The expectations of civilian peacebuilding interventions are high. Great hope is often invested in what, in reality, are often rather small commitments. The extent to which such interventions can deliver on, even, their most direct goals is unclear, given the complexity of the settings that calls for their implementation. Consequently, despite the great promise that such interventions offer, key questions remain about how well they work and, even, if they work at all. More recently, new challenges have arisen, in part due to the increasing internationalization of conflicts and conflict-risks and through associated budget pressures. All have increased the need to understand if and how non-military pro-peace interventions perform and the overall impacts they can deliver.
This session will discuss these key questions in the context of the PeaceFIELD Initiative, an on-going collaboration between the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), ISDC and the UN Peacebuilding Fund. We will hear narratives and learnings about how necessary learning around pro-peace interventions are to the donor community; how such learning can be produced by the research community; and how it can be adopted and implemented in practice. To this end, this session will hear conversational narratives from individuals in all three communities.
Speakers:
- Tilman Brück – Professor (Humboldt-University of Berlin); Team Leader (Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops); Director (ISDC – International Security and Development Center)
- Marie Gaarder – Executive Director (International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie))
- Bushra Hassan – Senior Advisor, Monitoring and Evaluation (Peacebuilding Support Office)
- Erin Koenig – Councillor, Global Issues, Economy and Environment (Global Affairs Canada)