The EU built its own capacities to identify conflict risks at an early stage and contributed to strengthening the overall conflict prevention, peacebuilding and mediation capacity of the international community. It sought to establish and promote the use of mediation as a first-response tool in emerging or ongoing crisis situations. As stated in the revised EU Concept on Mediation and Dialogue (November 2020), the EU was uniquely positioned as an actor in conflict prevention and mediation. The EU aimed to use mediation, conflict early warning and conflict analysis in a more systematic way as efficient and cost-effective instruments for preventing and resolving conflicts.
The objective of the contract was to provide the EEAS ISP.2 Division (Conflict Prevention and Mediation Support) with high-quality external expertise (technical assistance) and logistical support in the fields of conflict prevention and analysis, peace mediation, and dialogue support.