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is a peacebuilding learning organisation.

Peaceworks is a small group of committed adult educators and
facilitators who have long experience in peace conflict situations.
We work in Australia, the Asia Pacific and Africa and have
networks and connections with a diverse range of peacebuilders.
Guiding Principles:
• We work with respect and with compassion;
• We have a collaborative leadership and decision-making
structure where all our staff are valued equally; and
• We create open safe spaces for the purposes of listening and
learning and building trust, relationships and partnerships.

Strategic Focus Areas: Capabilities:

1. Peacebuilding: We bring a range of expertise to the business including skills &
Peaceworks offers professional services in expertise in
training, facilitation, dialogue and support for • Peacebuilding methodologies;
individuals, agencies and government • Facilitating dialogue and difficult conversations for
organisations working on peacebuilding issues. communities in, or emerging from, conflict;
• Transformational leadership development;
• Refugee and migrant support methodologies, cross cultural
2. Leading Transitions: awareness; and
Peaceworks offers professional development • Innovative collaborative design.
support for current and emerging leaders.

3. Cultivating Learning Communities: Business Model

• We harness and disseminate stories of
resilience and recovery;
• Support communities to document their
peacebuilding and transition experiences;
and
• Create virtual and physical learning
networks and centres.
Theory of Change
We focus on creating collaboratively
designed programs and partnerships.
We work with people where they are at
and support transitions to new ways of
thinking and interacting
Professional Services
Leadership Development Programs - Support
Partnered Project Funding
We are particularly interested in facilitating the
creation of community learning partnerships
between and among peacebuilders from
different contexts.

Peaceworks Pty. Ltd. Strategic Focus Areas & Organisational Structure, March 2011. Dr. Rebecca Spence, Dr. Micheal O'Loughlin, Irene Lemon. Last revised 22 March 2011
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