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Nepal
2007: On the Way to Democracy and Peace
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An
inclusive peace process in Nepal and the role of the EU
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HELSINKI,
30 November 2007, Crisis Management Initiative
CMI
has published the report "An Inclusive Peace process in Nepal and the Role
of the EU", which presents recommendations for the EU and Member States
on how best to support and promote the quality of the national peace process
in Nepal.
The
report is an analysis of the inclusiveness of the Nepalese peace process,
and it presents recommendations for the EU and Member States on how best
to support and promote the quality of the national peace process in Nepal.
The report will be launched alongside with International Alert's paper:
"Peacebuilding in Eastern DRC: Improving EU support for economic recovery".
The
findings of the two reports will be discussed in a roundtable event: "How
Can the EU Improve its Support to Peacebuilding Processes" on 5 December
2007 in Brussels. The event will gather together participants from the
EC and civil society in Europe.
Executive
Summary
In
supporting sustainable peace and enhancing long-term and coherent peace-building,
Crisis Management Initiative advocates for conflict sensitive policy and
decision-making procedures. In the field of peacebuilding, conflict sensitivity
can be understood as a tool to be used to ensure and to promote the quality
of national peace processes. This work is an on-going, self-reflective
process and includes:
advocating for the importance of conflict sensitivity of all actors, including
international, national and local, when working in conditions of unsustainable
peace. This is pivotal in order to understand that every action has an
impact on the local context and that preserving national peace should always
be the first priority of every action.
facilitating the co-operation and communication between different stakeholders
working in conflict-prone and conflict-affected situations. It is crucial
to have common policies and practices in order to minimise the negative
and maximise the positive impacts of each action.
enhancing the inclusion of local civil society and excluded groups in recruiting
and choosing local partners in order to not to create local tensions. developing
a conflict analysis tool to ensure the conflict sensitivity of CMI's own
projects in their planning, implementation and evaluation.
Against
this background and to promote a strategic and synergistic approach to
peace-building in Nepal, a research on the inclusiveness of the peace process
in Nepal was carried out. The project was conducted at two levels. First
the issue of inclusion was discussed separately at policy and
grassroots
levels in Brussels and in Nepal. On the basis of the initial findings,
a roundtable discussion was organized to bring together a group of Nepalese
organisations to discuss the results. In the second phase, the series of
consultation was enlargened and a dialogue between the donors and Nepalese
organizations was facilitated. Both donors and local organizations were
encouraged to identify concrete proposals to improve the donors'awareness
on the issue of marginalisation in Nepal. The key findings of this consultation
process form the basis for this report.
Source:
Crisis Management Initiative 2007
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Executive
Summary
Background
of the study
Context
of the peace process in Nepal
EU
engagement in Nepal |
Methodology
of the study
Key
themes of inclusive peace process in Nepal
Democratization
as peace building
Conflict
sensitivity meets 'social inclusion'
Findings
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