Publications & reports

This publication has been produced by a group of young women and men drawn from several borderland communities in the Horn of Africa; and were part of a cross-border cooperation project implemented by LPI and its local civil society…

Lessons from the first experience of direct civil society funding in Somalia from the UN Peacebuilding Fund’s Gender and Youth Peacebuilding Initiative
The Gender and Youth Promotion Initiative (GYPI) is part of the United Nation’s Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) and is designed to support the empowerment of women, advancement of gender equality, and the important role youth people play in…

Youth as Drivers of Peace 2018 - 2019
In 2018 and 2019 LPI implemented the Connecting Across Divides: Youth as Drivers of Peace project in collaboration with the Mandera Peace Development Committee and Wajir Peace Development Agency. The process led to a number of critical…

Practical Avenues to Improve Support for Local Peace Actors
This paper, written in partnership between Life & Peace Institute, Dag Hammarskjold Foundation, and Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict, suggests practical avenues to improve the quality of financial support to local…

Lyssna – nu pratar vi växte fram ur en önskan från Life & Peace Institute (LPI) att lyssna på unga människors upplevelser av trygghet, tillit och inkludering. Denna önskan växte fram medan vi skrev Vi och dem? Om trygghet, tillit och…

This report highlights some of the efforts made and supported by LPI in 2020. It provides examples of the work of partners and people engaging for peaceful change.

This report explores the ways in which language affects inclusive decision-making on peacebuilding, reducing opportunities for meaningful engagement between global decision makers on peace and conflict and local peace actors that lead the…

Sedan Life & Peace Institute (LPI) först började arbeta i Sverige 2018 genom vårt Peacefinders-projekt har vi försökt att fördjupa vår förståelse av det svenska samhället på olika sätt. Genom möten med unga, med samarbetspartners och med…