Week
2:
Monday, June 9 - Friday, June 13, 2008
For AU students, each course
earns 2 credits.
Choose from one of these three courses:
* Course I:
Practical Approaches to Peacebuilding & Development
Instructor: Mary Hope Schwoebel
This course is designed specifically for the individual and organization working in conflict-afflicted and post-conflict developing country contexts around the world. With emphasis on the community and national levels, the course engages numerous conceptual frameworks and operational methodologies utilized by NGOs and international actors – in particular the United Nations – for peacebuilding, humanitarian coordination, recovery, development and reconciliation/ justice. Students will gain analytical and practical skills and knowledge through a combination of presentations, group discussions, exercises, simulations, and case studies from conflicts around the world, drawing upon their own experiences as well as those of the professor.
* Course II:
Program Design and Budgeting for Development & Peacebuilding
Instructors: Michael Gibbons
This course is the central course that begins with the course on conflict analysis and negotiation assessment and ends with the course on evaluation of peacebuilding and development projects. It covers the middle phases - the design and implementation phases - of the programming cycle. The course will offer participants an opportunity to gain hands-on experience designing projects, writing proposals, developing budgets, devising monitoring plans, exploring critical review, and considering evaluation plans. Students will be challenged to ensure that their project planning links assessment findings, implementation plans, and evaluation designs.
*Course III:
Expanding the Participation of Women in Peace Processes
Instructors: Miki Jacevic with guest Evelyn Thornton
This course will introduce participants to "inclusive security," a framework for creating sustainable peace and security. Given changes in the nature of modern conflicts, conflict resolution and transformation efforts require increased participation of all stakeholders, particularly women. Through interactive role plays, small group work, case study analysis and use of visual media, participants will explore the critical role and specific contributions of women in peace processes. Specifically, the course will provide participants with concrete skills to engage women in several key components of peacebuilding, including negotiations, disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) structures, and transitional justice mechanisms.
