Jun 07 2022 26 mins 1
In our work, we talk about ‘trust’ a lot. Trust between groups, trust within partnerships, trust between people and their governments. However, especially in security contexts, trust can play various roles - in addition, what is considered trustworthy differs across contexts and regions. That’s why Viktoria Budde from the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy – together with Karoline Eickhoff, then with the Berghof Foundation, – studies policymakers' assumptions on what trust is, and how to nurture it in the context of Security and Rule of Law partnerships. Her conversation partner, Inès Abdel Razek, from the Palestine Institute of Public Diplomacy (PIPD), connects these findings to her own experiences on this topic in the Palestinian context – a place where trust-building initiatives have been increasingly rejected by the people and movements, while still promoted by peacebuilding stakeholders despite lack of evidence to their efficiency over the past decades.
Click here for more information about the Fragile Truths Podcast. To get in touch with Viktoria Budde, you can e-mail her at: [email protected], follow her on LinkedIn or on Twitter. To get in touch with Inès Abdel Razek, you can e-mail her at: [email protected], follow her on LinkedIn or on Twitter.
Click here to check out the ‘Fostering Constructive Relations: Approaches to Trust-Building in Peacebuilding Interventions' by IFSH & Berghof Foundation that is referred to in this episode, supported by the Knowledge Management Fund. Click here to check out the analytical piece, 'Thirty Years On: The Ruse of the Middle East Peace Process' by al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network to learn more about Inès' work.
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