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Hate speech undermines mandate implementation and tarnishes a peace operation’s credibility. Learn more on TECHPOPS about the UN SG’s Strategy & Action Plan and how digital tech can support the key commitments.

On the 24^th of March 2021, ZIF, in cooperation with CSSP - Berlin Center for Integrative Mediation, organized for the fifth time, and for the first time virtually, a mediation module as part of the attaché training of the Federal Foreign Office.

In a contribution to the IPI Global Observatory, Andreas Wittkowsky reviews the experiences that the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) has made by pioneering the employment of technical monitoring systems in peace operations.

Join Maude Morrison, Social Media and Conflict Mediation Adviser at the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue, for a conversation on capitializing on a growing awareness of the role of technology in peace mediation – a field that has long resisted the use of digital tools.

#SafeGround, With today‘s International Mine Awareness Day, the UN is drawing attention to the importance of mine action for conflict regions.

On 30 March 2021, adelphi, the European Centre of Excellence for Civilian Crisis Management and ZIF jointly facilitated a workshop on the topic of „Climate-related Security Risks & Environmental Crime“.

Together with adelphi and the European Center of Excellence for Civilian Crisis Management (CoE), ZIF held an expert workshops on "CSDP Missions and Climate Security & Environmental Impact".

At a virtual event hosted by the Berlin Office of the GIZ Almut Wieland-Karimi discussed the topic "Leadership in Fragile Contexts - The Role of Women in Peacebuilding".

In a new comment at the EUObserver, Tobias Pietz argues that the Portuguese EU Presidency in the first half of 2021 should come up with some bold proposals on how to strengthen the EU’s civilian missions and military operations.

Every year members of the EAPTC come together under the umbrella of one partner to exchange on good practices, discuss old and novel approaches and strengthen European and international partnerships in training for crisis management.

Read Lisa Hultman’s captivating on ZIF TECHPOPS post on how data can help peacekeeping missions better understand how to prioritize, how to make the best use of their resources and justify the allocation of funds and resources.

On the TECHPOPS blog Irina Siminichina maps the evolution of UN resolutions, strategies, reform initiatives & policies on (digital) technologies over the last ten years.

Last in 2020 but not least: on our TECHPOPS blog, Jasmin Haunschild, Christian Reuter and Marc André Kaufhold present crisis informatics insights for peace operations.

In a new EUISS paper, 15 authors contributed fictitious conflict scenarios. Tobias Pietz has written one of them.

In a new post on our TECHPOPS blog Gustavo de Carvalho (ISS Africa, IAPTC) explores the opportunities arising for peace operations training from the pandemic, but also considers the capabilities and skills that will be required to take advantage of possible new training approaches.

Like many events under the current circumstances, this year’s mid-annual consultations of the Standby Partnership (SBP) network took place in a digital format. ZIF is member and partner and contributes to the SBP in many ways.

In a new post on #TECHPOPS, Dr. Jakkie Cilliers turns to long-term forecasting to review stability and prosperity in Africa.

With the participation of Stefan Tomat, Director of the EU EEAS "Directorate for the Integrated Approach for Security and Peace (ISP)" and ZIF's Deputy Director, Astrid Irrgang, the two-week Peer Coaching Seminar "Mediation Diplomacy in the Context of EU Common Foreign Policy" was brought to a successful conclusion on 27 November.

In October, ZIF and DGAP discussed cultural heritage as a new task for peace operations. The main points of the discussion as well as some conclusions can be found in this Workshop Note.

"Between disinformation and artificial Intelligence" - in this first of a ZIF kompakt series on new technologies and peace operations, we focus on how these technologies are changing the environment of peace operations.