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Thursday, 20 November 2025 | 13:15 – 15:15 CET | Bern

In November, our KOFF roundtable on the topic of Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning in Complexity: How to Capture Contributions to Peace provided a space to exchange on how different organizations define and capture their intended contributions to complex social outcomes, including peace and social cohesion, the challenges faced in capturing such outcomes with traditional MEL approaches, and reflect on the usefulness of evolving MEL approaches with adaptive and complexity-informed tools.

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Wednesday, 15 October 2025 | 14:30 – 16:00 CET, | online

In October, our KOFF roundtable on the topic of mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) for sustainable peace provided a space to learn about and jointly discuss how MHPSS elements should be incorporated in project management in fragile and conflict-affected contexts to strengthen the path towards sustainable peace. It also gave the opportunity to exchange on self-care strategies for peacebuilding professionals.

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Wednesday, 24 September 2025 | 09:45 – 11:45 CET | PROGR, Bern

In September, our KOFF roundtable on the topic of institutional localization provided a space for a practice-based peer-to-peer exchange on the operationalization of localization agendas, including persisting challenges and promising practices, to learn from each other with the goal of rendering our collective peacebuilding practice more effective and inclusive, as well as ot contribute to its decolonization.

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Thursday, 5 June 2025 | 14.30 - 16.00 CEST | English | virtually

In June, our KOFF roundtable on the topic of inclusive communication in peacebuilding took place, exploring the role of communication in peacebuilding and reconciliation processes. We are delighted to share the synthesis report of this roundtable with you which summarizes the discussions on practical approaches in fostering inclusive narratives and designing inclusive communication tools and strategies to strengthen social cohesion and promote peaceful societies.

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Thursday, 02 April 2025 | 14.15h - 16.45h | Bern

In April, our KOFF Roundtable on the topic of strengthening civil society took place, exploring the multifaceted and increasing challenges civil society faces. We are delighted to share the synthesis report of this roundtable with you which summarizes the discussions on challenges and promising approaches to strengthen civil society in peacebuilding.

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In December, our KOFF Roundtable on Climate Justice & Peace took place, exploring the interlinkage between climate justice and efforts for a more just, peaceful and inclusive society. We are delighted to share the synthesis of this roundtable with you. It summarizes the key points from the event on international climate justice advocacy, work on climate justice and peace in Western Sahara and climate justice efforts in the Lake Titicaca Region

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In June, our KOFF Roundtable on Conflict Sensitivity & Climate Change took place in Bern, looking at challenges associated with climate-related programming in fragile and conflict-affected settings. We are delighted to share the synthesis of this Roundtable with you. It summarizes the key points from the event and highlights relevant recommendations for practitioners working on climate-related programming.

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When addressing migration in peacebuilding, not only people on the move are relevant, but also people who are affected by some sort of negative migration outcome or involuntary immobility. There is great need for regular migration routes, for a broadened ability to migrate, and for a decriminalization of migration in general.

This was discussed in a KOFF Master Class back in February 2021. The conversations, insights, and concepts that were brought up during the Master Class, are critically reflected in this article.

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