Sudan : North in the shadow of the South

Report from four seminars on challenges and opportunities for peacebuilding in Sudan, held in March and April 2012 in Uppsala and Stockholm, Sweden. Each of the seminars focused on a special theme, namely: Environment, climate and the Sudanese conflict; The border between the North and the South – current status and challenges from a peacebuilding perspective; The role of civil society in peacebuilding in Sudan today; The Nordic countries as peacebuilders in Sudan? Speakers at the seminars were Sudanese experts and representatives of civil society and academia, as well as Nordic experts with rich experience from Sudan. High level policy-makers, practitioners and experts were in the panel in the discussion at the concluding seminar, held in the First Chamber Hall of the Swedish Parliament. The seminars were jointly organised by the Life & Peace Institute and the Nordic Africa Institute. The seminar series and the publication of this report were financially supported by the Folke Bernadotte Academy