This is the last in a series of events organized by the Swiss Programme for the Promotion of Peace in Colombia “Semillas de Esperanza”. During this roundtable meeting, Luz E. Romero and Ricardo Esquivia, two representatives of Colombian organizations, will talk about the challenges facing their country following the signature of the peace accords and the referendum “no” vote. The meeting will be conducted in Spanish with simultaneous interpretation in German.

KOFF and artasfoundation are organizing a roundtable on art and peacebuilding, with the participation of Meret Schleger, Vesna Matovic (International Alert) and Dagmar Reichert (artasfoundation).

For the third year running the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform is organizing the Geneva Peace Week. Fifty-two events on peacebuilding will be taking place throughout the week in Geneva.

In cooperation with Amnesty International Switzerland, KOFF is organizing a roundtable on the Arms Trade treaty and Swiss arms export practice.

This year the series of events organized by cfd looks at gender stereotypes and their repercussions in our relationships, at work, at school and in our private lives. Flashmobs, talks, films and exhibitions will be organized throughout Switzerland. On December 1, KOFF is holding a roundtable on the situation of women in Israel and Palestine, with the participation of Rafah Anabtawi, representing the NGO Kayan Feminist Organization.

CDA – Collaborative Learning Projects is currently seeking a new Executive Director. The closing date for applications is November 30, 2016.

Despite the widespread emergence of theories of change in strategy and project documents, they are rarely used to their full potential. The swisspeace training on Theories of Change in Fragile Contexts focuses on how ‘good’ theories of change can be created that will help practitioners gain an in-depth understanding of their programs and their impacts. The training will take place from February 1-3, 2017.

The National Dialogue and Peace Mediation course offered by swisspeace and the Berghof Foundation provides insights in how to understand, design and support national dialogue processes, training in dialogue and mediation skills and reflection on lessons that can be drawn from previous cases.

Fragile states have become an issue of major concern for the international community. But what exactly is state fragility? The swisspeace course on Fragility, Conflict and Statebuilding focuses on the conceptual, policy and implementation challenges of statebuilding in fragile and conflict-affected contexts. The course will take place on March 13-17, 2017.

The thematic block “Dealing with the Past” will take place on January 27-28, 2017, as part of swisspeace’s CAS in Civilian Peacebuilding Essentials 2016/2017.

The thematic block “Peace Mediation” will take place on February 24-25, 2017, as part of swisspeace’s CAS in Civilian Peacebuilding Essentials 2016/2017.

The swisspeace course on Conflict Prevention and Early Warning explores and critically discusses theoretical reflections on the understanding of conflict prevention, the current implementation efforts as well as possible avenues to enhance conflict prevention and early warning. It will take place on May 3-5, 2017.