Programs
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USIP experts work on active conflicts, supporting training and education, developing tools for practitioners and identifying best practices for ending violence.
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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. |
Initiatives
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Over 60 tribal, non-state systems of justice operate in South Sudan, alongside a struggling state legal system. Rule of Law is working with tribal chiefs, state judges, police and other stakeholders to map the law applied in each, improve cooperation between them, and develop an integrated approach to justice. |
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USIP is actively working with the Darfurian Diaspora to discuss issues related to the conflct situation in Darfur. In January 2010 USIP convened Darfurians from the North-America-based Diaspora, one representative from the European Diaspora, and another from Cairo, for a two-day consultation focused on the role of civil society in any peace process, the role of external actors, and the next steps in moving the peace process forward. |
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USIP conducted a series of electoral violence prevention workshops throughout north and south Sudan in 2009 with participants who represent key institutions that play a critical role in electoral processes. These workshops combined case studies of electoral violence with capacity building in conflict resolution and citizenship skills. |
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After a series of programs on electoral violence prevention throughout Sudan, USIP’s team of trainers worked to develop a north/south network of Sudanese trainers to spread the program content as widely as possible in the short time before Sudan’s elections and referendum. |
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USIP's Lessons Learned program captures the experiences of US military and civilian officials returning from work in Sudan, Iraq, and Afghanistan. |
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This initiative is designed to help to mobilize moderates, marginalize militants, and bridge the U.S./Muslim-world divide. |
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Sudan's elections, currently planned for April 2010, are an important milestone of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) signed between the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) and the Southern People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) in 2005. The Institute's Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention and Education and Training Center-International have partnered to conduct workshops throughout Sudan in preparation for the elections. The workshops include civic education and democracy components, conflict resolution skills training, and case studies and simulations. |
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The Religion and Peacemaking program conducts research, identifies best practices, and develops new peacebuilding tools for religious leaders and organizations; helps define and shape the field of religious peacebuilding; and in cooperation with USIP's other Centers, develops and implements integrated strategies for the Institute's conflict-specific work, including projects with religious communities in zones of conflict.
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Initiatives
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