1 / 15

REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA AND THE PEACEBUILDING

REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA AND THE PEACEBUILDING. Assist . Prof. Dr. Vladimir Prebilič Faculty of Social Sciences University of Ljubljana. WHAT IS PEACEBUILDING?

nelia
Download Presentation

REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA AND THE PEACEBUILDING

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA AND THE PEACEBUILDING Assist. Prof. Dr. Vladimir Prebilič Facultyof Social Sciences Universityof Ljubljana

  2. WHAT IS PEACEBUILDING? “Peacebuilding embodies a range of actions to identify, establish and support structures for strengthening and consolidating peace. Those actions need to be used and integrated so as to help address underlying drivers of conflict. It is relevant to societies vulnerable to violent conflict and instability as those already suffering from violence. Whether started before, after or during the eruption of conflict, peacebuilding must be seen as a longterm exerciseto change structures, attitudes and behaviors”by International Alert.

  3. WHAT IS THE BACKGROUND OF THE PEACEBUILDING? • introduced by the UN as a integral part of the last step of the establishing peace in the region (1992) • role of the Brahimi report – no long lasting peace without peacebuilding • NATO understand the peace building process as follow up involvement – after the forceful part of the conflict has been ended

  4. WHAT DO WE HAVE OR SHOULD HAVE IN MIND? • strengthening and consolidating peace = we need to have peace!? • when does the peacebuilding process start? • comprehensive approach = targeting causes of the conflict = do we have the knowledge? • are there vulnerable societies to conflict? = europocentric viewpoint • long term exercise? = do we have time? • does long term exercise mean long term funding? = does international community have means? • are we honest? = do we really want to solve the conflict? • is thehre hidden agenda? = does the peace-business really exist?

  5. which institution is able to carry out the peace building efforts? = are the armed forces the right address? • necessity of bringing all parties together = importance of the two way dialog • do we understand the importance of the reconciliation procedure?

  6. CAN WE HAVE LONG TERM PEACE AFTER THE CONFLICT? War Hatred as latent conflict Consequences of war Living heappely ever after…

  7. Slovenia’s Objectives inInternationalDevelopment Policy • The Slovenian government and governmental institutions regard peacebuildingas a broad concept –Official DevelopmentAssistance (ODA). Is development assistance achieving right goals?

  8. Slovenia’s Objectives inInternationalDevelopment Policy • Based on its economic development level and its membership in the EU, Slovenia has become a donor country for development assistance • Direct development assistance reach 0.33 percent of GNI by 2015 – currentfinancial and economic crisis? • Slovenia has defined the territorial priorities for its medium-term period of international development assistance (until 2015) - Western Balkans

  9. Who coordinates the efforts? • Interministerial body to plan, coordinate, monitor and evaluate implementation of international development cooperation- leading role of MFA • To directly implement this policy Government of Slovenia and the MFA have established or co-founded special institutions • ODA efforts are still depending upon the commitment of the individual minister

  10. NGO’s inSlovenia and Peacebuilding • Around 900,000 citizens is participating in NGOs on a voluntary basis. • Peace building capabilities have only the largest, most visible and influential NGOs in Slovenia that are an integral part of international organizations • They have possibilities for beyond national borders activities

  11. NGO’s inSlovenia and Peacebuilding-positive experience • NGOs cooperate with state institutions in the event of natural and other disasters, when MFA representativesconsult NGOs • There is also cooperation in the area of education and training – NGOsnamely contribute their fieldexperience and thus prepare members of SAF, the police, civil functional specialists (CFS) and others

  12. Some Recommendations forImprovements 1. Increase the involvement of the EU and its structures in highlighting the benefits of the peacebuildingprocess to Slovenian decision-makers and to the Slovenian public.

  13. Some Recommendations forImprovements 2. Identify the origin of negative perceptions of peacebuilding amongst the population. 3. Encourage the participation of all political and public opinion leaders in peacebuilding and ODAdiscussions, as was the case with Slovenian entrance into Euro-Atlantic organizations.

  14. Some Recommendations forImprovements 4. Incorporate peacebuilding into educational curricula. 5.Enhance cooperation between ministries involved in peacebuilding activities, especially as regards public administration.

  15. Some Recommendations forImprovements 6. Clarify the meaning of peacebuilding through government-sponsored awareness campaigns. 7. Support capacity-building of NGOs and academia, in order to develop a cadre of professionalpeacebuilders to support Slovenia’s engagement in peacebuilding activities.

More Related