In the Field
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March 2010
USIP has helped in establishing a small network of institutions dedicated to supporting mediation, The Mediation Support Network. In February 2010 Virginia Bouvier traveled to Sando Sweden for the latest meeting of the network. Issue Areas: Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy
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October 2009
Ted Feifer continued our skills training workshops for the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina with two programs on Negotiation and Diplomatic Skills held in Tuzla October 6-7 and Banja Luka October 8-9, 2009. Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina
| Issue Areas: Capacity Building, International and Regional Organizations, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Training
| Programs: Education and Training Center/International
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June 2009
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. Countries: Austria, Europe, France, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Norway, United States
| Issue Areas: International and Regional Organizations, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Training
| Programs: Education and Training Center/International
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May 2009
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. Countries: Sri Lanka
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis, Conflict Management and Resolution, Governance, Human Rights, Humanitarian Efforts, Identity, Ethnicity, and Culture, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Political Systems and International Relations, Religion, Terrorism and Political Extremism
| Programs: Grants & Fellowships, Jennings Randolph Peace Scholarship Dissertation Program
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May 2009
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. Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina
| Issue Areas: Capacity Building, International and Regional Organizations, Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Training
| Programs: Education and Training Center/International
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May 2009
Ted Feifer conducted an advanced negotiation and mediation skills training for the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, in Pristina, December 13-15, 2009. Countries: Kosovo
| Issue Areas: Capacity Building, International and Regional Organizations, Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Training
| Programs: Education and Training Center/International
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May 2009
Ted Feifer led a core negotiation and mediation skills training for the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, in Pristina, May 11-13, 2009. Countries: Kosovo
| Issue Areas: Capacity Building, International and Regional Organizations, Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Training
| Programs: Education and Training Center/International
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May 2009
On May 5-7, 2009 USIP conducted a SENSE simulation for Interagency participants at the Dupont Hotel in Washington, D.C. in partnership with the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) and George Mason’s Peace Operations Policy Program. Forty-three individuals received the training. |
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February 2009
Ted Feifer and Keith Bowen led a third workshop for Rwandan Defense Force officers preparing an infantry battalion for deployment with the United Nations/African Union Hybrid Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). The training was conducted in partnership with the Department of State's African Contingency Operations and Training Assistance Program (ACOTA). Countries: Rwanda
| Issue Areas: Capacity Building, Conflict Management and Resolution, International and Regional Organizations, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Peacekeeping, Training
| Programs: Education and Training Center/International
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January 2009
On January 13-15, 2009 USIP conducted a SENSE simulation for Interagency participants at George Mason University’s Arlington campus in partnership with the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) and Mason’s Peace Operations Policy Program. |