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When can it be used?

The handbook and the Guidance notes can be used all along the intervention cycle, whenever the EU engages in situations of conflict and fragility, with societies in transition and in more stable countries with structural conflict risks.
Adopting a conflict-sensitive approach in the intervention cycle and in relation to policymaking will maximise opportunities for having a positive impact on conflict risks, peace, resilience and poverty reduction in any context.

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PRACTICAL APPLICATION

Key elements

The handbook consists of three parts:and its guidances notes consist in s:

• 1 The EU policy framework on fragility and conflict, resilience and peace

• 2 Conflict sensitivity in the programme cycle

• 3 Conflict prevention and peacebuilding

• 4 Gender

• 5 Democratic governance and human rights

• 6 Working with national actors

• 7 Working with international actors

• 8 Economic development and employment

• 9 Climate change, the environment and natural resources

• 10 Sustainable agriculture, land issues and food security

• 11 Conflict sensitivity and resilience implications of the COVID-19 pandemic

• 12 Education

• 13. Prevention and Peacebuilding; (2024)
  

• 14.Security Sector Reform (2024)
• Part I – Concepts, policies and the EU approach: describes the framework of the EU's engagement in situations of conflict and fragility. Covered topics include a definition of situations of conflict and fragility, relevant policies, the EU approach, and available financial instruments and analytical and methodological tools.
• Part II – Practical guidance notes: focuses on the implementation of the concepts and approaches described in Part I, addressing a number of related concepts through case studies, interviews and reports from EU Delegations. Topics addressed range from conflict sensitivity to promoting resilience, and from adopting a flexible approach to specifics of policy dialogue in situations of conflict and fragility.
• Part III – Annexes: presents methodologies and tools available for operational managers to develop and implement interventions, with a strong focus on conflict-sensitivity mainstreaming.

Requirements

Conflict sensitivity and resilience mainstreaming in development programming (see INTPA companion) and Action Document templates and Instructions.

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• European Union External Action, 2020 Guidance note on the use of Conflict Analysis in support of EU external action
• The European Commission (EC), DG INTPA.  Conflict Sensitivity Guidance Notes  
• Capacity4dev.  Results Chain and Indicators on Resilience, Conflict Sensitivity and Peace, 2020.
• INTPA Academy: Training, EU Conflict Sensitivity Course.
  

• INTPA/T - EU Internal Workshop on the Links between Global Gateway 360 Approach in fragile/crisis context and the HDP Nexus

• The European Commission (EC), Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI), 2013.  Post Disaster Needs Assessments (PDNA)
• The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank, 2017.  Recovery and Peacebuilding Assessments (RPBA)
• Joint Recovery and Peacebuilding Assessments, A Practical Note to Assessment and Planning, 2017The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank, 2017.   The European Commission (EC), 2024. , Guidance Note on Conflict Sensitivity NO. 14. Security Sector Reform
  

• 1. EU’s thematic guidance notes on Conflict Sensitivity Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding;

• 2. EU’s thematic guidance notes on Conflict Sensitivity, in the Programming cycle, 2ve DDR

• EU’s thematic guidance notes on Conflict Sensitivity Gender

• EU’s thematic guidance notes on Conflict Sensitivity, Democracy and Human Rights,

• EU’s thematic guidance notes on Conflict Sensitivity, Working with National Actors
• EU’s thematic guidance notes on Conflict Sensitivity, Working with International Actors
• EU’s thematic guidance notes on Conflict Sensitivity, Economic Development and Employment;
• EU’s thematic guidance notes on Conflict Sensitivity, Climate Change
• EU’s thematic guidance notes on Conflict Sensitivity, Environment and Natural Resources
• EU’s thematic guidance notes on Conflict Sensitivity, Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture
• EU’s thematic guidance notes on Conflict Sensitivity, COVID 19;
• EU’s thematic guidance notes on Conflict Sensitivity, Education
• EU’s thematic guidance notes on Conflict Sensitivity, Conflict Sensitive DDR
• Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Gender, Peace and Security Toolkit. https://www.osce.org/odihr/440831

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