This report is the product of the Framework for Assessing Resilience (FAR) programme. It offers analytical and operational reflections and guidance reflecting an approach to the assessment of resilience both as a lens – or a way of seeing, analyzing and understanding peace and conflict in any society – and as a vehicle which serves […]

In Timor-Leste, conflicts, divides and mistrust among citizens and authorities continue to undermine the building of a lasting peace. While attention has been given to the sources of fragility and obstacles to peace, there is a need to better understand, asses and ultimately leverage the positive assets and attributes of individuals, communities, and institutions in […]

Humanitarian response can either contribute to or weaken local capacities for resilience to violent conflict. This is a particularly important consideration given that 80% of humanitarian assistance responds to needs deriving from situations of conflict, where tensions and mistrust are high. In this video local actors from three contexts discuss their experiences of humanitarian response, and consider […]

Protracted conflicts have contributed to the unprecedented levels of humanitarian needs that have increasingly overwhelmed the international system in the recent years. In order for collaboration between international and local actors to achieve the desired effectiveness gains for humanitarian response, there must be a strategic orientation towards strengthening local capacities for resilience to violent conflicts. […]

Protracted conflicts have contributed to the unprecedented levels of humanitarian needs that have increasingly overwhelmed the international system in the recent years. In order for collaboration between international and local actors to achieve the desired effectiveness gains for humanitarian response, there must be a strategic orientation towards strengthening local capacities for resilience to violent conflicts. […]

Frameworks for Assessing Resilience (FAR) is a programme initiated by Interpeace, implemented between 2014 and 2016 with local partners in Guatemala, Liberia and Timor-Leste. The goal of the FAR programme is to understand resilience to violent conflict from a local perspective and to determine how existing capacities for resilience can be leveraged and strenghtened to better contribute […]