Event Alert: BEFORE CEO Featured at United Nations

Posted June 3, 2010
Who: Dr. Heinz Krummenacher, PhD., CEO of the BEFORE Project
What: Brown Bag Lunch on BEFORE in practice and principle
When: Tuesday, June 8, 2010 from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
Where: CBCPR Conference Room, One UN Plaza, DC1-20th Floor, New York

BEFORE CEO, Dr. Heinz Krummenacher, discusses the work of the BEFORE Project, both in principle and in practice including their ‘active violence prevention’ work in Guinea and Guinea-Bissau. Started in 2008 as a joint swisspeace and the Alliance for Peacebuilding project and governed by a Board of renowned peacebuilding practitioners, the project works to prevent violent conflict in fragile states based on several key principles and guidelines:

  • local leadership in peacebuilding efforts (where international experts only provide guidance),
  • a comprehensive approach, addressing both structural and operational forms of prevention,
  • cooperation between state, supra-state and civil society actors,
  • flexibility to quickly adapt to changing circumstances,
  • long-term involvement since durable peace cannot be achieved overnight.