In the Field
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November 2009
Promoting non-violent resolution of conflict at all local levels will be essential to bringing, and sustaining, peace and stability to Afghanistan. In Afghanistan's recent history, the most effective agents in advancing peace and security at the local level have been indigenous structures such as shura and jirga councils, as well as Maliks. |
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September 2009
The North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan are two of the most troubled provinces of Pakistan. The porous border areas between Pakistan and Afghanistan suffer from serious violent conflict due to the Taliban’s heavy presence in these areas. Countries: Pakistan
| Issue Areas: Capacity Building, Nongovernmental Organizations, Peacebuilding, Training
| Programs: Education and Training Center, 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
Senior Program Officers Nina Sughrue and Noor Kirdar continued USIP’s support for the international Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (CoESPU), run by the Italian Caribinieri in Vicenza, Italy. CoESPU, which was established on March 1st 2005, stems from an Italian initiative, supported by the G8 countries to provide technical and financial assistance in order to improve global capacity for sustaining peace stability operations, particularly in African countries. Countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Egypt, Indonesia, Italy, Mali, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Senegal, Serbia, Ukraine
| Issue Areas: Capacity Building, International and Regional Organizations, Peacekeeping, Training
| Programs: Education and Training Center/International
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May 2009
More people have died in tribal violence in southern Sudan in recent months than in the western Darfur region of Sudan, the United Nations special representative to Sudan, Ashraf Qazi, said this week. Creating a peaceful environment before the national elections in 2010 and a referendum on southern independence set for 2011 should be a top priority for the world and Sudanese authorities, Qazi emphasized. USIP has been actively working on the ground to help create a peaceful setting with its USIP training programs on non-violent conflict resolution and election workshops. Countries: Africa, Sudan
| Issue Areas: Civil Society, 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. Issue Areas: Capacity Building, Economics and Development, Governance, Post-Conflict Activities, Training
| Programs: Education and Training Center/International
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May 2009
USIP has been actively working on the ground in Sudan to help create a peaceful setting with its USIP training programs on non-violent conflict resolution and election workshops.
Countries: Sudan
| Issue Areas: Governance, Peacebuilding, Training
| Programs: Education and Training Center/International
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April 2009
ETC/I Senior Program Officers Jacqueline Wilson and Linda Bishai and Center for Mediation and Conflict Resolution Program Officer, Jon Temin, conducted a short-form electoral violence prevention consultation in Khartoum with high-level political party representatives, journalists, academics and civil society leaders. This program included the four voter-education theatre vignettes by Mohammed Sharif and his troupe. Countries: Sudan
| Issue Areas: Early Warning & Conflict Prevention, Governance, Training
| Programs: Education and Training Center/International
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March 2009
In March and April 2009, the ETC-I/CAP team brought the electoral violence prevention (EVP) program to South Sudan. In Juba, the participants included up to ten members of the South Sudan parliament, leaders of youth and women’s organizations, journalist and political party representatives. Participants in Yei were local clergy, civil society organizers, police and security services, and even a local chief. Countries: Sudan
| Issue Areas: Early Warning & Conflict Prevention, Governance, Training
| Programs: Education and Training Center/International
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February 2009
USIP, at the request of the Pakistani Institute of Legislative Development And Transparency (PILDAT), held a series of workshops for women parliamentarians and politicians on "Conflict Management and Negotiation Styles" recently in Islamabad and Karachi. Countries: Pakistan
| Issue Areas: Conflict Management and Resolution, Training
| Programs: Education and Training Center/International
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Issue Areas
- Capacity Building
- Civil-Military Relations
- Civil Society
- Communications and Media
- Conflict Analysis
- Conflict Management and Resolution
- Demographics
- Early Warning & Conflict Prevention
- Economics and Development
- Education
- Environment and Natural Resources
- Governance
- Health
- Humanitarian Efforts
- Human Rights
- Identity, Ethnicity, and Culture
- International and Regional Organizations
- Mediation and Facilitation
- Negotiation and Diplomacy
- Nongovernmental Organizations
- Peacebuilding
- Peacekeeping
- Political Systems and International Relations
- Population and Diaspora
- Post-Conflict Activities
- Religion
- Rule of Law
- Science and Technology
- Security and Strategy
- Terrorism, Political Extremism
- Training
- Transitional Justice
- Use of Force
- Weapons & Arms Control
- Women
- Youth

