This document outlines various tools that can be used for conflict analysis, including stages of conflict, timelines, actor mapping, conflict trees, and the ABC triangle. It describes how each tool can be used for both analyzing different aspects of a conflict as well as identifying opportunities for intervention. The overall purpose of conflict analysis is to better understand the context, parties, causes, and dynamics of a conflict in order to help prevent escalation and adopt conflict-sensitive practices.

1. TOOLS
FOR
CONFLICT
ANALYSIS

2. What is conflict?
“ A relationship between two
or more interdependent
parties in which at least one
of the parties perceives the
relationship to be negative &
pursues opposing interests &
needs.

3. What is violence?
1. Structural Violence
2. Cultural Violence
3. Direct Violence

4. Structural Violence
- How certain groups are
discriminated against
through social, political &
economic system.

5. Cultural Violence
- Deeply ingrained attitudes
& beliefs that justify the
necessity of violence.

6. Direct Violence
- The use of threat of physical
force or verbal attacks.

7. Why do a conflict analysis?
1. Conflict analysis helps
thinking about how
programmes are going to
work in conflict-affected
contexts.

8. Why do a conflict analysis?
2. Participatory conflict
analysis can help parties to
articulate the issues more
clearly.

9. Why do a conflict analysis?
3. Understanding your
context helps you adopt a
conflict sensitive practice to
your programmes.

10. TOOLS

11. Stages of Conflict

12. Stages of Conflict
To see the stages & cycles of
escalation & de-escalation of
conflict
To assess where the situation is
now
To try to predict future patterns of
escalation with the aim of
preventing these from occurring
Analysis

13. Stages of Conflict
To analyse stages from the
viewpoints of different sides or
different parts of a country in
conflict
To highlight critical points for
possible intervention
To identify the cycles & triggers to
escalating conflict
Intervention

14. Timeline

15. Timeline
To show different views of
history in a conflict;
To clarify and understand each
side’s perception of events
To identify which events are
most important to each side.
Analysis

16. Timeline
Used as a way of helping
people to accept their own
perspective as only part of the
truth.
Can be used by the parties
themselves & shared with each
other.
Intervention

17. Actor Mapping

18. Actor Mapping
To represent the conflict
graphically
To place the parties in relation
to the problem and each other
To identify all the parties
directly or indirectly invloved
Analysis

19. Actor Mapping
To look for openings or new
strategies
To see where our allies or
potential allies are placed to
find our own niche
To evaluate what has been
done.
Intervention

21. Conflict Tree
To stimulate discussion about
causes & effects in a conflict
To help a group to agree on
the core problem
To relate causes & effects to
each other & to the focus of
the organization
Analysis

22. Conflict Tree
To assist a group or team to
make decisions about priorities
for addressing conflict issues
To decide about which conflict
issues they should try to
address.
Intervention

24. ABC Triangle
To identify these three sets of
factors for each of the major
parties
To analyse how these
influence each other
To relate these to the needs &
fears of each party
Analysis

25. ABC Triangle
To identify a starting point for
intervention in the situation
To identify what factors might
be addressed by an
intervention
To reveal how change in one
aspect might affect another.
Intervention

26. POSITIONS
NEEDS
INTEREST

27. Onion
To identify the positions, interest &
needs of each party
To identify possible common areas
of divergence in the interests or
needs of parties
To build a comprehensive picture
of each parties positions, interests
and needs
Analysis

28. Onion
To prepare for mediation
To identify entry points for
joint work
To build on commonalities
Intervention

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