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FriEnt Biannual Report 2009 – 2010
The Working Group on Peace and Development (FriEnt) reports on its work and on the work of its members.
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Collection of Data concerning "Landgrabbing and Conflict" published
(Bonn, 30.03.2011) Conflicts over land use, fair access to land and rights of tenure already played a major role in many crisis regions in the past. Under the present heightened conditions, land is becoming an even more explosive issue. The prevention of escalating violence and the constructive transformation of land conflicts therefore pose major challenges for development cooperation in many cases.
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Conference Documentation: „New Horizons. Linking Development Cooperation and Transitional Justice for Sustainable Peace”
(Bonn, 20.09.2010) This documentation of the international conference "New Horizons. Linking Development Cooperation and Transitional Justice for Sustainable Peace", that took place in Berlin frot 27-28 January 2010, gives an overview over the most important issues as well as future challenges.
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African Union sets up Interfaith Dialogue Forum
(Addis Ababa / Abuja, 01.07.2010) The African Union (AU) has launched an Interfaith Dialogue Forum to harness the power of religious communities for the integration and development in Africa at a conference with religious leaders from 15 to 17 June 2010 in the Nigerian capital Abuja. It has established a permanent consultative structure to the AU which will meet in every two years.
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Dealing with Conflicts - Changing Perspectives
(Bonn, 17.03.2010) Now also available in English: This booklet contains experiences from EED's partner organisations - and also from EED itself - gained through development work in and after violent conflicts. It is also shown how the work and the strategies are adapted to changing frame conditions, how to react to diverse challenges in this context - and how to continuously keep flexibility under those conditions.
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New Horizons: Linking Transitional Justice and Development for Sustainable Peace
(Berlin/Bonn, 5.2.2010) The Working Group on Development and Peace (FriEnt) hosted the international conference „New Horizons. Linking Transitional Justice and Development for Sustainable Peace“ on the 27th and 28th January 2010 in Berlin. In the framework of the conference, FriEnt produced a Podcast with Statements and Interviews of the participants. This Podcast is available on the FriEnt Homepage and gives an insight into the conference topic.
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