Challenges
Monitoring and evaluating environmental peacebuilding initiatives present a range of complex challenges. As a relatively new and dynamic field, the effectiveness of various interventions and their contextual suitability remains largely uncharted territory. These challenges stem from the youthfulness of the field, nascent theories of change, the complexity of multi-scale interactions, and the need to address power dynamics and equity. This lack of established evidence underscores the pressing need to learn from ongoing efforts and construct a solid foundation for future interventions. Moreover, understanding the multi-scalar nature of these interventions, coupled with the intricacies of systems thinking, demands a holistic approach to monitoring and evaluation. As the interdisciplinary expertise required, building capacity and promoting institutional learning become vital for effective monitoring and evaluation in environmental peacebuilding. By confronting these challenges, practitioners can enhance the knowledge base, refine strategies, and foster sustainable peacebuilding outcomes.
Resources
The Power of Real-World Qualitative Assessments for Addressing Climate Security Risks
Briefs & Development
Qualitative research can uncover hidden drivers and connectors, reveal unintended consequences, and generate contextualised and actionable knowledge by delving into the lived experiences, perceptions, values,…
Using Big Data and Geospatial Approaches in Evaluating Environmental Interventions
Library
Remote sensing and geospatial methods are useful, innovative tools for measuring environmental impact. They provide reliable and cost-effective baseline information, help detect changes over time,…
Evaluation in Contexts of Fragility, Conflict, and Violence: Guidance from Global Evaluation Practitioners
Library
This book is perfectly timed as an essential guide to help evaluators become better equipped, and contribute to evaluation practice that demonstrates its relevance and…
A Practical Guide to Measuring Women's and Girl's Empowerment in Impact Evaluations
Toolkits & Guidance
Impact evaluations can produce useful insights on how to design programs and policies that can increase women’s and girls’ empowerment and help us better understand…
Assessing Impacts of Environmental Peacebuilding In Caquetá, Colombia: a Multistakeholder Perspective
Briefs & Development
A major challenge in the field of environmental peacebuilding is showing the impact of its initiatives. Questions emerge, such as what kind of postwar peacebuilding…
Pioneers of Peace, Implementers of Humanitarianism: Learning from the Ambivalence of Peacebuilders
Library
This article nuances the popular explanation that peace interventions fail because of a culture of peacebuilders unwilling to engage with the local. As a foundational…
Data for Peacebuilding and Prevention Ecosystem Mapping: The State of Play and the Path to Creating a Community of Practice
Library
T his report is part of the new initiative on Data for Peacebuilding and Prevention, hosted at the NYU Center on International Cooperation in New…
Analogue Crisis, Digital Renewal? Current Dilemmas of Peacebuilding
Briefs & Development
The international architecture of peacebuilding and statebuilding, with the United Nations’ efforts central among them, is currently responding to a shift from ‘analogue’ to ‘digital’…
The (Im)possibilities of Disaster Risk Reduction in the Context of High-Intensity Conflict: The Case of Afghanistan
Briefs & Development
Conflict aggravates disaster risk and impact through increased vulnerability and weakened response capacities. Disaster risk reduction (DRR) and disaster governance are needed – but often…
Conflict in Abundance and Peacebuilding in Scarcity: Challenges and Opportunities in Addressing Climate Change and Conflict
Briefs & Development
Over the past decade, academic and policy communities have given significant attention to the potential connections between climate change and conflict (climate-conflict). While the degree…
Using Evaluation as a Learning Process in Post-Conflict Somalia
Library
The purpose of this study is to describe the nature of institutional evaluation in non-governmental social programs in Somalia. A large number of agencies that…
Transparency and Accountability in the Extractives Sector: A Synthesis of What Works and What Does Not
Library
While there are a number of transparency and accountability initiatives in the natural resources governance sector, evidence on the impact of these initiative remains sparse.…
Theories of Change in Sustainability Science
Library
Science-based initiatives generate particular changes towards sustainable development. But why and how does this work? Theories of change (ToCs) can help in understanding the theoretical…
Disaster Risk Reduction and Protracted Violent Conflict
Library
This report is part of the project ‘When disasters and conflict collide: uncovering the truth’, a collaboration between the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation…
Designing Peacebuilding and Conflict Management Training in Nigeria: National Peace Academy Experience
Library
Peacebuilding and conflict management capacity building through training has become a trend and is also considered a mechanism to help in rebuilding and stabilising post-conflict…
Adaptive Co-Management and Conflict Resolution for Rewilding across Development Contexts
Library
Terminal Evaluation of the UNEP/GEF Project "Strengthening Law Enforcement Capabilities to Combat Wildlife Crime for Conservation and Sustainable Use of Species in South Africa: (Target - Rhinoceros)" GEF ID 4937
Library
This report is a terminal evaluation of a UNEP-GEF funded project implemented between 2014 and 2019. The project’s overall objective was to improve the effectiveness…
Evaluating Transdisciplinary Approaches
Briefs & Development
Transdisciplinary (TD) approaches to research and innovation can transform policy, perspectives, and behavior to directly address or build capacity towards meeting global challenges. The number…
Disaster Risk Reduction in Conflict Contexts: The State of the Evidence
Briefs & Development
This working paper reviews the state of the evidence on disaster risk reduction (DRR) in conflict-affected contexts. It is intended to stimulate a more explicitly…
Civilian Science: The Potential of Participatory Environmental Monitoring in Areas Affected by Armed Conflicts
Briefs & Development
Legal and policy initiatives to address the environmental dimensions of armed conflicts and their impact on people, ecosystems and sustainable development are highly dependent on…
Disaster Risk Reduction Amidst Armed Conflict: Informal Institutions, Rebel Groups, and Wartime Political Orders
Library
Extant research has explored the effect of natural hazards on the risk of armed conflict, but very few studies have examined how conflict dynamics affect…
Community Defined Measures of Success and Inclusive Research in Peacebuilding
Library
Participatory research is a tool for community inclusion in peace and development programs. Participation is a popularly promoted concept, but rarely implemented in research. Search…
Measuring Unintended Effects in Peacebuilding: What the Field of International Cooperation Can Learn From Innovative Approaches Shaped by Complex Contexts
Briefs & Development
Capturing unintended impacts has been a persistent struggle in all fields of international development, and the field of peacebuilding is no exception. However, because peacebuilding…
Participatory Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation of Multi-Stakeholder Platforms in Integrated Landscape Initiatives
Library
Integrated landscape initiatives typically aim to strengthen landscape governance by developing and facilitating multi-stakeholder platforms. These are institutional coordination mechanisms that enable discussions, negotiations, and…
Blessing or a Burden? The Impact of Peace Services on Peace and Violence in Nepal
Library
Recent literature highlights the potential of infrastructures for peace for peacebuilding and violence prevention. An increasing number of studies examine cases of infrastructures for peace,…
Wicked Problems: Peacebuilding Evaluation Ethic
Library
An exchange like this is common in organizations and can be frustrating. The project manager feels like he or she is being asked for data…
Remembering the Red Sea Marine Peace Park
Library
This chapter aims to share the background of the Marine peace park (MPP) Korea initiative and explores implications and lessons from the experience of the…
Peacebuilding, Civil Society and Aid Conditionality in Cyprus: Evaluating Success Without Sustainability and Impact
Library
This briefing assesses bicommunal peacebuilding in Cyprus as promoted and funded by foreign donors. This is undertaken by considering policy versus outcome-based conditionality and the…
Local Experiences of Liberal Peace: Marketization and Emergent Conflict Dynamics in Sierra Leone
Library
Over the past 20 years scholars have repeatedly highlighted the complex relationship between conflict, peace and economics. It is today accepted that economic factors at…
Complexity Thinking for Peacebuilding Practice and Evaluation
Library
This book covers the design, evaluation, and learning for international interventions aiming to promote peace. More specifically, it reconceptualises this space by critically analysing mainstream…