The EU is building its own capacities to identify conflict risks early and contribute to strengthening the overall conflict prevention, peace building and mediation capacity of the international community. It strives to establish and promote the use of mediation as a tool of first response to emerging or ongoing crisis situations. As stated by the revised EU concept on Mediation and Dialogue (November 2020), the EU is a uniquely placed actor on conflict prevention and mediation.The EU aims to continue using mediation, conflict Early Warning and conflict analysis in a more systematic way as an efficient and cost-effective instrument to prevent and resolve conflicts.
The objective of the contract is to provide the EEAS.ISP.2 Division (Conflict prevention and Mediation support) high quality external expertise (technical assistance) and logistics support in the fields of conflict prevention and analysis, peace mediation and dialogue support.
Activities under this contract may require expertise in the following thematic areas:
1) Peace mediation and dialogue facilitation;
2) Peace process support;
3) Conflict prevention and peace building;
4) Conflict sensitivity and conflict analysis, including risk assessments also in relation to specific programmes or support measures,
5) Conflict scenario building;
6) Climate change and conflict, including natural resources and environmental degradation – water and land - and their impact on peace/conflict;
7) Conflict early warning and horizon scanning;
8) Women, peace and security; Gender-sensitivity in peace processes and conflict prevention and peacebuilding;
9) Youth and peacebuilding;
10) Post-conflict transitions;
11) Religious groups and mediation;
12) Election related violence;
13) (Digital) Media and conflict;
14) Impact of digitalization on peace and conflict and the use of digital tools;
15) Conflict and education.
Summary of assignments implemented by Dec 2025: Mission no./title/no. of fee days
OF 1_2021 Sahel workshop 5
OF 2_2021 Conflict Analysis Screenings (CAS):
OF 2,01_2021 CAS – Papua New Guinea 20
OF 2,02_2021 CAS – Congo Brazzaville20
OF 2,03_2021 CAS – Burundi 20
OF 2,04_2021 CAS – Guinea-Bissau 10
OF 2,05_2021 CAS – Madagascar 20
OF 2,06_2021 CAS – Ethiopia 35
OF 2,07_2021 CAS – Central African Republic 20
OF 2,08_2021 CAS – Benin 20
OF 2,09_2021 CAS – Kyrgyz Republic 20
OF 2,10_2021 Pre-CAS – Somalia 20
OF 2,11_2021 CAS – Kenya 30
OF 2,12_2021 CAS – Yemen 20
OF 2,13_2021 CAS support (JNKE) 48
OF 3_2021 20 years Afghanistan 39
OF 4_2021 Peer2Peer coaching 18
OF 5_2021 Ceasefire Ethiopia 15
OF 6_2021 CAS Belarus 14
OF 7_2021 EUD Heads – Horn of Africa 4
OF 8_2021 Horn of Africa 15
OF 1_2022 Conflict Analysis Screenings (CAS)
OF 1,01_2022 CAS – Burkina Faso 20
OF 1,02_2022 CAS – Bangladesh 20
OF 1,03_2022 CAS – Philippines 20
OF 1,04_2022 CAS – Venezuela 20
OF 1,05_2022 CAS – Eswatini 20
OF 1,06_2022 CAS – Jordan 20
OF 1,07_2022 CAS – Somalia 20
OF 1,08_2022 CAS – Sierra Leone 20
OF 1,09_2022 CAS – Senegal 20
OF 1,10_2022 CAS – Central Asia 20
OF 2,14_2022 CAS support (JNKE) 40
OF 2_2022 Social Media Lessons Learned 14
OF 3_2022 Mediation Retreat 4
OF 4_2022 Logistical support 4
OF 5_2022 Workshop in DRC 2 expert 7
OF 6_2022 Workshop – Conflict Prevention Ghana 2
OF 7_2022 Workshop on Women, Peace and Security in Burkina Faso 2
OF 8_2022 Support for Policy Framework for a Crises Approach in DRC 10
OF 9_2022 Conflict Analysis Screenings (CAS)
OF 9,01_2021 CAS – Mauritania 20
OF 9,02_2021 CAS – Chad 20
OF 9,07_2021 CAS – Armenia 20
OF 9,08_2021 CAS – Azerbaijan 20
OF 10_2022 Ecuador Mediation support 15
OF 11_2022 Spill over effects of Sahel on West Africa Coastal Countries 10
OF 12_2022 Community of Practice 2022 10
OF 13_2022 Mediation and Dialogue Scoping to Burkina Faso16
OF 14_2022 Logistics: LEVERAGING TRACK II PEACEBUILDING IN YEMEN 0
OF 15_2022 Conflict Prevention Training 10
OF 16_2022 Climate Training 10
OF 16_2022 Climate Training 3,5
OF 17_2022 Structural Prevention Expert Studies 22
OF 18_2022 Training for EEAS Pool of Mediators 0
OF 19_2022 Scoping Mission to Niger8
OF 20_2022 Recommendations for an EU Approach to Conflict Prevention through Mediation and
Dialogue support in Sudan 15,5
OF 21_2022 Support Social Cohesion in Ukraine 14
OF 1_2023 Lessons identified from Middle East Peace Process Design 15
OF 2_2023 EEAS Peace Mediation Guidelines Update 10
OF 3_2023 Conflict Analysis and Dialogue Options Identification – Peru 1,5
OF 5_2023 Electoral Violence Risk Assessment (EVRA) – Ivory Coast 13
4 (JNKE)
OF 6_2023 Overall Methodology Design 45
OF 7_2023 Mapping of Peace Mediation and Dialogue Initiatives in and for Sudan, including state of play of the Engagement of Women 15
OF 8_2023 Study on Regional Women Peace Mediators Networks – Overview Impact Support Needs 7
OF 9_2023 Exploring Enhanced Support To Community Dialogue In Kosovo-Serbia 24
OF 10_2023 Developing Mediation Capacities In Ukraine’s Liberated Territories 14 (SNKE)
4 (JNKE)
OF 11_2023 Mediation Support In Two Hotspots Of Agro-Pastoral Conflict In Northern Ghana 11,5
OF 12_2023 Joint EU-UN Gender Sensitive Conflict Analysis 27 (SNKE)
10 (JNKE)
OF 13_2023 Conflict analysis to inform country programming in fragile and conflict affected
countries – REGIONAL CONFLICT ANALYSES 40 (SNKE) 10 (JNKE)
OF 14_2023 Strengthening Strategic EU Support to Urban Peace In Colombia 44 (JNKE)
OF 1_2024 SUPPORT TO IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONFIDENCE-BUILDING MANDATE OF EUMA 6
OF 3_2024 FACT FINDING MISSION TO GABON – TRANSITION SUPPORT OPTIONS ASSESSMENT 16
OF 4_2024 High Level Peer-to-Peer Coaching 0
OF 5_2024 Scenario Workshop on Maritime Security
OF 6_2024 Exploring EU Support to the Border Dispute in Lebanon 14
OF 7_2024 Study on the recent evolution of Maghreb-Sahel dynamics 10
OF 8_2024 Round-table and Follow-Up to Community Dialogue Mapping in Kosovo*-Serbia 2
OF 9_2024 Identification of interlocutors for potential mediation options - Ethiopia 15
OF 10_2024 Knowledge product on structural factors and drivers of conflict, instability and resilience in Paraguay 10
OF 11_2024 Operationalisation of confidence-building measures (CBMs) in Afghanistan 20
OF 12_2024 Conflict analysis to inform country in terms of conflict sensitivity and conflict prevention – Libya 12 (SNKE) / 5 (JNKE)
OF 13_2024 Methodology on Prevention of Electoral Violence 10
OF 14_2024 EUSR/SE Peer Retreat on Mediation and Dialogue
OF 15_2024 Retreat for the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions 3 (SNKE) / 4 (JNKE)
OF 16_24 Identification, Formulation and Accompanying of Community Consultations in Mitrovica, Kosovo* 10 (SNKE) / 10 (JNKE)
OF 17_24 Assessments on conflict sensitivity on EU support to the Lebanese Armed Forces 12
OF 18_24 Support to an Inclusive Political Process for Sudan - Forging the Engagement of Sudanese Youth 10
OF 19_24 Electoral Violence Risk Assessment – Benin 15 (SNKE) / 5 (JNKE)
OF 20_24 REGIONAL CONFLICT ANALYSIS – CENTRAL SAHEL (part I) 6 (SNKE)
OF 01_25 REGIONAL CONFLICT ANALYSIS – CENTRAL SAHEL (part II) 20 (SNKE) / 20 (JNKE)
OF 02_25 1325 Anniversary year: TOWARDS LEVERAGING THE ROLE OF WOMEN MEDIATORS - Strategy Workshop of the Global Alliance of Regional Women Mediators Networks 3 (SNKE) / 2 (JNKE)
OF 03_25 Confidential Meeting on Aligning Support to Myanmar's Transition 6
OF 04_25 TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION PROCESS IN FIJI: CHAIRPERSON TO THE COMMISSION 30
OF 05_25 ANALYSIS TO IDENTIFY ENTRY POINTS FOR DIALOGUE IN THE SAHEL 15
OF 06_25 NIGERIA’S STATE AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL PEACE INFRASTRUCTURE 14
OF 07_25 4TH CONFERENCE ON PROMOTING REGIONAL SECURITY IN THE GULF 5
OF 08_25 1ST EU-OIC SENIOR LEVEL MEDIATION EXCHANGE 1
OF 09_25 Support to 4th Consultative Meeting on Enhancing Coordination of Peace Initiatives and Efforts for Sudan
OF 10_25 Expert support to Mauritania’s National Prevention Strategy 20
OF 11_25 UPDATES AND PRESENTATION OF THE STUDY ON THE RECENT EVOLUTION OF MAGHREB-SAHEL DYNAMICS 4
OF 12_25 STRUCTURAL COUNTRY ASSESSMENT / ELECTORAL VIOLENCE RISK ASSESSMENT- KENYA 15 (SNKE) / 5 (JNKE)
OF 13_25 CONFLICT ANALYSIS SCREENING NIGERIA 20 (SNKE) / 5 (JNKE)
OF 14_25 Training in Peace Mediation to support the EUSR for the Great Lakes in the implementation of his mandate 3 (**cancelled**)
OF 15_25 EU-Swiss supported Track II exploratory work towards a potential future state of non-war between Lebanon and Israel 12
OF 16_25 Continuation of OF 15_25: EU-Swiss supported Track II exploratory work towards a potential future state of non-war between Lebanon and Israel – phase II 14
OF 17_25 KNOWLEDGE PRODUCT ON STRUCTURAL FACTORS AND DRIVERS OF CONFLICT, INSTABILITY AND RESILIENCE IN COSTA RICA 10
OF 18_25 KNOWLEDGE PRODUCT ON STRUCTURAL FACTORS AND DRIVERS OF CONFLICT, INSTABILITY AND RESILIENCE IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA 10
OF 19_25 REGIONAL CONFLICT ANALYSIS – TRI BORDER AMAZON 23 (SNKE) / 5 (JNKE)
OF 20_25 EU-Swiss supported Track II exploratory work towards a potential future state of non-war between Lebanon and Israel – phase III 52