CDA Collaborative Learning Projects (CDA CLP) Updates

In this resource, CDA, Peace Direct, and Search for Common Ground share the various transformative outcomes that we have seen through supporting transition processes over the past eight years of...

Angelika Rettberg, Ben Miller The business and conflict studies literature has focused predominantly on larger companies. Less is known about small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which face...

Abstract This case study investigates the relationships between contemporary climate-related environmental vulnerabilities, including wildfires, water resources, and environmental toxicity, and the...

AUGUST 2023 | CHEMONICS INTERNATIONAL AND CDA COLLABORATIVE LEARNING PROJECTS About this Brief This report explores growing concerns surrounding climate change and conflict in Ghana. However, if...

This case study investigates climate-related environmental vulnerabilities and their interaction with conflict dynamics in three informal urban settlements, Qauia, Maravu, and Nanuku, in Suva, Fiji...

Lindsay Hamsik, Ruth Rhoads Allen, Sharon Reader, Sabina Robillard, Sarah Cechvala, Hasangani Edema Over the past two years, CDA has partnered with InterAction to identify and understand risk...

By Lindsay Hamsik, Ruth Rhoads Allen, Sharon Reader, Sabina Robillard, Sarah Cechvala and Hasangani Edema Introduction This Learning Guide is an outcome of the Risk III – From Evidence to Action...

By Lindsay Hamsik, Ruth Rhoads Allen, Sharon Reader, Sabina Robillard, Sarah Cechvala and Hasangani Edema Overview Responding Amid Uncertainty and Managing Risk in Humanitarian Settings – Resources...

Project Overview Conflict Sensitivity in Land Governance recognizes the evolving understanding of the relationship between land and conflict in complex contexts, including the dynamic impact of...

The number and severity of crises over the last decade was stretching the aid sector well before COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. Violent conflict is the primary driver of humanitarian needs, with...

By Hasangani Edema ‘Localization’ further establishes the notion of us vs. them I am one of a growing number of people in the humanitarian world who have had the experience of being both national...

Exploring the peacebuilding potential of MSMEs On the occasion of the publication of the joint CDA / International Alert / FriEnt Dossier “Business and Peace: It takes Two to Tango” FriEnt invited...

The new publication "Business and Peace. It takes two to tango" gets to the bottom of opportunities and risks of the private sector's commitment to peacebuilding. Jobs, jobs, jobs – according to the...

Conflict Sensitivity & Public Health Emergencies is a response to practitioner requests for guidance in addressing public health emergencies and conflict dynamics simultaneously. It has long been...

Written by Sarah Cechvala, CDA Managing Director, Sabina Robillard, CDA Associate, and Sharon Reader, Senior Advisor Community Engagement and Accountability IFRC Africa Region EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...

There is growing recognition of the interaction between aid and the drivers of conflict. In South Sudan, the scale and nature of this international assistance make it inevitable that aid will affect...

Peter Woodrow I. INTRODUCTION Why Collective Impact? This framework aims to achieve a clear goal: greater impact from collective efforts toward peace. That is, even if peace practitioners improve the...

Section I: Introduction CDA Collaborative Learning Projects (CDA) has been working with peace practitioners actively since the late 1990s. During that time, CDA conducted two sets of case studies...

Anita Ernstorfer and Kiely Barnard-Webster Suggested Citation: Ernstorfer, Anita and Kiely Barnard-Webster. Peacebuilding Design, Monitoring, and Evaluation: A training package for participants and...

The Framework for Collective Impact in Peacebuilding, first published in 2017 was field-tested in partnership with Search for Common Ground in Jos, Nigeria, and Colombo, Sri Lanka. CDA provided...