LONDON — Whether negotiating access to a community or gaining the trust of local powerbrokers, diplomacy is often essential for groups working in conflict-affected and fragile places.
But measuring the success of those efforts can be hard to quantify, particularly in unpredictable and fast-changing environments.
It is a problem that led the United Kingdom’s Conflict, Stability and Security Fund to develop a Political Access and Influence tool. First developed for use in East Africa, the tool has since been adopted by regional CSSF teams around the world.