ABSTRACT
This chapter expands the notion of what it means to do transactional peacebuilding by exploring the myriad of potential transactional interventions that can be used to accomplish that end. It elaborates three dimensions such as purpose, role, and style of transactional peacebuilding and provides examples of transactional techniques that organizations may incorporate into their peacebuilding practice. Participatory development (PD) or community-driven development (CDD) is a methodology that puts communities in a leading role in defining their development needs, designing the implementation of programs, and overseeing and owning development outcomes. A diagnostician interviews key actors for the purpose of understanding the situation from their perspective. Conveners provide an essential element in the transactional process: a secure space for key people to meet plus logistical assistance and the political cover needed to discuss sensitive topics. Transactional tools can be focused on building specific aspects of the willingness and ability of key people to work together.
