Hannes Siebert

Current

Senior Advisor at UNDP - Lebanon
Chairman and Director at Peace Appeal Foundation

Past

Senior Technical Advisor and Facilitator at Nepal Transitions to Peace
Senior Technical Advisor and Facilitator at One-Text Initiative, Sri Lanka
Technical Consultant and Advisor at Academy for Educational Development

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Hannes Siebert’s Summary

As senior adviser for the UN in Lebanon, he is working on issues related to sustainable peace and constitutional reform. An international peace process and negotiations adviser and facilitator, Hannes has worked in many of the world’s most conflict-ridden societies. In South Africa he served as director in the National Peace Secretariat, the multi-party body mandated to implement its 1992 Peace Accord. Post-1994 he assisted the Special Presidential Task Force in key in-tractable conflicts, focusing on de-militarization of youth militia.

In Sri Lanka Hannes advised the country’s peace secretariats and facilitated the creation of the multi-party negotiations forum; in Nepal he co-facilitated and contributed to the drafting of key agreements – including the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, co-facilitated talks between the Nepal Army and the Maoist Army, facilitated the setting-up of the confidential dialogue process (NTTP), and advised the Peace Ministry; in the USA he facilitated talks between members from prominent Arab and Israeli think tanks; in the Balkans he worked on healing and reconciliation initiatives as part of the “Stability Pact Agreements”; and internationally he assisted several governments with the development of strategy and policy papers for peace and negotiations support initiatives, peacebuilding, conflict interventions, and looking at best practices worldwide.

With 5 Nobel Peace Laureates, he initiated the establishment of an international foundation in 2000 in support of their “Appeal for Peace and Non-Violence”; In 2001, as an associate and fellow at the Center for War, Peace and the News Media at NYU, he coordinated the West-Dar al Islam Media Dialogues program – facilitating dialogue between major media institutions in the West and Middle East; and in 2003 he developed Peace Tools, a comprehensive set of innovative tools for conflict transformation and negotiations processes.

Hannes Siebert’s Specialties:

Co-design and joint-creation of peace and negotiations' mechanisms for conflicting parties; facilitation and mediation of multi-party negotiations; production of innovative peace and conflict-related media.

See:
www.peaceappeal.org
www.peacetools.org

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Hannes Siebert’s Interests:

Peacebuilding; Peacemaking and Facilitation/mediation; Designing Peace Processes and Systems; Peace Tools; Children in Conflict and War; Innovative and Interactive Media; Animation; Spiritual Journies and Diverse Cultural Practices.