Community Collaborations

As practitioners and partners in UCP/A, we face some common challenges. Cross Organizational Working Groups have formed to grapple with important issues and develop materials that could be of value to Community members.

  • Reflections from the UCP/A Virtual Gathering in November, 2021, and the six regional UCP/A Good Practices Workshops that preceded it English | Spanish | French | Arabic

    “Good Practices in Unarmed Civilian Protection” (Paige McLain, Chris Grathwol, and Will Goltra; Nonviolent Peaceforce and University of Minnesota Human Rights Lab), February, 2021 English

  • Decolonizing Tool Box English | Spanish | French | Arabic

    Identifying Barriers to Decolonized Governance English | Spanish | French

    Key Lessons for Decolonizing English | Spanish | French

    Stages for Decolonizing UCP/A Governing Bodies English | Spanish | French

    Community Self-protection and Unarmed Civilian Protection/Accompaniment: a way to decolonize peace English | Spanish

    Peace Direct’s Journey of Decolonization English

  • Digital Dilemmas Experience Multilingual

    Harmful Information English

    Understanding Digital Risks in Armed Conflict English

  • Analysis of Peace Programming on Climate Change English

    Last Line of Defense English

    Defending Tomorrow English

    Defending Environmental Defenders English

  • How a UCP/A Group Could Harm the Community’s Ability to Protect Itself English | Spanish | French

    Guidelines for a Code of Ethics for UCP/A Organizations When Engaging Community Voices English | Spanish | French

    WANEP - Elections in East Africa English

    Responsible Partnerships? Risk, Protection, and Local Actors in Ukraine Humanitarian Response I English | Ukrainian | Spanish | French

  • On June 3rd, Community of Practice members formed an online consultation to learn how Unarmed Civilian Protection and Accompaniment (UCP/A) methods can be applied before, during, and after political elections. Speakers included Parfaite Ntahuba from the Quaker Peace Network (QPN) in Burundi; Atem Akonjang Austine Kechen from Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP) in South Sudan; and Mary Hanna from Meta Peace Teams in the US.

    Although all the speakers come from and work in vastly different contexts, some overarching themes and causes of election violence were identified and shared. Electoral processes are becoming increasingly exclusive with different marginalized groups working hard to overcome barriers to their participation in political decision-making.

    Read the Meeting Notes in English HERE