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Capacity Building Programme for Civil Society Organisations
This Nepali initiative focuses on capacity building and lobbying; it better prepares civil society organisations and activists to resolve future conflicts, whilst also promoting conflict monitoring and enabling women to get more involved in the peace process.
Description
This initiative works to strengthen and enhance the capacity of civil society organisations in various regions around Kathmandu, especially those organisations working for conflict resolution and peacebuilding. It is further positioned to positively intervene in the peace process and develop strategies for conflict transformation and building peace in Nepal. In addition, it has developed conflict prevention mechanisms to avoid future potential conflict in Nepal.
Aims / Objectives
The specific aim of the regional training programme is to enhance the knowledge and understanding of participants on conflict analysis and the tools for intervention, and to develop intervention plans for peace.
With regards to women and peacebuilding, the aim is to design a strategy paper as part of a lobbying effort to increase women’s participation in the peace process.
How it is Articulated
The initiative involves:
- Research;
- Training on conflict resolution for NGO activists;
- Conflict monitoring; and
- Seminars.
Achievements / Learning Points
Under the capacity building programme, there are a number of activities designed to be undertaken over three years (2006 to 2008). So far, three initiatives have been completed alongside regular conflict monitoring, which involves looking at the trends of conflict dynamics and posting the results on the National Peace Campaign's (NPC) website.
The three completed initiatives are:
- Training of Trainers (ToT) on Conflict Dynamism and Peacebuilding (25 participants);
- Regional training for NGO Activists on Peacebuilding (54 participants, 27 in each of regions); and
- Seminar on the Role of Women in Peacebuilding (28 participants from professional organisations, e.g. women's organisations, gender NGOs, sister organisations of political parties).
ToT: The ToT programme at the national level has been useful for the participants in understanding the methods and framework of conflict analysis, and the modality of intervention, e.g. dialogue, negotiation and mediation. It has further helped them learn, understand and exercise the different conflict analysis tools.
Regional Training: The training programmes at the regional level have enabled the participants to understand the dynamics of conflict and politics at the national and local level. The programmes have been useful to them in designing a strategic plan of intervention in their constituencies. The participants later produced a joint document and lobbied their respective institutions.
We have learned that the programmes become extremely effective if they are planned in partnership/consultation with the participants. The collaborative planning helps to address the needs of the participants. Collaborative planning involves developing the contents of programmes in consultation with the participants.
Women and Peacebuilding: This is a seminar-designed programme, to which a total of 28 participants were invited. All the participants were women, representing a range of different organisations. The participants spent three days in Nagarkot discussing the role of women in peacebuilding and designing strategies for their participation in the wider peace process in Nepal. They developed strategy papers and distributed them to the decision-makers.
Geographical Area of Operation
Kathmandu, Regions and Districts.
Funding Resources
European Union.