Since their introduction in MONUSCO in 2010, Community Liaison Assistants (CLAs) have become a successful tool to support community engagement in peace operations. Research for this survey has indicated that the experiences ...

These guidelines provide suggested procedures on the identification, selection, approval, funding, implementation, monitoring, closure and evaluation of individual Quick Impact Projects (QIPs) and the overall management ...

While the extension of state authority (ESA) concept has not been clearly defined, examples from the ground have shown that it is based on three components: presence, capacity and legitimacy. In order for sustainable peace ...

This study analyses issues and dilemmas that peacekeeping operations and indeed the larger peacebuilding and development community has faced when engaging with civil society in conflict-affected environments with a particular ...

This policy defines the purpose of Quick Impact Projects (QIPs), and describes their nature, scope, size and duration. It outlines principles for programme and financial management of QIPs and provides direction on budgetary ...

This DPKO-DFS guidance seeks to help peacekeeping personnel effectively engage with civil society with the aim of broadening the range of actors peacekeeping missions engage with and better linking engagement efforts with ...

These guidelines apply to all field-based civilian and uniformed peacekeeping personnel who interact with members of the population of the host country as part of the execution of their duties, as well as those who are ...

The purpose of the Civil Affairs Handbook is to provide Civil Affairs Officers with detailed practical guidance on the implementation of civil affairs work in UN peacekeeping missions, as subsidiary guidance to the DPKO/DFS ...