International Alert and partners recently organised a regional exchange programme in...Nepal, between key Nepali and Sri Lankan business leaders...Participants... highlighted that the private sector...can take the lead in facilitating multi-stakeholder partnerships with government, civil society, academia and the media that advocate for the economic dimension of peacebuilding by addressing the root causes of conflict...The programme followed from the Declaration signed between the National Business Initiative Nepal and the Business for Peace Alliance Sri Lanka in June 2008...“Business Building Peace in South Asia”with the objective of strengthening the private sector’s capacities to contribute to peace and development in both countries.