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GVPT 409J/808J or WINT 002: Multi-Track Diplomacy and Conflict Transformation
GVPT 409K/808K or WINT 003: Workshop in Citizens’ Diplomacy
January 4-22, 2010
- Building Skills for Peacemaking – Community, Organizational, Societal, International
- Role-Play on Transforming Current Conflict in South Asia or the Middle East
- 80-Hour Evenings and Weekends Program, for Certification and/or Academic Credit
- For Professionals and Concerned Citizens in Conflictive Environments at Any Level
This is a program for anyone concerned with the corrosive, often devastating impact of persistent conflict on community and development, whether in day-to-day local situations or in complex international conflicts. Join us for an intensive evening and weekend program of experiential learning and new perspectives on ways to resolve conflict and build a lasting peace.
The goal is to develop the knowledge and skills needed to facilitate transformation of interpersonal, organizational, community or complex societal conflicts, including ethnic, religious or cultural tensions, using techniques of multi-track and citizens’ diplomacy. These techniques, applicable at all levels of society, provide an essential complement to official (“first track”) diplomacy and police work, from conflicts in the workplace or community, to dealing with political instability, terrorism or insurgent activities, as currently in our work in the Middle East, South Asia, Latin America and elsewhere.
This year we will be using multi-track diplomacy to search for common ground in one of the current conflicts in South Asia or the Middle East where CIDCM is engaged. A simulation between influential civil society representatives will be co-facilitated by experienced professionals, Prof. Edward (Edy) Kaufman, and Prof. John Davies (see below). In an effort to bridge the negotiation gap between parties that remain caught in cycles of violence and oppression, unofficial channels will be explored using leading-edge interactive techniques. New ideas and insights from the workshop, arrived at through trust building, skills building (in areas such as nonviolent communication, prejudice reduction and integrative problem solving) and consensus building, will inform ongoing multi-track work in the region.
Certification and Scholarships
Successful completion qualifies participants for certification of advanced training and/or 6 academic credits for degree seeking students. A small number of scholarships are available covering up to half of the tuition costs for non-degree-seeking professionals, including embassy and CSO staff. For on-line application and registration visit our web site at www.winter.umd.edu. For more information, please contact Prof. John Davies at jdavies@cidcm.umd.edu or 240-441-8712, or Prof. Edy Kaufman at ekaufman@cidcm.umd.edu or 301-314-5907.
Instructors
Prof. Edy Kaufman and Prof. John Davies are Senior Associates with CIDCM, which has pioneered the development and application of multi-track diplomacy for resolving protracted ethnic, nationalist and other complex societal conflicts since the early 1980’s. They are co-directors of CIDCM’s Partners in Conflict, Partners in Peacebuilding and have collaborated in leading conflict transformation initiatives in the Middle East, Latin America, Former Soviet Union, South Asia and Africa. John Davies has also trained UN peacekeepers for UNDPKO, teaches regularly at the National Defense University and the School of Advanced International Studies in Washington DC, and has helped build conflict early warning and response networks in the Caucasus, Africa and Asia. Edy Kaufman is a former Director of CIDCM and was also Executive Director of the Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace in Jerusalem.
Visiting speaker: Ambassador John McDonald, Institute of Multi-Track Diplomacy.
GVPT 409J/808J or WINT 002
Instructors: Prof. John Davies, with Edy Kaufman
Class Schedule: Twelve 3.5 hour seminars: Mon-Fri evenings 6.00-9.15 pm, January 4-23, except Fri 8th and 15th when participants will combine with the 409K/808K or WINT 003 class, and Mon 18th Martin Luther King Day (snow days are January 23-25 if needed)
GVPT 409K/808K or WINT 003
Instructors: Prof. Edy Kaufman, with John Davies
Classes: Two consecutive weekend workshops: Friday evenings 6-9pm, Saturday and Sundays 9am-1pm and 2-6pm, January 8-10 and 15-17 (snow days are January 22-23 if needed)
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