Articles & Reports

"Sustainable Development Is Possible in Yemen"

(January 2010) In this article from the Center for American Progress, Partners for Democratic Change- Yemen is noted as one of the few organizations with an effective peacebuilding approach in-country.

Impact Investing for Sustainable Development

(June 2009) A New Framework for Providing U.S. Foreign Development. Prepared by Raymond Shonholtz, President, Partners for Democratic Change, and Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars

Raising the Bar: The New Challenges of Indonesia's Democratic Development

(February 2007) Synthesizing nearly 90 interviews with local and international NGOs, academic institutions, media, government, international donors and private firms, Partners analyzes the new expectations and challenges created by Indonesia’s democratic transition.

The Institution as Innovator

(2006) A case study of the development of Partners-Slovakia as it relates to Partners method of institution-building as a sustainable long-term strategy for peacebuilding. By Beth Glick and Laina Reynolds Levy, PhD, published in 2009 as part of, "Building Peace: Practical Reflections from the Field," edited by Craig Zelizer and Robert A. Rubinstein.

Roma Integration Program: Success Stories

(2006) 15 case studies of the results of Partners' 2003-2006 Roma Integration Program, in cooperation Partners-Czech, Partners-Hungary and Partners for Democratic Change Slovakia. Each narrative is a study of a specific program component, which taken as a whole represent the best practices of this large and diverse project.

General Electric 2006 Citizenship Report: Solving Big Needs

(2006) General Electric Company. Please see page 47 of the report for a piece about Partners for Democratic Change.

Anti-Corruption and Transparency Coalitions: Lessons from Peru, Paraguay, El Salvador and Bolivia

(2005) By Gerardo Berthin, Deputy Director, and Joseph Balcer, Senior Advisor, the USAID Americas’ Accountability/Anti-Corruption (AAA) Project; Colleen Zaner and Megan Ryan of Partners for Democratic Change (PDC), and Julián Portilla from Fundación Cambio Democrático.

A General Theory on Conflict and Disputes

(2003) by Raymond Shonholtz, Partners for Democratic Change, Journal of Dispute Resolution, Vol. 2003: No. 2, pgs 400-411.

Building Cooperative Peace in Response to Violence in Emerging Democracies

(2002) by Jonathan Leit, with contributions by Brad Heckman & Jennifer Lofing, Partners for Democratic Change. This paper was prepared under a United States Institute of Peace grant.

Constructive Responses to Conflict in Emerging Democracies

by Raymond Shonholtz. This paper was presented at the United Nations Development Program Conference, Inter-Regional Forum on Coping with Crisis and Conflicts, Bucharest, Romania, April 2-4, 2001.

Managing Conflict Through Cooperative Planning: Partners Hungary's Work on Majority- Minority (Roma) Tensions

by Lara Olson, Reflecting on Peace Practices, September 2000.

Applying Collaborative Processes in Former Comunist Countries

by Kinga Goncz and Raymond Shonholtz, IAP2: Improving the Practice, First Quarter 2000.

New Approaches to Old Problems: Lessons from an Ethnic Conciliation Project in Four Central and Eastern European Countries

by Ilana Shapiro, Ph.D., Negotiation Journal, April 1999, Vol. 15, No. 2, pgs. 149-167.

Conflict Management Training: A Transformative Vehicle for Transitional Democracies

by Raymond Shonholtz, International Negotiation Journal, 1997, Vol. 2, No. 3, pgs. 437-450.

The Mediating Future

by Raymond Shonholtz, The Annals, July 1997, Vol. 552, pgs. 139-150.

The Role of Minorities in Establishing Mediating Norms and Institutions in the New Democracies

by Raymond Shonholtz, Mediation Quarterly, Spring 1993, Vol. 10, No. 3, pgs. 231-241.

Developing Yemen, One Governorate at a Time

March 2010 article from Yemen Times about Partners-Yemen's work to understand and resolve tribal conflict.

USAID Family Justice Project: The Role of NGOs in Egypt

(June 2009) A mid-project evaluation report analyzing the work of the NGO sector in supporting family justice in Egypt and the lessons learned from the FJP grants program. Partners President Julia Roig was part of the Assessment Team

Partners-Albania 2010 Annual Report

(June 2011) The results of Partners-Albania's activities and initiatives during 2010. Partners Albania has continued to contribute toward building a sustainable democracy in Albania. Its efforts to build a more responsive and proactive civil society and a more equal society providing equal chances for all its citizens have resulted in significant changes in all its working areas.

Peru: Confrontation or Cooperation for Sustainable Development

(2005) In over 200 interviews with government officials, local and international NGOs, embassies, and corporations, Partners analyzed the dynamics of conflict in areas where extractive industries are located and designed a strategy to embed change and conflict management in Peruvian society.