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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) make a clear link between conflict and development, thanks to the powerful language about peace in the preamble to the along with the inclusion of Goal 16 on “peaceful and inclusive societies.” This emphasis recognizes that protracted conflict undermined the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in many countries, and it creates a new international focus on peacebuilding as one of the solutions to development challenges.

How did the international community shift its thinking toward peace and inclusion in the SDGs, and where do we go from here? The inclusion of peace as a goal in the SDGs was not a foregone conclusion, and panelists will discuss both how advocacy helped ensure a role for peacebuilding in the SDGs and what that means for the next 15 years. They will also discuss the challenge that remains for governments, organizations, and individuals to implement and evaluate these global goals.

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Speakers

Cynthia Clapp-Wincek
Independent Consultant
Cynthia Clapp-Wincek a consultant and policy expert with the US government on the creation of indicators for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. Previously, Clapp-Wincek was the Director of the Office Learning Evaluation and Research in USAID’s Bureau for Policy, Planning and Learning. She has 30 years of experience in strategic planning, performance monitoring, and evaluation of U.S. foreign assistance programs. Her career has been split between the Federal Government and independent consulting. Clapp-Wincek began her career in the Evaluation Office of USAID and ended as the Evaluation Officer for the Africa Bureau, having led the creation of USAID’s first country impact reporting system. After several years as an independent consultant working to build planning and M&E capacities within the U.S. Government and with multilateral organizations, she joined the Department of State in 2004. She first served as the Director of the Program and Budget Office for the Assistance Coordinator for Europe and Eurasia, followed by the Senior Metrics Advisor in the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization.

Andrew Tomlinson
Director, Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO)
Andrew Tomlinson is the Director and a Quaker Representative at the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO). He joined QUNO in 2008 after a career in international finance in London and New York with S.G.Warburg and Citigroup, having spent the last several years managing a socially responsible investment business. A Quaker since he came to Philadelphia from the UK on an exchange scholarship, he is now a member of Chatham-Summit Monthly Meeting in New Jersey. Tomlinson has a BA in Archaeology & Anthropology from the University of Cambridge and a Masters in Oriental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania.

Lynn Wagner
Senior manager of Knowledge Management Projects, International Institute for Sustainable Development
Lynn Wagner began working with IISD in 1994 and is currently the Senior Manager of IISD Reporting Services’ Knowledge Management Projects. In this capacity, she oversees all of IISD RS’ knowledge bases, including Climate Change Policy & Practice, Biodiversity Policy & Practice and Sustainable Development Policy & Practice. She is also Reporting Services’ thematic expert for Sustainable Development and the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, and she has attended negotiations for the Commission on Sustainable Development, the Global Environment Facility, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Convention on Biological Diversity, the 1995 World Summit on Social Development, the Fourth World Conference on Women, and Habitat II. Wagner received her Ph.D. from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Her research interests focus on the relationship between negotiation processes and outcomes, particularly for environmental negotiations. She co-edited, with Pamela Chasek, The Roads from Rio: Lessons Learned from Twenty Years of Multilateral Environmental Negotiations (2012), authored Problem-Solving and Bargaining in International Negotiations (2008), co-edited a special issue of International Negotiation Journal focused on international development negotiations, and authored numerous journal articles and book chapters on topics related to international negotiations. Wagner has taught courses at SAIS and the University of Nevada, Reno. She has also trained and worked as a mediator in the DC Superior Court Systems’ Multidoor Dispute Resolution service.

Liz Hume – Moderator
Senior Director for Programs and Strategy, Alliance for Peacebuilding
Liz Hume is the Senior Director for Programs and Strategy at the Alliance for Peacebuilding. She has over 15 years’ experience in senior leadership positions overseeing sizeable and complex peacebuilding programs in conflict affected countries in Asia, Eastern Europe, and Africa. From 1997-2001, Liz was seconded by the US Department of State to the Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Kosovo as the Chief Legal Counsel and Head of the Election Commission Secretariats. In these positions, she was responsible for developing the legal framework and policies in support of the implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords and UN Resolution 1244. After 9/11, Liz worked for the International Rescue Committee in Pakistan and Afghanistan where she established and managed the Protection Department for Afghan refugees and returning IDPs. Starting in 2004, Liz helped establish the Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation at USAID. In this position she developed programmatic interventions and policies for the USG in order to expand and improve USAID’s ability to address the sources and consequences of violent deadly conflict. In 2007, Liz was the Chief of Party for Pact where she managed a USAID funded conflict resolution and governance program in Ethiopia. She most recently served as a Technical Director at FHI 360 where she managed a USAID funded peacebuilding and governance program in Senegal with a focus on the Casamance. Liz is also an experienced mediator, and she is a frequent guest lecturer on international conflict analysis and peacebuilding in post conflict and fragile states.

About This Forum

Since 1999, the Conflict Prevention and Resolution Forum (CPRF) has provided a monthly platform in Washington for highlighting innovative and constructive methods of conflict resolution. CPRF’s goals are to (1) provide information from a wide variety of perspectives; (2) explore possible solutions to complex conflicts; and (3) provide a secure venue for stakeholders from various disciplines to engage in cross-sector and multi-track problem-solving. The CPRF is traditionally hosted at SAIS and organized by the Conflict Management Program in conjunction with Search for Common Ground. It is co-sponsored by a consortium of organizations that specialize in conflict resolution and/or public policy formulation.