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conflict analysisconflict research
conflict transformation
conflict
intercultural conflict
Ecumenical Social Ethics
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"Mit Dank an die Mitglieder der Projektgruppe „Zivile Konfliktbearbeitung“ und an Martin Petry, der als Berater auf Zeit (BAZ) das Thema koordinierte und dieses Dokument federführend formuliert hat, legen wir hier den Orientierungsrahmen „Konflikttransformation und Friedensarbeit“ vor. Dieser Text ist nicht als finale Policy der Ökumenischen Diakonie zum Thema zu verstehen, sondern als Grundlage für den weiteren Dialog- und Qualifizierungsprozess der Ökumenischen Diakonie zu Fragen der Friedensarbeit und der zivilen Konfliktbearbeitung. Dafür werden neben der deutschen Ausgabe auch Übersetzungen in den vier Arbeitssprachen Englisch, Französisch, Spanisch und Portugiesisch bereitgestellt werden. Die Kolleginnen und Kollegen der Abteilungen „Projekte und Programme“ und „Politik und Kampagnen“ ebenso wie die Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe sind aufgefordert, entlang bestehender Arbeitsbeziehungen den Partnerdialog zum Thema fortzusetzen und Anregungen für die Weiterentwicklung des Dokumentes hin zu einer Policy zu sammeln. Auf Grund der Bandbreite des Themas sollte dieser Dialog fokussiert werden auf die Problematiken Rohstoffe, Land und regionale Schwerpunkte. Für das Jahr 2009 erwarten wir eine Nachfolgebesetzung der Beraterstelle „Zivile onfliktbearbeitung“. Dies wird die Strukturierung und Bündelung des weiteren internen Diskussionsprozesses erleichtern ebenso wie die weitere Abstimmung mit dem Evangelischen Entwicklungsdienst, für die wir uns perspektivisch die Zusammenführung der Policy-Formulierung beider Häuser zu ziviler Konfliktbearbeitung in einer gemeinsamen Strategie wünschen. Der weitere Arbeitsdialog zum Thema mit Partnerorganisationen und nahen Entwicklungswerken wird zweifellos viele neue Anregungen für die Qualifizierung des Textes hervorbringen. Darauf freuen wir uns und wünschen ein gutes Gelingen.", Danuta Sacher, Vorwort, S. 5Date
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