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Necla Tschirgi

Dr. Necla Tschirgi has been involved in research on peacebuilding in many capacities for the last 15 years. From 2007-2009, she was a consultant/Senior Policy Advisor with the Peacebuilding Support Office at the United Nations. Previously, she was Vice President at the International Peace Academ...
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Building Peace: Practical Reflections from the Field

Necla Tschirgi , 22 October 2009
3 pages

How do we measure success in peacebuilding projects? What are the elements for success and are these relevant across different conflict contexts? These are vexing questions for which the field of peacebuilding does not have easy answers. Yet, unless there is a reliable pool of systematic evaluations, it is difficult to talk of lessons learned or good practices in peacebuilding. Building Peace: Practical Reflections from the Field is an important step toward documenting and evaluating thirteen diverse projects with a view to distilling broader lessons. Its overall conclusion is that there is no single methodology for evaluating peacebuilding. Instead, diverse approaches contribute to peacebuilding in different ways. Nonetheless, these share certain common themes that are critical for success.