2. A conflict-sensitive approach involves:  Gaining a sound understanding of the two- way interaction between activities and context;  Acting to minimize negative impacts and maximize positive impacts of interventions on conflict;  Within an organisation’s given priorities and mandate. Key elements:  Carry out a conflict analysis and update it regularly;  Link the conflict analysis with the programming cycle of your intervention (design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation);  CS integration at the institutional level.

3.  4 country consortia: Kenya, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, UK  35 member agencies: CARE, Save the Children, ActionAid, CAFOD, World Vision, Plan, International Alert, Saferworld, …  Lead agency: Care International UK  Duration: July 2008 to March 2012  Funded by DFID

4. Maralal May 2011 – children; Maralal May 2011 – community meeting; Sri Lanka annual event February 2011

5. Project Goal: Greater impact of development and humanitarian assistance through improved and more widespread mainstreaming of conflict sensitive approaches. Project Objectives:  Shared understanding of CSA across a network of international and local development, humanitarian and peace building organisations;  Lessons and recommendations for mainstreaming effective CSA across a range of contexts and sectors disseminated to policy-makers, donors and practitioners;  Strengthened expertise and capacity amongst member organisations and civil society partners to institutionalise and implement CSA, at HQ and local levels.

6.  Shared definition of conflict sensitivity  Assessing and building institutional capacity: self- assessment, change objectives, peer support and progress monitoring by 35 agencies in 4 country consortia  Piloting innovative approaches  Capturing and disseminating lessons learnt  Influencing the policies and practices of peer agencies, partners, donors and governments

7. KENYA SIERRA LEONE  CAFOD Maralal and CARE Kibera pilot projects  CS sensitisation and capacity-building of National Cohesion and Integration Commission (IDP resettlement policy)  Work on CS media reporting for ICC trials and campaigning for 2012 elections  CARE Conservation Agriculture and Red Cross Community Animation and Peace Support pilot projects  CS and aid effectiveness: dialogue with peer NGOs, donors and government and engagement in International Dialogue in Peacebuilding and Statebuilding  CS and extractive industries

8. SRI LANKA UNITED KINGDOM  Peace and Community Action pilot project  Do No Harm and CS guidance in local languages  Donor policy review and in-depth case studies  CS in partnership strategies  CS integration in strategies and policies at headquarters level  Outreach and influencing: Comic Relief, DFID, contribution to UK civil society preparations for Busan  CS in Emergencies: research, launch of paper in London, Geneva, Freetown, Islamabad, implementation of recommendations and influencing of the humanitarian sector

9.  Conflict analysis: fundamental but key challenge: link to intervention; needs to be regularly updated (including through light-touch continuous context monitoring); can be integrated in broader assessment processes (ex: ActionAid PVA)  Importance of flexibility and capacity to adjust implementation plans  Relevance of CS for emergency responses  Relevance of CS: not just at project and programme level but for all departments in an organisation  Importance of senior management buy-in

10.  How to integrate CS into…. an intervention o Project management cycle (analysis, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation) o Emergency response  How to integrate CS into…. an organisation o Organisational strategies and policies o Human resources, staff awareness and capacity o Programming frameworks o Finance, procurement, …  Working with others : beneficiaries, partners, government, donors

11.  Business case: why should CS be a priority for donors?  Benchmarks for donors: how to enable and promote conflict-sensitive approaches