IRI has recently launched two resources that take stock of key challenges that conflict-affected contexts pose to strengthening democracy and lessons learned for overcoming them. IRI’s Field Guide for Democracy, Human Rights and Governance Programming in Conflict-Affected Contexts and Conflict, Governance and Legitimacy Assessment Framework are designed to serve as a starting point for policymakers, funders, implementers, and practitioners who intend to implement a Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance (DRG) program in a fragile or conflict-affected area. Practitioners should turn to these documents to guide their analysis of the relevant factors in the conflict system, to improve their understanding of which actors are perceived to be legitimate by local populations, as well as to understand best practices drawn from a wide-range of DRG programming in a variety of conflict-affected contexts.
