The American University Conflict Mitigation and Peacebuilding Practicum team partnered with Alliance for Peacebuilding (AfP) to explore the challenges of measuring progress in the attainment of Sustainable Development Goal 16 (SDG 16) and potential lessons for the design of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Read MoreThis report presents findings from 160+ leading peacebuilding and conflict experts to the Assessing the State of Democracy, Rule of Law, and Social Cohesion in the U.S. survey conducted by the Alliance for Peacebuilding between November 2021 – January 2022.
Read MoreThe Alliance for Peacebuilding, Better Evidence Project, and One Earth Future organized a Digital Workshop to promote collaboration among global peacebuilding practitioners on advancing the field’s evidence-based practice. Alliance for Peacebuilding’s Jessica Baumgardner-Zuzik and One Earth Future’s Conor Seyle presented findings from their recently released report: Some Credible Evidence: Perceptions about the Evidence Base in the Peacebuilding Field. Here are key themes from the event.
Read MoreThis report presents the findings and recommendations of a three-day online consultation held by Peace Direct, Adeso, the Alliance for Peacebuilding, and Women of Color Advancing Peace and Security with 158 activists, decision-makers, academics, journalists and practitioners across the globe. Participants and guest contributors discussed how structural racism manifests itself in their work, and how they envision a decolonised system that is truly inclusive and responds to their needs.
Read MoreThis report presents the result of a survey conducted by One Earth Future and Alliance for Peacebuilding asking peacebuilders and researchers about their perception of what kind of evidence exists and what kind is needed to improve work in the peacebuilding field.
Read MoreDevelopment and peacebuilding is about tackling complex problems with different stakeholders in contexts that change every day. There is no way to solve these problems without failing. But we are reluctant to talk about failure, especially on the record. Veronica Olazabal from The Rockefeller Foundation, Lane Pollack from USAID, and Leslie Wingender with Humanity United recently spoke about what it takes to learn from failure as part of the InterAction Evaluation & Program Effectiveness Community of Practice.
Read MoreHow can we best communicate the results of an evaluation? Kat Haugh and Jenny Nulty shared new ways to effectively communicate results, make dense and difficult topics more accessible, especially when working cross-culturally, and ways to move beyond the traditional "70-page report" complex. Here are four key takeaways from the conversation.
Read MoreHow can we adapt our programs to ensure maximum efficiency and effectiveness? Rebecca Herrington spoke about how peacebuilders can use data and evidence to inform decision making and program adaptation, adjust monitoring and evaluation plans to be more user focused, and leverage systems lens to solve complex problems. Here are four key takeaways from the conversation.
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