TOOLS FOR

CONFLICT

ANALYSIS

What is conflict?“ A relationship between two or more interdependent parties in which at least one of the parties perceives the relationship to be negative & pursues opposing interests & needs.

What is violence?

1. Structural Violence2. Cultural Violence3. Direct Violence

Structural Violence

- How certain groups are discriminated against through social, political & economic system.

Cultural Violence

- Deeply ingrained attitudes & beliefs that justify the necessity of violence.

Direct Violence

- The use of threat of physical force or verbal attacks.

Why do a conflict analysis?

1. Conflict analysis helps thinking about how programmes are going to work in conflict-affected contexts.

Why do a conflict analysis?

2. Participatory conflict analysis can help parties to articulate the issues more clearly.

Why do a conflict analysis?

3. Understanding your context helps you adopt a conflict sensitive practice to your programmes.

TOOLS

Stages of Conflict

Stages of Conflict

To see the stages & cycles of escalation & de-escalation of conflict

To assess where the situation is now

To try to predict future patterns of escalation with the aim of preventing these from occurringAnalysis

Stages of Conflict

To analyse stages from the viewpoints of different sides or different parts of a country in conflict

To highlight critical points for possible intervention

To identify the cycles & triggers to escalating conflict

Intervention

Timeline

Timeline To show different views of history in a conflict;

To clarify and understand each side’s perception of events

To identify which events are most important to each side.Analysis

Timeline Used as a way of helping people to accept their own perspective as only part of the truth.

Can be used by the parties themselves & shared with each other.

Intervention

Actor Mapping

Actor MappingTo represent the conflict graphically

To place the parties in relation to the problem and each other

To identify all the parties directly or indirectly invlovedAnalysis

Actor MappingTo look for openings or new strategies

To see where our allies or potential allies are placed to find our own niche

To evaluate what has been done.

Intervention

Conflict TreeTo stimulate discussion about causes & effects in a conflict

To help a group to agree on the core problem

To relate causes & effects to each other & to the focus of the organizationAnalysis

Conflict TreeTo assist a group or team to make decisions about priorities for addressing conflict issues

To decide about which conflict issues they should try to address.

Intervention

ABC TriangleTo identify these three sets of factors for each of the major parties

To analyse how these influence each other

To relate these to the needs & fears of each partyAnalysis

ABC TriangleTo identify a starting point for intervention in the situation

To identify what factors might be addressed by an intervention

To reveal how change in one aspect might affect another.

Intervention

 

POSITIONS 

NEEDS 

INTEREST 

OnionTo identify the positions, interest & needs of each party

To identify possible common areas of divergence in the interests or needs of parties

To build a comprehensive picture of each parties positions, interests and needs

Analysis

OnionTo prepare for mediation

To identify entry points for joint work

To build on commonalities

Intervention

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