Links
Our links page provides you with hands-on resources that we often consult. It is frequently updated.
Eldis
- Conflict and Security Resource Guide
Key resource on publications
in the area of: global security; insecurity and conflict prevention; complex
emergencies; post-conflict reconstruction; refugees and IDPs; humanitarian and
emergency assistance; conflict and vulnerable groups; child soldiers; gender
and conflict; arms; rights-based approaches in conflict issues and; political
economy of war. Eldis has two main sections; the first is latest news and
commentary complimented by blogs. The second is a set of links to the most
recently added documents. Eldis also has a section of links to other conflict
websites.
World Bank
Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction Unit
The World Bank's Conflict
Prevention and Reconstruction Unit undertakes assessments of the cause,
consequences and characteristics of conflict and highlights and disseminate
lessons learned and best practices. It regularly issues Dissemination Notes,
which are short notes on best practices and experiences from the field of
conflict and development, mostly in relation to World Bank programs. The CPR
Working Papers are more extensive and in-depth studies and analyses on issues
pertinent to conflict and development, both theory and practice. The
Dissemination Notes and Working Papers are widely disseminated inside and
outside the World Bank, and are free of charge. In addition to regular Dissemination Notes
and Working Papers from the Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction Unit, the
World Bank conducts, compiles, and disseminates research and analysis on a
number of topics related to conflict, poverty, and development. The most
informative and useful sections of the website are the publications and news
sections. The website has an excellent section of a growing body of literature
on the private sector and natural resources and conflict.
Governance and Social
Development Resource Centre
The Governance and Social
Development Resource Centre (GSDRC) supports the knowledge needs of the
international development community in relation to governance, conflict and
social development. Funded by the UK Department for International Development,
the GSDRC aims to help reduce poverty by informing policymaking and enhancing
professional knowledge and competencies. The GSDRC has an excellent selection
of documents related to security and development and violent conflict. There
are also two new additions to the GSDRC website; a document library and a
section on conferences and training.
International
Alert
International Alert is an
independent peacebuilding organisation working in over 20 countries and
territories around the world. It has been at the forefront of the development
of policy-related research on the role of business in peacebuilding. The focus
is on three areas: extractive industries, project finance and engineering and
local business.
INCORE:
International Conflict Research
INCORE was established in
1993, through a joint project of the United Nations University and the University of Ulster.
INCORE combines research, comparative analysis and education to address the
causes and consequences of conflict in Northern Ireland and internationally. INCORE research on conflict and
peace issues is interdisciplinary and wide-ranging. INCORE current focus is on:
peace processes, diversity and pluralism, governance and transition, gender,
peace and security, divided societies- research methodologies, education and
conflict and inclusive citizenship. INCORE also offers a variety of online
services to those interested in peace and conflict issues including: the Ethnic
Conflict Research digest, which is a set of reviews of relevant and recent
literature and, the Conflict Data Service, which is a comprehensive database on
conflict-prone regions.
United Nations
Development Programme/Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (UNDP/BCPR)
BCPR is one of five thematic
practice areas of the UNDP. BCPR works is divided into two main outcome areas:
Prevention of crisis and Recovery after crisis. Crisis is both human-made and
natural-made. The website has publications on prevention and risk reduction,
recovery and cross-cutting issues like gender and youth. The website also has a
section on news alerts and links to other resources on conflict and disaster.
BCPR also publishes an interesting and informative Crisis Prevention and
Recovery (CPR) newsletter on latest news and articles from UNDP around the
world.
Minorities
at Risk Project (MAR)
MAR tracks 284
politically-active ethnic groups throughout the world from 1945 to the present
-identifying where they are, what they do, and what happens to them. MAR
focuses specifically on ethnopolitical groups, non-state communal groups that
have "political significance" in the contemporary world because of
their status and political actions. The
MAR website has a large selection of resources, including books, journals, and
links to other websites. MAR has both quantitative researches through the Minorities
At Risk Data Generation and Management Program (MARGene) and qualitative
research through the Minority Group Assessments and Minority Group
Chronologies.
World
Bank Private Sector Development in Conflict-Affected Countries
This reading list reviews the
emerging international debate on the best means of encouraging private sector
development in high-risk economies and ensuring that it has a positive rather
than a negative impact. The resource focuses on six main areas: public interest
cases for private sector engagement; business environment in post-conflict
countries; evaluations of the risk of doing business in conflict-affected
economies; promotion of conflict-sensitive business practices; assessment and
improving infrastructure; and how to secure finances and mitigate risks. The
resources are divided into three main types: websites, papers and case studies.
There are also online discussions, toolkits, governance reports, and a Private
Sector Development blog.
Global Partnership for
the Prevention of Armed Conflict
The
Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) is an
international network of civil society organisations working for conflict
prevention and peacebuilding worldwide.
The research of GPPAC is into conflict prevention, and particularly civil
society's role in it, is an integral part of the Global Partnership’s
programme.
The WWW
Virtual Library: International Affairs Resource: Peace, Conflict Resolution and
International Security Section
This a large and
comprehensive resource that has links to search engines and major directories;
and other sources related to peace, conflict resolution and international
security.
International
Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) - Environment and Security
(E&S)
IISD provides practical
advice on how careful management of the environment and resources can
contribute to conflict avoidance and disaster resilience. The website has
publications on Conservation and Conflict; Disaster Resilience; Natural
Resources, Livelihoods and Security; Environment and Security Policy; Emerging
Environments and Emerging Security Issues.
International
Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) - Business and Conflict
IISD focuses on engaging natural resource-related companies,
financial institutions and governments on the critical links between business
and violent conflict. The website has resources on conflict-sensitive business
practice; the extractive industries and conflict and; the Finance Sector and
Conflict.
Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development- Conflict and Peace
The DAC Network on Conflict, Peace and Development
Co-operation is the international forum that brings together officials working
on conflict prevention and peace-building from bilateral and multilateral
development agencies. The CPDC is a subsidiary group of the OECD Development
Assistance Committee (DAC). The website has an extensive and informative
selection of publications and guidance notes related to Security System Reform
and Governance; Preventing Violent Conflict; and weblinks. There are also two
additional website resources the Governance and Capacity Development (GOVNET)
and Development Effectiveness in Fragile States (FSG).
DFID
Conflict, Humanitarian and Security Department (CHASE)
The DFID CHASE
Department focuses on the links
between conflict and poverty; designing interventions to conflict; conflict
reduction strategies; humanitarian responses to crisis and strategies for
humanitarian assistance. The website also has links to DFID’s Global Conflict
Prevention Pool and on conflict analysis and security sector reform (SSR).
Human Security Programme
The Human Security Programme (HSP) is a proactive
mechanism to advance the human security component of Canadian foreign policy. The
Human Security Program is divided into five main thematic focuses: protection
of civilians; conflict prevention; peace operations; governance and
accountability and; public safety. The website has a number of publications
related to the five main thematic focuses and further links to other resources.
The International
Development Research Centre (IDRC)
The IDRC website has a range of resources: IDRC books
online and in print; development dossiers; reports magazine; IDRC bulletin;
videos; and an archive of publications. The peace, conflict and development
programme has a number of publications and an extensive range of other
resources of peace, conflict and development.
International Crisis Group
The International Crisis Group
(Crisis Group) engages in field-based analysis and high-level advocacy to
prevent and resolve deadly conflict. The Crisis Group publishes CrisisWatch,
a twelve-page monthly bulletin, providing a succinct regular update on the
state of play in all the most significant situations of conflict or potential
conflict around the world. Crisis Group examines how competition over energy
resources and the distribution of revenues affects both regional and global
security.
UNIFEMs Women, War and Peace web portal
WomenWarPeace.org is intended to address the lack of consolidated data
on the impact of armed conflict on women and girls as noted by Security Council
resolution 1325 (2000). The portal is serves as a centralized repository of
information from a wide variety of sources, with links to reports and data from
the UN system to information and analysis from experts, academics, NGOs and
media sources. The portal has both country and thematic issue pages and news
and a selection of the latest publications related to women, war and peace.
Institute for
Security Studies
The ISS is a regional
research institute operating across sub-Saharan Africa.
ISS aims to engage and inform the international debate on human security issues
from an African perspective. The website has a particular useful selection of
resources categorized by thematic issues. Of particular interest is the work on
conflict analysis; corruption and governance; private security and; security
sector reform.
Saferworld
Saferworld is an international non-governmental
organization that works with governments and civil society internationally to
research, promote and implement new strategies to increase human security and
prevent armed violence. The website has a wide-ranging selection of
publications based on theme: arms control transfer, conflict prevention and
peace-building, conflict-sensitive development, security and justice sector
development and small arms and light weapons.
Swisspeace
Swisspeace
is an
action-oriented peace-research institute in the area of conflict analysis and
peacebuilding. Of particular use is FAST International which is an independent
early warning program covering 20 countries/regions in Africa, Asia and Europe. The Swisspeace website has an
extensive array of publications grouped into five main categories: new
publications, working papers, conference papers, publications by staff members
and an archive.
Conflict Sensitivity
Conflict Sensitivity was a two year
programme designed to assist with the integration of conflict-sensitive
practice into development, humanitarian assistance and peacebuilding. The website is split into four main sections. The
first is the programme exploring the rationale, approach and methodology. The
second is a documents page that has records of stakeholder’s meetings, a
newsletter up to November 2003 and a brochure. The third a main section is the
online resource pack. The fourth and final section is a links page to partner
organisations.
Conflict Prevention and Post-Conflict
Reconstruction Network
The CPR Network is an informal network of donor
countries and partner UN Agencies dealing with the complex issues of conflict
management. It arose out of an interest by DAC members of the Conflict, Peace
and Development Cooperation Task Force to continue the process of sharing
knowledge and experience in field operations that could serve as a guide to
those working in conflict prevention and post-conflict reconstruction (CPR).
The most useful component of the website is its extensive resource library of
online publications. It includes resources on business and conflict, conflict analysis,
assessment and prevention, early warning, natural resources and conflict,
peacebuilding and security sector reform.
Collaborative
Learning Projects & the Collaborative for Development, Inc.
CDA Collaborative Learning Projects is a non-profit
organization, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA). The most useful aspect of the website is the
extensive range of publications housed in the Collaborative Learning Projects
section on corporate social responsibility and business and conflict. The
publications addresses issues from the hiring and contract policies through
working with local authorities and stakeholder consultations to exit strategies
and monitoring and evaluation through various impact assessment tools.
The Clingendael Security and Conflict
Programme (CSCP)
The CSCP unpacks and explore contemporary conflicts,
security threats and issues of international justice. The CSCP website has a
wide-ranging selection of documents grouped into six types: Books, occasional
papers, the working paper series, policy briefs, conference proceedings and
annual reports.