Upcoming new training for peace practitioners (February 2010)

Coalition for Peace in Africa (COPA) will for the period 15th to 25th February 2010 hold a 10 day peace building training in Nairobi for peace and development practitioners from Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda.

The training is ideal for persons wishing to build their skills in different thematic areas related to peace matters. The facilitation will start from basic applications and build up to the mid levels. This training is also ideal for people who may not have gone through some peace building trainings before and persons who may have attended basic trainings.

Specific areas of focus will be on:
Understanding conflict
~ Understanding of concepts: conflict, violence, peace and development
~ Perceptions, attitudes and behaviours in relation to conflict
~ Introduction to conflict analysis
Conflict transformation
~ Approaches to conflict management
~ Communication skills
~ Conflict Early warning
~ Facilitating dialogue, mediation, negotiation and arbitration
~ Trauma healing in post conflict societies
Building sustainable peace
~ Conflict sensitive approaches to development
~ Networking, coalitions and alliances
~ Advocacy, Lobbying and Campaigning
~ Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting and Learning

Training charges are US $900 for tuition to cover the whole duration. Full board accommodation will be charged at US $80 per day.

The training prospectus and application form can be downloaded from the COPA website. Click here to go directly to the training section of the COPA website.

Deadline for applications is 7th February 2010.

Christmas break: close of office

The offices of the Coalition for Peace in Africa (COPA) will be closed from Monday 21 December 2009 to Wednesday 6 January 2010 for our annual Christmas break.

We wish to take this opportunity to wish you all wonderful holidays and a peaceful 2010.