Programs
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Peace doesn't automatically return when the guns stop firing or an agreement is signed. This team works to advise newly-forming governments and institutions, promote and maintain community reconciliation, and help different groups on the ground to coordinate their efforts to maintain security and provide services. Featured Initiatives: Arab Awakening | Haiti Working Group | Lessons Learned: Oral History Project |
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USIP's Haiti Working Group holds monthly, public meetings to focus the attention of Washington policymakers on Haiti. |
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This Center of Innovation focuses on harnessing the power of the media for peacebuilding, and on developing new strategies for countering the abuse of media during conflict. |
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Haiti's criminal laws, some of which date from 1860, fail to address the country's current spate of crime. USIP is currently working with the Haitian government to assist in legal reform efforts. |
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The Model Codes for Post-Conflict Justice is a criminal law reform tool tailored to the needs of countries emerging from conflict. The Model Codes can be purchased or downloaded. |
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USIP works with community leaders in Haiti to enhance their ability to resolve conflict nonviolently.
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The U4U training program brings young people from conflict zones around the world to train them in the use of crowdsourced mapping tools like Ushahidi as well as in the skills of conflict management, helping them address community needs in-country, train others, and join a growing community of global crisis mappers and technology-enabled peacebuilders. |
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