Ted Feifer and Jacki Wilson of the Professional Training Program conducted an advanced third-party skills workshop for the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, February 7-9, 2005. Mission members play an important role in OSCE support for implementation of the 2001 Ohrid Agreement designed to end interethnic fighting in Macedonia.
Ted Feifer and Jacki Wilson of the Professional Training Program conducted an advanced third-party skills workshop for the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, February 7-9, 2005. Mission members play an important role in OSCE support for implementation of the 2001 Ohrid Agreement designed to end interethnic fighting in Macedonia. The workshop's objectives were to strengthen communication, negotiation and third party skills in fostering inter-ethnic understanding and improving the quality of life in mixed communities and areas.
There were 26 participants in the workshop (15 international and 11 national staff). Among the participants were the Head of Administration and Finance, Field Office Coordinators from the field stations of Kumanovo and Tetovo, confidence-building officers, community police trainers and others from the Police Development Unit, and national support/assistant staff.
In one evaluation, a participant described the workshop as "very useful, practical for people in the field." Another termed the program "complete, drawing our attention to the main topics that are useful to any kind of negotiation."
