Table of Contents

1. CSOs, PEACEBUILDING AND THE POWER OF PARTNERSHIPS C. Barnes

1.1 Civil society: more than NGOs

1.2 CSO roles at different stages of the conflict cycle

1.3 Partnerships for peace

2. GOVERNMENTS AND CSOS: COMPLEXITY OF ENGAGEMENT C. Barnes

2.1 Foreign and domestic: complex relationships & levels of analysis

2.2 CSOs and governments: cooperation, co-optation, and confrontation

3. POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND LEGISLATIVE PROCESSES

3.1 Introduction C. Barnes

3.2 Japan: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and NGO Joint Public Forum Series M. Joyce, Peace Boat

3.3 Germany: Working Group on Development and Peace N. Zupan, FriEnt

3.4 Mongolia: Blue Banner cooperation with Mongolian government J. Enksaikhan, Blue Banner

4. CIVILIAN CRISIS RESPONSE, VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND PEACEBUILDING

4.1 Introduction C. Barnes

4.2 United States: Government and civil society collaboration for peacebuilding C. Dambach, Alliance for Peacebuilding

4.3 EU: The EU-NGO relationship in peacebuilding – The role of civil society process P. Bartholmé, European Peacebuilding Liaison Office

5.NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURES FOR RESPONDING TO CONFLICT 5.1 Government structures C. Barnes

5.2 Kenya: Towards the national policy on peace building and conflict management G. Kut, Nairobi Peace Initiative – Africa

5.3 Ghana: Developing an institutional framework for sustainable peace: UN, government and civil society collaboration for conflict prevention E.Bombande, West Africa Network for Peacebuilding

5.4 Nepal: Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction: a foundation for peace M. Thapa, Asian Study Center for Political & Conflict Transformation

5.5 Kyrgyzstan: Creating a space for dialogue and cooperation between the state and civil society: violent conflict prevention, 2004-2005 H. Heyer, Foundation for Tolerance International

5.6 Germany: the German government Action Plan for Civilian Crisis Prevention, CR and Post conflict PB & interface between state and non state actors U. Hegener, independent consultant

5.7 Germany: Funding civilian conflict resolution P. Mares, zivik/ifa

6. UN: EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE UN, MEMBER STATES AND CIVIL SOCIETY TO PROMOTE HUMAN SECURITY D. Wolter, Deputy Ambassador of Germany in Saudi Arabia

6.1 The context of UN/Government/CSO cooperation in the area of human security

6.2 The Global Partnership

6.3 The challenges of operationalising human security through effective UN/ Government/ CSO Partnerships

6.4 The way forward: frames and structures for consultation and cooperation on human security

6.5 Final remarks: shaping the UN/CSO Partnership

6.6 List of measures to be taken

7. HUMANITARIAN ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS: LESSONS ON GOVERNMENT CIVIL-SOCIETY COLLABORATION D. Hubert, University of Ottawa

7.1 Campaign messaging

7.2 Mobilizing political will

7.3 Negotiating agreements

7.4 Monitoring implementation

7.5 Collaboration – Different phases, different modalities

8. A MULTI-STAKEHOLDER PARTNERSHIP ON PEACEBUILDING P. van Tongeren, GPPAC

8.1 Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships and Global Action Networks

8.2 Phases, governance and impacts of GAN

8.3 Multi-stakeholder partnership and peacebuilding

8.4 GPPAC and a multi-stakeholder partnership

8.5 A Forum on Peacebuilding

8.6 Global Summit on Conflict Preventionand Human Security

9. FUNDING RELATIONS P. van Tongeren, GPPAC

9.1 Costs of conflict and of prevention, spending on related fields

9.2 Need for resourcing peacebuilding

9.3 Modalities

9.4 Supporting CSOs on peacebuilding

10. REFLECTIONS

P. van Tongeren, GPPAC