The 6th annual Somalia International Rehabilitation Centre (SIRC) Conference of the Horn of Africa focused on “Post-Conflict Peace-Building”. The conference was held in Lund, Sweden, August 24-26, 2007. The content of this research report reflects some of the views and proceedings presented at the conference. The purpose of the conference was to explore ideas coming from different areas such as civil society, scholars, practitioners, political leaders, diplomatic representatives, NGOs and International organizations on how to develop post-conflict peacebuilding in the Horn of Africa region. The conference sought to enhance the capacity of the stakeholders in the Horn of Africa with ideas and tools to enable them to act in favour of peace-building, democracy, good governance, and long-term institutional change. Certain key objectives were established: • Identify key-characteristics to post-conflict peace-building processes • Raise awareness of contentious issues for long-term development • Encourage and facilitate dialogue between stakeholders to stimulate communitydriven solutions • Enable networking among stakeholders in the civil society on peace-building issues