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3D Security Initiative's New Name
Our new name is 3P Human Security or "3P" for short. As you see in our logo tagline, 3P stands for "Partners for Peacebuilding Policy."
We also have new website - www.3Phumansecurity.org. This website is no longer updated.
Our mission will stay the same. We will continue to connect global civil society voices with US policymakers, facilitate civil-military dialogue, and provide a peacebuilding lens on current policy issues. Our new website is under construction and will help layout our mission and our programs more clearly.
We have four reasons for our name change:
1) We are changing our organizational structure. We are now an organization serving a partnership of Eastern Mennonite University, University of Notre Dame , and hundreds of member organizations at the Alliance for Peacebuilding and the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict.
2) People frequently misunderstand our name and mission, thinking that we are a government defense program rather than a university-based peacebuilding effort.
3) "3D" refers to the tactics of development, diplomacy and defense that can be used to achieve any goal- even one that goes against global human security. We want to be clear the goal of our work is human security.
4) We hoped the concept of "3D" could foster awareness of the ways development and diplomacy contribute to long term human security through conflict prevention and peacebuilding programs. As the concept of 3D has grown in popularity, for many it has come to mean integrating development, diplomatic, and defense programs to achieve short term military and political goals. And that integration is strongly opposed by many civil society groups who focus on long term human security and who perceive these short term goals as undermining human security. These groups hesitated to work with us given our name. Many people urged us and asked us to change our name.
After much research and deliberation, we hope we have found a balance of keeping some of our brand recognition with a similar logo while clarifying what we actually do in our programs.
Local Civil Society: Two New Publications
Local ownership and leadership is a key indicator for successful development and peacebuilding. But all too often international experts carry out assessment and design programs with little input from local civil society. Small amounts of donor dollars trickle down to local development and peacebuilding efforts. Locals are left to be "implementing partners" of someone else's idea of local needs and development concepts.
Two new 3P publications explore the tensions and ways that USAID and the US State Department are reaching out to increase local input into and participation in design of development and peacebuilding efforts.
Local Civil Society and US-Sponsored Development is a 4 page Policy Report based on research interviews carried out by 3P staff John Filson and Jordan Pearlstein. This Policy Report identifies structural constraints on supporting local civil society and new US mechanisms for partnering more effectively with local civil society.
Beyond Beneficiaries: The Changing Landscape of Local Civil Society Development Efforts was chosen as the lead article in InterAction's July issue of Monday Developments. 3P's article, written by Lisa Schirch, looks at how local development efforts are unique from and in tension with the work of international NGOs.
Human Security in Mexico
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Group (RSG) meeting June 12-13 brought together Canadian, US, and Mexican representatives from Peacebuild, World Vision, Alliance for Peacebuilding, 3P Human Security, CDA Collaborative Learning Projects, Catholic Relief Services, Partners for Democratic Change, Serapaz, Sipaz, and the GPPAC Global Secretariat to coordinate
the implementation of collaborative regional activities in conflict prevention and to take decisions on regional leadership for the coming term. On June 13-16, the Mexican delegation met with Congressional staff, State Department officials and 15 U.S. organizations working in Mexico and on U.S. policy in Mexico through the Alliance For Peacebuilding's serial event Collaboration Connections. 3P also organized a public event with our partner organizations from the Washington Office on Latin America and the Latin America working Group with help from the Woodrow Wilson Center staff and SAIS at John Hopkins University.
Click here to read 3P's policy brief: Human Security in Mexico: Achieving Security Goals through Good Governance and Human Rights
New Partnerships
Starting in January 2011, the 3D Security Initiative (now Partners Advancing Human Security) began working more closely with the University of Notre Dame's Kroc Institute, the Alliance for Peacebuilding, and the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict. In addition, our Washington office moved in with the peacebuilding NGO Search for Common Ground and we are grateful for their willingness to share their office space with our staff.
Reports on Israeli Palestinian Congressional Initiative
Five policy briefs report on 3D's Israeli-Palestinian Congressional Initiative, providing Congress with timely and reliable analysis on key policies and strategies to achieve sustainable peace and security between Israelis and Palestinians. The initiative is a response to Congressional staff seeking analytical support to navigate politically sensitive issues.
Palestinian National Reconciliation Agreement
Gaza - Finding opportunities in the current crisis
The Arab Peace Initiative - Can it make a difference?
Israeli Politics and Public Opinion: Potential and Pitfalls for U.S. Peace Efforts
The Day After the Settlement Moratorium-Can the Peace Process Outlive the Freeze?
Stabilization & Human Security in Afghanistan
Peter Walker summarized four streams of research on the relationship between development and security carried out by the research team at the Feinstein International Center. A policy brief summarizing this research will be available later summer 2011.
Christian Dennys presented his research on stabilization in Afghanistan based on 7 years experience working in Afghanistan, summarized in the policy brief below. Christian Dennys also described the research methodology needed to
better monitor the impact of a range of different stabilization activities through a human security indicator framework that measure systemic impacts rather than simply program outputs. The Human Security Indicator Framework was created by Peace Training and Research Organization in Afghanistan, summarized in the policy brief linked here.John Agoglia moderated the discussion and responded to the presentation based on his broad experience and leadership on these issues in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Link to the powerpoint presentations and policy briefs below.
Click here to watch the video of the presentations and discussions.
Perceptions of Security and Aid Powerpoint by Peter Walker, Tufts University
Stability Research Powerpoint by Christian Dennys
Competing Notions of Stabilization in Afghanistan PolicyBrief: Christian Dennys
Human Security Indicators in Afghanistan PolicyBrief: PTRO
Civil Society & the US Government in Conflict Zones
Click here to read our new report on:
Civil Society and the US Government in Conflict-Affected Regions: Building Better Relations for Peacebuilding.
On March 26, 2010, 3D Security organized a roundtable discussion with USAID, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the Alliance for Peacebuilding, the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict, and CDA.
The discussion included State Department, Pentagon and military personnel from Joint Forces Command and the Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute. Together the group identified key themes, tensions and opportunities in the US government relationship with NGOs working in conflict zones and how to build better relationships for peacebuilding.
Photos of Civil Society Delegations
Video on Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict
Peacebuilding and US Policy
Click here for 3D's Congressional Testimony & Reports on US Foreign Assistance & Policy
Afghanistan & Pakistan
Click here for 3D's policy briefs, articles, and videos for our project on "Building Sustainable Security in South Asia"
Israeli Palestinian Congress Initiative
Civil Society-Military Relations
Click here to read about 3D's work on a "Civil Society Roadmap on Human Security."
More Policy Briefs on Peacebuilding
- Leveraging 3D Security
- Civil Society and Conflict Prevention
- Human Security Overview
- Development-Security Nexus
- Talking About Security in Your Community
- Focus on Coexistence & Security
- 7 Obstacles to Budgeting for 3D Security
- AFRICA
- Zimbabwe Civil Society Framework for Social Healing
- Human Security for Africa and AFRICOM
- The Way Ahead for AFRICOM
- IRAQ
- Community-based Economic
Development in Iraq
- Reconciliation in Iraq
- Iraqi Displacement Crisis
- Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding in Iraq
- IRAN
- Joint Experts' Statement on Iran
- Negotiation–not strikes – needed for Iran
- Principled Negotiation with Iran
- HEALTH & SECURITY
- Health Initiatives in Conflict Zones
- ISRAEL/PALESTINE
- Strategy for Peace
- IMMIGRATION
- 3D Approach to Immigration
- Rethinking a US-Mexico Border Fence
- CLIMATE CHANGE & CONFLICT
- Climate Change and Conflict Prevention
- 10 Security Implications of Climate Change