On August 13th, at the request of the Pakistani Institute of Legislative Development And Transparency (PILDAT), USIP Senior Program Officer Nina Sughrue conducted a one day conflict management session for 21 Pakistani parliamentarians in Islamabad.
On August 13th, at the request of the Pakistani Institute of Legislative Development And Transparency (PILDAT), USIP Senior Program Officer Nina Sughrue conducted a one day conflict management session for 21 Pakistani parliamentarians in Islamabad. The parliamentarians were primarily members from the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab and the Legislative Assemblies of the Northern Areas of Gilgit and Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
This is the third training in a series of capacity building workshops organized by PILDAT. PILDAT received a grant from the British High Commission, Islamabad through the UK’s Strategic Priority Fund for this project. The project is aimed at building conflict resolution capabilities of Members and relevant staff from the National and Provincial Assemblies, the Federally Administered Northern Areas and Azad Jammu Kashmir , and political party youth groups.
The 21 participants represented the following political parties: Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), Pakistani Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPPP). The Minister for Tourism, Sports, Culture and Youth and the Minister of Law, Justice, Parliamentary Affairs, Human Rights and Environment from Azad Jammu Kashmir also attended.
The one day session included modules on the fundamental non-violent conflict management skills of negotiation, mediation and conflict analysis. The next and final training in this series is scheduled for November 2009. For more information about this series please visit http://www.usip.org/in-the-field/training-pakistani-parliamentarians-in-conflict-resolution
