The webinar "Community Engagement for Resilience and Peace" is part of the series of five webinars called “Community Engagement Days.” The objective of the series is to review achievements, potential and challenges of community engagement for empowerment approaches in rural development and humanitarian interventions and strategies.

This third webinar aims at examining the role of community engagement approaches in strengthening resilience and facilitating peacebuilding in conflict-affected and fragile contexts. The objective is also to discuss the importance of integrating such approaches in development and humanitarian programs and strategies.

This series is organized by the Dimitra Clubs Team of the Rural Institutions, Services and People's Empowerment (RISE) Team of FAO with the support of the Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism (FMM) and in collaboration with the Belgian Development Cooperation.

                 Interpretation available in English, French and Spanish. The session will be recorded.

 Moderator:

• Ms. Coumba Sow - Resilience Coordinator for West Africa, FAO

 Speakers:

·    Mr. Dominique Burgeon - Director, Liaison Office of FAO in Geneva and Director in Charge, Office of Emergencies and Resilience, FAO

• FAO’s experience in engaging with communities to bridge humanitarian and development efforts and contribute to local peace processes

·    Ms. Diane Sheinberg - Peacebuilding Officer, United Nations Peacebuilding Fund

• Farmers-herders’ conflicts in the Sahel and peacebuilding responses – lessons learned from the United Nations Secretary-General's Peacebuilding Fund (PBF)

·    Ms. Lucy Williams - Director of Programmes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, International Alert

• Building peace from the bottom-up: Community Engagement in Peacebuilding in Eastern DRC

·    Mr. Jesse Kariuki - Senior Programme Officer in Somalia, Interpeace

• Community engagement for Resiliency and Peace: Interpeace’s experience in Somalia and Somaliland

With the support of the Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism (FMM)

Register here: https://bit.ly/3t2ptv9

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