Our Mission

The Dayton Peace Accords Project assists post-conflict parties in developing practical solutions to issues of peace implementation, constitutional development, institution building, economic development, and cultural and ethnic heritage through the provision of appropriate and time technical, legal, and advocacy assistance.

Since its inception in 1996, the Project has earned a transatlantic reputation for its successful international symposia, workshops, second-track diplomatic conferences, and training programs related to the Balkan peace process, and especially Dayton peace implementation. DPAP has extensive experience organizing and facilitating conferences and policy workshops involving senior governmental officials and officials from the international community. DPAP also has experience drafting and publishing policy reports. Recent examples include “Achieving a Final Status Settlement in Kosovo” (2003) and “Setting the Balkan Agenda: Report and Recommendations” (2002). These publications drew on conferences and workshops organized by the Project and were aimed at government officials and politicians in the Balkans as well as in the United States. They were written in collaboration with organizations such as the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Public International Law and Policy Group (PILPG).

The Project has been engaged in numerous policy, humanitarian, training, business-to-business, and cultural projects since 1996 designed to advance the peace implementation and reform process in Bosnia and the Western Balkans. The Project also awards the Dayton Peace Prize, honoring individuals or organizations for “peace sustained in global conflicts.” Its first recipients were President Bill Clinton (2000) and George Soros (2001).

The Dayton Peace Accords Project is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and is also registered as a nongovernmental organization with the UN Office of Public Information.

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