Helping
societies recover from violent conflict and building
sustainable peace has always been a major task. It is
an important and ongoing challenge, not only because
more and more countries are affected by conflict, but
also because unresolved conflicts inevitably lead to
instability. Consequently, sustainable and appropriate
post-war rebuilding is a prerequisite to preventing
future conflicts.
The challenge of rebuilding societies after conflict
is much more complex and difficult than the task of
putting an end to fighting. Solutions cannot be imported;
peace has to be built by the people affected. But, they
cannot do it alone. The international community can
and must help them to consolidate peace and overcome
the legacies of war. If this does not happen, local
conflicts will resume, threatening to destabilize larger
regions, undermining development and devaluing hope
for the future.
Representative
Projects:
War-Torn Society Project International
(WSP), 2003-2004:
InterWorks undertook several research projects
for WSP resulting in the production of a series
of reports: Peacebuilding Capacity Review, an
examination of organizations involved in peacebuilding
activities, Organisational Response to Peacebuilding:
Limits and Gaps, an assessment of the effectiveness
and state-of-the-art of peacebuilding organizations,
Peacebuilding Publications, an annotated bibliography
of the peacebuilding literature.
United States Institute of Peace (USIP),
2002-2003:
InterWorks reviewedhigher education distance learning
solutions in international conflict management
and resolution and produced a report on the trends,
gaps and USIP options in conflict management and
peacemaking graduate education. InterWorks also
produced a report titled: The Use of Problem Based
Learning in Distance Learning for International
Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution
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