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Did you just finish your Bachelor in international relations, social sciences or similar disciplines? Are you interested in international cooperation, peacebuilding, human rights or development? The KOFF Platform offers a challenging internship in an attractive field of work with political relevance.

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The Honduran government has recently created a virtual platform to ensure the sustainability of investments in the country during the Corona crisis. Its aim is to process environmental permits for extractive projects. In this Blog article, Peace Watch International raises the resulting human rights issues.

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This KOFF roundtable will provide the virtual space to discuss and reflect on the meaning, challenges and opportunities of such a concept for related work and explore potential synergies and avenues for collaboration on this topic in the KOFF Platform.

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In 2019, Fondation Hirondelle defined a new strategy for the years to come, following discussions with its employees, management, Board and partners. This strategy focuses on strengthening collaboration with local partners, particularly for the co-production of content; on the ability to respond rapidly to humanitarian or health emergencies; and on developing the capacity to deal with global issues (environment, human rights, education, etc.).

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This report draws together key observations from the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform’s Annual Retreat 2020. It focuses on the prospective priorities for peacebuilding in 2020 and themes for the GPP’s community curation.

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This film talks about indigenous Americans fighting against the Dakota Access Pipeline and for their right to self-determination.

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Together with 20 civil society organizations, the Swiss Platform for Peacebuilding KOFF asks the Swiss Government and Parliament to substantially and financially contribute to international efforts to counter the dramatic socioeconomic and ecological consequences of COVID19, particularly in the poorest countries of the world.

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The 15th Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day Ceremony will be live streamed on April 27th 2020 at 20:30pm to viewers in Israel, Palestine and all over the world by Combatants for Peace and the Parents Circle - Families Forum.

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The next online-based mentoring programme for project managers will take place starting from 1 May 2020.

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...how to manage your project properly and well in fragile contexts and

...how you can strengthen your personal skills to be self-effective.

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The Indian author and activist Arundhati Roy described the corona pandemic as "a portal between one world and the next". Humans can now choose a new world for which we would be prepared to fight. PeaceWomen Across the Globe also wishes that the pandemic can lead to a change in thinking, paving the way to the more peaceful and just world that we have been working towards for 15 years. However, without increased global solidarity and cooperation with and between civil society actors, no new world can emerge beyond the portal. Read the full statement here.

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