Outcomes
Session 1: Zooming in on Peace - Exploring New Trends in Peacebuilding Through the Lens of Research, Policy and Practice
Understandings of peace, peacebuilding and conflict resolution vary across conflict-affected regions. However, local understandings are often neglected in peacebuilding activities. This panel will explore whether and how they can be integrated into political and practical attempts at conflict resolution. Panellists will reflect on how current approaches can be adapted to take account of local understandings and, ideally, contribute to the development of more sustainable solutions.
Session 2: Peace Between the Lines - Connecting Local Dynamics and Global Solutions for Armed Conflict
Armed violence and illicit flows of arms across borders continue to pose challenges to global, regional, national and local security and stability. While global solutions are often sought after, local dynamics are rarely taken into account. For example, there is a gap between local and (inter)national knowledge of the cross-border dynamics of arms flows and armed violence. This participatory panel will explore how a better understanding of the operations of armed groups and illicit arms flows in border regions can contribute to more sustainable solutions for activities that reduce violence.
Our panel on “connecting local dynamics and global solutions for armed conflict” will dive deeper into local conflict dynamics in different parts of the world, including cross-border dynamics, illicit flows of arms and linkages to armed violence. We want to explore questions, such as: how are armed groups operating in border areas and what are the impacts of illicit arms flows in these spaces and beyond, for instance across national borders and transborder areas?
In a second step, we want to further examine whether what is happening on the ground translates into national, regional and interational policy. Is the local level adequately considered in solutions developed at the higher levels? What role does research play in this knowledge transfer? This is what we want to discuss in an interactive manner together with the audience and our panel guests.
Session 3: With us for Peace - Acknowledging Migrants` Experiences in Policymaking
Migrants’ experiences must be reflected in migration-related policies. This panel explores how the consideration of the intersectional realities of mobile people can be acknowledged in policymaking. It asks how best to strengthen the participation of migrants in processes that directly affect them so that policymaking reflects and responds to their reality.
