Agents for Change: Civil Society Roles in Preventing War & Building Peace

This paper is the second in a series of studies into issuesin conflict prevention and peacebuilding by civil society
of the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC).

This paper is based on the experiences and discussions undertaken through the first three years of the Global Partnership. It builds on the outcomes of regional conferences and action agendas,the global conference ‘From Reaction to Prevention:
Civil Society Forging Partnerships to Prevent Violent Conflict and Build Peace” that took place at the United Nations headquarters in New York in July 2005 and the Global Action Agenda. Furthermore it also advances on the publication People Building- Successful stories of civil society that was published in July 2005. Lastly, it benefits from the insights and practical experiences of the regional initiators of the Global Partnership. The purpose of the study is to provide an in-depth review of the many roles and functions that can be undertaken by civil society organizations and it provides an overview of the key challenges facing the wider field of civil society working for peace.

Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) 2006

The Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC, pronounced "gee-pak") is a global member led network of civil society organisations (CSOs) who actively work on conflict prevention and peacebuilding. The network consists of fifteen regional networks of local organisations with their own priorities, character and agenda