In the Field

November 2011

Participants in the USIP training will play active roles in strengthening the government’s ability to manage conflicts before they escalate.

November 2010

Negotiation skills training can enable combatants to avoid violence in the future by providing "new things that I will use in the future," says one workshop participant.
 

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.

March 2004

The USIP Professional Training Program offered a one day seminar in conflict management skills for participants in a State Department International Visitor Program whose purpose was to acquaint participants with American perspectives on preventive diplomacy and conflict resolution.

October 2003

From October 13 to October 21, the Institute conducted the first two professional skills workshops in a new collaboration with the Defense Ministry of Serbia and Montenegro.

September 2003

Program Officer Ted Feifer and Program Director George Ward conducted negotiations and diplomatic skills training for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Serbia and Montenegro on September 16-18, 2003. This was our first training partnership with the mission in Belgrade.

May 2003

As part of a continuing collaboration with the Foreign Ministry of Serbia and Montenegro and the Government of Serbia, the Institute conducted two workshops at the conference center in Palic, near the Hungarian border.

September 2002

Young political and civic leaders from Serbia and Kosovo, together with officials from USAID, successfully stabilized and began the reconstruction of the fictitious post-conflict country of "Akrona."