Focus area

Peace and Social Cohesion

Our peacebuilding work addresses the relationships, grievances and institutional weaknesses that can sustain conflict. We connect analysis with dialogue, reconciliation and locally agreed action, and recognise the roles of community leaders, women, youth and public authorities.

We aim for practical agreements, clearer responsibilities and follow-up arrangements that participants can still use after a dialogue or training event ends.

What we do

Typical activities

Conflict mapping, stakeholder analysis and assessment of local dispute resolution mechanisms
Facilitated dialogue, community reconciliation and inclusive peace planning
Research on access to justice, public trust and links between community dispute resolution and formal institutions

Related assignments

Peace and Social Cohesion in practice

2022Peace and Social Cohesion

Local adaptation and natural resource dialogue

Client: Ministry of Environment
With support from: UNDP adaptation programme

Assessed local exposure to climate and environmental pressures and identified community adaptation priorities. Examined competition over water and land, convened resource users and public authorities, and developed feasible actions that combine adaptation with conflict prevention.

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Outputs

Participatory vulnerability assessment
Adaptation priorities
Natural resource dialogue report and local action proposals

2018Peace and Social Cohesion

Women and youth participation in peacebuilding

Client: Ministry of Women and Human Rights
With support from: UNSOM

Identified barriers to women's and young people's participation in local peace processes. Facilitated consultations and practical training on dialogue, inclusive representation and community action planning, with arrangements to follow up participants' recommendations.

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Outputs

Participation assessment
Facilitation materials
Community dialogue summaries and agreed action priorities

2016Peace and Social Cohesion

Community peace and local governance assessment

Client: Ministry of Interior, Federal Affairs and Reconciliation; Banadir Regional Administration

Mapped local grievances, public perceptions of district institutions and existing dispute resolution practices. Consulted elders, women, young people and local officials to identify practical priorities for dialogue and more responsive local governance.

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Outputs

Conflict and stakeholder assessment
District consultation report
Recommendations for a local peace action plan

Sectors that connect our priorities

Local governance
Agriculture and natural resources
Water and the environment
Employment
Education
Health
Social protection

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We work with government institutions, UN agencies, development partners and civil society on commissioned research, dialogue and capacity strengthening.