Supporting local capacities for peace
World Vision is mainstreaming the Local Capacities for Peace (LCP) / Do No Harm (DNH) framework into our programmes operating in situations of conflict.
The framework recognises that all resources and staff introduced into a conflict setting become a part of the conflict and have potential to either exacerbate the conflict, or conversely to strengthen community capacity for building peace.
A five-step process guides our assessment of a particular context:
- Understanding the context of conflict, including key parties, their interests and positions, and the root causes and history of conflict
- Analysing sources of tensions and local capacities for peace among identity groups
- Describing the aid programme - the mandate, headquarters and donors values/guidelines. Basically, the who, what, why, where, and when of standard programme design
- Analysing the programme’s impact on dividers/tensions and connectors/local capacities for peace - the actual and potential effects of a programme’s design, its activities, resource inputs or personnel on increasing or decreasing dividers, supporting or undermining local capacities for peace
- Developing options for programme design/redesign and implementation - meeting programme objectives, while reducing dividers/tensions and enhancing connectors/local capacities for peace.
Read 'Shared Future: Local Capacities for Peace in Community Development'
'A Shared Future: Local Capacities for Peace in Community Development'
World Vision International
This stimulating book chronicles World Vision's groundbreaking experiences and learnings in adapting "Local Capacities for Peace" for long-term transformational development, as well as enhancing how faith-based NGOs could work in multi-faith environments where religion can either be a divider or a connector in relationships.
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