2020 GUIDANCE NOTE ON THE USE OF CONFLICT ANALYSIS IN SUPPORT OF EU EXTERNAL ACTION

This joint guidance note sets out the key features of an integrated, joint conflict analysis and explains its added value for EU external action. It presents the broad characteristics of a structured but flexible methodology for conducting a comprehensive EU-led conflict analysis and serves as a resource for all EU staff, in Delegations, missions, operations, country or regional offices and headquarters, who wish to engage in targeted conflict prevention efforts and conflict-sensitive external engagements.

The note introduces the key principles of conflict analysis and updates the 2013 EU guidance note on the use of conflict analysis in support of EU external action. It is the result of a joint commitment by the EEAS and Commission services to embed conflict-sensitivity and conflict prevention in all relevant policies, strategies, operations and programmes.