Swisspeace
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| Type | Non-governmental Organization |
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| Purpose | Peacebuilding, Peace Research, Training |
| Headquarters | Bern and Basel, Switzerland |
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Key people
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Jakob Kellenberger, President Prof. Laurent Goetschel, Director |
| Affiliations | University of Basel; Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences |
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Staff
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50 |
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Formerly called
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Swiss Peace Foundation |
Jakob Kellenberger, President
swisspeace is a practice-oriented peace research institute located in Bern and Basel, Switzerland. It aims to contribute to the improvement of conflict prevention and conflict transformation by supporting Swiss and international actors in their peacebuilding activities.
swisspeace was founded in 1988 as the Swiss Peace Foundation with the goal of strengthening independent peace research in Switzerland. Today swisspeace employs approximately fifty people and is headquartered in Bern, Switzerland. swisspeace is a member of the (SAHS) and is an associated Institute of the University of Basel.Jakob Kellenberger, former president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), became president of swisspeace on the organization’s 25th anniversary on 10 September 2013. Professor Laurent Goetschel is the director of swisspeace.
The most important donors and clients are the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) as well as national and international organizations, foundations and think tanks.
swisspeace aims to shape and help implement the Swiss government‘s peace and security policy through research, training, advisory services and information sharing. It cooperates with other organizations and has the capacity to found new organizations. The Foundation focuses on the following subjects:
Third parties can play an important role in establishing dialogue between warring parties. In collaboration with the Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich, swisspeace advices peace mediators of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) and offers annual training courses on the subject of peace mediation. The Foundation currently also works with UN Women on the participation of women in the peace process and on minority issues in Myanmar.
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