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Practitioners in Conflict; Refreshing skills & creating strategies for change Course; 2nd to 6th November 2020 (Online)
This bespoke training is a joint undertaking between Coalition For Peace in Africa (COPA)Â and Peace Direct (PD). It has been designed as a stimulating refresher for practitioners who are dealing regularly with the effects of conflict and violence. Among other things, the course will respond to the main challenges and questions faced by practitioners in the course of their everyday work. It will also explore building resilience especially during this time of COVID-19 and the different coping strategies including
Find out more »2020 Training Calendar
Due to the unfortunate situation brought about by COVID 19, face to face trainings that were scheduled for the period March-September 2020 failed to take off. We are however happy to let you know we have trainings that will be held online as follows: 1) Practitioners in Conflict; Refreshing skills & creating strategies for change Course; 2nd to 6th November 2020 2) Training of trainers in peacebuilding & conflict transformation course; 30th November to 4th December 2020 3) Gendering human
Find out more »Training of Trainers in Peacebuilding & Conflict Transformation Course; 30th November to 4th December 2020 (Online)
Introduction This training is ideal for practitioners who are engaged in the designing, facilitating and evaluation of training programmes/projects. The training is divided into two main parts with Part One focusing on building participants competencies in Understanding Conflict, Conflict Management and Peacebuilding Strategies while Part Two is wholly dedicated to the enhancement of participants’ competencies as trainers. At the end of the five days, participants will have gained up-to-date knowledge and skills in specific peacebuilding themes in addition to fundamental
Find out more »Gendering Human Security, Peacebuilding & Conflict Transformation Course; 14th to 18th December 2020 (Online course)
The training is ideal for practitioners from within the NGOs sector, civil society, government agencies and other institutions supporting or learning peace issues, gender mainstreaming, Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 ( UNSCR 1325) and Gender Based Violence (GBV) prevention in fragile environments. The Course Content 1. Understanding violence against women: Violence is one way of dealing with conflicts (Galtung (1990, 1996) and is represented in three separate
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