Conflict in Context is a monthlong campaign exploring conflict, transition and recovery. With our partners, we look at how development organizations can respond to crisis and promote peace.
Devex is the media platform for the global development community. A social enterprise, we connect and inform 700,000+ development, health, humanitarian, and sustainability professionals through news, business intelligence, and funding & career opportunities so you can do more good for more people.
Since the founding of Chemonics in 1975, we have worked side-by-side with the people and institutions we serve to design integrated approaches and deliver innovative solutions. We focus our efforts in agriculture and food security, health, gender, education and youth, economic growth and trade, water and energy, urban development, environment and natural resources, democracy and governance, and conflict and crisis. Our approach promotes meaningful partnerships — engaging local communities as beneficiaries, stakeholders and leaders — to create local solutions that overcome challenges and drive meaningful change. Entirely employee-owned and ISO-9001 certified, we are passionate about innovation, integrity and impact.
Cordaid is the Catholic Organisation for Relief and Development Aid, with its headquarters in the Hague and country offices in 11 countries. It has been fighting poverty and exclusion in the world’s most fragile societies and conflict-stricken areas for a century. It delivers innovative solutions to complex problems by emphasizing sustainability and performance in projects that tackle security and justice, health and economic opportunity. Cordaid is deeply rooted in the Dutch society with more than 300,000 private donors. Cordaid is a founding member of Caritas Internationalis and CIDSE.
Mercy Corps helps people in the world’s toughest places turn the crises of conflict, poverty and disaster into opportunities for progress. Our global team of 3,700 professionals is improving the lives of 16.7 million people in more than 40 countries, the vast majority of which are considered at high or moderately high risk for instability. While we recognize the difficulties of operating in these environments, we believe that transitional environments offer tremendous opportunities for positive change. Mercy Corps has implemented more than 100 peacebuilding programs, building global expertise in conflict resolution and integrated programs that promote peace.
With 57 participating States in North America, Europe and Asia, the OSCE is the world’s largest regional security organization, working to ensure peace, democracy and stability for more than a billion people. With a comprehensive approach to security that encompasses politico-military, economic and environmental, and human aspects, the OSCE aims to improve the lives of individuals and communities through political dialogue and as a platform for action.
USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) supports U.S. foreign policy objectives by helping local partners advance peace and democracy in priority countries in crisis. USAID/OTI provides fast, flexible, short-term assistance targeted at key political transition and stabilization needs. Strategically designed for each unique situation, USAID/OTI has laid the foundation for long-term development by promoting reconciliation, jumpstarting local economies, supporting emerging independent media and fostering peace and democracy through innovative programming. In countries transitioning from authoritarianism to democracy, from violence to peace or following a fragile peace, USAID/OTI’s programs serve as catalysts for positive political change.
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