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Transitions from Peacekeeping to Peacebuilding | (1) Lessons Learned & International Coordination PeaceLab Podcast
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The podcast discusses challenges and opportunities of planning for a transition from peacekeeping to peacebuilding in general, and more specifically in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The episodes focus on the role of international organizations and other actors, coordination efforts, common analyses, and political strategies.
For countries emerging from violent conflict, transitions from peacekeeping to peacebuilding efforts often represent critical junctures. What challenges do actors face when planning for such handover periods? What opportunities does this process provide? And what does it look like in practice in the Democratic Republic of the Congo? Based on interviews with experts and senior policymakers, this two-part podcast explores the major pitfalls on the road to lasting peace and takeaways from the process.
The podcast consists of two parts: In episode one, we dissect the anatomy of transitions from peacekeeping to peacebuilding and dig deeper into why this topic has garnered more and more attention in recent years. We take stock of key lessons learned from past transitions in Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, and Haiti and discuss three typical challenges that international actors and donors have faced in these situations: maintaining organizational coherence and external partnerships; crafting joint strategies and analyses; and avoiding gaps in financing.
In this episode, our host Marie Wagner is joined by five expert guests:
- Roselyn Akombe, co-chair of the UN Transitions Project;
- Franck Bousquet, senior director of the World Bank’s Fragility, Conflict, &
Violence Group;
- Daniel Forti, senior policy analyst at the International Peace Institute(IPI);
- Hilde Hardeman, head of the Foreign Policy Instruments Service of the
European Commission;
- Rüdiger König, Director General for Crisis Prevention, Stabilisation, Post
Conflict Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Assistance in the German Federal
Foreign Office.
In the second episode, you will hear more about how to apply these lessons learned to the case of MONUSCO in the DRC.
The podcast was produced by Marie Wagner and Sarah Brockmeier from the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in cooperation with the German Federal Foreign Office as contribution to the World Bank’s virtual Fragility Forum 2020. It is part of the PeaceLab project which is run by GPPi to foster debate on conflict prevention, stabilization and peacebuilding and which is supported by the German Federal Foreign Office.
The Fragility Forum 2020 Seminar Series is a virtual and interactive series of events organized by the World Bank to share practical solutions and explore innovative ways of responding to the most challenging Fragility, Conflict, and Violence (FCV) issues of our times.
Links for further reading:
- This Podcast on the PeaceLab Blog: https://peacelab.blog/transitions
- This podcast at the World Bank Group's Open Learning Campus:
https://olc.worldbank.org/content/peacelab-podcast-part-1-transitions-peacekeeping-peacebuilding-lessons-learned-importance
- https://peacelab.blog
- https://www.gppi.net
- Follow us on Twitter @https://twitter.com/peacelabblog and
@https://twitter.com/gppi
The podcast discusses challenges and opportunities of planning for a transition from peacekeeping to peacebuilding in general, and more specifically in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The episodes focus on the role of international organizations and other actors, coordination efforts, common analyses, and political strategies.
For countries emerging from violent conflict, transitions from peacekeeping to peacebuilding efforts often represent critical junctures. What challenges do actors face when planning for such handover periods? What opportunities does this process provide? And what does it look like in practice in the Democratic Republic of the Congo? Based on interviews with experts and senior policymakers, this two-part podcast explores the major pitfalls on the road to lasting peace and takeaways from the process.
The podcast consists of two parts: In episode one, we dissect the anatomy of transitions from peacekeeping to peacebuilding and dig deeper into why this topic has garnered more and more attention in recent years. We take stock of key lessons learned from past transitions in Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, and Haiti and discuss three typical challenges that international actors and donors have faced in these situations: maintaining organizational coherence and external partnerships; crafting joint strategies and analyses; and avoiding gaps in financing.
In this episode, our host Marie Wagner is joined by five expert guests:
- Roselyn Akombe, co-chair of the UN Transitions Project;
- Franck Bousquet, senior director of the World Bank’s Fragility, Conflict, &
Violence Group;
- Daniel Forti, senior policy analyst at the International Peace Institute(IPI);
- Hilde Hardeman, head of the Foreign Policy Instruments Service of the
European Commission;
- Rüdiger König, Director General for Crisis Prevention, Stabilisation, Post
Conflict Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Assistance in the German Federal
Foreign Office.
In the second episode, you will hear more about how to apply these lessons learned to the case of MONUSCO in the DRC.
The podcast was produced by Marie Wagner and Sarah Brockmeier from the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in cooperation with the German Federal Foreign Office as contribution to the World Bank’s virtual Fragility Forum 2020. It is part of the PeaceLab project which is run by GPPi to foster debate on conflict prevention, stabilization and peacebuilding and which is supported by the German Federal Foreign Office.
The Fragility Forum 2020 Seminar Series is a virtual and interactive series of events organized by the World Bank to share practical solutions and explore innovative ways of responding to the most challenging Fragility, Conflict, and Violence (FCV) issues of our times.
Links for further reading:
- This Podcast on the PeaceLab Blog: https://peacelab.blog/transitions
- This podcast at the World Bank Group's Open Learning Campus:
https://olc.worldbank.org/content/peacelab-podcast-part-1-transitions-peacekeeping-peacebuilding-lessons-learned-importance
- https://peacelab.blog
- https://www.gppi.net
- Follow us on Twitter @https://twitter.com/peacelabblog and
@https://twitter.com/gppi
1 Std. 21 Min.