Objectives & Methodology

Objectives

Participants in Sudan discuss a
case study.

The Education and Training Center - International Programs develops workshops and seminars in close collaboration with numerous partner organizations overseas. A few examples include:

• Analyzing the life cycles of conflicts, from escalation through post-conflict transition
  
• Developing effective, interest-based negotiation skills and applying them in culturally diverse contexts
  
• Learning how to work successfully with or as a third party, including techniques of conciliation, facilitation, and mediation

Participants in Kosovo during a
negotiation exercise.

Methodology

Our programs are designed to challenge participants with difficult but engaging skills-building exercises, to foster collaboration through paper-based and computer-mediated simulations, to broaden networks of individuals involved in conflict management, and to address real-world problems faced by participants using a range of structured, problem-solving methodologies. Our programs typically feature:

 
Senior Program Officer Jacki
Wilson at a workshop in Sudan

• Hands-on exercises that draw on the experience of participants themselves
  
• Interactive panel discussions that feature highly-experienced academics and practitioners
• Engaging online learning and simulations that make innovative use of new media and technology
  

Senior Program Officer Ted Feifer
discusses problem-solving methodologies.