News Here you can find current news about our work. Region All Regions Africa Caucasus Central Asia Europe Middle East Other peacekeeping relevant news Sahel region South East Asia Western Balkans Country All Countries Afghanistan Armenia Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Central African Republic Georgia Germany Mali Malta Moldova Niger Schweiz Somalia Turkey Ukraine Organisation All Organisations AU EU NATO OSCE OSCE/ODIHR Others UN UN OCHA WFP 11.02.2022 UN | ZIF publication New ZIF Study: Give „P“ a Chance: Peacebuilding, Peace Operations and the HDP-Nexus The Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) nexus is gaining relevance for the support of peace operations. In a ZIF study Carina Böttcher and Andreas Wittkowsky shed light on the weight of the peace pillar in the present debate. Mehr lesen 09.02.2022 | Europe | Ukraine | OSCE | ZIF news Federal Foreign Minister visits SMM staff along the contact line On her recent trip to Ukraine this week, Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock met again personnel of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission, amongst them German seconded monitors. Mehr lesen 24.01.2022 EU OSCE/ODIHR | ZIF news ZIF Election Observation 2021: an overview In the second year of a global pandemic, the election observation activities were reduced once again. However, on behalf of the Federal Foreign Office, ZIF was able to deploy 178 election observes worldwide in 2021. Mehr lesen 17.01.2022 | Europe | Ukraine | OSCE | ZIF news Federal Foreign Minister Baerbock meets with German civilan experts in Ukraine During her first official visit in Kyiv, Annalena Baerbock met with German secondees to the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine. Mehr lesen 21.12.2021 Others | Blog article ZIF TECHPOPS-Blog: The hope and the hype - humanitarian protection in the digital space Delphine Van Solinge, adviser on digital risks at the ICRC, outlines the potential and the risks involved in delivering humanitarian protection in the digital space. Mehr lesen 20.12.2021 EU OSCE UN | ZIF publication New ZIF World Map Peace Operations 2021-2022 The new map provides information and staff numbers for the various missions of the UN, EU, OSCE and other organizations. Mehr lesen 30.11.2021 | Africa Europe Sahel region Western Balkans | AU UN | ZIF news Challenges Annual Forum 2021: Many sessions streamed live ZIF is co-hosting the Challenges Annual Forum 2021 from December 1st to December 3rd. Many sessions of the digital event will be available via stream. Mehr lesen 29.11.2021 | Africa Sahel region | Mali | UN Others | ZIF publication New ZIF Briefing: „Peace Operations in Complex Environments” The Briefing summarizes findings and recommendations for UN missions faced with by violent extremist groups. Mehr lesen 18.11.2021 NATO | Blog article ZIF TECHPOPS-Blog: How NATO Can Respond to Hybrid Challenges Michael Rühle offers ten recommendations for how the organisation can respond to hybrid challenges. Mehr lesen 11.11.2021 ZIF news ZIF for Climate Security in Peace Operations ZIF is cohosting this year’s Challenges Annual Forum from December 1st to 3rd in Berlin. The hybrid event serves as a cooperative and international platform for dialogue in Peace Operations. Mehr lesen 08.11.2021 ZIF news Peace Mediation Capacity Building Program for and with the Maltese MFEA November 3-5, 2021, ZIF hosted a peace mediation capacity building program in close cooperation with the Federal Foreign Office and the Maltese Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. Mehr lesen 13.10.2021 UN | ZIF news New agreement between ZIF and UNHCR From now on, humanitarian deployments by ZIF to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) are possible. Mehr lesen 29.09.2021 UN | Blog article TECHPOPS: Unpacking Challenges and Threats in the Secretary-General’s Strategy on the Digital Transformation of UN Peacekeeping Through scenarios Camino Kavanagh contextualises and makes tangible the goals and complexity inherent in the Strategy for the digital transformation of UN peacekeeping. Mehr lesen 23.09.2021 ZIF publication ZIF Dashboard | Exit and Transition in Peace Operations The ZIF Dashboard offers an introduction to exit strategies and transitions by presenting data and examples. Mehr lesen 22.09.2021 UN | Blog article ZIF TECHPOPS-Blog: UN Peacekeeping Embraces the Digital World Annika Hansen and Naomi Miyashita describe challenges and goals of the Strategy for the Digital Transformation of UN Peacekeeping. Mehr lesen 17.09.2021 Article Comment Op-ed: Sahelistan | Mali is not Afghanistan, Lessons from the Hindu Kush Annika S. Hansen and Tobias von Gienanth write about the danger of generalised lessons from Afghanistan and key success factors of peace operations. Mehr lesen 15.09.2021 EU | ZIF news First official visit by the Civilian Operations Commander Francisco Estebán Perez Civilian Operations Commander Francisco Estebán Perez visited Berlin for talks about the cooperation in EU peace missions. Mehr lesen 14.09.2021 Blog article ZIF TECHPOPS-Blog: Data in fragile contexts: new approaches for context monitoring The GIZ Data Lab experiment “Data in fragile contexts” explores new ways to utilize alternative data sources in order to better understand contextual realities on the ground and how they correlate with conflict dynamics. Mehr lesen 06.09.2021 EU | ZIF publication EUISS-Brief | The impact of Covid-19 on CSDP In a new EUISS brief, Tobias Pietz describes what happened to CSDP missions and operations at the outset of the pandemic, and points to some lessons which can be drawn from the experiences so far. Mehr lesen 02.09.2021 Blog article ZIF TECHPOPS-Blog: Using Satellites as Independent Human Rights Observers Anne Schneibel describes the German Aerospace Center’s innovative collaboration with humanitarian actors in the Humanitarian Technology Initiative Mehr lesen Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Next … Page 5 Current page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Next page Prev › Last page Last »
11.02.2022 UN | ZIF publication New ZIF Study: Give „P“ a Chance: Peacebuilding, Peace Operations and the HDP-Nexus The Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) nexus is gaining relevance for the support of peace operations. In a ZIF study Carina Böttcher and Andreas Wittkowsky shed light on the weight of the peace pillar in the present debate. Mehr lesen
09.02.2022 | Europe | Ukraine | OSCE | ZIF news Federal Foreign Minister visits SMM staff along the contact line On her recent trip to Ukraine this week, Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock met again personnel of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission, amongst them German seconded monitors. Mehr lesen
24.01.2022 EU OSCE/ODIHR | ZIF news ZIF Election Observation 2021: an overview In the second year of a global pandemic, the election observation activities were reduced once again. However, on behalf of the Federal Foreign Office, ZIF was able to deploy 178 election observes worldwide in 2021. Mehr lesen
17.01.2022 | Europe | Ukraine | OSCE | ZIF news Federal Foreign Minister Baerbock meets with German civilan experts in Ukraine During her first official visit in Kyiv, Annalena Baerbock met with German secondees to the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine. Mehr lesen
21.12.2021 Others | Blog article ZIF TECHPOPS-Blog: The hope and the hype - humanitarian protection in the digital space Delphine Van Solinge, adviser on digital risks at the ICRC, outlines the potential and the risks involved in delivering humanitarian protection in the digital space. Mehr lesen
20.12.2021 EU OSCE UN | ZIF publication New ZIF World Map Peace Operations 2021-2022 The new map provides information and staff numbers for the various missions of the UN, EU, OSCE and other organizations. Mehr lesen
30.11.2021 | Africa Europe Sahel region Western Balkans | AU UN | ZIF news Challenges Annual Forum 2021: Many sessions streamed live ZIF is co-hosting the Challenges Annual Forum 2021 from December 1st to December 3rd. Many sessions of the digital event will be available via stream. Mehr lesen
29.11.2021 | Africa Sahel region | Mali | UN Others | ZIF publication New ZIF Briefing: „Peace Operations in Complex Environments” The Briefing summarizes findings and recommendations for UN missions faced with by violent extremist groups. Mehr lesen
18.11.2021 NATO | Blog article ZIF TECHPOPS-Blog: How NATO Can Respond to Hybrid Challenges Michael Rühle offers ten recommendations for how the organisation can respond to hybrid challenges. Mehr lesen
11.11.2021 ZIF news ZIF for Climate Security in Peace Operations ZIF is cohosting this year’s Challenges Annual Forum from December 1st to 3rd in Berlin. The hybrid event serves as a cooperative and international platform for dialogue in Peace Operations. Mehr lesen
08.11.2021 ZIF news Peace Mediation Capacity Building Program for and with the Maltese MFEA November 3-5, 2021, ZIF hosted a peace mediation capacity building program in close cooperation with the Federal Foreign Office and the Maltese Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. Mehr lesen
13.10.2021 UN | ZIF news New agreement between ZIF and UNHCR From now on, humanitarian deployments by ZIF to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) are possible. Mehr lesen
29.09.2021 UN | Blog article TECHPOPS: Unpacking Challenges and Threats in the Secretary-General’s Strategy on the Digital Transformation of UN Peacekeeping Through scenarios Camino Kavanagh contextualises and makes tangible the goals and complexity inherent in the Strategy for the digital transformation of UN peacekeeping. Mehr lesen
23.09.2021 ZIF publication ZIF Dashboard | Exit and Transition in Peace Operations The ZIF Dashboard offers an introduction to exit strategies and transitions by presenting data and examples. Mehr lesen
22.09.2021 UN | Blog article ZIF TECHPOPS-Blog: UN Peacekeeping Embraces the Digital World Annika Hansen and Naomi Miyashita describe challenges and goals of the Strategy for the Digital Transformation of UN Peacekeeping. Mehr lesen
17.09.2021 Article Comment Op-ed: Sahelistan | Mali is not Afghanistan, Lessons from the Hindu Kush Annika S. Hansen and Tobias von Gienanth write about the danger of generalised lessons from Afghanistan and key success factors of peace operations. Mehr lesen
15.09.2021 EU | ZIF news First official visit by the Civilian Operations Commander Francisco Estebán Perez Civilian Operations Commander Francisco Estebán Perez visited Berlin for talks about the cooperation in EU peace missions. Mehr lesen
14.09.2021 Blog article ZIF TECHPOPS-Blog: Data in fragile contexts: new approaches for context monitoring The GIZ Data Lab experiment “Data in fragile contexts” explores new ways to utilize alternative data sources in order to better understand contextual realities on the ground and how they correlate with conflict dynamics. Mehr lesen
06.09.2021 EU | ZIF publication EUISS-Brief | The impact of Covid-19 on CSDP In a new EUISS brief, Tobias Pietz describes what happened to CSDP missions and operations at the outset of the pandemic, and points to some lessons which can be drawn from the experiences so far. Mehr lesen
02.09.2021 Blog article ZIF TECHPOPS-Blog: Using Satellites as Independent Human Rights Observers Anne Schneibel describes the German Aerospace Center’s innovative collaboration with humanitarian actors in the Humanitarian Technology Initiative Mehr lesen