Nina Sughrue of the Professional Training Program joined with the Business Humanitarian Forum (BHF) and UN University for Peace on September 26, 2006 to conduct a pilot training workshop in Geneva for international organization personnel involved in humanitarian operations who wish to engage the private sector in post-conflict situations. The training workshop was endorsed by Director General of the UN Office in Geneva and attended by 18 representatives from UN organizations, NGOs and private business.
Nina Sughrue of the Professional Training Program joined with the Business Humanitarian Forum (BHF) and UN University for Peace on September 26, 2006 to conduct a pilot training workshop in Geneva for international organization personnel involved in humanitarian operations who wish to engage the private sector in post-conflict situations. The training workshop was endorsed by Director General of the UN Office in Geneva and attended by 18 representatives from UN organizations, NGOs and private business.
The workshop sensitized participants to the mutual benefits of public-private partnerships in peace-building activities, demonstrated ways the public and private sectors can work together, and discussed techniques to enhance the capabilities of participants and their organizations to accomplish this goal. The workshop trainers emphasized the vital role of the private sector in peace-building, especially investment and the creation of companies and jobs that would allow people to provide for their families and to build a sustainable life outside the sphere of conflict.
