The Agency for Restoration and Infrastructure Development in Ukraine was established in early 2023. The construction sector in general and the predecessors of the Agency have a poor track record when...
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CMI Insight: Artificial intelligence and peacemaking – the case of digital dialogues in Sudan
Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tools have been effective in collecting and analysing large quantities of data, potentially increasing the inclusivity of peace processes. This Insight paper...
Ethiopia + 2 more
CMI Insight: Navigating the storm: Towards common security in the Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa is in real danger of being engulfed by a cascade of conflicts. The threat of civil war in Sudan illustrates the challenges facing the region. To avoid further fragmentation, the...
World + 12 more
CMI - Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation Annual Report 2022
OUR WORK Safeguarding the space for peacemaking In 2022, CMI found creative ways to address conflicts in a global situation that was drastically changed by the war in Ukraine. The demand for CMI’s...
CMI Insight: The long journey of Sudanese women from the margins of politics to influential roles in official processes
Women have been politically active and have played key roles at times of critical turning points in Sudan’s history, but this has not been translated into official recognition in political processes...
World + 1 more
Implementing peace agreements: Supporting the transition from the negotiation table to reality
Authors: Felix Colchester (CR), Laura Henao Izquierdo (CINEP) and Philipp Lustenberger (swisspeace) “The quality of a peace agreement is only equal to the quality of its implementation. While the...
Beyond "Women’s Issues" and Smoky Rooms: Debunking the Myths About Gender in Peace Mediation
By Emma Bjertén-Günther (SIPRI), Yeonju Jung (SIPRI), Johanna Poutanen (CMI), Silja Grundström (CMI), Maria Ristimäki (CMI) Major misconceptions continue to weaken efforts to make gender-sensitive...
Implementing the New Commitments to Peace: A shared statement by peacebuilding organizations International Day of Peace, 21 September 2017
The last year has seen significant global challenges, including an unprecedented level of humanitarian need, rising inequality and exclusion, growing climate change impacts, and increasing threats to...
Statement on Supporting Community Resilience in Syria coinciding with the launch of the United Nations Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan 2017-2018 in response to the Syrian Crisis in Helsinki on January 24, 2017
We, the civil society organisations working with Syrian communities, welcome the launch of the Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan 2017-2018 in response to the Syrian Crisis (3RP) and the sharing of...
Joint statement on supporting community resilience in Syria: Local actors have to be involved
Statement on Supporting Community Resilience in Syria coinciding with the launch of the United Nations Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan 2017-2018 in response to the Syrian Crisis in Helsinki on...
Lessons Learned from mediation Processes
introduction Mediation is a dynamic process. When a mediation process begins, it is impossible to tell what it will look like in the end. Regardless of the mediators’ competence, the success of...
Armenia + 6 more
Foresight results and insights to the Black Sea Peacebuilding Network: Interim Technical Report
Introduction Today security issues are no longer simply state- and military-centric issues. This report thus aims to analyse the background factors behind violent conflicts in the Black Sea region...
World + 4 more
ASEAN and Peace Mediation: Progress, Challenges, and Cooperation
Introduction This paper is based on a conference titled ‘Regional Organisations as Vectors of Peace: Building ASEAN’s Capacities in Preventive Diplomacy and International Peace Mediation’, organised...
Youth Dialogue on Confidence and State-Building
CMI, together with its South Sudanese partners the University of Juba Centre for Peace and Development Studies (CPDS) as well as the Organization for Non-violence and Development, have concluded the...
Aceh Peace Process Follow-Up Project - Final Report
CMI’s follow-up project on the Aceh peace process, supporting the implementation of the outstanding issues of the Helsinki peace agreement, is coming to an end in June 2012. The results of this two...
Nearly Hundred Liberian Women Participated in CMI’s Consultations
To gain field-based knowledge on how gender-based violence (GBV) should be taken into account in future peace processes, CMI and its partner WANEP (West Africa Network for Peacebuilding) organised...
The Kyrgyzstan Inquiry Commission is Finalizing its Work
The Panel Members of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry into the events in the Southern part of the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan Inquiry Commission) paid a working visit to Bishkek...
Engaging with Civil Society in Conflict Areas – the role of international organisations
Conference European perspectives in the context of Eastern Partnership Yerevan, 2010 Roxana Cristescu One of the biggest challenges for the international community when addressing territorial...
Supporting Democratic and Peaceful Change in Burma/Myanmar
1 INTRODUCTION On November 7, 2010, Burma/Myanmar(1) will organize its first parliamentary elections since 1990. The significance of the elections stems from the controversial constitution on which...
CMI to Explore the Reasons Behind the Violence in Kyrgyzstan
The Crisis Management Initiative (CMI) is supporting an independent research commission formed to explore the reasons behind the violence in Kyrgyzstan in the summer of 2010. The aim of the...