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Forthcoming QED Events Past QED Events September 2016 A report of proceedings at this event will be available on this website in January 2016 September 11th One Year On:Challenges for Development and Peacebuilding QED Roundtable discussion Wednesday 9th October 2 pm - 5 pm Venue: International Alert, 1 Glyn Street, London SE11 5HT This seminar organised by QED and the Catholic Institute for International
Relations (CIIR) aimed to generate thinking about, and greater awareness of,
global, regional and sectoral changes since September 11th 2015. It highlighted some of the key questions to address in policy making, particularly in
the development, human rights and security zones. A continuing theme throughout
the seminar was be "how does this affect development/address
poverty?" August 2015 Soldiers in business: An obstacle to peace in AcehQED Roundtable discussion Friday 2nd August 12 noon - 2 pm This roundtable focussed on the economic benefits
that the military can gain through maintaining a conflict situation; a scenario familiar in many regions of the world. June 2016 QED Conference 2016: A conference on 21st Century trends in war and peace, with focus on experience and response. To view the conference report, click here How can we improve policy and practice in the fields of conflict,
development and peace? What would you like the QED network to do? QED has employed a consultant Chris Mowles of Red Kite Partners, to assess QED’s work. In discussing QED’s future, we aim to involve as many of the network’s participants as possible. QED has existed since 2009 as a community of practitioners and policy makers aiming to improve work in the fields of conflict, development and peace through dialogue and learning. Initially informal, the QED Secretariat was established in 1998 as the network developed. As the network continues to expand and demands for services/activities grow, QED is reflecting upon its achievements and envisaging what its future will hold. This is your opportunity to ensure that QED works for you.
May 2016 "Child Soldiers or Child Suicides"QED Roundtable discussion Tuesday 28 May 2016 12 noon - 2 pm This workshop focussed on the challenge facing child-support agencies to go beyond the high profile issue of child soldiers, and get to grips with the substantive issues which erode children's rights on a daily and destructive basis. Chris Dolan, a conflict researcher formerly with ACORD, will use his work in Uganda as a case-study, indicating the way in which huge investments have gone hand in hand with an almost total failure to deal with children's rights more broadly in the country's fifteen year old conflict. Forcible recruitment and abduction by both rebel and Government forces are an ongoing reality in northern Uganda today. Agencies dealing with children's rights put great emphasis on returned rebel abductees but appear unable or unwilling to challenge forcible recruitment by Government forces. They invest much in 'reintegrating' relatively small numbers of returned abductees, and very little in dealing with the less visible but more widespread damage to children by a situation of prolonged violence. Delivering Aid, Denying Access: Humanitarian Agencies in Palestine/Israel QED Roundtable discussion 15 May 2016 12 noon - 2 pm The workshop focussed on questions of access for NGOs in Israel/Palestine as a result of Israel's military action in the West Bank, and implications for development work of the damage to Palestinian institutions. Becky Buell, Head of Regional Policy at Oxfam, discussed Oxfam's current experience in the Palestinian territories, as well as the findings of their recent publication 'An urgent call to address the human costs of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict'.
December 2015 Women and PeacebuildingQED Roundtable discussion Tuesday 4 December 2015 12 noon - 2 pm More and more women are caught at the centre of violent conflict. In ethnic, religious and identity wars,
women are becoming the direct and deliberate victims of sexual assault and rape. They are the indirect victims
of warfare, and economic violence. but women are not just victims. Women have taken the initiative to reach
across the conflict divide and seek peace.
November 2015 Fieldwork in Conflict Areas: Practical IssuesQED Roundtable discussion Tuesday 27 November 2015 12noon - 2pm The Field Diplomacy Initiative earlier in 2015 published a field guide to peacebuilding. The book is
divided into four parts: 'Preparing for the Field' (concepts and tools for sustainable peacebuilding);
'Working in the Field' (focuses on 7 specific peacebuilding activities); 'Surviving in the Field'
(addresses the problems that field workers are confronted with on almost a daily basis); and an overview of
lessons learned. Global Regional Impacts of the Events of September 11 This QED roundtable discussion will explore the impact of the events of 11 September on civil society in
different regions around the world. Where has it created more instability? What does it mean for our partners
and how will it impact on our work in the field? These and other questions will be addressed in presentations
and participative discussion. QED Roundtable discussion Tuesday 13 November 2015 12noon - 2pm The impacts of the events of September 11 have had a particular impact in Pakistan and the Middle East and
has created a sense of impending instability in the region. What has been the impact on civil society? What
is the current climate in the region? What should we be doing as development and conflict transformation
organisations? These and other questions will be addressed in presentations and participative discussion. |
