| Code of Conduct
Our work is guided by our Code of Conduct, which provides an ethical
framework that stresses impartiality, partnership and transparency
in working for peaceful outcomes to conflict. It is based on the
lessons learned during the course of our work since 1985.
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Requirements of peacebuilding
We have concluded, from our own experience and from studies of other
peacebuilding organisations that approaches to peacebuilding, whether
post-war or in an effort to pre-empt escalation of violence, should
in all cases meet seven criteria:
- Tailored – to fit the needs of the situation,
requiring a broad palette of adaptable methods rather than an
off-the-shelf technique or standard template;
- Holistic – to address the full range of peace
and conflict issues, the long-term causes as well as the immediate
symptoms;
- Inclusive – to engage and benefit the whole of
society, since limiting the engagement and benefits to only some
sectors will entrench the conflict problems;
- Participatory – to involve people not merely
as beneficiaries but as active participants;
- Respectful – of the qualities of leadership and
courage required for peacebuilding and with willingness to learn
from ordinary people’s knowledge and understanding of their
own society;
- Sustained – so that the process of building peace
is supported for as long as is necessary, rather than being subject
to arbitrary political or bureaucratic timetables;
- Knowledge-based – because peacebuilding has much
greater prospects of success if it is based on research and strengthened
by continuing monitoring and assessment.
In fulfilling these conditions, peacebuilding must also address
the gender dimensions of conflict and peace.
These requirements represent standards that International Alert
aspires to fulfil in its own work and that it encourages others
to aspire to through its work on international peacebuilding policies.
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