Broadening participation in peace processes will ensure more sustainable peace agreements. However, a broader participation in negotiations also represents an additional challenge for mediators as it complicates negotiations further. Understanding on how to benefit from a broader participation without reducing the effectiveness of a peace process and the resulting accord thus needs to be improved.

In Broadening participation in peace processes, the fourth publication in the Mediation Practice Series, Thania Paffenholz provides mediators and their teams with a better understanding of the benefits of a broader participations as well as options on how to go about it without sacrificing the process’ effectiveness. The publication covers key points including who to include in processes, why  broadening participation matters, opportunities and value added, potential challenges and how to address those, as well as practical models of participation.