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Latest News

Adapting Government for Stabilisation & Counter-Insurgency Operations

Dr Andrew Rathmell writes for the December RUSI Journal, discussing British & local government adaptations for successful stabilisation & COIN missions

Security & Justice Development - What Next?

In this paper for the Journal of Security Sector Management, Libra Director Dr Andrew Rathmell discusses the future for security and justice development.

Security Sector Evolution: Understanding & Influencing How Security Sector Institutions Change

Peter Wilson & Volha Piotukh analyse improved design, implementation and review of SSR programmes. Borrowing theory from economic and strategic management, they consider the implications of these insights for a new “evolutionary” approach to SSR

Conflict Prevention

Libra Directors and associates are experienced in the design and implementation of conflict resolution programmes in support of conflict prevention and building lasting peace. To achieve a coherent approach we work in close co-ordination with donors, United Nations agencies and military missions, international organisations, local and international non-governmental orgainisations and recipient governments. A cross-cutting theme throughout all of our activities is the promotion of open and transparent dialogue to overcome grievances and engage groups-in-conflict.

Through consultation and dialogue, our programmes engage the local population, broader civil society and non-governmental organisations, promoting reconciliation and conflict resolution. We use a range of mechanisms including capacity-building and income generation to restore confidence and build trust at community level. Projects are designed to address the root-causes of conflict - such as the exclusion of disadvantaged groups from employment opportunities - and to build capacity within non-governmental organisations and other non-state actors and networks at local level, improving their operational, management and administrative capabilities. We believe in an innovative approach that engages the private sector in building lasting peace.

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