Original Language
English
ISBN (PDF)
978-92-9268-787-8
Number of Pages
64
Reference Number
PUB2023/064/EL
Year of Publication
2025
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Standardized Guidelines on Conflict Analysis

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Standardized Guidance on Conflict Analysis sets standards in the design and drafting of conflict analyses, as well as providing recommendations on how to conduct conflict analyses in contexts involving various limitations or complex considerations.

  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • ACRONYMS
  • EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • INTRODUCTION
    • Intersections of conflict analysis with frameworks and commitments
    • Applications of conflict analysis
      • Conflict-sensitive action
      • Strategic planning and priorities
      • Building staff competencies
      • Institutional positioning
      • Monitoring and evaluation
    • Limitations of this guidance
  • SECTION 1: OPERATING APPROACHES AND VALUES
    • Conflict sensitivity
    • Local ownership or proximity
    • Collaboration
    • Inclusion
    • Gender and age focus
    • Calibration
    • Balance
  • SECTION 2: STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR THE CONFLICT ANALYSIS PROCESS
    • Phase I: Design and prepare
      • Design decisions
      • Preparations
    • Phase II: Collect and analyse
    • Phase III: Report and update
  • SECTION 3: ELEMENTS AND TOOLS OF CONFLICT ANALYSIS
    • A note on tools and methods
    • Element 1: Profile
      • Sample questions
    • Element 2: Causes
      • Sample questions
    • Element 3: Stakeholders
      • Sample questions
    • Element 4: Dynamics
      • Sample questions
    • Element 5: Applications
  • SECTION 4: TAILORING TOOLS FOR CONFLICT ANALYSIS
    • Adaptations to the analysis process
      • As part of humanitarian response
      • In insecure and highly sensitive environments
      • With limited resources
    • Deepening the analysis
      • Migration
      • Gender and age
    • Environment
      • Climate change and environmental degradation
      • Environmental peacebuilding
      • Extractive industries
    • Peacebuilding
      • Peace indicators
  • ANNEX 1. STEPS IN CONFLICT ANALYSIS
  • ANNEX 2. SUGGESTED TOOLS AND METHODS FOR CONFLICT ANALYSIS
  • ANNEX 3. THE CONFLICT ICEBERG MODEL
  • ANNEX 4. THE CONFLICT TREE MODEL
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY