المساءلة من حيث الإطارين القانوني والفعلي، مع التركيز على نماذج تطبيقية لهياكل المساءلة على مستوى المحافظات، لا سيما في تعز وعدن وحضرموت والمهرة.
In an era of shifting geopolitics, fragmented conflicts, and fast-track peace deals, the human dimension of peacemaking is too often overlooked. At the heart of any negotiation lies the human factor: a complex interplay of emotions, trust, trauma, and other psychological elements. Drawing on over 40 interviews with negotiators, mediators, and psychologists, this guide offers practical strategies and psychological insights to support those involved in peace processes, bridging the gap between psychological understanding and peacemaking. Designed as a hands-on toolbox, the guide provides adaptable tools to help negotiators and mediators navigate the emotional and relational complexities of peacemaking, from managing trauma and difficult personalities to fostering trust, mindset transformation, and rehumanisation.
