PROJECT:

RCCP Joint Project with the International Affairs Institute (IAI) of Rome


In January, 2004, the International Affairs Institute (www.iai.it) and the Regional Center on Conflict Prevention (About RCCP) started a joint project on conflict prevention in the Euro-Med region.

The general goals of the project are:

(1) to improve the capabilities of the newly established Regional Center on Conflict Prevention with the support of the IAI CCP model of analysis for Early Warning in the Euro-Med area; (Country Conflict Profile);
2) to widen Conflict Prevention knowledge and practice amongst researchers and practitioners in the Euro-Med area.

Research results will be published on Conflict in Focus, the bi-monthly electronic IAI-RCCP joined publication, together with more general articles on EU Conflict Prevention policies and the Euro-Med area by researchers and practitioners, with the final aim of stimulating a debate on the issue.

The joint IAI-RCCP project is financed by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.



Project Background:
In 2000, the International Affairs Institute (Istituto Affari Internazionali - IAI, Rome - Italy) launched a project aimed at creating the first ever nucleus of capabilities in conflict prevention in the Euro-Mediterranean framework, with a view to contributing to the development of a conflict prevention 'culture' in and about the Euro-Med area, and to preparing appropriate conditions for actual preventive actions in the region. The project consisted of two interacting processes:

• The development of tools for a Euro-Med Conflict Prevention System and, in particular, an integrated model for early warning and response planning (EW&R), specifically tailored for conflict prevention in the Mediterranean countries; this includes a dedicated software, and the Country Conflict Profile (CCP), for early warning activities in the area (Country Conflict Profile).

• A cooperation programme between the IAI and the Jordan Institute of Diplomacy (JID, Amman) consisting of:

i) a series of seminars on the theoretical and political foundations of conflict prevention in the Euro-Mediterranean region;
ii) the establishment of a Conflict Prevention Centre at the JID with the aim of using and testing the IAI CCP model and software; and
iii) IAI training of the Conflict Prevention Centre researchers for the testing of the CCP software and the creation of a regional database on conflict potentials.

Published Results:
Aliboni, R., Guazzone, L. and Pioppi, D., Early Warning and Conflict Prevention in the Euro-Med Area, A Research Report by the Istituto Affari Internazionali, IAI Quaderni, English Series, December 2001.

Unpublished Results:
Guazzone L. and Pioppi D., Country Conflict Profile (CCP) Software 2nd release, March 2001, Access 1997 prototype version (available on CD-Rom).
Guazzone L. and Pioppi D., Country Conflict Profile (CCP) Software Handbook, IAI, Rome, March 2001, pp. 61.