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Rebuilding Trust Annual Report 2014 Rebuilding Trust Annual Report 2014 Rebuilding Trust Annual Report 2014 ON THE COVER: IN BURUNDI, DANCERS PREPARE FOR A PERFORMANCE AT A FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT THAT HAS BROUGHT TOGETHER YOUTH AFFILIATED WITH DIFFERENT POLITICAL PARTIES IN BUBANZA PROVINCE. HUNDREDS OF BURUNDI YOUTH HAVE BEEN TRAINED IN THE PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF CONFLICT THROUGH THE JOINT INTERPEACE–CENAP PROGRAMME THERE. INSIDE FRONT COVER FROM TOP: © CHRISTELLE FOR INTERPEACE © CHARLESCANNON FOR INTERPEACE © APD COVER PHOTO: © CLAUDIA MEIER FOR INTERPEACE 3 CONTENTS 04 05 06 Message from Message Tribute the Chair from the Director-General 09 12 14 Track 6 Where We 2014 Approach Build Peace Highlights 48 55 62 2014 Financial Our Structures Partnerships Report and People 4 04 Message from the Chair 05 Message from the Director-General 06 A Tribute to Fafali Koudawo 07 About Interpeace 07 09 Track 6 Approach About 12 Where We Build Peace Interpeace 14 2014 Highlights 45 Our Support and Funding 46 Our Funding 47 Our Donors 48 2014 Financial Report 55 Our Structures and People 56 Our Governing Council 47 58 Our Advisory Council Our Donors 59 Our Strategic Management Team 60 Interpeace Representation Offices 62 Partnerships 64 Contact Us 64 Contact Us 5 MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR Many of today’s crises and conflicts In addition, we welcomed Alan Doss span borders but can be traced to local to Interpeace’s Governing Council in grievances and situations in which 2014. Alan is the Executive Director at people feel excluded from their society’s the Kofi Annan Foundation and brings political or economic life. Indeed, a lack to Interpeace his deep experience in of inclusion often grows to affect the peacekeeping, post-conflict recovery society as a whole, making a country and development cooperation. In 2015, vulnerable not only to internal strife but Interpeace will be developing its next to external groups adept at exploiting five-year strategic plan. In this context, I people’s disgruntledness or the sense of am pleased to report that the review on exclusion they feel. Interpeace’s Director-General this year was very positive, and I look forward to This is not a new dynamic, but it is © JUOZAS CERNIUS Scott’s continued leadership. one that we probably don’t think about enough. In order to stop this cycle, we On behalf of my colleagues on the must get more serious about fostering Governing Council, I extend my JOHN A. KUFUOR more inclusive societies in which appreciation to Interpeace’s partners Chair of the Governing Council everyone belongs and has a stake in the and to the leaders and ordinary citizens future. who find ways, often in the face of great difficulty and risk, to reach across The international community often divides towards peace. focuses on efforts to build state capacity, especially in countries emerging from conflict. This is important if governments are to provide their people with basic services and build strong institutions. But we also need to focus in on the relationship between political leaders and the people they are meant to serve. How responsive is the state to its citizens? Are citizens active and engaged in the process of governance? As we look for ways to help foster the process of building trust, I am encouraged by the work of Interpeace’s programmes, profiled here in these pages. In Mali, far-reaching consultations with thousands of people have involved not only citizens but government authorities in setting priorities for peace. In Central America, youth groups have been working alongside municipal authorities to implement policies to reduce violence. 6 MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL WHY AREN’T strengths allows people to tackle divisive THINGS WORSE? issues more effectively. In 2014, international news headlines A recent example took place when I met were dominated by ongoing conflicts with community leaders from Mandera and new eruptions of violence in many County in northeastern Kenya, a region parts of the globe. This continuous flow bordering Somalia and Ethiopia that has of bad news – and the human suffering been plagued by local and transnational it conveys – has created a sense of conflicts for years. When I joined despair and uncertainty about the state them, they had spent two tension-filled of our world. days discussing the grievances that fuel their violent conflicts. They were Such a sense of doom, however, runs the subsequently asked to describe what © SHIHO FUKADA risk of blinding us to the strengths that binds them. Much to their own surprise, reside in all conflict-affected societies. an enthusiastic and energetic discussion Let us remember that not more than ensued, leading the group to identify SCOTT M. WEBER two generations ago, much of today’s a long list of cultural values, traditions developed world was host to the worst Director-General and other elements that they have in violence the world has ever seen. And common. The dynamic had changed. yet, those countries emerged from the They resolved from that moment abyss. They wrote a different future for forward to protect and build on their themselves, building not on what had commonalities as they seek to overcome divided them but on what bound them their divisions. Fortunately, such stories in their common humanity. of transformation are common, and These strengths exist even as countries should inspire us to see possibilities face formidable challenges. Yet when when others see only challenges. we analyze the causes of conflicts From its inception, Interpeace’s work and design solutions, we all too often has been based on the belief that every focus on the obstacles to peace and the society has what it needs to build peace. divisions in society, rather than on that As the following pages detail, our nation’s resources for peace. In doing efforts focus on supporting societies so, we may pass over the pockets of to recognize and harness their own relative stability and cohesion and miss strengths to achieve a better future. opportunities to build on these. What’s more, solutions may inadvertently Our work relies on dedicated local undermine weak but important social peacebuilders and trusted international bonds and make matters worse. partners. I am most grateful for their tireless commitment to Interpeace’s In our own peacebuilding work, we values and mission. This year we have often see that when we shift from a lost one of our most astute, passionate conversation about division to one about and experienced peacebuilders, Flavien commonalities, relationships strengthen “Fafali” Koudawo. Fafali was an and trust builds. It can sometimes be unwavering voice of peace in conflict- as simple as asking people to talk about prone Guinea-Bissau. While we pay what binds them instead of what divides tribute to him briefly in these pages, them, or to start the conversation by we will honour his memory by striving asking: “As bad as things are, why aren’t to emulate his wisdom and humility in they worse?” This is not avoidance. On everything we do. the contrary, acknowledging shared 7 A TRIBUTE TO FAFALI KOUDAWO The Interpeace family lost a devoted first came to Guinea-Bissau from Togo peacebuilder and inspiring colleague in 1990 as a United Nations Volunteers with the passing of Flavien “Fafali” Programme Officer. Koudawo, who directed Voz di Paz Fafali’s legacy lives on in Voz di Paz’s (Voice of Peace), Interpeace’s partner peacebuilding programmes, including organization in Guinea-Bissau. Fafali the regional dialogue spaces for peace, passed away on 23 January 2015. places where people can come together In the face of recurrent military coups to talk and find peaceful solutions to and after a devastating civil war, Fafali conflict. At times, his ideas were simple held up a vision of Guinea-Bissau as a and elegant, for example, his drive to country free of conflict, where people plant a tree at each dialogue space. The could determine their own future. He thought was to be able to construct © INTERPEACE © saw education as a driving force to fulfil a better future together under the this vision, and reached thousands welcoming shade of green leaves. of people across the country with his Keenly aware of the limits of his own “Fafali was an inspiring person radio programme, which established role, Fafali persevered with unflagging and a true peacebuilder, full him as a reassuring voice for peace. courage and unwavering optimism. He of wisdom, and humility. Through him, many came to a better is remembered among his colleagues His impressive intellect and understanding of the challenges facing and friends not only for his outstanding eloquence helped others the country, and the role they could play analytical skills but also for his big and understand the complex in creating a better future. challenges that Guinea-Bissau genuine smile. Fafali brought a sense of continues to face.” In 2007, Fafali supported the founding humour that charmed all into keeping of Voz di Paz to help consolidate peace faith that things could change and – Scott M. Weber, Director-General and stability in Guinea-Bissau. Under with enough effort and determination of Interpeace his leadership, the organization designed – would change for the better. and carried out participatory research In recognition of the mark he left on through which more than 6,000 Bissau- Guinea-Bissau, he was posthumously Guineans discussed the underlying granted the Bissau-Guinean nationality. causes of conflict and identified priorities for peace. He skilfully engaged both ordinary people and the country’s influential actors, from traditional and religious leaders to members of the military forces. Fafali once observed that peace was like a straw hut: “easy to put up, but requires high maintenance to keep it standing.” In parallel to his role at Voz di Paz, Fafali was Dean of the Department of Political Science and History at the University Colinas de Boé in Bissau, which he co-founded in 2003, soon after obtaining his PhD from the Geneva-based Graduate Institute.
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