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Comment on Peacebuilding IN Europe? by Dan Smith

Dan Smith — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:59:42 +0000

Not redefining, just reapplying.

Comment on Peacebuilding IN Europe? by Judy Cheng-Hopkns

Judy Cheng-Hopkns — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:28:24 +0000

Dan, if you wish to redefine Peacebuilding then by all means, go ahead. But in my view the key words to consider in the case of angry young immigrants to cities like London and Paris are: ghettos, racism and marginalization, unpreparedness for multiculturalism, lack of social and economic integration, potential for religious extremism. So instead of Peacebuilding as a strategy we need in many parts of Europe, social and economic as a strategy.

Comment on A scorecard for Busan: did the High Level Forum help conflict-affected countries? by Donata Garrasi

Donata Garrasi — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:54:47 +0000

Thank you for your comments about the honest collaboration in relation to the New Deal. We indeed think that the New Deal is new and different because it is based on real interests and commitments by the members of the International Dialogue, the g7+ group of fragile states being a leading force within the Dialogue. Clearly what will make the difference, besides a document that is broadly owned and selectively championed, is the implementation of its provisions at country level, and support for using the peacebuilding and statebuilding goals as a frameowkr for action at the global and country level, and to inform the post-MDGs development context. Civil society has an importantrole to play in ensuring that the New Deal is implementaed in a way that will make a difference for people. Donata Garrasi, Coordinator, International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding

Comment on A scorecard for Busan: did the High Level Forum help conflict-affected countries? by What Did the High Level Forum do for Conflict-Affected Countries? A scorecard from Busan « Phil Vernon's blog

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:37:33 +0000

[...] blog post was adapted from an article co-written with Dan Smith, and which appears on the International Alert [...]

Comment on Aid effectiveness forum at Busan: what would success be for countries in conflict? by Busan: Hopes for more aid effectiveness after High Level Forum | Hala's Blog

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 08:15:58 +0000

[...] and fragile states have been trying to highlight the uniqueness of their needs as aid recipients. (Here’s a good post about what success at Busan would look like for conflict-affected [...]

Comment on Aid effectiveness forum at Busan: what would success be for countries in conflict? by Priyanthi Fernando

Priyanthi Fernando — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:03:53 +0000

A few comments on an interesting post:
- Sri Lanka is probably the exception to the rule, where despite over two decades of armed conflict the country is on track to achieve many of the MDGs – probably says more about the superficiality of the MDGs than it does about Sri Lanka’s achievements, but one factor that is probably an important one is the universal social policies of pre-war, post-independence government that created a strong base for achieving social progress, and also strong expectations of the state.
- Some of the ‘persistent challenges’ identified are not specific to conflict-affected countries – e.g. jobs, climate change. We need to rethink, reimagine development and the role of development assistance in it.
- agree that building responsive and responsible citizen-state relations is key to peace and security. However, as the Sri Lankan experience shows, stability in a post-war situation, can exacerbate the contradictions of capitalist development, reduce the legitimacy of the state power and itself create inequalities and social injustices.

Comment on Take note of every casualty by Martina Weitsch

Martina Weitsch — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:50:40 +0000

Thanks for alerting me to this initiative; I think it is very appropriate and will see what I can do about getting our organisation to sign up to the charter.

Comment on Take note of every casualty by lise

lise — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:45:28 +0000

Thanks for sharing the video clip from the launch of the Charter to recognize every casualty of armed violence. It is interesting to see this initiative related to the initiative that is taken from the ICRC to work in other situations of violence in some places in the world-and the future relation to International Law. It would be interesting to know if there are similar initiatives to the Serb initiative in other areas that are very affected by armed violence like South America, North Africa, etc.!

Data collection is the first stage to knowledge, and I do think, that we might be surprised, not only in a good way, but enough to find that there should be a mandate out there do exactly this! The question is with whom! A problem possibly faster resolved nowadays in the world of twitter and blogging, and social entrepreneurship related to international binding treaties on disarmament..

Comment on Take note of every casualty by Chris Langdon

Chris Langdon — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:42:22 +0000

Thank you, Dan, for your support – very much appreciated – if NGOs would like to sign up to the Charter please email: everycasualty@oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk or call Jacob Beswick +44 (0) 207 549 0298. We will also be posting more video from practitioners on the ORG wesbite shortly.
Chris Langdon, MD, Oxford Research Group (ORG)

Comment on England’s riots: If the UK were a fragile state… by Marie Owens

Marie Owens — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:21:17 +0000

Hello,
My name is Marie and I am a writer for criminaljusticedegree.net. I have been reading your blog for the past few weeks and I really enjoy it. Do you accept guest posts? I have an idea that would strike your interest. Please, feel free to email me. Thanks for your time and I hope to hear from you soon