A series of workshops convened by the One Earth Future Foundation and Rodney Bruce Hall (Oxford University) on the topic of the roles NGOs can play in contributing to peace and good governance resulted in the book Reducing Armed Violence with NGO Governance.
Key Findings
This volume discusses whether – or the extent to which – NGOs can, as private actors, contribute to authoritative governance outcomes in the security realm and thereby help mitigate armed violence by plugging governance gaps.
- NGOS can support good governance for peace by directly providing public goods or supporting development.
- NGOs require legitimacy in order to have effective impact in changing behavior.
- NGOs can support good governance for peace by changing the behavior of existing institutions.
- NGOs can directly provide governance in areas of limited statehood by forming or participating in governing networks.