Themes
The Hivos-ISS Knowledge Programme on Civil Society Building focuses on a number of thematic priorites. Focus areas are social movements in Central America and responsive government in Southern Africa. In these regions, clusters of research projects provide input to the Knowledge Programme. Besides these focus areas a number of smaller projects are being developed in other parts of the worls with a specific focus, such as LGBT and indigenous movements in the Andes, post-conflict participation in Uganda or alliances and cooperation btween social movements in different parts of the world.
NEBE
Natural resources have been central to conflicts in Latin America because of their negative environmental, socioeconomic and cultural impacts. Several recently-elected leftist governments have been nationalizing the sector to overcome these conflicts. The research component investigates dynamics of conflict creation and co-operation, feasibility of long-term strategies to deal with revenues and to enhance international co-operation and political economy of alternative development strategies.
The LGBT movement in Peru
What are the dynamics of the Peruvian LGBT movement and what has been the influence of national and international actors in its functioning? This is the main question that Marten van den Berge, hosted by the Programme for Democracy and Global Transformation (PDGT) in Lima, will explore in the next 9 months.