PSO capacity building in fragile states

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PSO capacity building in fragile states

• Johan te Velde
• IKV Pax Christi
• 7 April 2009

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Introduction

• Fragile states as an issue
• What will be the requirements of MFS-II?
• (tailor-made, collaboration and added value)

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The Dutch Government fragile states policy

• Improving the security of civilians (human
  security).
• Contributing to a legitimate government with
  sufficient capacity
• Realising peace dividend

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Traditional role of civil society (in fragile
states) in the eyes of government

• Service delivery
• Legitimising government (buy-in of communities)
• But civil society does more

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Civil societies 7 functies of civil society in
peace building

• Protection
• Monitoring
• Advocacy/public communication
• Socialization
• Social cohesion
• Intermediation/facilitation
• Service provision

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Civil societies 7 functies in peace building

• Social cohesion
• Cohesion (samenhang in de samenleving)
• Polder model in the Netherlands
• Ownership , networks, inter-group, linking
• Socialization
• - Internalizing cultural values
• Democratic culture, culture of tolerance
• Ownership, intra-group

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Civil societies 7 functies in peace building

• Intermediation and facilitation
• Conflict-related
• Zooming in/out from conflict
• Conflict mediation
• Service provision
• MDGs
• efficiency

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Civil societies 7 functies in peace building

• Protection
• Contact (with NGOs) brings some kind of safety
  to opposition groups in repressive situations
• Monitoring
• monitor relative safety in a particular area

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Civil societies 7 functies in peace building

• Advocacy/public communication
• Convincing governmental agencies of policy
  changes
• Lobby Behind close doors, systematic, informal
• Advocacy to further an aim by changing public
  opinion

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Why yet again other categories?

• Within organisation/alliance who is doing what?
• Between organisations better division of labour
• Working out functions into interventions
  (requirement of MFS II?)
• Allocation of finances, steering mechanism
• Improving communication (one language and jargon)
  and possibility to compare
• Clarity about what the aim of the peace building
  activity is it strengthens the NGOs position

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Strategic questions

• Messy problems or management for results ?
• More people or key people strategy ?
• Differences per context?
• Phase of conflict full-fledged of cold war
  situation?
• Which kind of cooperation with authorities is
  needed and desirable per function
• The (public) image of the NGO, related to trust
• Position in aid chain ?

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Exercise classification 20 points divided over
7 functies

• Protection
• Monitoring/Early Warning
• Advocacy/ Public communication
• Socialization
• Social Cohesion
• Intermediation/ Facilitation
• Service provision

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