Sustainable Development Items

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.

Forum Brings Conflicting Marebi Tribes Together for Constructive Dialogue about Development

Partners Yemen held a Development Dialogue Forum (DDF) in March, at which key tribal, civil society, business, and governmental representatives from Mareb governorate spoke with international and national donors and developed an action plan to better manage development activities in their governorate.

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.

Celebration of Local Women Leaders in Yemen

Partners Yemen celebrated the graduation of the first cohort of women leaders for the Mareb region, who have successfully reached 40,000 women in their communities to educate them in basic health, education, and economic development.

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.

Mediation Helps Small Business Sector Flourish

Partners-Hungary has also played a leading role in assisting SMEs by providing mediation services

Roma Rebuild their Neighborhood

After an initially successful temporary cooperative planning process that renovated a crumbling neighborhood, Partners-Hungary continued to work with local officials and community members to improve Roma conditions.

Roma Community House Established in Nagykanisza

Partners' support for the Roma community center will help improve the socio-economic conditions of the politically marginalized group in Hungary.

Fostering Ethnic Conciliation and Roma Opportunities

To mitigate group distrust and animosity, Partners coordinated several roundtables to promote open, public discussion about community issues among often these antagonistic ethnic groups.

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.

Improvement of Public Services

Partners worked with local officials and community actors to improve the provision of public services such as water delivery in Romania.

Strengthening Good Governance Across Central and Eastern Europe

Partners' innovative Working Together program has brought diverse leaders together to share knowledge and experiences in order to foster linkages and shared responsibility for regional development.

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.

Creating Jobs for Roma

Partners worked with the municipal government and other stakeholders to support training and skill-building among Roma inhabitants who were desperate for new employment opportunities.

Ethnic Integration Leads to Community Development

Partners addressed rampant poverty and unemployment among the Roma populations in three cities of Bulgaria through an inter-ethnic and multi-sector cooperation initiative.