In the Field

November 2007

Ted Feifer of the Institute's Education and Training Center/ International worked with 19 OSCE Mission to Georgia staff in Tblisi, November 27-29, to enhance their peacebuilding skills. Georgia's domestic political turmoil has escalated in recent months, resulting in mass demonstrations in the capital, and a short-lived declaration of emergency and shut-down of anti-government media.

Countries: Georgia | Issue Areas: Training | Programs: Workshops and Training in Zones of Conflict
September 2003

The Republic of Georgia has experienced two separatist conflicts that have generated many internally displaced persons and led to deployment of missions of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the UN, as well as involvement of the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

September 2003

Working in partnership with the Tbilisi-based Internally Displaced Women´s Association (IDPWA), USIP Professional Training Program officers Anne Henderson and Mike Lekson conducted a four-day conflict management workshop. The workshop´s main goal was to bring together civil society and government practitioners from across the Caucasus to build skills in the fields of conflict analysis, problem solving, negotiation, and third party involvement in dispute resolution.