Donors face increasing pressure to do more with less, even in the most fragile contexts. This policy brief analyzes how organizational factors within governments create obstacles for good peacebuildi
Race, Power and Peacebuilding
Race, Power & Peacebuilding is our latest report, which aims to explore and to understand how racism manifests itself in the peacebuilding sector. This report is a summary of a global consulta
Praxis Series Paper No. 14 – The Power of Connection: A PAX joint learning pilot with partners
What does it take for INGO staff and partner staff to learn together as equals? And how can you deliberately design for complexity and dynamic environments? In the latest entry in INTRAC’s long-ru
Effective Options for Financing Local Peacebuilding
For peacebuilding to be more effective and sustainable, local communities need to be in control of their own peacebuilding efforts. This means that donors and intermediary funders should invest in pr
Good Peacebuilding Financing: Recommendations for Revitalizing Commitments
The Good Peacebuilding Financing (GPF) initiative has been mooted at an opportune moment when global leaders’ attention will be focused on peacebuilding, during the upcoming UN High-level Meeting on
Localizing Humanitarian Action in Africa
responding to crises remain severely underfunded, particularly in Africa, where civil society organizations (CSOs) receive insufficient funding from African and international actors alike. African fu
Localisation only pays lip service to fixing aid’s colonial legacy
“Localisation” has become a ubiquitous term among humanitarians in recent years, used to refer to putting more power and funding in the hands of “local responders”. The term is simple, it feels good,
Governance for System Change
same goes for the mental models and processes we use to govern system change work. In fact, governance for system change may not look much like traditional governance at all. Webster’s defines gov
Investing in Equity: Creating Equitable Funding for Women Peacebuilders
Although women are vital to the success and sustainability of peace efforts, and despite progress made by the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda over the past two decades, women peacebuilders rem
Decolonizing International Development
Policy papers from women of color.