Civil society is widely assumed to be an important actor for peacebuilding. As such, substantive focus has been given towards building and strengthening civil society, especially in countries experiencing or emerging from situations of armed conflict. In such environments, civil society is understood as playing an important role in reducing violence, and in facilitating the conditions necessary for building a sustainable peace. However, despite this ever-growing emphasis on the role of civil society in peacebuilding, little systematic research has been undertaken to empirically support this assumption. As an effort to systematically examine the role of civil society in peacebuilding processes. Our project began by developing a comprehensive framework through which the relevance and effectiveness of the role of civil society on streets in peacebuilding could be more fully analyzed. Our network will derive from democracy, development and peacebuilding theory from gross route level, outlined seven possible functions to be played by civil society within various stages of conflict. These functions are: protection, monitoring, advocacy, socialization, social cohesion, facilitation, and service delivery.

Let us go through shoulder to shoulder and hand to hand for every country of engagement, it is crucial to pay attention to the relevant functions for peacebuilding during the respective phase of conflict, to strengthen the effectiveness of civil society. Let us go street to street and door to door to build up understanding and awareness...