Peacebuilding 2.0: Managing Complexity and Working Across Silos

 Every year, the Alliance for Peacebuilding (AfP) holds its Annual Conference, providing an opportunity for AfP members and others within the peacebuilding field to come together and discuss current issues, demonstrate new models for studying peacebuilding and develop collaborative initiatives.

The AfP 2012 Annual Conference, entitled, Peacebuilding 2.0: Managing Complexity and Working Across Silos, was held May 10 to 12 in Washington, DC, with a focus on complexity, and new models for peacebuilding. With three consecutive days of programming and events, over two hundred AfP members and participants came together to discuss the complex nature of the field, and to demonstrate new models for peacebuilding that work across disciplines in chaotic, fragile environments. See below for selected notes, links and photos from the event.

• Panel: Bridging the Genocide Prevention and Conflict Prevention Agendas
• Panel: Illuminating the Links between International Education and Peacebuilding
• Discussion: How the Work of the U. S. Institute of Peace (USIP) Supports the Peacebuilding Community
• Opening Plenary and Keynote Address by Ambassador Rick Barton: Identifying the Hallmarks of 21^st Century Conflict and How to Manage Conflict in Complex, Chaotic, and Fragile Environments. Watch video on C-SPAN!
• Presentation and Discussion: Results of the USIP-funded Peacebuilding Mapping Project
• Panel: How Other Fields Manage Complexity – And What Peacebuilding Can Learn from Them
• Simulation: Comprehensive, Systems Approach to Peacebuilding in Practice
• Presentation: Staff Care and Dealing with Psychological Stress as Peacebuilders