Conflict Dynamics International

Conflict Dynamics' programs to prevent and resolve violent conflict are arranged in the organization's Peace Action program area. This program area encompasses programs and projects on thematic issues related to peace as well as context-specific programs. In this program area, Conflict Dynamics directly engaged in and supported approaches to preventing and resolving conflict in a number of contexts in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East and North Africa. Conflict Dynamics' activities in this area included mediation, mediation support, conflict analysis, convening and facilitation, dialogue process design, technical support, capacity building etc. This work included development and support in use by parties to conflict, civil society constituencies and affected communities of frameworks and tools for conflict prevention and resolution.Conflict Dynamics worked with inter-governmental organizations to support mediation efforts and conflict prevention, and contributed to national and international dialogues and policy discourse on conflict prevention and resolution. Furthermore, Conflict Dynamics supported national capacities and approaches to building peace, which included collaborations with national partner organizations. Conflict Dynamics' work in this area has a particular focus on addressing exclusion and inequality as key drivers of conflict.Work in this program area directly benefited more than 58 million people affected by armed conflicts in specific contexts in Africa. This work also substantially benefited more than 5,000 peace practitioners working globally in many of the 55 state-based armed conflicts ongoing around the world in 2022.Relationship to organization's exempt purpose: Work in these areas contributed directly and substantively to Conflict Dynamics' mission to prevent and resolve violent conflict.

Conflict Dynamics' programs to alleviate human suffering are arranged in the organization's Humanitarian Action program area. This program area encompasses programs and projects on thematic issues related to humanitarian affairs as well as context-specific programs. In this program area, Conflict Dynamics developed and implemented approaches to improve the policy and practice of humanitarian assistance and protection, which contributed to alleviating human suffering in situations of armed conflict around the world. This work included humanitarian policy development and outreach in the areas of: (i) ensuring humanitarian access to and by populations in need during armed conflicts; (ii) improving humanitarian engagement with parties to armed conflict; and (iii) protection of children in situations of armed conflict. Conflict Dynamics' work in this program area is oriented to improving the lives and living conditions of a portion of the estimated 1.8 billion persons living in fragile contexts and, more specifically, of the 274 million people in need of humanitarian assistance and protection worldwide. The work on humanitarian access and engagement contributed to improvements in humanitarian action which benefited 26.6 million persons in contexts across the African continent and in the Middle East. Conflict Dynamics also undertook exploratory work on use of emerging digital technologies to help people help themselves and others in times of crisis. This included digital technologies to help protect children affected by conflict and digital technologies to improve access by people to the goods and services they need.Relationship to organization's exempt purpose: This work contributed directly and substantively to Conflict Dynamics' mission to alleviate human suffering arising from conflicts and other crises.