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 sixth workshop on negotiation skills in multilateral diplomacy for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna, May 14-16, 2008.
Course Development for the Pacific Region
Program Officer Mary Hope Schwoebel, of Education and Training Center International, traveled to Fiji to present the course "Peacebuilding, Development, and the Public Sector" as part of a team of course writers fielded by American University's Institute for Peacebuilding and Development (PDI) in support of an initiative sponsored by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to establish a Peacebuilding and Development Institute (PDI) for the Pacific Region.
Training of Experts in Rapid Coordination & Assistance for Conflict Prevention, Crisis Management, and Post-Conflict Operation
Senior Training Officer Ted Feifer again provided two days of training in communication, negotiation and the role of the third party in cross-cultural and emotional situations to 18 participants in a month-long course conducted by the Spanish non-governmental organization Helsinki Espana.
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 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.
In the Field: Iran
Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin has been senior diplomatic reporter for USA Today since 1996. Now on her seventh trip to Iran, Slavin interviewed veteran political figure and newly elected member of parliament, Ali Larijani.
Iraq Youth Dialogue
In March 2008, USIP brought 40 young Iraqi leaders from Iraq to Dharamsala, India for five days of intense dialogue. The young leaders, from all professional backgrounds, also represented the diversity of Iraqi society. The dialogue experience was described as "transformative" as the leaders explored concepts of tolerance, diversity, democracy, citizenship and life in a war zone.
Promoting Capacity Building, Conflict Resolution and Development through Communication and Networking
Ted Feifer and Nina Sughrue led this program for businesswomen in Central Asia held in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, March 4-6, 2008. This was the seventh workshop we have held in Central Asia since 2002, and our fifth partnership with the Businesswomen’s Association of Uzbekistan (BWA).
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).
Negotiation and Leadership Training for NGOs and Members of Regional Development Councils in the Niger Delta
USIP Senior Program Officer Jacki Wilson, in partnership with Search for Common Ground and local partner The African Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility, organized a four-day capacity-building workshop in the Niger Delta town of Warri in February 2008.