CIAO DATE: 02/2011
February 2011
United States Institute of Peace
As two Belgians working on conflict resolution at the U.S. Institute of Peace, we were used to receiving numerous questions from colleagues about Belgium’s federalism, constitutional arrangements and language and education policies. In the literature on peace and conflict, Belgium’s creative yet complicated institutional arrangements and policies often serve as a model for multiethnic states emerging from armed conflict.
Resource link: Belgium, from Model to Case Study for Conflict Resolution [PDF] - 213K