On Peacebuilding and Social Services
The Contribution of Social Services to Peacebuilding and Resilience:
Evolving Theory and Practice
Erin McCandless and Kristoffer Nilaus-Tarp
Prepared for UNICEF, July 2015.
Conflict and fragility present a grave threat to UNICEF’s objective of improving the lives of children and their caregivers around the world. Resilience has emerged through a variety of disciplines as an attempt to depart from a path where vulnerable communities and societies require assistance in recurrent crises because the underlying causes are not addressed. This report focuses on how the management and delivery of social services – such as education, health, clean water and protection – can achieve peacebuilding results, and in so doing, ultimately build the resilience of individuals, communities and societies to conflict. PDF
Evolving Theory and Practice
Erin McCandless and Kristoffer Nilaus-Tarp
Prepared for UNICEF, July 2015.
Conflict and fragility present a grave threat to UNICEF’s objective of improving the lives of children and their caregivers around the world. Resilience has emerged through a variety of disciplines as an attempt to depart from a path where vulnerable communities and societies require assistance in recurrent crises because the underlying causes are not addressed. This report focuses on how the management and delivery of social services – such as education, health, clean water and protection – can achieve peacebuilding results, and in so doing, ultimately build the resilience of individuals, communities and societies to conflict. PDF
Tackling and Preventing Ebola while Building Peace and Societal Resilience
Erin McCandless and Nicolas Bouchet (Editors)
Civil Society Platform on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding (CSPPS), June 2015
The study examines the recent Ebola crisis, reflecting on the impacts and priorities for recovery and future crisis prevention, through a peacebuilding lens. It reflects on the issues through the framework of the New Deal for Engagement in Fragile States – as the three primarily affected countries are members of this global policy dialogue process. This report offers civil society analysis on priorities for responding to Ebola on the one hand, and preventing future outbreaks, and strengthening peacebuilding and statebuilding foundations in ways that can address and prevent crises more broadly, on the other. The report is the result of the research and analysis work of the CSPPS Country Teams in Guinea Conakry, Liberia, Sierra Leone, DRC and Nigeria, with research and editorial oversight by Erin McCandless, with the support of Nicolas Bouchet - also authors of the report Introduction. Its findings are feeding into key policy and strategic planning processes in the Manu River Union and within the country Ebola national recovery plans.
Erin McCandless and Nicolas Bouchet (Editors)
Civil Society Platform on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding (CSPPS), June 2015
The study examines the recent Ebola crisis, reflecting on the impacts and priorities for recovery and future crisis prevention, through a peacebuilding lens. It reflects on the issues through the framework of the New Deal for Engagement in Fragile States – as the three primarily affected countries are members of this global policy dialogue process. This report offers civil society analysis on priorities for responding to Ebola on the one hand, and preventing future outbreaks, and strengthening peacebuilding and statebuilding foundations in ways that can address and prevent crises more broadly, on the other. The report is the result of the research and analysis work of the CSPPS Country Teams in Guinea Conakry, Liberia, Sierra Leone, DRC and Nigeria, with research and editorial oversight by Erin McCandless, with the support of Nicolas Bouchet - also authors of the report Introduction. Its findings are feeding into key policy and strategic planning processes in the Manu River Union and within the country Ebola national recovery plans.
Peace Dividends: Contributions of Administrative and Social Services to Peacebuilding
United Nations inter-agency report
United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office, 2011
This multi-partner United Nations study reviews current thinking and practices among united nations agencies, funds and programmes alongside some of their partners in the areas of administrative services – specifically, the administrative (human and technical) capacities required to deliver services – and social services – including the areas of education, health (including water and sanitation) and food security. The report argues that there is significant evidence to include administrative and social services amongst the menu of choices available to directly support peacebuilding in any given context. Finding the appropriate balance among the many peacebuilding priorities in any setting should ultimately be a country-driven exercise – one that is inclusive of a wide range of stakeholders at different levels, especially historically marginalized groups. PDF
United Nations inter-agency report
United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office, 2011
This multi-partner United Nations study reviews current thinking and practices among united nations agencies, funds and programmes alongside some of their partners in the areas of administrative services – specifically, the administrative (human and technical) capacities required to deliver services – and social services – including the areas of education, health (including water and sanitation) and food security. The report argues that there is significant evidence to include administrative and social services amongst the menu of choices available to directly support peacebuilding in any given context. Finding the appropriate balance among the many peacebuilding priorities in any setting should ultimately be a country-driven exercise – one that is inclusive of a wide range of stakeholders at different levels, especially historically marginalized groups. PDF
Editorials on peacebuilding and social services
Bringing peace closer to the people: The role of social services in peacebuilding
McCandless, E. & Rogan, J. (2013). JPD, 8(3), 1-6.
Editorial - open access
McCandless, E. & Rogan, J. (2013). JPD, 8(3), 1-6.
Editorial - open access