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Dublin Action Agenda on the Prevention of Violent Conflict |
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Tuesday, 27 June 2006 |
To ensure that GPPAC includes a wide range of perspectives, GPPAC initiated 15 regional processes, each of which will develop action agendas that will feed into a global action agenda for civil society roles in confl ict prevention. Hence, in Dublin (31 March 2 April 2004) a West European2 Regional Conference outlined this Dublin Action Agenda. Many Civil Society Organisations (CSOs)3 have provided inputs to this process. The conference was hosted by the Irish Presidency of the EU, and was organised by the ECCP in close co-operation with the Irish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Dublinbased peacebuilding charity, Co-operation Ireland. This Dublin Action Agenda refl ects outcomes of a consensus-building process among more than 200 participants, representing CSOs, governments and multilateral organisations. It articulates common ground amongst those European CSOs committed to confl ict prevention and puts forward key recommendations to strengthen strategic partnerships for preventing violent confl ict and building a culture of peace. It identifi es common goals and strategies to encourage national governments, European multi lateral organisations (especially the EU) and the UN, as well as CSOs themselves, to better implement confl ict prevention and peacebuilding policies. These institutions are already committed to furthering this agenda and to the active engagement of CSOs in that process. This provides us with a real opportunity to have an impact. This Dublin Action Agenda was presented to the Irish Government on 2 April 2004, during its EU Presidency. It will subsequently contribute to the development of an Global Action Agenda, to be presented to the UN Secretary-General in July 2005, in New York. Click here to download the conference report. "Dublin Action Agenda on the Prevention of Violent Conflict"
More news on the website of the European Platform for Conflict Prevention and Transformation.
1 The European Centre for Confl ict Prevention (ECCP) currently holds the secretariat of the GPPAC.
2 Defi ned as the enlarged EU, plus Norway and Switzerland.
3 Civil society includes non-governmental and community-based organisations, womens associations, youth organisations, minority and indigenous peoples representatives, disabled people, the aged, trade unions (workers collectives), religious organisations and the media amongst others. |
