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🎨Are you ready to explore the potential of #art in peacebuilding? Art creates a unique space for dialogue and can contribute to sustainable conflict transformation and #peace.

Curious?
Join our online information event (MS Teams) on Thursday November 4, 2025, 12:30–13:30.
➡️https://buff.ly/rIPKF9f

Power-sharing between adoptability and durability insights from Lebanon and Iraq Under what conditions do power-sharing agreements come into being? Once agreed, how might an agreement’s perceived acceptability affect its ability to deliver functional governance and durable peac...

💬What makes power-sharing agreements work?

📖 swisspeace’s Sahar Ammar and colleagues found that it’s not just about signing an agreement. The real test comes later: how flexible the agreement is, how strong the institutions are, and whether leaders keep their commitments 👉https://buff.ly/6Zsg6w5

Despite renewed optimism following the recent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, swisspeace’s Co-Head of the Analysis & Impact Program, Roland Dittli, reflects on the deeper challenges that must be addressed to achieve lasting peace and justice in the region: buff.ly/MXKrkui 🔎

💡 To ensure a peace-positive impact of HDP nexus projects, the terms “Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) nexus”, “conflict sensitivity” and “peace(building)” need to be used purposefully and translated into clearly defined activities and theories of change.

🚨 We want to hear your experiences!
Our new #study examines the (over)use of the #terms “Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) nexus”, “conflict sensitivity” and “peace(building)”.

Share your experience: buff.ly/8ig3oEn
Note: All answers will be treated confidentially and anonymously.

Happening tomorrow!
Women play a crucial role in peace negotiations. Come and listen to experts addressing this key topic, exploring hands-on experiences, cutting-edge research, and ideas for shaping future multi-level approaches to peacebuilding. Register here: buff.ly/mWwuxwu

🙏 Thank you to everyone who participated in our Disappeared & Missing Persons in Peacebuilding course!
🎓 A special thanks also to our faculty, who shared so many powerful and moving examples from their own experiences. Check out our other peacebuilding courses: buff.ly/ZG0TR0v

Join us for an inspiring conversation with Seba Abudaqa and Tom Kellner, co-founders of Clean Shelter, as well as Roland Dittli from swisspeace, to discuss the current situation and practical ways to support people and institutions in Gaza.
👉free entry, please register: buff.ly/hu833XZ

Last week, we kicked off our new 4-year research project "From Pixels to Peace", which explores the role of #visual_communication in #peacebuilding and #conflict_transformation. A collaboration between Karlstad University, University of Basel, and Università della Svizzera italiana, funded by SNSF.

🚀 Are you searching for an engaging #internship with political relevance? Gain valuable experience as part of our #DealingWithThePast team and get insights into work at the intersection of research and policy.
ℹ️ Intern | 100% | 6 months | Starting February 1
👉 Apply by November 9: swisspeace.ch/jobs

An dieser öffentlichen #Podiumsdiskussion vom 24. Oktober werden über Chancen, Grenzen, Erwartungen und Aussichten diskutiert, für wenn die #Schweiz 2026 zum dritten Mal den Vorsitz der #OSZE übernimmt. Das Event ist von der SHV und SGA organisiert.

Sei dabei!: buff.ly/D6k9ml6

Recorded information is the foundation for reconciliation and conflict prevention. Yet, the importance of preserving archives and records of human rights violations is often overlooked. We are proud to continue advocating for the power and relevance of archives and records.
➡️https://buff.ly/OfmErBt

Women and Multi-Level Peacemaking: Global Experiences from the Philippines to Colombia and beyond

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After this fantastic city tour, by our expert Gal Harmat, the participants in our #Gender, Conflict & #Peacebuilding designed their own walking tour, applying #feminist pedagogy principles. Congratulations to everyone for finishing the course successfully!

Mental health is crucial to our wellbeing and to our ability to work effectively. Today's World Mental Health Day reminds us that it should be a priority for everyone. How do you protect and take care of your own mental health?
👉Sign up for our course to acquire more skills: swisspeace.ch/courses

On the occasion of the 25th year of the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security, we invite you to the discussion Women in Multi-Level Peacemaking: Global Experiences from the Philippines to Colombia and Beyond.
October 28, 18:30 at Volkshaus Basel
➡️https://buff.ly/W9fAM0J

Congrats to our colleague Maria for completing her Certificate for Trainers! 🎉

At swisspeace, she works on communications, media presence, and events like the Basel Peace Forum. She’ll take on an even bigger role in organizing the next edition; her flagship project.

We’re proud of you, Maria! 💐

In light of the developments over the past years, state-building matters more than ever. Learn how to critically (re)assess and (re)design state-building programs in conflict-affected countries to ensure that future interventions do not add fuel to the fire.

👉 Apply now: swisspeace.ch/courses

Transitional justice in Yemen – why and in what form?

swisspeace’s Sahar Ammar joined Abdul Galil Shaif & Liza Al Badawi to discuss how #transitionaljustice must be part of #Yemen’s peace process.

Hosted by Guillaume Charron, connecting diplomats, civil society & UN actors.

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Supporting Syrian Women Dealing with Ambiguous Loss and Displacement. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Join us for the launch of the SUPPSAL Project on supporting the psychosocial and mental well-being of displaced Syrian women facing ambiguous loss. In partnership with swisspeace and Women Now for…

Join us for the launch of SUPPSAL! A project together with the Asfari Institute
& Women Now For Development.
➡️Early research findings & future steps to strengthen mental health services & access to justice for Syrian women who face ambiguous loss.

Zoom: buff.ly/e4Nq3yD
In-person: buff.ly/9lzkJnF

💡Social cohesion helps prevent conflict and sustain long-term peace. Discover diverse approaches and mechanisms to preserve, strengthen, and restore social cohesion in the new issue of à propos, the KOFF peacebuilding magazine.

DE/FR/EN ➡️https://buff.ly/2CtzBS1

✨ Congrats to former PhD candidate & teammate Jacqui on successfully defending her thesis this week! 🎓

A huge thank you for all the amazing work you've done at swisspeace, especially on the "Good Peace" project 👉 buff.ly/NrTgy1M
Explore Jacqui's journey & publications ➡️ buff.ly/yEAOvIp

❗NEW Prolonged Deadline: October 10

The issue of missing & disappeared persons has profound and lasting effects on individuals, families, and entire communities. Addressing it is a vital step towards reconciliation & sustainable peace. Join our experts to examine the complexity of it.
👉 Apply by September 30: buff.ly/TVrJjja

Would you like to improve your negotiation and/or mediation skills?

➡️Join us March 25–27, 2026, in Basel for the course "Complex Political Negotiations" and develop skills to navigate complex political contexts.

Apply by January 30, 2026.

🎺 Apply by October 15, 2025: Preventing Violent Conflicts

Join six skilled experts for an in-depth exploration of different conflict prevention methods and leave with a toolbox to design conflict prevention measures.

🗓️ 29 Oct – 7 Nov 2025 | 📍Virtual | ⏳ 6 Afternoons
More: 🔗https://buff.ly/Z2PuUkP

Today is the International Day of Peace🕊️, which is all about committing to peace and building a culture of peace together. In this spirit, swisspeace created and annually holds the Basel Peace Forum - stay tuned for the 10th edition! buff.ly/MDLpSUn

📣 Apply now! | Strategic Peacebuilding & Dialogue Skills
🛜 Zoom | 🗓 12–16 January 2026 | ℹ️ buff.ly/PQPYBPR
✔️ You will learn how to strategically analyze, design and support dialogues in complex peace processes and practice your dialogue skills through exercises, and case studies.

Upcoming: "Conflict-sensitive Communication in International Cooperation"

Communication activities lie at the heart of any work in International Cooperation. Discover how to use a conflict-sensitive approach preventing harm and the escalation of tensions.

Apply by September 30
👉 buff.ly/TNTkWts

📢 Check out our new Working Paper by Julia Yazdandoost Khosravi and gain insight into how the Kurdish diaspora in Switzerland transmits conflict narratives and how these shape identity, conflict memory, political consciousness, and visions of peace and justice.

Good read! 📖https://buff.ly/rNFfL2f