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Organization: Institute for Peace Work and Nonviolent Conflict Transformation, Institut fuer Friedensarbeit und gewaltfreie Konfliktaustragung - IFGK
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PROGRESS: Has your organization seen progress toward a culture of peace and nonviolence in your domain of action and in your constituency during the first half of the Decade?

A "platform for civil conflict resolution" has been established and several NGO s and development serivces are participating in the programm of Civil Peace Service in Germany, now.

OBSTACLES: What are the most important obstacles that have prevented progress?

Much more funds are spent on military and traditional research on dealing with conflict, still.

Many researchers and students who would prefer to do research in the field of nonviolent conflict transformation cannot do it because of lack of funds, of infrastructure and of sufficient adequately trained senior staff to support them.

ACTIONS: What actions have been undertaken by your organization to promote a culture of peace and nonviolence during the first half of the Decade?

Major activities

Our activities include:

* Theoretical and action research on conditions, processes and impact of nonviolent action, and the discussion of the results of such research with activists
* Documentations and evaluations
* Publication of Working Papers and Studies, see list below
* Support of students and young researchers
* Teaching and education on "Nonviolent Conflict Resolution"
* Organisation of workshops where we present and discuss on-going research (study days)
Ongoing and concluded research projects:
* Satyagraha research programme (on the functionality of active nonviolence/ Guetekraft)
* Action research on development of civil intervention projects
* Complex interventions in the conflicts in former Yugoslavia, 1988-2001
* Balkan Peace Team(Phase 2)
* Nonviolent Peaceforce
* Nonviolence Training
* Intervention in escalated conflicts by non-violent action
* Peace constituencies

Study days

Twice a year the IFGK carries out a week-end meeting which includes a study day where different projects are presented and discussed. These study days routinely are open to nonmembers as well.

Publications (Editor's Note: Some of these are available on the IFGK website )

Series "Studien zur Gewaltfreiheit" (Studies on Nonviolence) (LIT Verlag Muenster, Germany)
1. Barbara Müller, Passiver Widerstand im Ruhrkampf "Passive Resistance during the Ruhr fights" (german)
2. Christian W. Büttner, Friedensbrigaden: Zivile Konfliktbearbeitung mit gewaltfreien Methoden  "Peace Brigades: Civilian Conflict Resolution with Non-Violent Methods" (german)
3. Uwe Painke, Ein Stadtteil macht mobil. Gemeinwesen gegen Gewaltkriminalität. Neighborhood Safety in the USA (german)
4. Burkhard Bläsi, Konflikttransformation durch Gütekraft. Interpersonale Veränderungsprozesse Conflict Transformation through Satyagraha  
Series "Arbeitspapiere" (Working Papers)
2:   Albert Fuchs: Wenn militärische Gewalt gerechtfertigt wird - was leistet die Lehre vom gerechten Krieg? If military violence is justified - what is the doctrine of justified war able to provide? (german)Nr.
3:   Barbara Müller: Zur Theorie und Praxis Sozialer Verteidigung -Theory and Practice of Social Defense (german)
4:   Barbara Müller /Christian Büttner: Optimierungschancen von Peacekeeping, Peacemaking und Peacebuilding durch gewaltfreie Interventionen? Chances to optimize Peacekeeping, Peacemaking andPeacebuilding with nonviolent intervention (german and english)
5    Liam Mahony und  Enrique Eguren: Internationale Begleitung zum Schutz von Menschenrechten - Szenarien, Ziele und Strategien. Unarmed Bodyguards(Translation into german: Barbara Müller ) germanNr.
6: Barbara Müller und Christian Büttner: Optimizing von Peacekeeping, Peacemaking and Peacebuilding through Nonviolent Intervention? A methodological and systematic operationalisation
7: Christine Schweitzer, Instrumente der Konfliktintervention. Instruments of conflict intervention  
8: Albert Fuchs: Wo bleibt die Moral bei der Geschicht'? Parteizugehörigkeit und politisch-moralische Situationsbeurteilung als Determinanten der Entscheidung zum Einsatz der Bundeswehr in Ex- Jugoslawien. What about Morale? Party Membership and political-moral judgements on the situations as factors for the decision for military intervention in former Yugoslavia.
9: Achim Schmitz: Gewaltfreie Interventionen im ehemaligen Jugoslawien durch Organisationen der europäischen Friedensbewegung. Nonviolent Interventions in former Yugoslavia by Organisations of the European Peace Movement.
10:  Albert Fuchs: Bundeswehr: Nicht unter "Generalverdacht", aber unter kritischem Blick. Warum sich die Gesellschaft für das Thema Bundeswehr und Rechtsextremismus besonders interessieren sollte und was Sozialwissenschaftler im Detail daran interessieren könnte. German Military: Not on Principal Suspicion, but in Critical Perspective. Why  Society should be particularely Interested in the question of Military in Right Wing Extremism.
11: Christine Schweitzer: Krieg und Vertreibung in Kosovo - Ist die NATO Brandstifter oder Feuerwehr? War and Deplacement in Kosovo Has  NATO been Fire-Raiser or Fire Brigade?
12: Howard Clark: Kosovo: Vorbereitungen für die Zeit nach dem Krieg. Bericht für die Arbeitsgruppe Kosovo des Committee for Conflict Transformation Support April 1999. Kosovo: Preparing for the Time after War. Report for the Working Group on Kosovo of the
Committee for Conflict Transformation Support April 1999.
13: Albert Fuchs/Claudia Schuchart: Gewaltwahrnehmung und Gewaltbegriff
Wie (un-)bestimmt ist der Alltagssprachgebrauch von "Gewalt? Perception and Definition of Violence. How (in)definite is the use of violence in every day language?
14: Achim Schmitz: Kampagnen der Friedensbewegung der neunziger Jahre
Eine Analyse von Fallbeispielen. Campaigns of the Peace Movement during the 90ies. An Analysis of  Case Reports
15: Albert Fuchs (unter Mitarbeit von Kristin Pöch) : Rechtsextreme Orientierung, Gewaltakzeptanz und Gewalttätigkeit bei Schülern und Schülerinnen an Erfurter Regelschulen. Right Wing Tendencies, Accepting Violence and Violence in Erfurt Schools.
16: Martin Arnold: Gütekraft (Satjagrah): Thema für die Friedens- und Konfliktforschung. Truth Power (Satyagrah): Topic for Peace- and Conflict Research
17: Barbara Müller: Möglichkeiten der Förderung von Friedensallianzen in Konfliktregionen durch externe Basisorganisationen. Bericht über ein Aktionsforschungsprojekt in Kroatien. Options to Promote Peace Alliances in Conflict Regions by External Grassroot Organisations. Report on an Action Research Project in Croatia.
19: Albert Fuchs: Kultur und Krieg. Culture and War.

ADVICE: What advice would you like to give to the Secretary-General and the General Assembly to promote a culture of peace and nonviolence during the second half of the Decade?

We would like to draw your attention on the fact that much more funds are spent on the research of military and armaments then on peaceful change and nonviolent conflict transformation. The Decade could be a good opportunity to radically change this, and to provide peace research and training with more funds and working infrastructure on the international level in order to gain the perspective of a future in peace.

PARTNERSHIPS: What partnerships and networks does your organization participate in, thus strengthening the global movement for a culture of peace?

Networking
The IFGK is
- Working Group in the Federation for Social Defence, an umbrella peace organisation in Germany
- Participant in the German Platform Civil Conflict Resolution, and
- Section of War Resisters International

PLANS: What new engagements are planned by your organization to promote a culture of peace and nonviolence in the second half of the Decade (2005-2010)?

Ongoing and concluded research projects:
* Satyagraha research programme (on the functionality of active nonviolence/ Guetekraft)
* Action research on development of civil intervention projects
* Balkan Peace Team(Phase 2)
* Nonviolent Peaceforce
* Nonviolence Training

Postal address of organization

IFGK e.V., Hauptstr. 35, D-55491 Wahlenau/Hunsrück, Tel.: ++49/(0)6543/980096, Fax
++49/(0)6543/500 636

E-mail address of organization

BMuellerIFGK@aol.com

Website address of organization

http://www.ifgk.de

Highest priority action domain of a culture of peace

Research on Nonviolent Conflict Transformation

Second priority action domain of a culture of peace

Peace Research

Highest priority country of action (or international)

German

Second priority country of action (or international)

International
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