COUNTERING VIOLENT CONFLICT & POLARISATION: HOW CAN DONORS HELP?

Set against the backdrop of 25 years of the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland, this international event, hosted by Social Change Initiative (SCI), will provide a unique opportunity for donors to connect, reflect and learn about the ways in which they can help to advance positive social change and counter polarisation in conflict-affected societies.

The conference programme will have contributions from philanthropy, government donors and field practitioners including:

- Mary Robinson (The Elders)

- John Paul Lederach (Humanity United)

- Volker Turk (United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights)

- john a. powell (Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley)

- Mark Malloch Brown (Open Society Foundations)

- Dough Griffiths (Oak Foundation)

- Kathryn Nwajiaku-Dahou (Overseas Development Institute)

- Mariana Casij (Institute for Integrated Transitions)

- Dr. Stella Voutta (Robert Bosch Stiftung)

- Alexandra Toma (Peace and Security Funders Group)

- Martín Abregú (Ford Foundation)

- Ambika Satkunanathan (Human Rights Lawyer Sri Lanka)

- Christine Bell (Edinburgh University)

- Nomfundo Walaza (Unyoke Foundation South Africa)

- Mariska van Beijnum (Netherlands Ministry for Foreign Affairs)

- Karen Karnicki (Rockefeller Brothers Fund)

- Dylan Mathews (Peace Direct)

- Martin Macwan (Dalit Human Rights Foundation)

- Barry Knight (Centris UK)

- Kamela Chandrakirana (Indonesia for Humanity)

- Chandrika Sahai (Philanthropy for Social Justice & Peace)

- Gabi Kent (Open University)

- Teresa Dumasy (Conciliation Resources)

- Julie Broome (Ariadne)

- Maggie Beirne (Social Change Initiative)

- Mike Posner (Center for Business and Human Rights NYU)

- Kerry Kennedy (Robert F Kennedy Human Rights)

- Steve Pittam (Polden-Puckham Charitable Foundation)

- Denise Charlton (Community Foundation Ireland)

- Roisin Wood (Community Foundation Northern Ireland)

- Oliver McTernan (Director Forward Thinking)

- Charles Keidan (Alliance Magazine)

- Adrian Arena (Oak Foundation)

- Sally Axworthy MBE (Foreign and Commonwealth Office)

- Melanie Greenberg (Humanity United)

- Catriona Gourley (PeaceNexus Foundation)

- Dr Michael Barron (The Rowan Trust)

- Fiona Nic Dhonnacha (Ambassador of Ireland to Colombia)

- Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini MBE (International Civil Society Action Network)

For those with an interest to learn more about the role that funders have played in Northern Ireland to tackle conflict and polarisation, a further optional one day programme is available on 8th February.

Don't miss this opportunity to be part of this timely conversation.