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As a national, nonpartisan, independent Institute, the U.S. Institute of Peace draws on our exceptional convening power to create opportunities for diverse audiences to exchange knowledge, experiences, and ideas necessary for creative solutions to difficult challenges. We serve as an important, neutral platform for bringing together government and nongovernment, diplomacy, security, and development actors, and participants across political views. The Institute’s events help shape public policy and priorities to advance peaceful solutions to conflict and strengthen international security.

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Lasting Change: What Does it Take to Build Sustainable Peacebuilding?

Lasting Change: What Does it Take to Build Sustainable Peacebuilding?

Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 / Time: 4:30am - 6:00am 

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.

Environment;  Conflict Analysis & Prevention;  Reconciliation;  Economics

Colombia’s Peace Process and Transitional Justice

Colombia’s Peace Process and Transitional Justice

Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 / Time: 4:30am - 1:00pm 

Colombia’s government and the FARC movement achieved their September 23 breakthrough in peace negotiations by setting down basic principles on the rights of victims to truth, justice, reparations and guarantees of non-repetition. USIP’s Colombia Peace Forum, on September 30, analyzed the role of historical memory in these transitional justice issues.

Conflict Analysis & Prevention;  Gender;  Peace Processes;  Reconciliation

No Reconciliation, No Peace

No Reconciliation, No Peace

Date: Monday, September 21, 2015 / Time: 6:00am - 7:30am 

On the United Nations-declared International Day of Peace, September 21, USIP highlighted an essential process for any country to heal from a violent conflict: reconciliation. USIP convened this reconciliation discussion as part of a daylong celebration of the international day of peace. If you took some action for peace, share it with us at #PeaceDayChallenge. Read the event coverage, Reconciliation as the Road to Durable Peace.

Conflict Analysis & Prevention;  Mediation, Negotiation & Dialogue;  Reconciliation

Women Working Towards Reconciliation

Women Working Towards Reconciliation

Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 / Time: 10:00am - 12:30pm 

In early July, a group of 26 religious leaders of different faiths called on the negotiators to accelerate peace talks and offered to help lead the country toward reconciliation. On July 15, the U.S. Institute of Peace held a discussion with a group pursuing such work, the Ecumenical Group of Women Peacekeepers (GemPaz).

Gender;  Religion;  Reconciliation;  Peace Processes