Glossary
- Track 2
Unofficial dialogue and problem-solving activities taking place in parallel with the formal, government processes of communication and negotiation. Track 2 activities are designed to foster understanding between conflicting parties and encourage new thinking about future relationships after the conflict. Such activities can inform and contribute to thinking and initiatives at the formal level. They do not normally involve the top leadership of the parties in conflict as they are not able to enter into the kind of open discussion implied by Track 2 process[es], but they often involve high-ranking, influential leaders and civil society actors who can interact more freely but, at the same time, have influence back in their own communities. It also refers to building cooperation and infrastructural connections between hostile parties so that they become more mutually dependent and cannot revert to war in the future.