Switzerland - The Graduate Institute, Geneva

Address
SWISSPEACE, SWISS PEACE FOUNDATION
Phone +41 (0)31 330 12 12
Fax +41 (0)31 330 12 13
Web www.swisspeace.org
E-Mail info@swisspeace.ch
swisspeace - Schweizerische Friedensstiftung,
Sonnenbergstrasse 17, Postfach, CH - 3000 Bern
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Category Research & Knowledge
MISSION STATEMENT
swisspeace is an action-oriented peace-research institute in the area of conflict analysis and peacebuilding. The institute researches
the causes of wars and violent conflicts, develops tools for early recognition of tensions, and formulates conflict mitigation and
peacebuilding strategies. swisspeace contributes to information exchange and networking on current issues of peace and security
policy through its analyses and reports as well as meetings and conferences.
Founding year 1988. (KOFF: 2001).
BACKGROUND AND ACTIVITIES
swisspeace was founded in 1988 as the "Swiss Peace Foundation" with the goal of promoting independent peace research in
Switzerland. During recent years it developed into an internationally renowned institution in peace and conflict research. Today
swisspeace engages about 40 staff members.
The institute’s activities include:
• Research: – Environmental and resource conflicts, – Early warning, – Human security, – Business & peace, – Gender
• FAST: the political early warning system
• KOFF, the center for peacebuilding
• Swisspeace Services: – Consultancy, – Training, – Publications
KOFF – Center for Peacebuilding
KOFF assists its member organizations in strengthening their peacebuilding capacities. It serves as a platform for the interaction of
governmental and non-governmental actors in civil peacebuilding, it offers space for common analysis and learning, and thus
contributes to an innovative and coherent Swiss peace policy.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Bleeker, M. and J. Sisson (2004). Dealing with the Past: Critical Issues, Lessons Learned, and Challenges for Future Swiss Policy.
Berne, KOFF/swisspeace: 1-102.
Geiser, A. (2005). Social Exclusion and Conflict Transformation in Nepal: Women, Dalit and Ethnic Groups: FAST Country Risk Profile
Nepal. Berne, Swisspeace: 1-52.
Tütsch, C. (2005). Kosovo's Burdensome Path to Economic Development and Interethnic Coexistence: FAST Risk Profile Kosovo.
Berne, Swisspeace: 1-50.
Weyermann, R. (2005). A Silk Road to Democracy? FAST Country Risk Profile: Kyrgyzstan. Berne, Swisspeace: 1-52.