Summary

This report provides a snapshot of the current state of local to global engagement within the global peacebuilding policy space from the perspective of both local and global actors, with focused attention on how inclusion and participation of local perspectives is undertaken. It highlights what methods and approaches are used by global actors to connect local actors to the global peacebuilding policy space, as well as presents some of the views national, sub-national, and local civil society peacebuilding actors have and the challenges they define regarding the global peacebuilding policy space.

The aim of this paper is not to provide a study of actors, organisations, institutions, or policy frameworks per se, nor is it a comprehensive overview of the entire peace and security space. Rather, it is focused specifically on the global peacebuilding policy arena, and the engagements and practices used broadly by global actors to connect local actors to this space as a means of thinking about and promoting more considered, power-informed local-to-global engagement, and more specifically, inclusive, equitable participation in the global peacebuilding policy space.