Resilience as a tool of peacebuilding

Abstract

The explicit emergence of resilience in peace operations has been detected only in the past few years, but at the same time it signals a significant shift within the area. Responding to the changed environment of the 21st century and the experience of recent decades, international organizations have come up with a new concept. According to the idea, self-sustaining peace can be achieved by strengthening and supporting local actors, resources and institutions. However, this also requires international organizations to modify their role in peace operations so that they can effectively support local initiatives. In this new concept, the resilience of individual communities and countries has a special role which constitutes the cornerstone of a new type of adaptive peace-building.