In the Field

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.

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. 

On August 10th Senior Program Officer Nina Sughrue participated in a one day workshop in Istanbul, Turkey called "Public-Private Partnerships in Governance and Economic Reconstruction in Iraq."  The purpose of the joint workshop, which was convened by UNDP Iraq, the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, the Business Humanitarian Forum, the UN-mandated University for Peace and the U.S. Institute of Peace, was to provide participants with an opportunity to benefit from information and experiences in using public-private partnerships to further economic reconstruction activities and improve governance in post-conflict areas.

Ted Feifer and Nina Sughrue led this program for businesswomen in Central Asia held in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, March 4-6, 2008. This was the seventh workshop we have held in Central Asia since 2002, and our fifth partnership with the Businesswomen’s Association of Uzbekistan (BWA).

With tremendous support from the Institute’s Baghdad Office, the Iraq Institute for Economic Reform (IIER) conducted a five-day SENSE and Conflict Management training exercise for the Baghdad Provincial Council at the request of the Baghdad Provincial Reconstruction Team. This session was also supported by Training Program Officer Allison Frendak and confirmed the success of the effort to establish an Iraqi-managed SENSE capability.