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Opportunities to improve donor - local peacebuilder partnership suggested

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Research project "Making space for peace": Draft executive summary

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Dear all,Following is a draft summary of the research project for comment and feedback please.All the bestChris "Making space for peace"International community involvement in peacebuilding is often…Continue

Research project "Making space for peace": Requesting feedback on early findings

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Dear all,Firstly I'd like to say a huge thank you to the many people who contributed to the research "Making Space for Peace" - the response was fantastic, and the generosity of contributors…Continue

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Research project "Making space for peace": Requesting participation

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Dear all, Update: Click here for the follow up to this research post. I am conducting…Continue

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Chris Preager replied to Chris Preager's discussion Opportunities to improve donor - local peacebuilder partnership suggested

"Comments very welcome please. Happy to send the full research report to anyone interested, but for the purposes of publishing I'm re-structuring it to a more narrative style. Thanks for looking Chris"

Feb 2, 2012

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Opportunities to improve donor - local peacebuilder partnership suggested

Comments invited on the following research please.Donor support is often vital to local peacebuilders, and a growing body of literature is revealing specific ways in which the relationship could be enhanced. When Chris Preager of the Open University compared the views of peacebuilders working on different problems, in different ways, in different regions, he found some of the frustrations at the demands donors place on recipients were notably consistent. In a series of unstructured interviews,…See More

Feb 2, 2012

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Chris Preager replied to Chris Preager's discussion Research project "Making space for peace": Draft executive summary

"It'll be here next week"

Jan 18, 2012

Chris Preager replied to Chris Preager's discussion Research project "Making space for peace": Draft executive summary

"Dear Mizanda Thank you for your kind comment and sorry I didn't reply sooner! All the very best Chris"

Jan 6, 2012

Chris Preager replied to Chris Preager's discussion Research project "Making space for peace": Draft executive summary

"Dear Antonia Thank you very much for your message and sorry I didn't reply. I am a huge fan of Peace Direct, and I remember following your link all those months ago to that brilliant document, (which is why I'm especially surprised I…"

Jan 6, 2012

Chris Preager replied to Craig Zelizer's discussion Seeking Feedback on Impact/Benefits of Being a Member of the PCDN Network

"Aside from the fascinating people, articles, stories, references, guidance on careers, and so on, my research would not have been possible without the contacts made through this website. I would not have been able to contact local, national…"

Jan 6, 2012

Chris Preager replied to Chris Preager's discussion Research project "Making space for peace": Draft executive summary

"Dear Solomon Sorry to miss your message - you've divined exactly what the report found. I'd also say the ignorance of the international peacebuilders is not only by design, for example where local implementors aren't allowed to feed…"

Jan 6, 2012

Chris Preager replied to Chris Preager's discussion Research project "Making space for peace": Draft executive summary

"Dear Elizabeth Sorry for missing your message during my extended absence from this site. My tutor was Professor Liz Thomas, my final report will be posted here in the next week and I'm looking for ways to publish it more formally. Your work…"

Jan 6, 2012

Muhammad Tahir Tabassum left a comment for Chris Preager

"Dear Chris, Very happy to go through your profile in peace network. We can be good friend and partners on similar causes. In Peace."

Apr 6, 2011

shyam tosawad left a comment for Chris Preager

"Dear friend"Vasudev kutumbkam" entire world is a family, this was a teaching of our Indian culture and tradition.We created countries, boundaries,religions.But this is the time to realize that we are one, our source of life and breath is…"

Jan 16, 2011

Chris Preager is now friends with Udaya R. Tennakoon, Tabrani Yunis and Dr Elizabeth Mc Donnell

Jan 4, 2011

Dr Elizabeth Mc Donnell replied to Chris Preager's discussion Research project "Making space for peace": Draft executive summary

"Hi Chris Look forward to seeing the final report - these things always involve more, and take longer, that one ever can plan for! I working with some groups on peacebuilding at grassroots level in Croatia. I am interested in how the level,…"

Dec 12, 2010

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Dec 12, 2010

Chris Preager replied to Chris Preager's discussion Research project "Making space for peace": Draft executive summary

"Apologies that the drafting of the public version of the full report is taking longer than expected. I'm half way there, but it is happening in parallel with emigration and I'm finding less time for it and more subtleties to it than I…"

Dec 7, 2010

Chris Preager left a comment for Natalie Chwalisz

"Sorry to have taken so long to respond. I'm working on an anonymized version of my final report and will post here when it is done - a draft executive summary is here:…"

Dec 3, 2010

Chris Preager and Natalie Chwalisz are now friends

Dec 3, 2010

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Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself or the work of your organization (no more than 3 paragraphs): A decade of IT, travel and volunteering led me to a career change, a few years ago I began an MSc in Development Management, then studied psychotherapy, now finishing the MSc with research into people-centred peacebuilding and how it might be supported on a broader scale.

Please list the countries and/or regions in which you (or your organization) have direct and significant expertise: UK, Bolivia

What is your current country of residence (or location of your organization)?: UK, Sub-Saharan Africa later this year

What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?: MSc full time, some voluntary roles.

How many years professional experience do you have ?: 11-15

What is your personal or organizational website?: http://www.advocacyforpeace.com

Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise (or the primary sectoral areas of your organization) ?: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Civil Society, Conflict Resolution, Dialogue, Facilitation, Human Rights, Media, Organizational Development, Psychosocial, Refugees

Which are your primary skills areas(or the primary skill areas of your organization)?: Advocacy, Capacity Building, Communication, Information Technology, Research, Qualitative Skills, Training

What are some of your current areas of research (if any)?: "Making Space for Peace" - a research project looking at the way governance and power contexts affect the choice and efficacy of advocacy strategies for citizenship rights as part of peacebuilding. If you have experienced advocacy in peacebuilding, please contribute - the questionnaire is available on-line at www.advocacyforpeace.com and can be completed in 25 minutes.

My hypothesis is that people-centred advocacy is more legitimate and sustainable, but direct bilateral advocacy is more expedient (and lower risk in repressive contexts). By testing links between coercive power, public action, capacities, legitimacy and sustainability, I will analyse the contexts in which public involvement makes peacebuilding more sustainable, and aim to formulate guidelines relevant to supporting these approaches at broader scales.

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At 12:37pm on April 6, 2011, Muhammad Tahir Tabassum said…: Dear Chris,

Very happy to go through your profile in peace network.

We can be good friend and partners on similar causes.
In Peace.

At 5:17am on January 16, 2011, shyam tosawad said…: Dear friend
"Vasudev kutumbkam" entire world is a family, this was a teaching of our Indian culture and tradition.
We created countries, boundaries,religions.But this is the time to realize that we are one, our source of life and breath is same , we naturally interconnected with each other.When we understand this simple thing then we must understand how our and other's life is equally important, valuable and respectable.God has given us a human life to look after the wellbeing of all living life in this planet.
shyam

At 8:57am on December 12, 2010, Dr Elizabeth Mc Donnell said…: Hi Chris

Look forward to seeing the final report - these things always involve more, and take longer, that one ever can plan for!

I working with some groups on peacebuilding at grassroots level in Croatia. I am interested in how the level, community, political, economic etc can be linked up in peacebuilding work as, in my view, all are interconnected and interdependent. I suppose it's about where there is most leverage in any one context. This has taken me into looking at systems thinking and how it can inform approaches - will be meeting up with various people in the UK to explore.

I'd be interesting in knowing who you are working with in the Open University. I tutor for same and would like to link up workwise, if appropriate.

Best

Elizabeth

Herefordshire, UK

At 9:53pm on September 8, 2010, Craig Zelizer said…: Thanks for your feedback. Would appreciate if you could let others know about the network

At 1:15am on September 8, 2010, Janet Lynn Murdock said…: dear chris, I worked on youth advocacy for peace in Guinea-Bissau for UNDP. I can talk to you about working with 10 youth groups who did different projects for peace in their country. You can find my phone number on my profile, if you want to give me a call.

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