Cooperation with partners

FBA supports its partners in strengthening their role in peace and security and in enhancing their ability to achieve their goals through long-term change processes. In this work, where ownership and leadership lie with the partner, FBA contributes context-specific expertise to strengthen competencies, incentives, or other conditions necessary for change.

In our collaboration with partners, FBA offers different forms of support based on their needs. This may include process management, facilitation of dialogue, coaching and mentoring, advisory services, training, or support in policy development.

FBA’s Role in Change Processes

Many of FBA’s partners play central roles in peace processes or other change processes related to peace and security. As a neutral external actor, FBA can contribute by creating dialogue, coaching stakeholders, and helping to move processes forward. We do this through advisory services, training, and policy development.

Advisory Services

Advisory services are a long-term, tailored form of support through which FBA provides evidence-based expertise that responds to the specific needs of our partners. These services are carried out by FBA’s thematic experts, who support partners by offering concrete advice, designing or facilitating customised processes, or coaching individuals within an organisation or process.

The core of FBA’s advisory work is to adapt our expertise to the partner’s or context’s needs in order to achieve a jointly agreed objective.

Training

Training within FBA’s areas of expertise helps strengthen the capacity of individuals and institutions to promote peace. Most of FBA’s training activities are tailor-made and carried out upon request from organisations such as the UN, EU, or OSCE, as well as national partner organisations.

Training can address knowledge needs as part of a long-term change process where multiple methods are combined. It can also serve as an important platform for networking and exchange between actors.

One example is the SPRINT training programme in Moldova – a capacity-building programme for young civil servants aimed at strengthening and reforming public administration to become more efficient and transparent, with citizens’ needs at the centre. This is one of several tools that contribute to the country’s democratic resilience and its path towards EU integration.

Through the programme, participants develop both their own professional competence and networks, engaging with peers and Swedish civil servants. With support from mentors and their own networks, participants design policy initiatives that aim to strengthen well-functioning public administration and contribute to long-term change.

Policy Development

FBA has extensive expertise in peacebuilding, conflict prevention, and security promotion. We contribute continuously to the development of policies, guidelines, and practices within individual institutions and partner organisations – in our partner countries and globally.

FBA’s support helps ensure that their processes are effective and grounded in up-to-date knowledge from both research and proven experience.