Interpeace

What Interpeace does

Interpeace is an independent international non-governmental organisation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, founded in 1994 (as the War-torn Societies Project, renamed Interpeace in 2006) and officially recognised as an international entity by the Swiss government in 2018. It employs approximately 80 international experts drawn from nearly 30 nationalities with balanced gender representation, supported by broader total headcount in the 251-500 range, and operates through regional/country offices in Geneva, Brussels, Nairobi, Kigali, Abidjan, Kinshasa, Bamako, Bissau, and Ouagadougou. Its mission is to prevent violence and build lasting peace in conflict-affected societies across 20+ countries in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and Latin America, serving communities, national and local governments, and international institutions including the UN system.

The organisation's core technology is a stack of proprietary methodologies developed and refined over three decades. The foundational method is Participatory Action Research (PAR), an inclusive community-led research architecture emphasising local ownership and consensus-based decision-making. Built on this base are specialised assessment tools: Frameworks for Assessing Resilience (FAR, launched 2014), the SCORE Index (Social Cohesion and Reconciliation, Côte d'Ivoire), the Justice Barometer / Sintidu di Justiça (Guinea-Bissau), the Local Governance Barometer (Rwanda, 2012), the Resilience Barometer (Rwanda, 2022), the Health Barometer (Guinea-Bissau, 2023), and the Political and Electoral Context Stability Barometer (BaSE-CI, Côte d'Ivoire, 2025). Additional programme platforms include the Peace Responsiveness Online Training, the International Geneva Peace Fellowship Programme, the Constitution Making for Peace Programme, and cross-cutting initiatives in climate resilience and innovative finance for peace.

Interpeace's business model is non-commercial grant-funded delivery. There are no products sold or pricing tiers; instead, the organisation operates as a grant-funded implementer financed by four strategic government partners (Switzerland, Denmark, Slovenia, Finland), additional donor governments (Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, UK, EU, Ireland, South Africa, Canada), multilateral institutions (World Bank, African Development Bank, UNDP, UN Women, UNICEF, UNHCR, UNOPS, FAO), and foundations (Open Society Foundations, Fondation Botnar, Mirabaud & Cie). Go-to-market is partnership-driven: direct delivery with national governments, multi-partner consortia for joint UN programming, regional organisation collaboration (ICGLR, IGAD, African Union), and long-tenured local partner organisations implementing at country level. Visibility and influence are built through publications, the Geneva Peace Talks, podcasts, video content, and policy initiatives such as the (now independent) Principles for Peace Foundation.

Name

Interpeace

Legal name

Interpeace

Website

https://interpeace.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Interpeace is an international non-profit founded in 1994 that prevents violence and builds lasting peace with conflict-affected communities, governments, and UN institutions across 20+ countries, using its proprietary Participatory Action Research methodology and a portfolio of barometers and assessment frameworks.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

International Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention Services

NAICS

Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Human Rights Organizations (813311)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus & Resilience Programming (BPADAEAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Post-Conflict Recovery, Reconciliation & Social Cohesion Programs (BPADAFAL), Peace, Security & Arms Control Organizations (BPADAAAF)

Keywords

• Peacebuilding services
• Conflict prevention programs
• Participatory action research
• Reconciliation and trauma healing
• Peace policy advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Geneva

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: Interpeace receives significant financial and political support from strategic government partners including Switzerland, Denmark, Slovenia, Finland, and global government donors such as Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, UK, EU, Ireland, South Africa, Canada, and Open Society Foundation. These partnerships enable sustainable peace programming across countries and contexts.
2. Institutional Partnerships: Funding from institutional partners including UN agencies (UNDP, UN Women, UNICEF, UNHCR, UNOPS), World Bank Group, African Development Bank, and multilateral organisations. These provide generous financial support enabling projects and initiatives globally.
3. Foundation and Private Sector: Support from foundations such as Fondation Botnar and private partners including Mirabaud & Cie. These partnerships contribute to organisational and programmatic resilience alongside government funding.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Interpeace is an international peacebuilding organisation that prevents violence and builds lasting peace by working with conflict-affected communities, governments, and multilateral institutions. Its core offering centres on the proprietary Participatory Action Research (PAR) methodology, which enables inclusive, community-led problem identification, conflict analysis, and consensus-based decision-making, delivered through country programmes in over 20 countries and supported by a portfolio of resilience, governance, and reconciliation barometers and frameworks.

Product overview

Interpeace is an international peacebuilding organization offering a portfolio of programmatic services, research methodologies, and analytical tools rather than a commercial technology product. Core offerings include the Participatory Action Research (PAR) Methodology, Frameworks for Assessing Resilience (FAR), and various barometers (Justice, Health, SCORE, Governance, Resilience, Electoral Stability) for monitoring peace and conflict dynamics. The organization provides training programs, fellowship initiatives, and thematic programs on youth leadership, gender inclusion, climate resilience, and economic peacebuilding. Interpeace also incubates policy initiatives including the Principles for Peace Initiative, Finance for Peace Initiative, and Constitution Making for Peace Programme. All offerings are service-oriented rather than software products, focused on conflict-affected societies across Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and Latin America.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Peace Responsiveness Online Training Online training program designed to equip actors in humanitarian, development, climate, and economic sectors with peacebuilding skills and conflict-sensitive programming approaches.
• Conflict-Mapping Tool for identifying and analysing conflict drivers, root causes, and dynamics at community and regional levels to inform peacebuilding interventions.
• Frameworks for Assessing Resilience (FAR) Tool to understand, address, and assess key sources of resilience and fragility within conflict-prone or violence-prone contexts, enabling creation of knowledge for peacebuilding.
• SCORE (Social Cohesion and Reconciliation) Index Research methodology and index measuring social cohesion and reconciliation at national level, providing data-driven insights into fragility and governance dynamics.
• Justice Barometer (Sintidu di Justiça) Barometer investigating citizens' perception and experience of justice, focusing on women's and youth's experience of traditional justice mechanisms.
• Health Barometer Tool informing political dialogue around health governance, measuring access and quality of health services in Guinea-Bissau.
• Political and Electoral Context Stability Barometer (BaSE-CI) Tool providing critical information to prevent inter- and intra-community conflicts by monitoring political and electoral stability in Côte d'Ivoire.
• Resilience Barometer Assessment tool for measuring individual, family, community, and institutional resilience, providing comprehensive understanding of societal resilience levels.
• Local Governance Barometer Tool enhancing citizen participation in governance by measuring local governance quality and effectiveness.
• Economic Peacebuilding, Innovative Finance and Trade for Peace Initiative establishing and strengthening innovative finance mechanisms and sustainable livelihood creation for peacebuilding.
• Climate Resilience for Peace Program enhancing access, efficiency, and impact of climate finance for conflict-affected communities.
• International Geneva Peace Fellowship Programme Fellowship program building capacity of youth leaders in peace processes, mediation, trauma healing, social media depolarisation, and peace-sensitive entrepreneurship.
• Principles for Peace Initiative Global initiative incubating first-ever standards for peace processes, engaging stakeholders through consultations in over 60 countries.
• Finance for Peace Initiative Initiative supporting the integration of finance mechanisms with peacebuilding objectives and strategies.
• Constitution Making for Peace Programme Program supporting constitution-making processes and durable peace by promoting local ownership, inclusion, gender equality, participation, and transparency.
• Miisaan - Social Cohesion and Legitimate Governance Through Transitional Justice Program combining social cohesion activities with transitional justice approaches for legitimate governance in Somalia.
• Early Warning Systems for Electoral Violence Systems for detecting and monitoring conflict risks, particularly for electoral violence prevention, operational in Kenya and Côte d'Ivoire.
• Multifamily Healing Spaces Therapeutic approach developed for societal trauma healing processes, enabling communities to address collective trauma.
• Insider Mediation Programme Approach training and supporting insider mediators within communities to facilitate local conflict resolution and peace processes.
• Resilience-Oriented Therapy Scientific and context-informed therapeutic tool for building individual and community resilience in post-conflict settings.

Quantifiable outcome

• 729 conflicts successfully managed in Guinea-Bissau (2023-2026)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

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Feature6 records

Partnerships

26 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• United NationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterpeace maintains a strategic partnership with the United Nations, with one seat on the Governing Board reserved for the designated representative of the UN Secretary-General. The organisation is recognised as an official UN partner and works with various UN bodies on peacebuilding initiatives globally.
• SwitzerlandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSwitzerland acts as host government for Interpeace's headquarters in Geneva and provides strategic political and financial support. One seat on the Governing Board is reserved for Switzerland.
• DenmarkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDenmark is one of Interpeace's four strategic government partners providing continued political and financial support for peacebuilding policy, programming, and innovation.
• FinlandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFinland is one of Interpeace's four strategic government partners providing continued political and financial support for peacebuilding policy, programming, and innovation.
• Republic of SloveniacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSlovenia is one of Interpeace's four strategic government partners providing continued political and financial support for peacebuilding policy, programming, and innovation.
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)majorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerUNDP collaborates with Interpeace on programmes addressing resource-based conflicts and natural resource management, including joint programming in Burkina Faso with FAO.
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)majorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerFAO partners with Interpeace on collaborative programmes addressing resource-based conflicts and conducting national participatory analysis of conflict drivers.
• UN WomenmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerUN Women collaborates on gender-inclusive peacebuilding initiatives across programme countries.
• UNICEFmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerUNICEF partners on youth-focused programming and supports initiatives including work on Islamic education strategy in Côte d'Ivoire.
• UNOPSmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerUNOPS partners with Interpeace on implementation of Peacebuilding Fund III in DRC, combining efforts for economic infrastructure and youth violence prevention.
• International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerICGLR partners with Interpeace on insider mediation project strengthening regional mediation capacities. The initiative is an integral component of ICGLR's Project on Peace and Security for Stability.
• Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIGAD collaborates with Interpeace on cross-border peace efforts in the Horn of Africa, including programming with Kenya's northern regions.
• Caritas International BelgiummajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCaritas International Belgium partners with Interpeace in DRC on resilience and livelihoods programming in Mai-Ndombe and Kinshasa addressing the Teke-Yaka crisis.
• Commission Diocésaine Justice et PaixmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLa Commission Diocésaine Justice et Paix partners with Interpeace in DRC for resilience programming in Mai-Ndombe and Kinshasa.
• Indigo Côte d'IvoiremajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerIndigo Côte d'Ivoire has been Interpeace's primary local partner since 2012, implementing conflict prevention, SCORE Index research, and various peacebuilding programmes across the country.
• Institut Malien de Recherche Action pour la Paix (IMRAP)majorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerIMRAP is Interpeace's primary partner in Mali since 2013, implementing the Agenda for Peace programme and Participatory Action Research initiatives including the Mali Barometer on justice.
• Voz di PazmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerVoz di Paz has partnered with Interpeace since 2010 as the national peacebuilding partner in Guinea-Bissau, implementing Regional Spaces for Dialogue and conflict management programmes.
• Never Again Rwanda (NAR)majorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerNever Again Rwanda partners with Interpeace on youth dialogues, citizen forums, group psychosocial therapy, and conflict management programming since 2015.
• Prison Fellowship RwandamajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPrison Fellowship Rwanda partners with Interpeace since 2022 on community-based healing approaches and prisoner rehabilitation and reintegration programming.
• HagurukamajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerHaguruka partners with Interpeace on community healing initiatives and reconciliation programming in Rwanda.
• Dignity in Detention RwandamajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDignity in Detention Rwanda partners with Interpeace on detention-related trauma healing and reintegration support programming.
• National Institute for Research and Studies (INEP)majorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerINEP partnered with Interpeace in 2007 to formally establish the first peacebuilding programme in Guinea-Bissau through nationwide consultations.
• National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC)majorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerNCIC partners with Interpeace in Kenya since 2014 on addressing historical grievances and socio-economic inequalities in Mandera County.
• Global Office for Humanitarian Affairs (GOHA)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGOHA partners with Interpeace on peace-sensitive livelihoods initiative in northern Côte d'Ivoire, combining private sector engagement with research and advocacy.
• Aide au Développement DurableminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAide au Développement Durable partners with Interpeace on the Women's Voices initiative in Mali, strengthening women's civic engagement and participation in governance.
• Maison de la PaixcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterpeace's headquarters has been located at the Maison de la Paix in Geneva since 2015, joining a hub of international organisations working on peace, security, and sustainable development.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves14 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• International Crisis Group: International Crisis Group is a global conflict-prevention organization combining field-based research with high-level policy advocacy. It is a direct peer to Interpeace in mandate (preventing deadly conflict) and operating model (field-driven analysis informing international policy), though it is research-led rather than programmatic.
• Search for Common Ground: Search for Common Ground is one of the largest dedicated international peacebuilding NGOs, delivering conflict transformation programming across dozens of countries. It is a close functional peer to Interpeace — community-led peacebuilding, partnerships with local actors, donor-funded programmes — operating at materially larger scale.
• International Alert: International Alert is a London-headquartered peacebuilding NGO working on security, climate and gender in conflict-affected contexts. Like Interpeace, it focuses on root causes of violent conflict, partners with local civil society, and is funded largely by European government donors.
• Conciliation Resources: Conciliation Resources is an international NGO working on peacebuilding and conflict transformation through inclusive dialogue, partnership and policy work. It overlaps directly with Interpeace's peace-process support, insider mediation and cross-border work, especially in the Great Lakes and West Africa.
• swisspeace: swisspeace is a Swiss-based peace research and peacebuilding institute also located in Bern. As a Swiss-headquartered peer in peace and conflict research with strong donor and academic links, it is a natural comparator to Interpeace's Geneva-based programmatic and methodological work.
• Berghof Foundation: Berghof Foundation is a Germany-based peacebuilding organization combining conflict research, policy advice and education for peace. It is comparable to Interpeace in its European institutional base, focus on protracted conflicts, and emphasis on locally rooted peace processes.
• Peace Direct: Peace Direct is an international NGO that localizes peacebuilding by funding and partnering with local peacebuilders globally. Its localization-first operating model closely parallels Interpeace's emphasis on community-led and partner-led programming.

Broad incumbents

• Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue: The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue is a Geneva-based mediation organization that conducts discreet mediation in armed conflicts. It is comparable to Interpeace as a Geneva-based peace organization with senior political access, but focuses on Track-1/insider mediation rather than community-based programming.
• Mercy Corps: Mercy Corps is a large global humanitarian and development NGO with peace and conflict programming (e.g., in DRC, Somalia, the Sahel). It is relevant as an adjacent incumbent that competes for the same conflict-zone donor funding and is increasingly integrating peacebuilding into broader programming.
• Pact: Pact is an international development NGO with significant peace, governance and civil-society programming across Africa, Asia and Latin America. It is comparable as a US-headquartered NGO operating in many of the same conflict-affected countries and competing for similar governance and peacebuilding funding.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

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Profiles2 records

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