ITDM 2017-2019
2019
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
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.
2017
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.