Today a peacebuilding portal and a book "The Directory of Peacebuilding Organizations in the Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States" were officially launched at the UN Office in Armenia

12.11.2009

Today a peacebuilding portal and a book "The Directory of Peacebuilding Organizations in the Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States" were officially launched at the UN Office in Armenia with participation of Mr. Dirk Boberg, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative (UNDP DRR) in Armenia, H.E. Hans-Jochen Schmidt, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Armenia, and Ms. Dziunik Aghajanian, head of Department of International Organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia.

The peacebuilding portal and the publication of the book is a joint activity of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) and UNDP, in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany.

The peacebuilding portal aims to promote collaboration and consultation among organizations and individuals working in conflict prevention and peacebuilding. It assists those in civil society, local and national governments, and the international community with information on a specific country or conflict theme, such as peacebuilding, conflict management, gender issues, disarmament, environment, development, and human rights, in a results based, real time way.

The publication aims to provide newly collected information in English and in Russian about civil society and national organizations in the CIS and in CEE working in the field of conflict prevention and peacebuilding.

Welcoming the participants, Mr. Dirk Boberg, UNDP DRR outlined the role of the UN system in the field of conflict prevention in general and highlighted in particular UNDP’s approach to conflict sensitive development. “UNDP has reaffirmed that crisis prevention should be integral part of sustainable human development strategies. For UNDP “peacebuilding” means the integration of conflict prevention into development programmes, building and accompanying national processes and institutions for conflict management, and building consensus through dialogue” Mr. Boberg said.

The UNDP DRR stated that a successful preventive strategy depends on the cooperation of many actors beyond the UN system and its different organs, funds and programs. It includes member states, international, regional, and sub-regional organizations, the private sector, non-governmental organizations, and other civil society groups who have an important role to play. In this context the Peacebuilding Portal will play a pivotal role to facilitate information dissemination, information exchange, and networking among national and international stakeholders.

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