Build Peace Salon: A Roundtable on Uses of ICTs for EU Conflict Prevention & Peacebuilding

The main goal of the Community of Practice Event on ICTs was to introduce the cross-cutting theme of information and communication technologies and how they meld with peacebuilding practice to create the complex and growing field of peacetech, and to expose the potential capability ICTs provide for the EU in peacebuilding processes, given a well understood policy for design and deployment. The event began with a global review of peacetech, followed by a panel focusing on peacetech intersections with EU policy. There was an open discussion about centering around two main questions: what should be the EU’s capabilities in peacetech, and what policies or initiatives are required to support these capabilities in Brussels and in the field

Build Peace Salon: A Roundtable on Uses of ICTs for EU Conflict Prevention & Peacebuilding

The main goal of the Community of Practice Event on ICTs was to introduce the cross-cutting theme of information and communication technologies and how they meld with peacebuilding practice to create the complex and growing field of peacetech, and to expose the potential capability ICTs provide for the EU in peacebuilding processes, given a well understood policy for design and deployment. The event began with a global review of peacetech, followed by a panel focusing on peacetech intersections with EU policy. There was an open discussion about centering around two main questions: what should be the EU’s capabilities in peacetech, and what policies or initiatives are required to support these capabilities in Brussels and in the field

Uses of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for EU Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding

This scoping study was produced as part of the project “Whole of Society Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding”, which aims to enhance the EU’s peacebuilding and conflict prevention capabilities. This paper is part of the first series of orientation papers that were intended to indicate lines of inquiry and propose research questions, as a basis for discussion and input for the project's Theoretical and Methodological Framework. They seek to provide an overview of scholarly knowledge about the EU’s capabilities and means for conflict prevention and peacebuilding in relation to several cross-cutting themes and clusters that the project focuses on. More information at www.woscap.e

Uses of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for EU Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding

This scoping study was produced as part of the project “Whole of Society Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding”, which aims to enhance the EU’s peacebuilding and conflict prevention capabilities. This paper is part of the first series of orientation papers that were intended to indicate lines of inquiry and propose research questions, as a basis for discussion and input for the project's Theoretical and Methodological Framework. They seek to provide an overview of scholarly knowledge about the EU’s capabilities and means for conflict prevention and peacebuilding in relation to several cross-cutting themes and clusters that the project focuses on. More information at www.woscap.e

Maximising business contributions to sustainable development and positive peace: a human security approach

This report examines how business can contribute to meeting the challenges of a world struggling to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and make changes to traditional models of capitalism and investment. Faced with growing pressures from customers, employees, investors, and the wider public, business leaders have sought to respond with commitments to the SDGs, alongside adopting new ethical standards on human rights, transparency, and good governance