Initiatives

Kosovo.  Photo Courtesy New York Times

Sustainable stability in the Balkans requires continuous international efforts, including the insights of those individuals with extensive in the field experience.  
 

Through this initiative, the Centers of Innovation for Science, Technology, and Peacebuilding/Media, Conflict and Peacebuilding explore ways to utilize quantitative and analytical tools to map online discourse and content in USIP’s priority conflict areas.
(NYT PHOTO)

As the dramatic events of the Arab Spring turn to the more mundane yet vital work of governance, constitution writing and peacebuilding, USIP is on the ground, bringing its unique brand of action and expertise to the effort.

USIP expert Maria Jessop trains community leaders in Haiti to reduce electoral violence (USIP Photo/Liz Panarelli)

 

USIP works with community leaders in Haiti to enhance their ability to resolve conflict nonviolently. 

 

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.