Research and development

Civilian crisis management operations often take place in fragile, conflict-affected, or post-conflict countries, where young people constitute a significant majority of the population. Unstable conditions affect youth in many ways, yet they are frequently excluded from formal decision-making processes and peace-building efforts. In the new policy brief our former research and development intern Riina Pekkarinen … Read more

Over the past two decades, transitional justice has become an integral part of post-conflict peacebuilding and international peace operations. Both scholars and practitioners in the peacebuilding field have repeatedly underlined a mutually reinforcing relationship between peace, justice and peacebuilding. Despite the widely recognised importance of transitional justice in the unification of societies and the building … Read more

CMC organised a topical seminar bringing together actors from civilian crisis management, civil society and peace mediation. The participants discussed how the local civil society organizations (CSOs) could be further empowered and how the crisis management and peace operations together with international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) could help in this. The keynote presenters Dr. Tetiana Kyselova … Read more

Not fully utilising the competencies and skills seconded experts gain from civilian crisis management missions and secretariats is a waste of potential. The first publication in our new policy brief series looks at experiences of civilian crisis management experts returning to their home agencies, and gives a set of recommendations to improve relevant processes. First, … Read more