Regional organisations' support to national dialogue processes : ECOWAS efforts in Guinea

Abstract

Over the past three decades, national dialogue has increasingly been recognised as a mechanism for conflict resolution, peacebuilding and a viable framework for expanding the space for political participation and accommodation. Although widely recognised as a nationally owned process, the international community, regional and, more often than not, subregional organisations - depending on the nature and contextual dynamics of conflicts - play an important role in supporting national dialogue processes.