Peace matters. Let's prove it
From poverty reduction to health, education, economic growth, gender equality, climate action and more, peace is essential for all interventions working towards healthy, safe, and just societies. Peace matters for us all. We need to build evidence and identify the investments in peace that have the best outcomes for people and practitioners affected by conflict. Imagine if we could track what really matters for peace, and drive our conversation and our investment toward that
The Peace Impact Framework identifies essential elements of peace and how to measure it, based on the work and input from people in more than 180 organizations in 45 countries worldwide - from local community organizers to government representatives to academics. From their insights, five themes emerged as vital for peace, and there are three essential pillars to understand and measure it. The Peace Impact Framework creates a structure to track the vital signs of peace in any society.
How do you get started?
- Align to the themes: Identify what you measure by choosing the themes where your work is most relevant.
- Choose your pillars: Identify how you measure. What matches the ways you are able to speak to results?
- Name other themes of your work that are not focused only on peace, but may also deepen our understanding of healthy societies.
- Share data, research and evaluations on ConnexUs, or use the digital PIF to help you create a report.
- Join ConnexUs to learn more and contribute to the communities of practice and the evidence.
What we measure
- Violence
- Polarisation
- Agency
- Legitimacy
- Investments
How we measure
Lived experience: locally-developed indicators for accountability Aligned measures: global language & indicators for long-term tracking
Expert observations: capturing unexpected changes & outcomes for adaptation