Conference report 'Religion, conflict and development in fragile states' (dr. Welmoet Boender, 2009)
20 November 2008
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On 20 November 2008, the Knowledge Centre Religion and Development and IKV Pax Christi organised a one-day conference in The Hague, the Netherlands called: Religion, Conflict, and Development in Fragile States. The Knowledge Centre Religion and Development is a joint initiative of Cordaid, ICCO, Seva Network Foundation, Islamic University Rotterdam and Oikos. IKV Pax Christi is a civil society peace movement. Four guests from Afghanistan, Great Lakes Region, Palestine and Israel shared their views about the role of religion and religious actors in the context of fragile states with over fifty professionals from the Dutch development and peace building sector.
Two core questions were discussed:
- How can religious actors contribute to peace building, development and democratisation in their countries?
- How can Dutch development and peace building professionals locally leverage the constructive potential of religious resources and/or locally reduce the destructive potential of religious resources?
This conference report presents a summary and analysis of the discussions.
