Publications & Tools

	Ensuring Effective Peacebuilding March 2012 How do you know whether bringing together key figures in a community did indeed prevent violence in a strategically located Afghan village? More broadly, how do you measure the success of peacebuilding initiatives, especially when there are many variables that go into conflict prevention and management? Countries: Afghanistan \| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Economics and Conflict, Education, Mediation and Facilitation, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Training
	Peace Education November 2011 \| Peaceworks by Mari Fitzduff and Isabella Jean A new study takes stock of grantmaking in the area of peace education. It urges more support for creative, long-term approaches that test theories of change and are rooted in conflict analysis, sound evaluation plans, and indigenous approaches to peacebuilding in the classroom. Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Education, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Training
	Gender, Conflict, and Peacebuilding September 2011 \| Peaceworks by Kimberly Theidon and Kelly Phenicie with Elizabeth Murray A new study reviews the state of research on gender and conflict and calls for increased emphasis on projects that include men and boys, sexual violence in conflict zones, and the relationship between gender identities and violence. Issue Areas: Gender and Peacebuilding
	Never too Young for Peace September 2011 \| Grant Highlight by Raya Barazanji Recognizing the potential role of youth as catalysts of social change, USIP's Iraq Grant Program partners with a number of youth organizations to promote peacebuilding and conflict resolution, and strengthen tolerance and mutual understanding in Iraqi communities that continue to experience high levels of intergroup conflict. Countries: Iraq \| Issue Areas: Education, Human Rights, Training, Youth and Peacebuilding
	International Mediation in Venezuela September 2011 \| Book by Jennifer McCoy and Francisco Diez International Mediation in Venezuela analyzes the effort of the Carter Center and the broader international community to prevent violent conflict, to reconcile a deeply divided society, and to preserve democratic processes. From their perspective as facilitators of the intervention and as representatives of the Carter Center, Jennifer McCoy and Francisco Diez present an insider account of mediation at the national and international level. Countries: Venezuela \| Issue Areas: Mediation and Facilitation
	Women as Peacebuilders: A Regional Case Study in Colombia July 2011 \| Grant Highlight by Cassandra Atlas and Virginia M. Bouvier USIP is supporting a research project being undertaken by Winifred Tate, an anthropologist and former USIP Peace Scholar, to document and analyze the role of women in local community-based conflict resolution efforts in the Putumayo department of Colombia. Countries: Colombia \| Issue Areas: Gender and Peacebuilding
	Women’s Memories of War, Peace, and Resistance July 2011 \| Grant Highlight by Cassandra Atlas and Virginia M. Bouvier USIP supported the gender unit of the Historical Memory Group (HMG) to develop a unique interdisciplinary and participatory methodology to produce the first official report of the HMG Gender Unit. Countries: Colombia \| Issue Areas: Gender and Peacebuilding, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities
	Developing a Model for Documenting Missing Persons and Clandestine Cemeteries in Colombia July 2011 \| Grant Highlight by Cassandra Atlas and Virginia M. Bouvier With the support of USIP, EQUITAS recently produced the report, “Methodological Proposals for Documenting and Searching for Missing Persons.” Based on extensive fieldwork in Antioquia and Casanare, this publication details four innovative methods of locating and identifying the disappeared: computer simulation of water flows to track bodies that have been placed in rivers, analysis of cemetery administrative records, archeological assessment of construction debris dumps and remote sensing analysis to detect clandestine cemeteries. Countries: Colombia \| Issue Areas: Mediation and Facilitation, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities
	Facilitating Peace and Reconciliation Between Conflict Survivors and Ex-Combatants July 2011 \| Grant Highlight by Cassandra Atlas and Virginia M. Bouvier With a grant from USIP, Survivor Corps collaborated with two Colombian partner organizations—Corporación ConCiudadanía and the Fundación para la Reconciliación -- to develop a pilot program that would provide training, skills, practical experience, and psychosocial support for conflict survivors and ex-combatants Countries: Colombia \| Issue Areas: Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities
	Citizens’ Commission for Reconciliation July 2011 \| Grant Highlight by Cassandra Atlas and Virginia M. Bouvier USIP supported the work of SEMBRANDOPAZ to launch a network in the North Atlantic coastal region of Colombia that creates and links eight departmental Citizens' Reconciliation Commissions (CCR). This network is a vehicle through which to promote and channel citizen participation around issues related to truth, justice, reparations, reconciliation, and reintegration, and to foster national reconciliation processes and debates at the local and regional levels. Countries: Colombia \| Issue Areas: Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities

	Ensuring Effective Peacebuilding March 2012 How do you know whether bringing together key figures in a community did indeed prevent violence in a strategically located Afghan village? More broadly, how do you measure the success of peacebuilding initiatives, especially when there are many variables that go into conflict prevention and management? Countries: Afghanistan \| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Economics and Conflict, Education, Mediation and Facilitation, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Training
	Peace Education November 2011 \| Peaceworks by Mari Fitzduff and Isabella Jean A new study takes stock of grantmaking in the area of peace education. It urges more support for creative, long-term approaches that test theories of change and are rooted in conflict analysis, sound evaluation plans, and indigenous approaches to peacebuilding in the classroom. Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Education, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Training
	Gender, Conflict, and Peacebuilding September 2011 \| Peaceworks by Kimberly Theidon and Kelly Phenicie with Elizabeth Murray A new study reviews the state of research on gender and conflict and calls for increased emphasis on projects that include men and boys, sexual violence in conflict zones, and the relationship between gender identities and violence. Issue Areas: Gender and Peacebuilding
	Never too Young for Peace September 2011 \| Grant Highlight by Raya Barazanji Recognizing the potential role of youth as catalysts of social change, USIP's Iraq Grant Program partners with a number of youth organizations to promote peacebuilding and conflict resolution, and strengthen tolerance and mutual understanding in Iraqi communities that continue to experience high levels of intergroup conflict. Countries: Iraq \| Issue Areas: Education, Human Rights, Training, Youth and Peacebuilding
	International Mediation in Venezuela September 2011 \| Book by Jennifer McCoy and Francisco Diez International Mediation in Venezuela analyzes the effort of the Carter Center and the broader international community to prevent violent conflict, to reconcile a deeply divided society, and to preserve democratic processes. From their perspective as facilitators of the intervention and as representatives of the Carter Center, Jennifer McCoy and Francisco Diez present an insider account of mediation at the national and international level. Countries: Venezuela \| Issue Areas: Mediation and Facilitation
	Women as Peacebuilders: A Regional Case Study in Colombia July 2011 \| Grant Highlight by Cassandra Atlas and Virginia M. Bouvier USIP is supporting a research project being undertaken by Winifred Tate, an anthropologist and former USIP Peace Scholar, to document and analyze the role of women in local community-based conflict resolution efforts in the Putumayo department of Colombia. Countries: Colombia \| Issue Areas: Gender and Peacebuilding
	Women’s Memories of War, Peace, and Resistance July 2011 \| Grant Highlight by Cassandra Atlas and Virginia M. Bouvier USIP supported the gender unit of the Historical Memory Group (HMG) to develop a unique interdisciplinary and participatory methodology to produce the first official report of the HMG Gender Unit. Countries: Colombia \| Issue Areas: Gender and Peacebuilding, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities
	Developing a Model for Documenting Missing Persons and Clandestine Cemeteries in Colombia July 2011 \| Grant Highlight by Cassandra Atlas and Virginia M. Bouvier With the support of USIP, EQUITAS recently produced the report, “Methodological Proposals for Documenting and Searching for Missing Persons.” Based on extensive fieldwork in Antioquia and Casanare, this publication details four innovative methods of locating and identifying the disappeared: computer simulation of water flows to track bodies that have been placed in rivers, analysis of cemetery administrative records, archeological assessment of construction debris dumps and remote sensing analysis to detect clandestine cemeteries. Countries: Colombia \| Issue Areas: Mediation and Facilitation, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities
	Facilitating Peace and Reconciliation Between Conflict Survivors and Ex-Combatants July 2011 \| Grant Highlight by Cassandra Atlas and Virginia M. Bouvier With a grant from USIP, Survivor Corps collaborated with two Colombian partner organizations—Corporación ConCiudadanía and the Fundación para la Reconciliación -- to develop a pilot program that would provide training, skills, practical experience, and psychosocial support for conflict survivors and ex-combatants Countries: Colombia \| Issue Areas: Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities
	Citizens’ Commission for Reconciliation July 2011 \| Grant Highlight by Cassandra Atlas and Virginia M. Bouvier USIP supported the work of SEMBRANDOPAZ to launch a network in the North Atlantic coastal region of Colombia that creates and links eight departmental Citizens' Reconciliation Commissions (CCR). This network is a vehicle through which to promote and channel citizen participation around issues related to truth, justice, reparations, reconciliation, and reintegration, and to foster national reconciliation processes and debates at the local and regional levels. Countries: Colombia \| Issue Areas: Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities