Land Use and Natural Resource Management

Capacity Building for Democracy and Conflict Prevention

Partners Peru presents results for NED Project on “Capacity Building for Democracy and Conflict Prevention”

Training Peasant Communities in Democracy, Conflict Management and Poverty Reduction in Apurímac

Partners Peru works to improve environmental conflict management and transformation capacity of peasant communities.

Partners-Argentina launches environmental conflict transformation project in the Argentinian Andes

Partners-Argentina is strengthening the work of non-state actors to uphold water rights and social control of mining activities in the region of CUYO and NOA.

Partners Peru Leads Corporate Social Responsibility Forum

Partners Peru is convening a high-level coalition including the private sector, government and civil society to discuss, analyze and make recommendations to improve corporate social responsibility and good governance in Peru.

Where the Grass is Greener: Managing Public Spaces

To improve urban living and respond to citizen needs, Partners worked with city officials and other agencies to promote better public leisure spaces.

Oscar Gaitan - Sustainable Leadership Fellow from Colombia

Bringing extensive experience with legal reform in Colombia to new challenges facing multi-sector collaboration in policy development

Strengthening Citizen Involvement in Waste Management

To improve waste services, increase public participation and raise city revenues, Partners-Romania designed an innovative dialogue group in Moreni.

Cooperate, Don't Litigate: Mediated Dispute Reduces Pollution

Partners-Hungary saved an environmental agency and a waste management corporation time and money by mediating their seemingly unresolvable dispute.

Concern for the Environment Inspires Clean-up

Neighboring communities and suburbs of Alba Iulia city were forced to endure garbage and sewage spillover from the city until Partners-Romania developed a participatory facilitation program to overcome the problem.

Waste Management: Strengthening Citizen Involvement

To boost the success of a public recycling program, Partners facilitated government-community communication and interaction.

Urban Planning and Historical Preservation in Constanta

Partners successfully promoted urban development while protecting local resources and historical institutions in this Romanian town.

50-Year Hungarian-Slovak Border Dispute Resolved

Partners' trained regional experts worked with government officials, environmental experts and local community members to bring about compromise among long-standing rivals.

Networking for Clean Water

Partners has helped foster relationships between numerous NGOs, public institutions and private businesses to promote cooperation in supporting clean water facilities, access to sanitation and other services and sustainable technologies.

Environmental Mediation in Misiones

Partners helped facilitate a resolution between environmental activists, government ministries and local populations that ultimately benefited both the endangered trees and Argentinians.

Settling Land Disputes in Puerto Iguazu, Argentina

Innovative and collaborative techniques to mediate land disputes between local government authorities and illegal inhabitants.

Preserving Biodiversity in the Sea of Cortez

Marine conservation in the Sea of Cortez has been enhanced by establishing close cooperation between the government, civil society, and the private sector.

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.

Climate Change Impacts on Socio-Environmental Conflicts: Diagnosis and Challenges of the Argentinean Situation

Partners is pleased to share the report "Climate Change Impacts on Socio-Environmental Conflicts: Diagnosis and Challenges of the Argentinean Situation" by Pablo Lumerman, Jimena Psathakis, and María de los Ángeles Ortiz. The report was prepared under the PDCI Initiative for Peacebuilding: Early Warning Project.

En Diálogo con el Centro de Colaboración Cívica: Boletín No. 2

 

Centro de Colaboración Cívica (Partners-Mexico) update on Public Security Dialogues and other projects

May 2011 update on Partners-Mexico's innovative projects including the Dialogue on Public Security with a Human Rights Focus. In Spanish "En Diálogo con el Centro de Colaboración Cívica: Boletín No. 1"