For peace to be sustainable, root causes of conflicts should be addressed, say civil society organizations.
A lot of money has been invested on effects of conflicts without addressing the root causes, CEPO Director Edmund Yakani points out.
He says the focus should be changed to resolving root causes of conflicts for peace initiatives to be successful, Radio Bakhita reports.
Community-led peace and reconciliation efforts need to be supported to allow participation of the grassroots, says William Ongoro Peter National Platform for Peace and Reconciliation Coordinator.
He says civil society organizations will use the two-day seminar to develop a policy framework to enhance community-led peace building.
Civil society organizations and the Platform are meeting in Juba to develop new mechanisms for peace and reconciliation at the grass root level.