In the Field
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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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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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October 2008
Ted Feifer and Mary Hope Schwoebel led a seminar at the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) in Newport, Rhode Island for twenty-seven military officers and civilian government officials from seventeen countries, October 29-31, 2008. |
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October 2008
ETC/I Trainers Ted Feifer and Linda Bishai led a program on conflict resolution skills for Turkish emerging leaders on behalf of the State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program, in Washington, October 27, 2008. Countries: Turkey, United States
| Issue Areas: Capacity Building, Conflict Analysis, Conflict Management and Resolution, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Training
| Programs: Education and Training Center/International
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October 2008
Ted Feifer and Mary Hope Schwoebel delivered two one-day workshops on negotiations and mediation in peacekeeping operations to 150 international stability police officers at the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (CoESPU), in Vicenza, Italy, on October 15-16, 2008. Countries: Italy
| Issue Areas: Capacity Building, Conflict Analysis, International and Regional Organizations, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Peacekeeping, Training
| Programs: Education and Training Center/International
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May 2008
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 16-18, 2008. Countries: Europe
| Issue Areas: Capacity Building, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Training
| Programs: Education and Training Center/International
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February 2008
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. Countries: Nigeria
| Issue Areas: Capacity Building, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Nongovernmental Organizations, Training
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May 2007
In conjunction with the Naval Postgraduate School’s (NPS) Center for Stabilization and Reconstruction Studies, Institute trainers Nina Sughrue and Jonathan Morgenstein conducted our popular, biannual course, “Negotiation Skills for Post-Conflict Actors” (also knows as "Working Effectively in Post Conflict Situations: Tools for Communication, Collaboration and Negotiation") May 21-23, 2007, in Monterey, California. Countries: Afghanistan, Sudan
| Issue Areas: Negotiation and Diplomacy, Training
| Programs: Education and Training Center/International
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April 2007
Senior Program Officers Ted Feifer and Noor Kirdar conducted a specially tailored negotiation and diplomatic skills workshop for OSCE Mission in Kosovo municipal team members in Pristina on April 18-20, 2007. There were 22 participants (12 international and 10 national staff), who currently monitor municipalities in Kosovo on good governance, democratic practices, and human rights issues. Countries: Europe, Kosovo
| Issue Areas: Capacity Building, International and Regional Organizations, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Training
| Programs: Education and Training Center/International
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