policy and advocacy strategies for peacebuilding in the south caucasus region
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Policy and advocacy strategies for peacebuilding in the South Caucasus region. OXON HOATH, UK November 2011. Conflict environment. Red lines. Territories insist that recognition is a precondition for any other kind of discussion Refusal to acknowledge dignity of other - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Policy and advocacy strategies for peacebuilding in the South
Caucasus region
OXON HOATH, UK
November 2011
Conflict environment
Red lines
• Territories insist that recognition is a precondition for any other kind of discussion
• Refusal to acknowledge dignity of other • Insistence on discourse on own terms• Unresolved issues an excuse for failure• Higher-level processes detached from
society
Development environment
• Widespread economic collapse
• Unemployment rate over 40%
• 6% - 16% women in national assemblies
• Gender pay gap of 50% - 60%
• Highest selective abortion rates in world
• Drastic labour migration
• Ethnic conflict retard social development
Advocacy environment
• Reasonable sign-up to international conventions, agreements, etc
• Eagerness to be seen to be adhering to Western-liberal agenda
• No practical implementation of treaties• No understanding or buy in of issues• Tendency to power centralisation• No demand from population for
governance
Levels of action
PARTNER
Community activists
COMMUNITY MEMBERS
Levels of advocacy
Local level
National level
International level
Create demand for good governance
Contribute to enabling environment for activists
Make the agenda hang together (multiply further)