Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Workshop for Iraqi Officials on Reconciliation and Human Rights
ETC/I conducted a three day training program on 2-4 May 2008 in Erbil on collaborative problem solving and reconciliation for 33 officials involved in Iraqi reconciliation and human rights. Specifically, the participants represented a number of key institutions: the Iraqi Ministry of Human Rights (MoHR), as well as its Kurdish counterpart; the Parliament's Committee on Reconciliation (CoR), including both its Human Rights Committee and its National Reconciliation Committee; the Implementation...
Training Rwandan Peacekeepers for UNAMID in Darfur
Senior Program Officers Ted Feifer and Keith Bowen just completed a 3-day workshop preparing 47 Rwandan military officers for forthcoming Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF) deployments with the United Nations/African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID).
Training Conflict Resolution Professionals in Afghanistan
Senior Program Officers Nina Sughrue and Keith Bowen in conjunction with local partner the Welfare Association for the Development of Afghanistan (WADAN) conducted the first of two training workshops in Kabul on April 14-16. The goal of the program is to build a multiplying effect of Afghan conflict resolution professionals working in all parts of the country.
Second Training for Afghan Conflict Resolution Professionals
Senior Program Officers Nina Sughrue and Keith Bowen, in conjunction with local partner the Welfare Association for the Development of Afghanistan (WADAN) conducted the second training of trainers (TOT) conflict resolution workshop in Kabul on July 14-16. In this session, participants discussed how have been using used what they learned in the first workshop, held in April, to help resolve conflicts and solve problems in their local communities.
Four Education and Training Workshops in Sudan
In December, the Education and Training Center International Division sponsored four programs in Sudan, in Khartoum, the Nuba Mountains and Darfur. The first of these was a seminar on Civic Education held on December 2-3 at the College of Sharq el Neil, Khartoum. Senior Program Officer, Linda Bishai, worked with Sudanese local partner, The Institute for the Development of Civil Society, to plan and implement this seminar which brought together teachers, education administrators, civil society...
Negotiation and Diplomatic Skills, OSCE Mission to Georgia
Ted Feifer of the Institute's Education and Training Center/ International worked with 19 OSCE Mission to Georgia staff in Tblisi, November 27-29, to enhance their peacebuilding skills. Georgia's domestic political turmoil has escalated in recent months, resulting in mass demonstrations in the capital, and a short-lived declaration of emergency and shut-down of anti-government media.
Kirkuk Interethnic Reconciliation Workshop
On November 5, 2007, Senior Program Officers Jonathan Morgenstein, Keith Bowen, and Noor Kirdar concluded the third of three workshops in USIP's 2007 Kirkuk Reconciliation Program.
Leadership Skills Training for Pakistani Women Leaders
Nina Sughrue and Linda Bishai of the Education and Training Center International conducted a three-day workshop in Islamabad for Pakistani women leaders on negotiation and problem solving, in conjunction with local think tank the Sustainable Development and Policy Institute (SDPI) October 23-25, 2007.
Negotiation and Diplomatic Skills For OSCE Mission In Kosovo Municipal Team Members
Against the backdrop of high-level talks on the status of Kosovo, Senior Training Officer Ted Feifer conducted a third negotiation and diplomatic skills workshop for OSCE Mission in Kosovo municipal team members in Pristina, October 9-11, 2007.
Public-Private Partnerships in Peacebuilding
Institute trainer Nina Sughrue in conjunction with the Business Humanitarian Forum, the UN-mandated University for Peace, and the International Rescue Committee, conducted a one-day seminar on public-private partnerships on June 22 in New York City.