Mémoire
| Résumé : | After the mitigated outcomes of liberal peacebuilding in the 90’s, local ownership has been displayed as an alternative to conflict transformation (Reich 2006, Leonardsson and Rudd 2015). However, is cooperation and local ownership compatible? Through the prism of vertically led peacebuilding, this paper ambitions to analyse the relations between local and international actors over the past twenty years, as well as their impact on the peace process in Colombia and the Philippines. Empirical findings and the literature led to contrasting results. First, the positive impact of cooperation is only partially proven for conflict resolution, as the link between the choice of an inclusive model for negotiations and the existence of cooperation cannot be asserted. Still, several actors that were engaged in cooperation prior to the peace talks participated in the negotiations. Second, cooperation projects inspired post-conflict policies that provide a bigger power of action to local actors and incentivize structural change. In this sense, cooperation contributed to a certain extent to build positive peace by giving the means for local ownership to be recognised as an essential factor of peacebuilding. |
