June 6-7, 2000

Purpose: To assist USAID...

1. Develop an analytical framework for identifying the potential for conflict;
   
   
2. Establish the policy, criteria, approaches, and prioritization for responding to conflict and the potential for mitigation of conflict; and
   
   
3. Determine the Agency's role and capacity to preemptively address the root causes for conflict and the relationship of our assistance activities to the likelihood of conflict.

AGENDA

Overview

June 6, 2000

1. Keynote address
2. Concepts in Terminology & Analytical Frameworks in Comparative Perspective
3. Luncheon Address
4. Case Studies

June 7, 2000

1. Democracy & Governance: Justice and Security
2. Economic Growth & Conflict
3. Natural Resources & Conflict
4. Land as a Source of Conflict
5. Wrap-Up and Adjournment

Summary: "Going Back to the Front Lines: A Personal View" by Richard McCall

Introduction: Thomas Fox, Assistant Administrator

Bureau for Policy and Programs, Agency for International Development

Topic: U.S. Foreign Policy and Conflict: The Need for Prevention

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jane Holl Lute, Executive Director, Role of the America Military Power (RAMPS), Association of the United States Army 

Session organizers: Susan Merrill, Johanna Mendelson-Forman

Concepts, Terminology and Analytical Frameworks in Comparative Perspective

Moderator: Dick McCall

Topic: USAID and the Prevention of Deadly Conflicts [PowerPoint presentation]
Presenter: Dr. Krishna Kumar, PPC

Discussants:

Dr. Johanna Mendelson-Forman, PPC 
Thomas Beck, PPC 
Dr. Michael Lund, MSI 
Professor Howard Adleman

Session organizer: V. L Elliott

Luncheon address

Introduction: Thomas Fox, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Policy and Programs, Agency for International Development

Topic: "Do No Harm: Foreign Aid and Conflict Prevention" 
Speaker: Dr. Mary Anderson

Session organizers: Susan Merrill, Johanna Mendelson-Forman

Case Studies

Moderator: Keith Brown, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Development of Country and Regional Strategies, Bureau for Africa

Wrap-Up: Dick McCall, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Administrator 

JUNE 7, 2000

Tools and Approaches. Sessions are designed to cover the sources of conflict, tools and, approaches that AID has to deal with conflict prevention.

Democracy and Governance: Justice and Security

Moderator: Jim Vermillion, Deputy Director, Center for Democracy and Governance, Global Bureau

Topic: "Transitions in Governance: The UNDP Framework and How It Is Being Made Operational"
Presenter: Dr. Frank O'Donnell, Deputy Director, Crisis Management and Governance Division, UNDP

Topic: "Achieving 'Sustainable Security' During Transitions"
Presenter: Dr. Pauline H. Baker, President, The Fund for Peace

Discussants:

Dr. Nicole Ball, Senior Associate, Overseas Development Council
Sylvia Fletcher, Office of Transition Initiatives, Bureau for Humanitarian Response  
Dr. Johanna Mendelson-Forman, PPC

Session organizer: Johanna Mendelson-Forman: "Crisis Prevention and Development Cooperation: The Role of the State"

Economic Growth and Conflict

Moderator/Discussant: Dick McCall, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Administrator

Topic: "The Economics of Civil Wars, Crime and Violence" 
Presenter: Dr. Paul Collier, Director, Development Economics and Conflict Research Group, The World Bank

Topic: "USAID, Economic Growth and Conflict" 
Presenter: Emmy Simmons, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Global Bureau

Session organizers: Bill Renison and V. L Elliott

Natural Resources and Conflict

Moderator: Franklin Moore, Center for Environment, Global Bureau

Topic: "Environment and Conflict: Background and Analytical Framework"
Presenter: Geoffrey D. Dabelko, The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Topic: "Case Studies in Environmental Cooperation" 
Presenter: Dr. Stacy D. VanDeveer, University of New Hampshire

Discussant: Carl Gallegos, AFR/SD

Session organizer: Leslie Johnston

Land as a Source of Conflict

Moderator: Dr. Jolyne Sanjak, LAC Bureau

Topic: "Land as a Source of Conflict" 
Presenter: Professor Alain de Janvry, University of California Berkeley

Topic: "Approaches to Conflict" 
Presenter: Professor John Strasma, Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin

Discussant: Dr. Klaus Deininger, World Bank Land Policy Thematic Group

Session organizers: Susan Merrill, Jolyne Sanjak, Jack Sleeper

Wrap-Up and Adjournment

Dick McCall, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Administrator

CREDITS: all notes from this conference were compiled by the CDIE Research & Reference Services Project's Thomas Buck and Raymond Robinson. Web and audio technical assistance was provided by the Research & Reference Services Project's Eric Bensel.