Programs

These experts work on active conflicts, supporting training and education, developing tools for practitioners and identifying best practices for ending violence.

 

 

Particpants in Sri Lanka religious workshop with: (Credit: United States Institute of Peace/ Susan Hayward)

USIP is working to strengthen the capacity and commitment of clergy in Sri Lanka to work effectively across faith divides to implement effective, conflict sensitive inter-religious peacemaking.

Muslim women at the market, Zanzibar (Credit: World Bank/Scott Wallace)
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.