tools for conflict analysis
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TOOLS FOR
CONFLICT
ANALYSIS
What is conflict?“ A relationship between two or more interdependent parties in which at least one of the parties perceives the relationship to be negative & pursues opposing interests & needs.
What is violence?
1. Structural Violence2. Cultural Violence3. Direct Violence
Structural Violence
- How certain groups are discriminated against through social, political & economic system.
Cultural Violence
- Deeply ingrained attitudes & beliefs that justify the necessity of violence.
Direct Violence
- The use of threat of physical force or verbal attacks.
Why do a conflict analysis?
1. Conflict analysis helps thinking about how programmes are going to work in conflict-affected contexts.
Why do a conflict analysis?
2. Participatory conflict analysis can help parties to articulate the issues more clearly.
Why do a conflict analysis?
3. Understanding your context helps you adopt a conflict sensitive practice to your programmes.
TOOLS
Stages of Conflict
Stages of Conflict
To see the stages & cycles of escalation & de-escalation of conflict
To assess where the situation is now
To try to predict future patterns of escalation with the aim of preventing these from occurringAnalysis
Stages of Conflict
To analyse stages from the viewpoints of different sides or different parts of a country in conflict
To highlight critical points for possible intervention
To identify the cycles & triggers to escalating conflict
Intervention
Timeline
Timeline To show different views of history in a conflict;
To clarify and understand each side’s perception of events
To identify which events are most important to each side.Analysis
Timeline Used as a way of helping people to accept their own perspective as only part of the truth.
Can be used by the parties themselves & shared with each other.
Intervention
Actor Mapping
Actor MappingTo represent the conflict graphically
To place the parties in relation to the problem and each other
To identify all the parties directly or indirectly invlovedAnalysis
Actor MappingTo look for openings or new strategies
To see where our allies or potential allies are placed to find our own niche
To evaluate what has been done.
Intervention
Conflict TreeTo stimulate discussion about causes & effects in a conflict
To help a group to agree on the core problem
To relate causes & effects to each other & to the focus of the organizationAnalysis
Conflict TreeTo assist a group or team to make decisions about priorities for addressing conflict issues
To decide about which conflict issues they should try to address.
Intervention
ABC TriangleTo identify these three sets of factors for each of the major parties
To analyse how these influence each other
To relate these to the needs & fears of each partyAnalysis
ABC TriangleTo identify a starting point for intervention in the situation
To identify what factors might be addressed by an intervention
To reveal how change in one aspect might affect another.
Intervention
POSITIONS
NEEDS
INTEREST
OnionTo identify the positions, interest & needs of each party
To identify possible common areas of divergence in the interests or needs of parties
To build a comprehensive picture of each parties positions, interests and needs
Analysis
OnionTo prepare for mediation
To identify entry points for joint work
To build on commonalities
Intervention
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