Lasting Change: What Does it Take to Build Sustainable Peacebuilding?
Peacebuilding programs too often can secure funding only for relatively short-term projects, even though successful efforts require a long-term commitment at all levels of society. Donors, too, increasingly emphasize sustainability and lasting impact. On November 10, the Conflict Prevention and Resolution Forum with Search for Common Ground hosted a forum at the U.S. Institute of Peace, where leading practitioners and scholars discussed how to achieve sustainability in a competitive funding environment.