Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Negotiation Techniques In Multilateral Diplomacy
Ted Feifer and Mike Lekson of the Education and Training Center/ International conducted the Institute's seventh workshop on negotiation skills in multilateral diplomacy for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna, June 8-10, 2009.
CoESPU Workshops on Negotiation and Mediation for Police in Peacekeeping Environments
Senior Program Officers Nina Sughrue and Noor Kirdar continued USIP’s support for the international Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (CoESPU), run by the Italian Caribinieri in Vicenza, Italy. CoESPU, which was established on March 1st 2005, stems from an Italian initiative, supported by the G8 countries to provide technical and financial assistance in order to improve global capacity for sustaining peace stability operations, particularly in African countries.
A New Day for Sri Lanka
USIP peace scholar Benjamin Schonthal provides a first person account of the excitement at the end of Sri Lanka's 30-year civil war. And, he also reminds us that the hard work of peace is just beginning.
Institute Staff Participates in SENSE Simulation
On Wednesday, April 22, the Institute’s Education and Training Center/International (ETC/I) hosted a half-day demonstration of the Strategic Economic Needs and Security Exercise (SENSE) for members of the Institute staff and a handful of outside guests. SENSE is a computer-facilitated simulation that models the conditions of an imaginary country (“Akrona”) emerging from conflict.
Religion and Peacemaking: Best Practices in Interfaith Dialogue
Religion is often cited as a cause of violent conflict, yet there is little recognition of how faith communities contribute toward peacemaking in zones of conflict throughout the world.
Workshop on Conflict Management and Negotiation Styles in Islamabad, Pakistan
This was the first workshop the Training Department has conducted in Pakistan. Institute trainer Nina Sughrue conducted a one-day workshop for women parliamentarians and politicians on "Conflict Management and Negotiation Styles" in conjunction with the Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development And Transparency (PILDAT) on Monday August 7, 2006 in Islamabad.
Negotiation and Diplomatic Skills Training, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ted Feifer conducted two negotiation and diplomatic skills training for the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Sarajevo, May 18-20, 2009 and May 20-22, 2009.
Dispatch from Nepal
USIP’s Rule of Law program is preparing to conduct a baseline survey on security and access to justice in Nepal. Acting Director of Rule of Law Colette Rausch and Program Assistant Morgan Miller visited Nepal in May to discuss final preparations with the Kathmandu-based team leading the survey effort.
Dispatches from Dilling, Sudan
More people have died in tribal violence in southern Sudan in recent months than in the western Darfur region of Sudan, the United Nations special representative to Sudan, Ashraf Qazi, said this week. Creating a peaceful environment before the national elections in 2010 and a referendum on southern independence set for 2011 should be a top priority for the world and Sudanese authorities, Qazi emphasized. USIP has been actively working on the ground to help create a peaceful setting with its U...
Advanced Negotiation and Mediation Skills Training, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
Ted Feifer conducted an advanced negotiation and mediation skills training for the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, in Pristina, December 13-15, 2009.