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May 4, 2010 - May 10, 2010 Peace Processes: Making a Deal, Making it Stick Course will demonstrate the interdependence of a peace agreement and the implementation process. Participants will get a chance to practice addressing paradoxes, dilemmas, and ambiguities inherent in peace processes. Explores related concepts and phenomena such as Diasporas, spoilers, gender inclusion, ritual transformation, power and numerous negotiation issues.
April 19, 2010 - April 23, 2010 Rule of Law Practitioners Course Course offers a comprehensive introduction to rule of law promotion in fragile and post-conflict states. Topics covered will include: reforming justice institutions (courts, prisons, prosecution, police, and defense), law reform, constitution-making, transitional justice, customary justice, legal empowerment and rule of law program management.
January 25, 2010 - January 29, 2010 Economics and Conflict Practitioners will explore the analytical links between economic activity and conflict as well as the practical constraints and rewards of using economic instruments of conflict management. Participants will formulate the use of economic instruments within a strategic framework for economic development in vulnerable and conflict-affected states.
January 4, 2010 - January 8, 2010 Mediating Violent Conflict Resolving or mitigating international and intrastate conflicts requires mastery of the dynamics of mediation. Participants in the course take on the roles of mediators and conflict parties in simulations, as they learn what it takes to structure a successful mediation effort. The course provides a strategic overview of what a third party needs to do when deciding to get involved in a peacebuilding effort.
December 14, 2009 - December 18, 2009 Enhancing Social Well-Being in Fragile States Building on the experiences of numerous international actors, this course investigates the fundamentals of successful humanitarian assistance and in-depth discussions of the longer-term needs for social well-being and development in fragile states. Will focus on humanitarian assistance, refugee populations, and on the development of institutions that contribute to social well-being.
December 14, 2009 - December 19, 2009 Leading Adaptive Teams in Conflict Environments An introductory leadership course for students from different institutional backgrounds expecting to lead teams in the field. The goals of the course are to help students understand core leadership functions critical to working in conflict environments, and to develop the skills necessary to implement them. Will focus on effective decision-making in uncertain, chaotic environments and an awareness of and ability to coordinate with other actors and organizations in the field.
December 7, 2009 - December 10, 2009 Negotiations from Checkpoints to High Politics Working in zones of conflict requires both simple transactional negotiations on the ground, as well as more complex, high-level negotiations with other stakeholders or on the cessation of violence. This course provides a thorough conceptual framework to help practitioners structure their efforts in negotiation.
December 1, 2009 - December 4, 2009 Cultural Adaptability in Complex Operations Participants will learn about and practice culturally sensitive communication; negotiating across cultures; understanding cultural differences as drivers of conflict; identifying obstacles facing organizational designs; and incorporating culture into planning. The course focuses heavily on managing culture shock and remembering key lessons and skills when under pressure. Recommended for those whose work requires interacting with local populations as well as across military and civilian sectors.
November 30, 2009 - December 4, 2009 Security and Protection in Fragile States This course investigates opportunities for the development, implementation and evaluation of a security blueprint at both the strategic and operational levels. Learning objectives include identifying and assessing threats, performing job task analysis, civ-mil relations, unpacking SSR and DDR, engaging women, transfer of responsibility and sustainability.
November 9, 2009 - November 13, 2009 Preventing Deadly Conflict Participants will learn techniques to analyze emerging conflicts and identify opportunities for productive engagement by third parties to prevent or mitigate violence. Examines long-term strategies for conflict prevention (e.g. development assistance and other economic interventions, human rights promotion, governance reform), as well as tools for preventing imminent violence or halting violent conflict in its initial stages.