Knowra Peacebuilding Peacebuilding Peacebuilding is the effort to establish institutions and relationships that reduce the risk of renewed conflict after war. It combines political, social, and economic measures to support durable peace.
Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration : A process that disarms combatants, dissolves armed groups, and supports former fighters’ return to civilian life. It reduces the capacity for renewed fighting while creating routes into civilian society.
United Nations Peacebuilding Commission : A United Nations intergovernmental body that supports countries and regions emerging from conflict. It coordinates international attention and resources for peacebuilding priorities.
Peacemaking : Diplomatic efforts to negotiate an end to active conflict and reach a political settlement. It focuses on reaching agreements, while peacebuilding addresses the conditions that sustain them.
Liberal Peace : A peacebuilding model that promotes liberal democracy, market economics, and international institutions as foundations for peace. Its assumptions have shaped many interventions and drawn sustained criticism.
Local Ownership : The principle that domestic actors should shape and lead peacebuilding priorities and processes. It raises the question of who defines peace and controls postwar decisions.
Security Sector Reform : Changes to the governance, oversight, and operation of police, armed forces, and other security institutions. Accountable security forces can protect people without reproducing wartime abuses.
United Nations Peacebuilding Fund : A United Nations multi-partner trust fund that finances peacebuilding activities in conflict-affected countries. It provides rapid funding for efforts that may not fit conventional development programs.
Peacekeeping : The deployment of international personnel to help maintain peace, often after a ceasefire or agreement. It can provide security for peacebuilding but does not itself establish durable institutions.
Hybrid Peace : A form of peace shaped by interaction between international peacebuilding agendas and local political practices. It highlights how local actors adapt or resist externally designed institutions.
Decolonization : The dismantling of colonial rule and its enduring political, economic, and cultural structures. Critiques ask whether international peacebuilding reproduces unequal forms of external authority.
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