International Training on Dialogue and Mediation (ITDM)
This training provides practitioners, policymakers and researchers with a unique opportunity to explore the use of dialogue and mediation in building and sustaining peace.
International Training on Dialogue and Mediation builds on 50 years of peace and conflict research and education at Uppsala University, combined with insights from the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation’s ongoing engagement in international policy discussions in the peacebuilding field.
Many regional inter-governmental organisations active in the area of dialogue and mediation globally have created special units for engaging with conflict prevention, mediation, peacemaking or peacebuilding. Similar developments can be observed in regional civil society organisations. In this rapid and dynamic process, practitioners have increasingly come to realise the importance of a continuous exchange of knowledge, experience and perspectives to improve understanding and performance.
This training is specially designed for practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and mid-level leaders from international and regional organisations, civil society and universities with a particular focus on the use of dialogue in building and sustaining peace in developing countries and territories eligible for Official Development Assistance (ODA). Participants become acquainted with the latest research in this field, guided by skilled experts, and will jointly reflect on its relevance and applicability to their ongoing work while developing a network of colleagues from other countries.
2019
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The third International Training on Dialogue and Mediation, jointly organised with the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation in Uppsala, has been successfully completed!
The training was held in Uppsala June 5-15 and brought together 23 participants from Abkhazia, Armenia, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Georgia, Guatemala, India, Iraqi Kurdistan, Yemen/Jordan, Lebanon, Liberia, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, South Africa/Zimbabwe and Uganda.
These women and men work with civil society, international organisations such as the United Nations and academic institutions to facilitate conflict resolution and peacebuilding in a varied set of contexts. The training has provided a learning platform for sharing cutting edge research, building skills in dialogue and mediation and deepening policy and practice for sustaining peace.
2018
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Uppsala has 26 new visitors! The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation and Uppsala University’s Department of Peace and Conflict Research is convening the second International Training on Dialogue and Mediation (ITDM) from 4 – 14 June 2018. Participants are from Nigeria, South Africa, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Palestine, Nepal, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Philippines, Afghanistan, Peru, Colombia, Mexico, Georgia and Bosnia Herzegovina. These women and men work with civil society, international organisations such as the United Nations and academic institutions to facilitate conflict resolution and peacebuilding in a varied set of contexts. The program provides a learning platform on cutting edge research, skills on dialogue and mediation and policy and practice for sustaining peace.
2019
Photo: Kristin Blom
The first International Training on Dialogue and Mediation (ITDM) 2017 organised in collaboration with the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation in Uppsala June 7-17 was completed with success.
The training brought to Uppsala a qualified group of practicioners, policymakers and researchers working in the field of dialogue and mediation from a range of inter- and non-governmental organisations working both regionally and nationally as well as universities and research institutes from a total of 17 different countries.* Topics such as conflict trends and actors, inclusivity, gender and peace operations, peace agreements, mediation and leadership, DDR, bridging policy and research, sustainable peace, international mediation and reconciliation were discussed. The group is now part of the Department’s alumni of 750 participants who have attended International Training Programmes (ITPs) at the Department since 1988 and the discussions on sustainable peace will continue in different alumni settings and on social media.
*Specifically the participants represented the UN Missions in Colombia, DR Congo and Darfur, UNDP in Ukraine, ACCORD in South Africa, COMESA in Zambia, WANEP in Ghana, Rema Institute in Burundi, Life and Peace Institute in Kenya, Heal Zimbabwe Trust, EVE Organisation for Women Development in South Sudan, MEDNET in the Philippines, Ir-Amin in Palestine/Israel, Ba-Futuru in East Timor, Center for Civic Collaboration in Mexico, Pro Public in Nepal, MUD in Venezuela, High Commissioner of Peace in Colombia, CEPAD in East Timor and Mindanau State University in the Philippines.
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Peace and Security in Africa (PASA)
Between 2011-2016, the Department offered an Advanced International Training Programme (ITP), sponsored by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). Peace and Security in Africa (PASA) was planned and carried out by the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University (DPCR) in cooperation with the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) and the Swedish consultancy company Indevelop.
PASA aimed to increase the capacity of regional organisations in Sub-Saharan Africa to prevent, manage and resolve armed conflicts on the continent. The subject focus of the programme was on theoretical and practical knowledge about peace and security in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The target group for PASA was African inter-governmental or nongovernmental regional organisations (or sub-regional, i.e., working in at least two or more countries) focusing on issues relating to peace and security in Sub-Saharan Africa, and whose work in this field has a regional relevance and impact.
The programme consisted of five compulsory phases. Phase II was in Uppsala and phase IV in South Africa. Prior to, in between and following these two scheduled phases of the course, the participants devoted time to develop a project assignment (change project) at their home organisations. The projects aimed at strengthening the participating organisations’ abilities to set and achieve goals in the field of peace and security in the region.
PASA Programme Years 2011-2016
The Top Level Seminar on Peace and Security (TOPS)
Between 2005-2009, the Department offered a ten-day Top Level Seminar on Peace and Security (TOPS) to contribute to conflict resolution competence in the developing world. The principal objective was to provide a meeting point for organisation-based practitioners and academics in the field of conflict resolution. TOPS was given once a year between 2005 and 2006 and from 2007 twice a year: one programme with a global focus and another programme with a special focus on peace and security in Africa. Participants representing NGOs, government authorities and academic institutions from some 8-10 conflict, or post-conflict countries attended TOPS. A total of 25 participants attended each program, as a rule 3-5 participants from each country. A total of 187 participants from 37 countries have attended TOPS.
Advanced International Programme in Conflict Resolution (PACS)
Advanced International Programme in Conflict Resolution (PACS) was a six-weeks programme in conflict resolution given between the years 1988-2004. PACS, like TOPS, aimed at strengthening the conflict resolution competence in the developing world. The programme focused on theory and practice of peaceful management of large-scale conflicts within and between states, trends and origins of contemporary patterns of conflict, and on ways of solving conflicts in equitable and durable manners. PACS consisted of 25 participants as a rule representing participants form academic institutions, government authorities and NGOs from up to 25 different countries in each program, maximum 2 participants from the same country. A total of 421 participants have attended PACS representing a total of 78 countries.