Ginger Schmitz

Managing Director of the German Platform for Peaceful Conflict Management

Contact:: ginger.schmitz@pzkb.de

Ginger Schmitz is Managing Director of the German Platform for Peaceful Conflict Management, an open network for promoting civil conflict management in Germany. She has been a member of the Advisory Board since 2018, and coordinates the Peace Policy Coherence within Germany’s Africa Policy project together with Dr Melanie Coni-Zimmer.

Since April 2018, Ginger Schmitz has been directing the office of the German Platform for Peaceful Conflict Management. Before her appointment to this role, she was, inter alia, a research assistant to members of the German Bundestag on matters of civilian crisis prevention, peacebuilding and humanitarian aid. She studied political science, ethnology and sociology and has been active in peace policy for many years.

The German Platform for Peaceful Conflict Management is the central network for promoting civil conflict management in German-speaking countries. Since its founding in 1998, it has been interlinking and strengthening the civil society peace community and representing it in the political arena.

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Project Implementation of the Federal Government's Guidelines
(230218) -- ADDIS ABABA, Feb. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 18, 2023 shows the 36th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The 36th Ordinary Session of the AU Assembly kicked off on Saturday as African leaders, UN officials and leaders of various international organizations gathered in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. The integration of Africa, rebuilding Africa from the brunt of various health and socioeconomic crisis, ensuring continental peace and security, socio-economic development, as well as representation of Africa in multilateral international institutions took center stage at the AU Assembly Summit. (Xinhua/Wang Ping)

Project Peace Policy Coherence within Germany’s Africa Policy

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Ginger Schmitz

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Project Implementation of the Federal Government's Guidelines

Project Peace Policy Coherence within Germany’s Africa Policy

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Peace Policy Coherence within Germany’s Africa Policy An Analysis Based on the Federal Government’s Africa-Related Guidelines and Strategy Papers

Position Statement On the Report on the Implementation of the Federal Government’s guidelines “Preventing Crises, Resolving Conflicts, Building Peace”