The
#OsloForum
retreat for peacemakers and mediators is back 21–22 June! This year’s theme: ‘Spaces for dialogue in a polarised world’. A special thanks to our partners and co-hosts
@NorwayMFA
. For more information:
Check out the 🆕 podcast 🎙️ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿’𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 - for one-on-one talks with
#peacemakers
and a glimpse into the hidden world of conflict mediation.
An
#OsloForum
podcast by
@hdcentre
&
@NorwayMFA
Listen to the podcast here:
We are pleased to announce that
@margotwallstrom
, former
#Swedish
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, has agreed to join HD's Foundation Board. Read more here:
HD welcomes the signing of an agreement to peaceful co-existence during and beyond the pandemic, signed by community leaders, youth groups and women leaders of 10 farmer-herder communities at the HD-led dialogue to resolve the farmer-herder conflict in Benue state in Nigeria.
This year’s
#OsloForum
retreat captured the risks and uncertainties of geopolitical rifts, renewed nuclear escalation and confrontation on various continents for more than 100 mediators, diplomats, experts and conflict parties 👉
@NorwayMFA
#peacemaking
Our warmest congratulations to our Regional Director for Africa, Meredith Preston McGhie, on her appointment as the new Secretary General of
@GlobalPluralism
. We wish her all the best as she takes on her new role:
As social media plays an increasingly significant role in undermining peace, HD’s social media and conflict mediation team is happy to announce the establishment of a high-level experts group to increase collaboration on social media and peace agreements. 1/5
That's a wrap for
#OsloForum
2023. Thank you to our partner
@NorwayMFA
and all the participants for making the 20th anniversary of the premier
#peacemaking
retreat such a success! Coming soon: A full report and new Mediator's Studio podcast episodes with
@adamtalkspeace
.
Are you a keen writer with a creative and innovative proposal to improve mediation and peacemaking? Enter the Oslo Forum Peacewriter Prize for a chance to share your ideas with a wider audience.
#mediation
#peacemaking
Find out more:
The
#OsloForum
returns this week as leaders and conflict mediators from around the world gather to discuss peacemaking in a world in flux.
Press release:
@NorwayMFA
HD is pleased to join 9 other
#mediation
and
#peacemaking
organisations to establish principles and measures ensuring that we work collaboratively and in support of each other to prevent, mitigate and resolve armed conflict. Read the statement here:
HD welcomes the renewal of the SOCADEF’s unilateral ceasefire despite a tense situation on the ground. HD also calls on all parties to the conflict to deescalate violence and engage in talks.
How are Information and Communication Technologies affecting
#peace
processes? HD’s newest publication Peacemaking and new technologies, helps mediators frame discussions about the impact of ICT innovations on
#conflict
and
#mediation
. Read it here:
Check out
#TheOsloForum
2022 report for this interview with
@EroComfort
from
@CrisisGroup
on what motivated her to become a peacemaker, the best advice she ever got and what keeps her up at night in a world of conflict.
👉
@NorwayMFA
Are you ready for
@rightscon
? Join the conversion on social media and peace agreements hosted by
@howtobuildpeace
@dfrlab
and HD on Wednesday 9 June, 14h45 EST. Spots are limited so join early!
HD is excited to (virtually) welcome participants to Day 1 of the sixth donor-practitioner roundtable to discuss the value of adaptive M&E for
#peace
mediation.
This week on 🎙️The Mediator’s Studio: Betty Bigombe retraces her steps to northern Uganda as government
#negotiator
, engaging the LRA in her efforts to end the civil war. Listen and subscribe:
@NorwayMFA
@adamtalkspeace
As the 2019
#OsloForum
comes to a close, Norwegian Member of Parliament and Chair of the HD Board
@EspenBarthEide
shares his thoughts on how mediators can address the multiplication of peacemaking actors today.
@NorwayMFA
That's it for
#OsloForum
2024. Thank you to all the participants who gathered to discuss "Mediation against all odds" and to our partners
@NorwayMFA
.
A full report on the 2024 retreat and new episodes of The Mediator's Studio with
@adamtalkspeace
are coming later this year.
Never have digital technologies been more crucial to the work of mediators than today. Take a look at the Toolkit developed by HD and
@UNDPPA
on using digital technologies in mediation contexts here:
ICYMI - In the latest episode of
#TheMediatorsStudio
, Jeffrey Feltman tells
@adamtalkspeace
about the rewards and frustrations of a diplomatic career, and the lessons for mediation he has learned along the way.
🎧
HD is deeply honoured to receive the Carnegie Wateler Peace Prize for 2022 in recognition of our “track record of finding the means, including
#mediation
, to bring parties together and end conflicts”. Read more
The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue remains at the disposal of the Swiss mediation and the parties to contribute to the peaceful settlement of the crisis in the Anglophone regions. All other information is incorrect.
Switzerland remains at the disposal of the parties to contribute to the peaceful settlement of the crisis in the north-west and south-west of Cameroon. All other information is incorrect. Switzerland’s commitment is motivated by humanitarian considerations.
The
#OsloForum
2022 report – Spaces for dialogue in a polarised world – is out! Come behind the scenes of the Forum with insights and photos of more than 120 senior peacemakers working on today’s most challenging conflicts.
@NorwayMFA
In this week’s episode of 🎙️The Mediator’s Studio, Norwegian diplomat
@DagNylander
sheds light on the process that led to the 2016 Colombian peace agreement. Listen here:
@NorwayMFA
@adamtalkspeace
On Lebanon 🇱🇧, North Korea 🇰🇵, Iran 🇮🇷 and beyond – hear Jeffrey Feltman tell
@adamtalkspeace
about his incredible experiences as US 🇺🇸 Ambassador and UN 🇺🇳 official on this week’s🆕episode of The Mediator’s Studio. Listen here:
Not long to wait before
#TheMediatorsStudio
returns. Stay tuned as
@adamtalkspeace
meets local mediators, former UN officials, government representatives, conflict parties and more. New episodes every Thursday, from next week. Catch up here:
The FDPC and the group 3R, two signatories to the Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in the Central African Republic, have declared their solidarity in the fight against the
#COVID19
pandemic. HD welcomes this renewed commitment to peace in
#CAR
.
As the
#Oslo
Forum draws to a close, thank you to all the participants who gathered from around the world to reflect on challenges for peacemaking and spaces for dialogue.
Exclusive video: The first grain ship leaves Ukraine's Odesa port this morning. Congratulations to the Joint Coordination Centre, including HD's Maryna Domushkina. Amazing effort from all who have worked on this since March.
#ukraine
#grain
#JointCoordinationCentre
Summer book
#1
: Harvard professor of psychology
@sapinker
recommends "The Internationalists: How a Radical Plan to Outlaw War Remade the World" by
@oonahathaway
and
@scottjshapiro
. Read more about his take on the book here:
HD salue la signature, le 28 août 2018, d’un accord de paix entre les
communautés peulh et dogon du cercle de Koro dans la région de
#Mopti
au
#Mali
. L’accord met un terme à plus d’une année de conflit intercommunautaire. Lire la suite :
Dialogue and mediation work when it comes to ending conflicts. The
#SmartPeace
consortium brings together the expertise of leading organisations in the mediation field, pushing for peace in CAR, Myanmar, and Nigeria. Find out how here:
HD's Executive Director David Harland shares his thoughts on the upcoming
#OsloForum
2019, a retreat for international
#conflict
mediators, high-level decision-makers and other
#peace
process actors, taking place on 18-19 June in Norway.
@NorwayMFA
An agreement was reached in
#Libya
to restore water to over 2 million people at a time when access to water is paramount to combat
#COVID19
. Read here ->
In the essay ‘UN Envoys as conductors, not soloists’ released today by HD, former
#UN
USG for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman discusses the importance of coherence and complementarity between the UN and other
#peacemaking
actors. Read it here:
If you’re missing
#TheMediatorsStudio
, the wait is almost over! We’re back on Thursday with more stories and insights from behind the scenes of
#conflict
#mediation
. Starting in
#Nigeria
with businessman turned mediator, Ibrahim Saleh Hassan.
On Tuesday, 18 Feb at 12:30, in Geneva,
@DLanz_PeaceMed
from
@swisspeace
will present his recently published book The Responsibility to Protect in Darfur: From Forgotten Conflict to Global Cause and Back. Confirm your participation at: reception
@hdcentre
.org
🆕 SPECIAL episode of
#TheMediatorsStudio
: former enemies from
#Colombia
, Victoria Sandino & Sergio Jaramillo Caro, set aside the bitterness of the past to negotiate the historic
#peace
agreement between the gov and the
#FARC
.
Listen now 🎧
@NorwayMFA
HD thanks all the participants of the recently concluded Northeast Nigeria Symposium on Reintegration, Reconstruction & Resettlement co-hosted by HD,
@CrisisGroup
@NOA_Nigeria
and
@CRbuildpeace
.
As conflicts grew in number and gravity last year, HD achieved many successes on challenges ranging from coups and climate-fuelled violence to digital conflict and rising geopolitical tensions.
Sign up now 👉 for our webinar on 25 June on the impact of social media on peace efforts and the implications for implementation and monitoring. Join experts from HD,
@howtobuildpeace
and
@UNDPPA
for insights on a vital digital factor in making peace.
In the margins of the 2019
#OsloForum
, Katia Papagianni, HD’s Director for Mediation Support and Policy, shares her thoughts on how mediators can address the multiplication of
#peacemaking
tracks.
@NorwayMFA
HD welcomes the approval of the new Government of National Unity by Libya’s House of Representatives in Sirte.
The new government, which won the vote of confidence with a clear majority, will be tasked with organising the elections planned for December.
HD a eu le plaisir et l'honneur d'accueillir
@GhassanSalame
– diplomate, universitaire et artisan de la paix – qui a partagé son point de vue sur le monde et présenté son nouveau livre La tentation de Mars : Guerre et paix au XXIe siècle.
🎧
#Podcast
#TheMediatorsStudio
is coming back with a new season on Feb 15. Join
@adamtalkspeace
next week to listen to the new episodes with more stories from behind-the-scenes. Listen & subscribe➡️ Apple: and Spotify:
ICYMI – Our latest Oslo Forum paper looks back on 20 years since landmark
#UNSC
resolution 1325, and ahead to important next steps in the
#WPS
agenda. Read here:
#inclusion
#humanrights
📺"This is an area that's just emerging from conflict, so when
#COVID19
came, it really presented a threat."
#Peacebuilding
amid a pandemic? Here’s a glimpse of how HD is working with communities in the Southern
#Philippines
to do just that.
Watch:
HD welcomes the statement by the South Sudan Opposition Movements Alliance (SSOMA), committing to align itself with the UN Secretary General’s (UNSG) call for a global ceasefire. Read more here:
ICYMI: Have you discovered our podcast about
#peacemaking
around the 🌎? Listen to ten episodes of #𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 as
@adamtalkspeace
offers an insight into personal stories from mediators, governments & peace process actors.
🎧
HD is pleased to announce that the 2019
#OlsoForum
Peacewriter Prize has been awarded to
@alyverjee
for his essay: ‘Monitoring ceasefires is getting harder: greater innovation is required’. Read it here:
We gladly announce that Ambassador Pierre Vimont of France has been elected Chair of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue’s foundation board.
Read more:
In the second episode of The Mediator’s Studio, former UN SRSG to Libya,
@GhassanSalame
, speaks with
@adamtalkspeace
and reveals his frustration at today’s state of multilateralism and international cooperation. 🎙Listen to the episode:
@NorwayMFA
”Whereas the total number of ceasefires has gone down, local ceasefire agreements have significantly gone up in recent years.” In the photo:
@GovClayton
of
@CSS_Zurich
presenting
#CeasefireDataset
Interested in
#finance
and
#peacebuilding
? Join us this Thursday to explore key topics of collaboration, transparency, accountability, and more. Sign up here:
NEW on
#TheMediatorsStudio
: listen to both sides of the story of the peace agreement that ended 5 decades of civil war in
#Colombia
. Hear
@adamtalkspeace
with former High Commissioner for Peace Sergio Jaramillo Caro and
#FARC
Senator Victoria Sandino.