European Peacebuilding Liaison Office – National Dialogue Processes in Political Transitions

National dialogue processes have taken place in a number of countries going through political transitions and have influenced the outcomes of these transitions. The paper focuses on countries where national dialogues played a key role in influencing decision-making during political transitions or were mandated to play such a role but ultimately failed. It does not discuss sub-national dialogue efforts or dialogues which were not mandated to influence the shape of the transition.