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Conflict Sensitive Approaches

Conflict Sensitive Approaches. What is conflict?. “ conflict is a relationship between 2 or more parties (individuals or groups) who have, or think they have, incompatible goals” Source – Responding to Conflict. The progression of conflict – Adam Curle. Phases/ Stages of conflict.

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Conflict Sensitive Approaches

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  1. Conflict Sensitive Approaches

  2. What is conflict?

  3. “conflict is a relationship between 2 or more parties (individuals or groups) who have, or think they have, incompatible goals” Source – Responding to Conflict

  4. The progression of conflict – Adam Curle

  5. Phases/ Stages of conflict

  6. What is violence?

  7. “violence consists of actions, attitudes, structures or systems that cause physical, psychological, social or environmental damage &/or prevent people from reaching their full potential” Source – Responding to Conflict

  8. Forms of violence (from Kosovo research) • Direct violence – intimidation, physical assault, property damage. • Non-criminal violence – graffiti, insults, pressure to sell property • Intra-ethnic violence – internal censorship, verbal intimidation & isolation

  9. Galtung’s classification of violence • Direct violence • Structural violence • Cultural violence

  10. Why be conflict sensitive?

  11. C-Somalia Tsunami response • Distribution of fishing gear • Most INGOs deliver through local authority, while CARE delivers through local partners • Governor was not happy with this, and refused to provide security to our convoys • Governor propagated rumours that CARE is creating instability, that we were only distributing part of the donations, and mobilised ‘community’ to prevent our distribution • When we tried to deliver goods we had to hire ‘security’ from this mobilised ‘community’ to prevent them looting goods

  12. Analysis • CARE policy is to use partners rather than local authorities, other INGOs went through the local authority, who was distributing to supporters: Should we by-pass corrupt local authority, or work with them to improve their governance? • What risk do we expose partners to through this policy, particularly after we have left? • What level of trust & communication systems did we have with the community if they would believe these rumours and demand an income through security against looting by them?

  13. What is conflict sensitivity?

  14. Conflict sensitivity • Understand the operational context • Understand the interaction between the intervention and that context • Act upon this understanding to avoid negative and to maximise positive impacts

  15. How conflict sensitive is CARE?

  16. Applying conflict sensitivity to programming • Conduct a conflict analysis (and update it regularly) • Link the analysis with the programming cycle of the intervention • Plan, implement, monitor and evaluate the project/programme in a conflict sensitive way.

  17. Conflict analysis as the foundation of conflict sensitivity • Actors • Causes • Profile • Dynamics

  18. The Do No Harm framework

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