Conflict Analysis & Conflict Sensitivity
Course Aim
The aim of the course is to enable participants to use their skills, competencies and experience to conduct a conflict analysis and to devise conflict sensitive approaches to civilian crisis management.
Learning objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Explain the relevance of concepts such as peace, conflict and violence to civilian crisis management
- Conduct a conflict analysis
- Describe the key principles underpinning the conflict sensitive approach
- Explain the relationship between conflict analysis and conflict sensitivity
- Devise conflict sensitive approaches to issues faced in civilian crisis management
- Identify the benefits and limitations of the conflict sensitive approach
Course outline
The course will cover the following core topics:
- Conflict sensitivity in civilian crisis management
- Key concepts: peace, conflict, violence
- Evolving nature of civilian crisis management
- Conflict analysis tools and methodologies
- Conflict sensitivity principles and practice
- Skills and competencies for conflict sensitivity
Course content will be customised to fit the learning needs of participants, as identified through a training needs assessment questionnaire.
Methodology
This residential course will use experiential learning and reflection to develop the skills, knowledge and competencies of participants with regard to conflict analysis and conflict sensitivity.The course methodology will use the breadth and depth of experience among participants and course facilitators to reach a shared understanding of how conflict analysis and conflict sensitivity approaches can be used most effectively.
The course focus will be on ‘learning by doing’ and supporting learning activities with current theory, policy and practice discourse on the key concepts and principles underpinning conflict analysis and conflict sensitivity. Participants will be selected on the basis of relevant field experience and English language competency (since the course will be delivered in English). There will be a maximum of 22 participants.
Implementing Partners
Lead implementing body: International Alert (Alert), United Kingdom
Other partner implementing bodies: Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR), Austria; Clingendael Netherlands Institute of International Relations (NIIB), Netherlands
Date and Location
UPDATE: 25 - 29 September 2011; Birmingham, United Kingdom
Application
Deadline: Closed!
last Update: 30 August 2011
