View our conceptual framework to explore which functions and outputs serve which specific purpose.
Function
Gather data
Collect data relevant for the peacemaking context, actors or specific events.
Function
Analyze data
Process, prepare, compare or triangulate data relevant for the peacemaking context, actors or specific events.
Function
Disseminate data
Share or publish data relevant for the peacemaking context, actors or specific events.
Function
Amplify messages
Increase the visibility of information and make it more marked.
Function
Diversify messages
Increase the diversity of information and/or diversity of senders.
Function
Connect actors
Enable exchange and communication between stakeholders.
Function
Enable coordination
Enable alignment between usually disjoint stakeholders.
Function
Enable collaboration
Enable joint action towards between stakeholders towards a common objective.
Outputs
Better information
Provide data that is not otherwise available.
Outputs
Faster information
Reduce the time required for data transmission.
Outputs
Wider information
Widen the reach of data among the stakeholders.
Outputs
Political expression
Make the thoughts and feelings of stakeholders known.
Outputs
Assert influence
Enable stakeholders to affect the course of the peace process.
Outputs
Empathy
Increase the ability of stakeholders to understand and share the feelings of others.
Outputs
Mobilization
Organize and encourage stakeholders to take collective action.
Outputs
Representation
Provide information that depicts stakeholders' interests, needs, or concerns.
Outputs
Deliberation
Enable discussion through which an issue is carefully considered.
Strategic purpose
Legitimacy and public support
Increase public support for peace processes and their outcomes, by involving conflict stakeholders beyond the principal conflict parties.
Strategic purpose
Empowerment
Give marginalized or vulnerable groups the power to inform peace processes, by providing opportunities and resources for participation.
Strategic purpose
Transforming relations
Transform the social, political, and cultural relationships underlying conflict, by focusing on the relations between conflict parties and stakeholders.
Strategic purpose
Risk mitigation and protection
Enable early warning and early action, by fostering horizontal networks of information exchange.