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|  | "Risk management is about people and processes and not about models and technology." - Trevor Levine
| Peacebuilding inherently implies engaging in an environment where conflict and violence are present or might potentially occur. We constantly weigh the risks of operating in such places to enhance the prospects for stability against the possibilities of physical and emotional trauma. This calls for a deliberate system of risk assessment, analysis, monitoring, management and response. Above all, risk assessment and analysis must take into account the local context. Threats in one area of a country may be vastly different than in another corner. Managing and responding appropriately to these varied risks must also then be tailored accordingly - again weighing humanitarian, political, economic or security priorities against the likelihood of harm to oneself or others.
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ACTION POINT >> As practitioners in the conflict management field, how do we know when the risk is simply too great and overshadows the moral, political, humanitarian or social imperative to intervene in a conflict zone?
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