Lisa Schirch 25 Spheres of Digital Peacebuilding and PeaceTech 25 23. The “Hague Peace Data Standard” The Stanford Peace Innovation Lab is working to establish a metrics-based approach to measure and price the value of peace on digital technologies. The Hague Peace Data Standard provides an auditable standard for issuing “peace credits” (think carbon credits but for peace), not only to individuals, but also to the companies, organisations, and communities that generate the data. The Hague Peace Data Standard incentivises peace engineers to design technology that contributes to social cohesion and broader peacebuilding goals. It also addresses a capital dilemma for both investors and companies who are looking to invest in or be considered compliant with the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Index.105 24. Digital Media Literacy Digital media literacy is essential to peacebuilding given the role of social media in spreading divisive and hateful content. Countries like Finland have implemented such training for children in schools as well as for adults. The country views the public’s ability to identify false information as central to its protection against Russian attempts to polarise and divide its society.106 The Global Peace Foundation provides digital media literacy to empower youth and build new work skills. It partners with Ministries of Education and corporate technology partners like Intel, Cisco, and Oracle to create entrepreneurial hubs in Kenya, Paraguay, and the Philippines.107 In June 2020, the Digital Inclusion for Peace initiative began to offer new training courses for peacebuilders to increase their knowledge of digital peacebuilding, which has become much more urgent during the COVID 19 pandemic. The project is a collaboration between Conducive Space for Peace, Humanity United, Peace Direct, and Build Up.108 25. Digital Public Safety Governments and non-state armed groups are increasing digital surveillance of citizens. Human rights activists who post online face death threats and sometimes disappear. Digital safety for people working for peace is becoming more pressing. Civil society requires ongoing training and support to protect their privacy and their lives from digital surveillance. Margarita Quihaus, Mark Nelson and Lisa Schirch. “Peace Engineering and the Hague Peace Data Standard.” Toda Peace Institute. Forthcoming, 2020. 106 Jon Henley. “How Finland starts its fight against fake news in primary schools.” The Guardian. 29 January 2020. 107 For more information on the Global Peace Foundation see their website at: https://www.globalpeace.org/news 108 For more information on the Shift Power for Peace training courses in digital peacebuilding see their website at: https://www.shiftpowerforpeace.org/en/digital-inclusion/online-courses/ 105