From the 19th to the 30th of October, in Guinea-Bissau, a mission from the University of Cambridge took place to implement a pilot initiative that aims to improve intercommunity relations in communities affected by conflicts and tensions, namely land ownership, observing if tensions decrease when social bonds increase.

These works are focused on the communities of Arame and Elia, in São Domingos, and Lungum and Sum, in Nhacra.

In the first phase, consultations with local communities were carried out to understand signs of peaceful coexistence and intercommunity well-being. Then, an exercise will be carried out with the communities currently in tension so that they can find consensus on aspects that would improve everyone's lives. Finally, small interventions will be carried out based on the exercises done with the communities, to understand if greater interaction and contact to achieve a common goal can reduce conflicts.

An initiative carried out under the project "Political Stabilization and Reform through Confidence Building and Inclusive Dialogue”, implemented by UNDP with the support of United Nations Peacebuilding Fund.