Tekstvak: ECCP The European Centre for Conflict Prevention (ECCP) is an independent NGO based in The Netherlands. The ECCP provides a wide range of support and facilitation services to the broad field of Conflict Prevention and Peace Building. For more information, please contact: Guido de Graaf Bierbrauwer, Coordinator UN-Conference Program, E-mail: g.bierbrauwer@conflict-prevention.net Paul van Tongeren, Executive Director, E-mail: info@conflict-prevention.net Tekstvak: Prevention is better than cure!

The Role of Civil Society in the Prev. of Armed Conflict
Tekstvak: P.O.Box 14069 3508 SC Utrecht The Netherlands Tekstvak: Telephone: (+31) 30 242 77 77 Fax: (+ 31) 30 236 92 68 Tekstvak: Objective and Goals Overall objective: to increase the effectiveness of conflict prevention efforts First goal: to explore fully the role of civil society and NGO’s in the prevention of armed conflicts Second goal: to improve the interaction between civil society and the UN, regional organizations and governments and thereby to achieve a more integrated and coherent approach to conflict prevention Third goal: to strengthen regional networking and to establish regional conflict-prevention networks composed of key NGOs, sub-regional networks, practitioners and academics Fourth goal: to promote the development of a coherent body of research and theory that will help the conflict prevention community take its place in international deliberations Fifth goal: to produce a UN Action Plan or Protocol on Conflict Prevention in its broadest sense, possibly embodied in a Security Council Resolution, which will guide the international community as it seeks non-violent solutions to armed conflict in the decades ahead