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#Peacebuilding programming that doesn't account for local realities can exacerbate existing tensions, especially for women.
For #IWD2026, experts and practitioners will explore how applying a psychosocial “Do No Harm” lens can strengthen practices.
👉: brnw.ch/21x02DL
For #IWD2026, experts and practitioners will explore how applying a psychosocial “Do No Harm” lens can strengthen practices.
👉: brnw.ch/21x02DL
How can #transitionaljustice lead to peace?
At our Global Learning Hub for Transitional Justice and Reconciliation's conference, practitioners emphasised the importance of survivor agency, embracing local context and fostering long-term structural change.
👉: brnw.ch/21x071I
At our Global Learning Hub for Transitional Justice and Reconciliation's conference, practitioners emphasised the importance of survivor agency, embracing local context and fostering long-term structural change.
👉: brnw.ch/21x071I
February 20, 2026 at 11:00 AM
How can #transitionaljustice lead to peace?
At our Global Learning Hub for Transitional Justice and Reconciliation's conference, practitioners emphasised the importance of survivor agency, embracing local context and fostering long-term structural change.
👉: brnw.ch/21x071I
At our Global Learning Hub for Transitional Justice and Reconciliation's conference, practitioners emphasised the importance of survivor agency, embracing local context and fostering long-term structural change.
👉: brnw.ch/21x071I
#ClimateChange in #Iraq is no longer a distant threat, it’s reshaping lives, governance and community cohesion across the country.
The report explores how environmental stress interacts with fragile institutions and existing inequalities.
👉 Learn more: brnw.ch/21x05lm
The report explores how environmental stress interacts with fragile institutions and existing inequalities.
👉 Learn more: brnw.ch/21x05lm
February 19, 2026 at 1:52 PM
#ClimateChange in #Iraq is no longer a distant threat, it’s reshaping lives, governance and community cohesion across the country.
The report explores how environmental stress interacts with fragile institutions and existing inequalities.
👉 Learn more: brnw.ch/21x05lm
The report explores how environmental stress interacts with fragile institutions and existing inequalities.
👉 Learn more: brnw.ch/21x05lm
#RamadanMubarak to everyone who is celebrating!
We’re wishing you and your loved ones a blessed and happy #Ramadan 2026.
We’re wishing you and your loved ones a blessed and happy #Ramadan 2026.
February 18, 2026 at 3:53 PM
#RamadanMubarak to everyone who is celebrating!
We’re wishing you and your loved ones a blessed and happy #Ramadan 2026.
We’re wishing you and your loved ones a blessed and happy #Ramadan 2026.
#Peacebuilding programming that doesn't account for local realities can exacerbate existing tensions, especially for women.
For #IWD2026, experts and practitioners will explore how applying a psychosocial “Do No Harm” lens can strengthen practices.
👉: brnw.ch/21x02DL
For #IWD2026, experts and practitioners will explore how applying a psychosocial “Do No Harm” lens can strengthen practices.
👉: brnw.ch/21x02DL
February 18, 2026 at 1:30 PM
#Peacebuilding programming that doesn't account for local realities can exacerbate existing tensions, especially for women.
For #IWD2026, experts and practitioners will explore how applying a psychosocial “Do No Harm” lens can strengthen practices.
👉: brnw.ch/21x02DL
For #IWD2026, experts and practitioners will explore how applying a psychosocial “Do No Harm” lens can strengthen practices.
👉: brnw.ch/21x02DL
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🗣️ #WPSWednesday: As leaders meet at the #MunichSecurityConference, Chris Coulter argues that real security depends on diplomacy, mediation & conflict prevention — not defence alone. @berghoffnd.bsky.social
Read more: berghof-foundation.org/news/we-are-...
Read more: berghof-foundation.org/news/we-are-...
We are defunding peace – and calling it security
As leaders gather in Munich amid record defence budgets, Chris Coulter argues that lasting security depends on the patient work of conflict prevention and media
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February 18, 2026 at 12:29 PM
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: As leaders meet at the #MunichSecurityConference, Chris Coulter argues that real security depends on diplomacy, mediation & conflict prevention — not defence alone. @berghoffnd.bsky.social
Read more: berghof-foundation.org/news/we-are-...
Read more: berghof-foundation.org/news/we-are-...
Returning from @munsecconf.bsky.social, our @doctorchris.bsky.social shares reflections from a weekend of engagement on global peace & security.
🔑Key takeaway: Inclusive partnerships & robust dialogue are essential for sustainable peace & peace is not separate from security, it's fundamental to it.
🔑Key takeaway: Inclusive partnerships & robust dialogue are essential for sustainable peace & peace is not separate from security, it's fundamental to it.
February 18, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Returning from @munsecconf.bsky.social, our @doctorchris.bsky.social shares reflections from a weekend of engagement on global peace & security.
🔑Key takeaway: Inclusive partnerships & robust dialogue are essential for sustainable peace & peace is not separate from security, it's fundamental to it.
🔑Key takeaway: Inclusive partnerships & robust dialogue are essential for sustainable peace & peace is not separate from security, it's fundamental to it.
"A more equal, adaptive AU–EU partnership is not simply aspirational, it's a shared strategic necessity in today’s security landscape."
Our @doctorchris.bsky.social with @denismukwege.bsky.social opened @ipinst.bsky.social's event at @munsecconf.bsky.social on security relations between #AU & #EU.
Our @doctorchris.bsky.social with @denismukwege.bsky.social opened @ipinst.bsky.social's event at @munsecconf.bsky.social on security relations between #AU & #EU.
February 15, 2026 at 9:59 AM
"A more equal, adaptive AU–EU partnership is not simply aspirational, it's a shared strategic necessity in today’s security landscape."
Our @doctorchris.bsky.social with @denismukwege.bsky.social opened @ipinst.bsky.social's event at @munsecconf.bsky.social on security relations between #AU & #EU.
Our @doctorchris.bsky.social with @denismukwege.bsky.social opened @ipinst.bsky.social's event at @munsecconf.bsky.social on security relations between #AU & #EU.
“The paradox of our time is not that we talk too little about peace. It is that we talk about peace constantly but increasingly without those who will have to live with the outcome.”
Our Executive Director @doctorchris.bsky.social moderated a panel on Peace Deals at the @munsecconf.bsky.social.
Our Executive Director @doctorchris.bsky.social moderated a panel on Peace Deals at the @munsecconf.bsky.social.
February 14, 2026 at 12:05 PM
“The paradox of our time is not that we talk too little about peace. It is that we talk about peace constantly but increasingly without those who will have to live with the outcome.”
Our Executive Director @doctorchris.bsky.social moderated a panel on Peace Deals at the @munsecconf.bsky.social.
Our Executive Director @doctorchris.bsky.social moderated a panel on Peace Deals at the @munsecconf.bsky.social.
"Mediation is often slow, painstaking & largely invisible...But it is precisely that careful work that makes agreements durable."
👉Our @doctorchris.bsky.social examines how the decline of funding for #peacebuilding & mediation is undermining long-term security: berghof-foundation.org/news/we-are-...
👉Our @doctorchris.bsky.social examines how the decline of funding for #peacebuilding & mediation is undermining long-term security: berghof-foundation.org/news/we-are-...
February 13, 2026 at 12:31 PM
"Mediation is often slow, painstaking & largely invisible...But it is precisely that careful work that makes agreements durable."
👉Our @doctorchris.bsky.social examines how the decline of funding for #peacebuilding & mediation is undermining long-term security: berghof-foundation.org/news/we-are-...
👉Our @doctorchris.bsky.social examines how the decline of funding for #peacebuilding & mediation is undermining long-term security: berghof-foundation.org/news/we-are-...
Our colleague Claudia Cruz Almeida attended the @bmeia.gv.at's event on WPS in #Vienna, which highlighted key gaps and future priorities of the agenda.
Discussions stressed that women are not a homogenous group and that #WPS efforts must address intersecting identities.
Discussions stressed that women are not a homogenous group and that #WPS efforts must address intersecting identities.
February 13, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Our colleague Claudia Cruz Almeida attended the @bmeia.gv.at's event on WPS in #Vienna, which highlighted key gaps and future priorities of the agenda.
Discussions stressed that women are not a homogenous group and that #WPS efforts must address intersecting identities.
Discussions stressed that women are not a homogenous group and that #WPS efforts must address intersecting identities.
Our Global Learning Hub for #TransitionalJustice and Reconciliation joined a study trip to #Bali organised by Asia Justice and Rights to meet with survivors and visit sites of the 1965 massacres in #Indonesia.
February 12, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Our Global Learning Hub for #TransitionalJustice and Reconciliation joined a study trip to #Bali organised by Asia Justice and Rights to meet with survivors and visit sites of the 1965 massacres in #Indonesia.
Dr. Ahmed Al Fatlawy, Secretery General of the Supreme Commission for Inter-Governorate Coordination, met with our colleagues Peshtiwan Al-Dawoudi and Ahmed Abed in #Baghdad to discuss joint collaboration on climate governance, climate security, displacement and social cohesion.
February 12, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Dr. Ahmed Al Fatlawy, Secretery General of the Supreme Commission for Inter-Governorate Coordination, met with our colleagues Peshtiwan Al-Dawoudi and Ahmed Abed in #Baghdad to discuss joint collaboration on climate governance, climate security, displacement and social cohesion.
"Where mediation is increasingly practised & justified as power-based deal diplomacy, it loses its normative core."
Our Senior Advisor & former Executive Director Hans-Joachim Giessmann on why mediation needs normative boundaries in Epis Think Tank report.
👉: www.epis-thinktank.com/publications...
Our Senior Advisor & former Executive Director Hans-Joachim Giessmann on why mediation needs normative boundaries in Epis Think Tank report.
👉: www.epis-thinktank.com/publications...
When Mediation Becomes Power Politics | EPIS | EPIS
Opportunities and Limits of Peace Mediation in an Age of Coercive Diplomacy
www.epis-thinktank.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:17 PM
"Where mediation is increasingly practised & justified as power-based deal diplomacy, it loses its normative core."
Our Senior Advisor & former Executive Director Hans-Joachim Giessmann on why mediation needs normative boundaries in Epis Think Tank report.
👉: www.epis-thinktank.com/publications...
Our Senior Advisor & former Executive Director Hans-Joachim Giessmann on why mediation needs normative boundaries in Epis Think Tank report.
👉: www.epis-thinktank.com/publications...
Today is #SaferInternetDay! To create a safer digital environment, we must work against the dissemination of #disinformation and #ConspiracyTheories.
Our project #vrschwrng tackles these issues through a toolkit for young people in #Germany: vrschwrng.de (in GER)
Our project #vrschwrng tackles these issues through a toolkit for young people in #Germany: vrschwrng.de (in GER)
February 11, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Today is #SaferInternetDay! To create a safer digital environment, we must work against the dissemination of #disinformation and #ConspiracyTheories.
Our project #vrschwrng tackles these issues through a toolkit for young people in #Germany: vrschwrng.de (in GER)
Our project #vrschwrng tackles these issues through a toolkit for young people in #Germany: vrschwrng.de (in GER)
#ClimateChange in #Iraq isn’t just an environmental issue, it’s a governance and security challenge.
In @climatediplo.bsky.social and adelphi's podcast, our colleagues Nike Löble and Peshtiwan AlDawoudi reframe climate risks as shared challenges to strengthen cooperation.
👂: brnw.ch/21wZOiM
In @climatediplo.bsky.social and adelphi's podcast, our colleagues Nike Löble and Peshtiwan AlDawoudi reframe climate risks as shared challenges to strengthen cooperation.
👂: brnw.ch/21wZOiM
Insights from Iraq: Climate-informed mediation and peacebuilding
In Iraq, climate stress is colliding with fragile governance and long-standing social fault lines. Rising heat, shrinking rainfall and worsening water scarcity are reshaping daily life and, without ca...
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February 10, 2026 at 11:18 AM
#ClimateChange in #Iraq isn’t just an environmental issue, it’s a governance and security challenge.
In @climatediplo.bsky.social and adelphi's podcast, our colleagues Nike Löble and Peshtiwan AlDawoudi reframe climate risks as shared challenges to strengthen cooperation.
👂: brnw.ch/21wZOiM
In @climatediplo.bsky.social and adelphi's podcast, our colleagues Nike Löble and Peshtiwan AlDawoudi reframe climate risks as shared challenges to strengthen cooperation.
👂: brnw.ch/21wZOiM
We're pleased to announce that our Executive Director @doctorchris.bsky.social will be moderating a spotlight session at this year's #MSC2026 @munsecconf.bsky.social on Peace Deals.
📅14 February
⏰10:00–10:45 (CET)
📍Public Square / Palaishalle
📅14 February
⏰10:00–10:45 (CET)
📍Public Square / Palaishalle
February 9, 2026 at 9:11 AM
We're pleased to announce that our Executive Director @doctorchris.bsky.social will be moderating a spotlight session at this year's #MSC2026 @munsecconf.bsky.social on Peace Deals.
📅14 February
⏰10:00–10:45 (CET)
📍Public Square / Palaishalle
📅14 February
⏰10:00–10:45 (CET)
📍Public Square / Palaishalle
In “Peace and Wars", author Cora Bieß offers a non-fiction book for young readers to help them understand conflicts and peace.
@ravensburgertcg.bsky.social interviewed our Head of #PeaceEducation and advisor to the book Anne Kruck, who highlights how this book helps with navigating disagreements.
@ravensburgertcg.bsky.social interviewed our Head of #PeaceEducation and advisor to the book Anne Kruck, who highlights how this book helps with navigating disagreements.
February 6, 2026 at 9:53 AM
In “Peace and Wars", author Cora Bieß offers a non-fiction book for young readers to help them understand conflicts and peace.
@ravensburgertcg.bsky.social interviewed our Head of #PeaceEducation and advisor to the book Anne Kruck, who highlights how this book helps with navigating disagreements.
@ravensburgertcg.bsky.social interviewed our Head of #PeaceEducation and advisor to the book Anne Kruck, who highlights how this book helps with navigating disagreements.
"We live in very uncertain times. But instead of being pessimistic, we should look for the opportunities and seek new alliances to tackle the same problems together."
Our @doctorchris.bsky.social challenges how we think about #peacebuilding today with CHS at #QMF2025 and Doha Forum by:
Our @doctorchris.bsky.social challenges how we think about #peacebuilding today with CHS at #QMF2025 and Doha Forum by:
February 5, 2026 at 3:35 PM
"We live in very uncertain times. But instead of being pessimistic, we should look for the opportunities and seek new alliances to tackle the same problems together."
Our @doctorchris.bsky.social challenges how we think about #peacebuilding today with CHS at #QMF2025 and Doha Forum by:
Our @doctorchris.bsky.social challenges how we think about #peacebuilding today with CHS at #QMF2025 and Doha Forum by:
“If climate finance can’t operate where impacts are most severe, then the system is not failing accidentally but by design.”
Our @nazaninemoshiri.bsky.social on why #COP30 outcomes on climate finance still fall short for conflict-affected settings at Surge Africa Org and @enpax.bsky.social's event.
Our @nazaninemoshiri.bsky.social on why #COP30 outcomes on climate finance still fall short for conflict-affected settings at Surge Africa Org and @enpax.bsky.social's event.
February 5, 2026 at 9:53 AM
“If climate finance can’t operate where impacts are most severe, then the system is not failing accidentally but by design.”
Our @nazaninemoshiri.bsky.social on why #COP30 outcomes on climate finance still fall short for conflict-affected settings at Surge Africa Org and @enpax.bsky.social's event.
Our @nazaninemoshiri.bsky.social on why #COP30 outcomes on climate finance still fall short for conflict-affected settings at Surge Africa Org and @enpax.bsky.social's event.
What makes justice transformative?
At the Global Learning Hub for #TransitionalJustice and Reconciliation conference, experts shared lessons and recommendations on survivor agency, community trust, cultural sensitivity and sustained partnerships.
👉: brnw.ch/21wZDZ9
At the Global Learning Hub for #TransitionalJustice and Reconciliation conference, experts shared lessons and recommendations on survivor agency, community trust, cultural sensitivity and sustained partnerships.
👉: brnw.ch/21wZDZ9
February 4, 2026 at 10:30 AM
What makes justice transformative?
At the Global Learning Hub for #TransitionalJustice and Reconciliation conference, experts shared lessons and recommendations on survivor agency, community trust, cultural sensitivity and sustained partnerships.
👉: brnw.ch/21wZDZ9
At the Global Learning Hub for #TransitionalJustice and Reconciliation conference, experts shared lessons and recommendations on survivor agency, community trust, cultural sensitivity and sustained partnerships.
👉: brnw.ch/21wZDZ9
Our comms colleague Florian Lüdtke joined an exchange in #Brussels with civil society and #peacebuilding organisations working on conflict prevention hosted by @eplo-network.bsky.social on how technology can support peacebuilding.
Such exchanges are vital for strengthening policy and practice.
Such exchanges are vital for strengthening policy and practice.
February 3, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Our comms colleague Florian Lüdtke joined an exchange in #Brussels with civil society and #peacebuilding organisations working on conflict prevention hosted by @eplo-network.bsky.social on how technology can support peacebuilding.
Such exchanges are vital for strengthening policy and practice.
Such exchanges are vital for strengthening policy and practice.
In #Bern, our colleagues Luxshi Vimalarajah, Carla Schraml and Rasmus Bellmer led a dynamic workshop on #InsiderMediation for the Peace & Human Rights Division of the Swiss FDFA. Insider mediators working across a range of conflicts took part, engaging in rich exchanges on practice and experiences.
February 2, 2026 at 8:45 AM
In #Bern, our colleagues Luxshi Vimalarajah, Carla Schraml and Rasmus Bellmer led a dynamic workshop on #InsiderMediation for the Peace & Human Rights Division of the Swiss FDFA. Insider mediators working across a range of conflicts took part, engaging in rich exchanges on practice and experiences.
Our #Iraq team reflected on achievements and lessons learnt with Peace Paradigms and Madarat Al Salam by discussing how to best integrate climate and environmental considerations into #peacebuilding, strengthen trust between communities and local authorities and resolve conflicts in #Iraq.
January 30, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Our #Iraq team reflected on achievements and lessons learnt with Peace Paradigms and Madarat Al Salam by discussing how to best integrate climate and environmental considerations into #peacebuilding, strengthen trust between communities and local authorities and resolve conflicts in #Iraq.
During their visit to #Berlin, we hosted the Civil Democratic Alliance for Revolutionary Forces (Somoud), led by H.E. former Prime Minister Dr. Hamdok, together with the German Africa Foundation, for a roundtable on civilian visions for advancing peace and stability in #Sudan.
January 29, 2026 at 2:15 PM
“Women’s participation is not a ‘nice to have’. It is risk reduction.”
Our @doctorchris.bsky.social delivered the keynote at the Nordic Women Mediators network meeting. She reflected on the changing global context for #peacebuilding and the need to rethink approaches in the face of rising conflict.
Our @doctorchris.bsky.social delivered the keynote at the Nordic Women Mediators network meeting. She reflected on the changing global context for #peacebuilding and the need to rethink approaches in the face of rising conflict.
January 29, 2026 at 8:37 AM
“Women’s participation is not a ‘nice to have’. It is risk reduction.”
Our @doctorchris.bsky.social delivered the keynote at the Nordic Women Mediators network meeting. She reflected on the changing global context for #peacebuilding and the need to rethink approaches in the face of rising conflict.
Our @doctorchris.bsky.social delivered the keynote at the Nordic Women Mediators network meeting. She reflected on the changing global context for #peacebuilding and the need to rethink approaches in the face of rising conflict.