The conference SCIENCE · PEACE · SECURITY ’19 aims for an accurate understanding and fruitful discussions of today’s and tomorrow’s peace and security challenges. This includes scientific-technical as well as interdisciplinary contributions, focusing on problems of international security and peacebuilding as well as contributions dedicated to transparency, trust-building, arms control, disarmament, and conflict management.

Zu den grundlegenden Elementen der Friedensarbeit gehören die Initiierung, Förderung und Begleitung der Konversation zwischen Konfliktparteien. Diese Prozesse erfordern ein genaues Verständnis der Situation, eine empathische und neutrale Haltung gegenüber allen Parteien und umfassende Kommunikationsfähigkeiten. Die Schwerpunkte dieses Seminars liegen auf Ihrer Rolle als Friedensberaterin und -berater in einem Konflikt und der Haltung, dem Wissen, den Fähigkeiten und Hilfsmitteln, die für die Begleitung von Dialogprozessen nötig sind.

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Peace workers face threats not only because of where they work but also because of what type of work they do. This training aims at proactively managing security on an organisational level while touching aspects of personal security. Therefore coordination or management level staff of NGOs and others who are responsible for security of fieldworkers or activists will benefit most. The training is structured alongside a security management framework that can also be used for advancing organisational security later on. We work with inputs, examples, exercises and small group work.

Organisations working in conflict zones are often faced with specific challenges like rapidly changing environments. Often they experience tensions between a strong obligation and commitment towards assisting communities in distress and on the other hand of complying with standards of professional organisations as also demanded by international donors. The seminar introduces key concepts of organisational development and the facilitation of change processes in organisations or teams.