Democratic Institutionality for Dialogue and Conflict Prevention. The case of Peru.

Democratic Institutionality for Dialogue and Conflict Prevention. The case of Peru.

September 6, 2016

This publication for practitioners documents the process for institutionalization of dialogue and conflict prevention that has been at work in the Peruvian state as of 2000, a year in which conflicts began to be clearly seen regarding the use of natural resources.

This document has been produced as part of the “Prevention of Social Conflicts in the Use of Natural Resources” project implemented by UNDP Peru; published with the support of the Governance and Peacebuilding Cluster for Latin America and the Caribbean.

The primary goal of this paper is to investigate and identify the transformative or evolutionary elements of dialogue and conflict prevention practitioner or service within the framework of the Peruvian State. It also seeks to determine if there has been an evolution from a relatively inorganic, informal situation to a steadily practiced and exercised, highly organized one. The paper combines the use of primary sources through in-depth interviews with an analysis of the laws and regulations, bibliography and news coverage.