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Goal: Increase the effectiveness of the peacebuilding field by developing networks, disseminating best practices, and enhancing organizational capacities and professional skills. The Alliance increases the effectiveness of the peacebuilding field by developing networks, disseminating best practices, and enhancing organizational capacities and professional skills. Since the peacebuilding field is relatively young, every new skill, strategy or technique is important. We are all in this together, and every practitioner has an obligation to share his or her ideas and information with others in order to enhance the capacity of the entire field to more effectively help prevent and mitigate violent conflicts. The Alliance is building networks for sharing information, ideas, best practices, and lessons learned. As each member of the Alliance grows stronger, the peacebuilding field becomes more effective. Use of the network to share best practices and increase organizational and professional skill levels will help build peace worldwide. We seek to broaden and increase the peacebuilding network to include organizations from all parts of the world. We also welcome many superb multi-purpose organizations that include peacebuilding within a mandate. The annual meeting is the primary opportunity for members to gather and share information and ideas. It includes presentations by recognized experts, workshops and discussions of issues. The Alliance and its members sponsor regular forums in Washington, DC; Boston, MA; and Boulder, CO for the peacebuilding community. These sessions feature experts in the field and normally focus on particular conflict environments or current issues. In addition, the Alliance sponsors forums, symposia and workshops on topics such as collaboration among development, democracy and conflict resolution, communications strategies, evaluation of program effectiveness, etc. In cooperation with the US Institute of Peace (USIP) and Search for Common ground, the Alliance helped sponsor the publication of a manual on “Designing for Results,” a manual to help organizations integrate monitoring and evaluation in conflict transformation programs. The Alliance also facilitates the publication and distribution of USIP research reports and studies. The Alliance sponsored the development of a “peacegame” model that facilitates interagency and interdisciplinary understanding, cooperation, and collaborative action in a pre-conflict, post-conflict, or transitional environment. Peacegaming will help U.S. Government, multinational, and private civilian entities work together effectively, both to prevent armed conflict and to prepare for the aftermath of conflict when it cannot be avoided.
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