Role of Peacebuilding n Context of Economic Security

Abstract

Executing good, efficient and effective governance is not an easy task even in normal peace time when no special circumstances make the daily operation of the state more difficult. In a post-conflict situation it is even more challenging. Nowadays peacebuilding is gaining more and more importance. One of the reasons is that in the case of several conflicts the peacemaking and peace enforcement efforts have been successful but enduring peace and stability have not been achieved and thus the likelihood of another conflict breaking out has not been eliminated. The economics of peacebuilding summarizes the economic challenges of peacebuilding and the tasks involved in the post-conflict restoration of the economy. This first article underlines the importance of peacebuilding and presents the dimension of economic security. In time of peacebuilding – besides humanitarian, political, military law enforcement activities acts – we have to increase the security level of these dimensions. The normal functioning of the economy includes supply, financial, labour force market, technological, market access, economic policy and economic mobilization elements. For sustainable peace we have to act on these fields.