ICT Program Evaluation Summary
Program Title: The Greater Horn of Africa Conflict System: Conflict Patters, Strategies
and Management Practices (Makumi Mwagiru, 1997)
Program Implementer: Report commissioned by USAID project on Conflict and
Conflict Management in the Greater Horn of Africa
Program Date: NA
Donor: USAID
Country: Horn of Africa
Type of Evaluation: General assessment report
Target Group/Organization(s): NA
Conflict Phase in Area of Project: Minor to serious conflicts
What is Program Designed to Do? (Purpose of Report/Assessment)
Lessons Learned from past and current conflict management in the Horn and
suggest a programme for strengthening efforts
Examines the conceptual base on which regional conflict management should
be founded, surveys patters of conflict management practices (mediation is
primary method)
Was Program Successful and Why?(Recommendations or Conclusions)
Need to focus on structural causes of conflicts in the region and put attention
to these needs in order to encourage peace building
Third party mediation often exacerbates conflict because they are susceptible
to diplomatic, political, bureaucratic and other influences
Track I and Track II efforts at mediation in the region have not cooperated; a
structure for cooperation needs to be conceptualized and operationalized
Conflict management is not enough, there must also be peace management;
needs include: systems of continuous negotiation at the grassroots level,
emplacing peace structures at the local levels, training local communities on
conflict, its management and peace, designing confidence building measures
that can be used to bridge perceptual and psychological gaps between
communities in conflict
Updated: 9/23/04