Getting Together
Since 2017, Community members have gathered to share good practices, grapple with the issues facing the Community, and take steps to enhance and expand the Community of Practice.
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The International Virtual Gathering was held November 12-14 and 19-21, 2021.
Reflections from the UCP/A Virtual Gathering in November, 2021, and the six regional UCP/A Good Practices Workshops that preceded it English | Spanish | French | Arabic
“Good Practices in Unarmed Civilian Protection” (Paige McLain, Chris Grathwol, and Will Goltra; Nonviolent Peaceforce and University of Minnesota Human Rights Lab), February, 2021 English
Report from the November, 2021, Virtual Gathering English
Conference recordings on YouTube
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The research underpinning the Good Practices Workshops consists of case studies conducted in four areas of the world where UCP is practised: South Sudan, Colombia, the Philippines (Mindanao) and Israel/Palestine. The researchers reviewed the work of more than twenty local and international organizations and identified and described 77 UCP good practices. Their findings were published in Wielding Nonviolence in the Midst of Violence Description Purchase the book here. See the summary here.
From 2017 - 2021, six facilitated consultation groups convened on a regional basis and made up of UCP practitioners, field partners, beneficiaries, and academics for three-day sessions to review their work, analyze findings from Wielding Nonviolence in the Midst of Violence and validate good practices and emerging themes as well as identify dilemmas or challenges raised but not answered by the cases.
Summary of all Good Practices Workshops: English | Spanish | French | Arabic
Reports from each Good Practices Workshop by region:
Manila: December 7-9, 2017 | Full report (English) | Short report (English)
Beirut: June 18-20, 2018 | Full report (English) | Short report (English)
Nairobi: November 12-14, 2018 | Full repor (English) | Short report (English)
Paynesville: October 21-23, 2019 | Full report (English) | Short report (English)
Bogotá: January 13-15, 2020 | Full report (English) | Full report (Spanish) | Short report (English) | Short report (Spanish)
Virtual Europe: February 19-21, 2021 | Full report (English) | Short report (English)