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  • [Publication] Annual Report 2011

    • Since the publication of its last Annual Report, BICC has initiated an intensive discussion on the future direction of its work. We have asked ourselves in which programmatic fields we wish to conduct and provide our applied research, advisory and training services over the years to come. We want to focus our work more strongly in order to do even better justice to our task of promoting peace, security and development throughout the world. A further central consideration was how we can establish...

  • [Publication] Annual Report 2008

    • The Annual Report 2007/2008 sets out to provide information on how BICC is engaging throughout the world at the interface between development and peace in the fields of application-oriented research, counseling and capacity building.  We are proud to have a very prominent guest author for this year’s Annual Report: Professor Dr. Hans Blix, Chairman of the International Commission on Weapons of Mass Destruction, Stockholm, and a Member of BICC’s International Board. His editorial deals with ...

  • [Publication] Annual Report 2012

    • BICC’S mission statement is: “Peace, security and development through research, advisory services and training.” In other words, security and the transformation of conflicts can only be achieved by simultaneously promoting both peace and development. This normative approach is also included in the general concept of ‘conversion’, which is devoted to reducing and transforming military stockpiles, military processes and capacities. BICC has actively developed this concept over the last eighteen ye...

  • [PDF Document] brief40.pdf   (4.03 MB)

    brief 40 Natural Resources in Côte dIvoire Fostering Crisis or Peace The Cocoa Diamond Gold and Oil Sectors Contents 3 List of Acronyms and Abbreviations 4 Acknowledgments 5 Resourcespecific Concerns Regarding Peace in Côte dIvoire 40 Executive Summary 5 31 Cocoa 41 Introduction 7 1 The Conflict in Côte dIvoire 11 Course of the conflict 9 10 111 The outbreak of war 10 112 Ni paix ni guerre A situation inbetween war and peace 12 12 Origins of the conflict Politicizing migra...
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  • [Staff] Ada Hakobyan

    • Technical Advisor
    • Ada obtained her Master of Arts in Intercultural Communication and European Studies at the University of Applied Sciences in Fulda, Germany. During her studies, she specialized in methods of conflict analysis and transformation. Ada did her Bachelor of Arts in Armenia and the United States. Before joining BiCC, Ada worked for Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zussammenarbeit (GIZ) as peace advisor, mainstreaming conflict-sensitive approaches in program planning and monitoring. From 2...

  • [Project] Security, armaments and development in recipient countries of German arms exports

    • BICC has been receiving funds from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) for research and consultancy on arms exports, militarisation and development in recipient countries of German arms exports since 2002. The project consists of five major components: In the framework of this project, BICC compiles and updates a database (https://www.ruestungsexport.info/en) on data concerning the military sector, overall security environment, human rights situat...

  • [PDF Document] brief32.pdf   (2.54 MB)

    brief 32 Whos Minding the Store The Business of Private Public and Civil Actors in Zones of Conflict brief 32 Contents Preface 4 Zusammenfassung German summary 5 Summary 7 Private Business and Conflict An Overview of Issues and Problems 9 Introduction Focus on multinational enterprises and the extractive industries sector Extractive industries and conflict The role of business preconflict in conflict and postconflict Towards conflictsensitive business practices Regulatory Frameworks for...
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  • [Project] Wartime Rape and Post-Conflict Research Project

    • Rape in war is not a homogeneous phenomenon. There are many reasons why this form of violence is used — against both women and men. BICC was studying various aspects of war rape in order to identify different “types” of rape. This research project, which was funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), aimed to contribute to a better understanding of this form of violence employed in war and the diverse consequences long after the war has ended. A typology of wa...

  • [Project] Digging for Peace: Private companies and emerging economies in zones of conflict. International Fatal Transactions conference 2008

    • BICC in association with the European Fatal Transactions network , held the international conference “Digging for Peace: Private companies and emerging economies in conflict zones” at the Deutsche Welle in Bonn on 21 and 22 November 2008. Representatives of civil society, companies and politics discussed the role of private companies in conflict zones.

  • [Staff] Philip Rush

    • Associate Researcher
    • Philip Rush studied Political Science at California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 2001. He completed a Master of Arts (MA) in International Policy Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) in 2008.Between 1995 and 2001, Philip Rush served as a Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) infantryman in the United States Marine Corps Reserves (USMCR). From 1998 to 2001, he worked as a congressional liaison and field representative ...