Regional
Training Program in Peacebuilding & Development
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Organized by Peacebuilding & Development Institute in Sri Lanka in
Partnership with American University's Peacebuilding &
Development Institute in Washington, DC
The Peacebuilding & Development Regional Training Program provides
practical experience and skills for scholars and practitionersworking
in conflict and post-conflict environments in South and Southeast Asia.
The program will focus on various approaches to mediation, negotiation,
facilitation, dialogue, and conflict-sensitive humanitarian practices
in the region. Participants will explore innovative methods of
promoting cultural diversity while expanding their knowledge and skills
in a participatory and interactive learning environment. The trainers
are internationally recognized leading professionals from the fields of
public policy, peacebuilding and development.
The spirit behind this training is the highly successful training
program in Washington, DC that the Peacebuilding & Development
Institute, at American University, has been conducting for the past six
years. Each year, this program welcomed nearly 200 participants from
all parts of the world working with organizations such as the UN,
USAID, Oxfam, CARE, Mercy Corps, as well as grassroots NGO field staff,
and other foreign development agencies. Interaction between these
various sectors assists in strengthening the regional peacebuilding
network of practitioners.
This professional training program in Sri Lanka will provide a regional
and local perspective to peacebuilding and development.
Participants will engage in a week of hands-on training to explore the
opportunities and challenges faced by practitioners.
Participants choose from one of two training sessions offered weekly,
and are encouraged to attend as many weeks as possible.
Week I: April 23 - April 27, 2007
Training Session 1: Frameworks and Skills in Peacebuilding with
Victor Robinson & Upali Amarasinghe
Training Session 2: Youth and Conflict - Integrating Youth in
Peacebuilding with Michael Shipler & Long Khet
Week II: April 30 - May 4, 2007
Training Session 1: Integrating Peacebuilding and Development
with Lisa Schirch
Training Session 2: Design, Monitoring and Evaluation for Peacebuilding
and Conflict Sensitive Development with Sarah Cohen
---------------------------------------------------------- ----------- International Regional Training
Program in Peacebuilding & Development
in Sri Lanka
Saji Prelis
Peacebuilding & Development Institute
Phone: 1-202-885-2112
Fax: 1-202-885-1661
Web: http://www.american.edu/sis/peacebuilding
