Andy Carl

Building the future and Dealing with the PastFraming our discussion

The peace process paradigm?

Preparing for peace talks

Negotiations

Agreement

Post-conflict peacebuilding

Disarmament

Demobilisation

Integration

Governance reform

Truth Commissions/Special Courts

Economic Development

Peaceful Coexistence?

How to move a process forward if one stage is weak or missing?

Three Domains of Reconciliation

(1) Changing Attitudes & Public Conversation

Two examples:

Radio Diaries Project (Georgia & Abkhazia)

Karabakh 2015: a “futures forum”

Three Domains of Reconciliation

(2) Reforming Public Institutions & Law

Two examples:

Fiji: Developing National Curriculum on teaching history

Uganda: Drafting legislation on amnesty and return

Three Domains of Reconciliation

(3) Changing Behaviour and Relationships

Two examples:

Colombia/Philippines: Women Leader’s exchange programme

Georgia/Abkhazia: Young party political leader’s dialogue

The Many Paths to Peace

Vision

+Capacity

+Opportunity

+Initiative

=Change

Conflict Transformation

On Winning the Peace

Some general principles:

There is no roadmap but you are on the road

Reconciliation (and conciliation) involves work on multiple levels with multiple actors (government, parties and wider civsoc)

The need to have the Difficult yet Collaborative Conversations

Understanding differences: bridging the divides: finding common ground

Value in-betweeners and Consensus Figures

The need to learn and teach the tools and tactics of dialogue

There is a creative tension between the struggle for truth, justice and peace

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