Understanding Conflict and Building Peace
This Network Paper reports on a recent international meeting held to discuss the changing role of NGOs working in conflict-affected countries. The report comprises two parts. The first provides an overview of humanitarian assistance in conflict situations, with particular reference to the work of NGOs, the second is an account of the Workshop on understanding conflict and peace-building held by the UK Network on Conflict, Development and Peace (CODEP) in September 1996.
1. Introduction 1
2. Background 1
2.1 CODEP 3
2.2 The “Development in Conflict” workshop, November 1994 4
2.3 The First CODEP Workshop, September 1996 5
2.4 Trends in international aid 6
2.5 Working for relief and development in conflict situations 10
2.6 Donor responses to permanent emergency 10
2.7 Financial trends 11
2.8 New concerns 15
2.9 The political economy of war 16
3. CODEP 1996 Workshop Report 21
3.1 Gender and conflict 21
3.2 Conflict analysis 21
3.3 Programming in conflict 32
3.4 Peace-building and reconciliation 39
4. The Future of CODEP 47
Annex 1 List of Workshop Participants 49
Annex 2 Workshop Programme 52
Suggested Further Reading 54
