Assisting UN Women to Champion Women's Roles in Peacemaking

2012-ongoing

In April 2012 mediatEUr was awarded an assignment by UN Women to research the role of regional organisations in promoting women's participation in peace and security. The project focuses on two aspects: (1) compiling and carrying out a gender analysis of an up-to-date list of peace agreements since 2008; and (2) providing an assessment of current levels of implementation of international commitments on women, peace and security by a set of regional organisations, covering their existing policies, institutional structures, and programmes. This includes the League of Arab States, the European Union, the Organisation of American States, the African Union, the Organisation for Security Co-operation in Europe, the Economic Community of West African States and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The findings will directly feed into the upcoming report of the UN Secretary-General on “Women, Peace and Security”.

For more information on this project, contact Renate Korber.

Peace Mediation Coaching for the European External Action Service

2012-ongoing

On request of the European External Action Service (EEAS), mediatEUr, in partnership with TEA-CEGOS, is developing a coaching programme, including overall concept, training approach, curriculum and materials, on international peace mediation for EU diplomats and partners. mediatEUr will support the roll-out of the coaching programme in 2012 in several EU Delegations, through a pilot project of the EEAS.

For more information on this project, contact Canan Gündüz.

Towards Creating a Framework for a European Institute of Peace

2011 - 2012

In 2010, the Finnish and Swedish Foreign Ministers jointly launched an initiative to create a European Institute of Peace (EIP), an independent body focusing on conflict resolution and peace mediation worldwide. A joint non-paper has been sent to High Representative Catherine Ashton. The non-paper serves as the basis of this project. Acknowledging that traditional diplomacy efforts are not always enough to support peace processes in countries affected by war, the aim of this initiative is to strengthen European expertise and capacity for peace mediation. MediatEUr supports this initiative through a project jointly funded by the Swedish and Finnish Foreign Ministries, with four objectives: (1) Identify how to mobilise and maximise capacities for peacemaking, and how to create a profile for international peace mediation for the EU; (2) Create building blocks for future EIP activities; (3) Facilitate debate and generate options for institutionalising this capacity to make it available to EU institutions and (4) Produce materials to contribute to the reflection process.

For a full project brief on this project, click here.

For a copy of the non-paper, click here.

To find out more about this project, contact Irina Bratosin.

Creating Improved Capacities for International Peace Mediation

2011 ongoing

mediatEUr, in partnership with the Crisis Management Initiative, has received a grant from the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to support the advancement of international peace mediation globally. mediatEUr’s work on this project focusses on EU capacity building, as well as the thematic areas of peace and justice, power sharing and accountability in international peace mediation, elections mediation, and mediation stand-by arrangements.

For a full project brief on this project, click here.

To find out more about this project, contact Canan Gündüz.