Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Conflict Management Workshop in Nigeria
The Professional Training Program recently conducted its first training workshop in the Niger Delta, held in Yenagoa, Nigeria April 19-21, 2006.
Workshops on Conflict Resolution and Customary Law (Darfur)
Professional Training Program Officers Jacqueline Wilson and Jonathan Morgenstein completed two highly successful workshops on Conflict Resolution and Customary Law in Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan.
Workshop on Multilateral Diplomacy for OSCE Mediterranean Partners (Arab/Israeli Relations)
Mike Lekson, Ted Feifer, and Noor Kirdar of the Professional Training program led a workshop on multilateral diplomacy for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mediterranean Partners, in cooperation with the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Negotiation Strategies Workshop for Iraqi Women
Senior Program Officer Nina Sughrue of the USIP Professional Training Program offered a half day seminar in negotiation strategies for visiting Iraqi women civil society leaders. The program was part of the State Department´s International Visitors Program.
Negotiation and Diplomatic Skills Training, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
With the prospect of a final status agreement for Kosovo rapidly approaching, Ted Feifer and Jonathan Morgenstein of the Professional Training program conducted the seventh negotiations and diplomatic skills training workshop for the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, in Pristina, on February 8-10, 2006.
SENSE: Dokan, Iraq
Since early in 2005, the Professional Training Program has focused its efforts on supporting the Iraq Institute of Economic Reform (IIER) in its goal of establishing an Iraqi-managed SENSE capability.
Iraq Youth Dialogue
In March 2008, USIP brought 40 young Iraqi leaders from Iraq to Dharamsala, India for five days of intense dialogue. The young leaders, from all professional backgrounds, also represented the diversity of Iraqi society. The dialogue experience was described as "transformative" as the leaders explored concepts of tolerance, diversity, democracy, citizenship and life in a war zone.
Institute Staff Participates in SENSE Simulation
On Wednesday, April 22, the Institute’s Education and Training Center/International (ETC/I) hosted a half-day demonstration of the Strategic Economic Needs and Security Exercise (SENSE) for members of the Institute staff and a handful of outside guests. SENSE is a computer-facilitated simulation that models the conditions of an imaginary country (“Akrona”) emerging from conflict.
Istanbul Declaration
USIP convened a groundbreaking conference on media and conflict in Iraq in Istanbul May 14-16, 2008. The event was part of the Institute’s Iraq and its Neighbors project and was co-hosted by the Center for Sustainable Peace at Bahcesehir University in Istanbul.
Dispatches from Dilling, Sudan
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.