Education and Training Center/International

The mission of ETC/I is to (1) help international practitioners improve the skills required to manage conflict in all its phases, from prevention to post-conflict peacebuilding; and (2) promote peace by working through educational systems in fragile states and societies emerging from conflict.

Audiences served include local citizens working to build peace in zones of conflict, as well as international third parties seeking to assist such efforts. We integrate our online courses with our onsite seminars and workshops to help practitioners and educators develop and improve their conflict management skills.

The program staff, headed by Mike Lekson, uses highly interactive methods that draw on the professional and personal experience of the participants themselves.

Highlights

We conduct education and training workshops in a range of countries across the globe, our focus and emphasis reflecting Institute priorities such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Balkans, Iraq, Sudan, and others.

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Training Rwandan Peacekeepers for UNAMID in Darfur
February 2-6, 2008 | Gako, Rwanda
Institute trainers Ted Feifer and Keith Bowen conducted a workshop for the Rwandan military officers for forthcoming Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF) deployments with the United Nations/African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) on Managing Conflict: Tools for Communication, Problem Solving and Negotiation skills. The training was in partnership with the Department of State's African Contingency Operations and Training Assistance Program (ACOTA).

Four education and training workshops in Sudan
December 2-16 , 2007 | Sudan (Kharoum, Nuba Mountains and Darfur)
In December, Senior Program Officers Linda Bishai and Jacqueline Wilson, conducted four programs in Sudan, which took place in Khartoum, the Nuba Mountains, and Darfur. They worked with a diverse audience ranging from teachers to education administrators to civil society activists. The programs encompassed a variety of workshops, play performances, movie screenings as well as simulation activity exercises. The covered topics include, but are not limited to, negotiation, conflict styles, problem solving and communication skills. The implementation of the trips was made possible with the help and efforts of the local partner, The Institute for Development of Civil Society.

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