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Gulu University established the Centre for Conflict Management and Peace Studies (CCMPS) in 2003, which was elevated to the Institute of Peace and Strategic Studies (IPSS) in 2007. The Institute has become an efficient, effective and robust organisation in the promotion of an inter-disciplinary, action-oriented and community-centred approach to conflict prevention, management, resettlement, resolution, transformation [...]
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Posts Tagged ‘Training’
Institute of Peace and Strategic Studies, Gulu University (IPSS)
Youth Peace Club And Careers Training
Beginning in 2007, ARF-Pattani have been running a peace training program in 36 schools in the provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwar. Students are taught about human rights and the importance of peace. Living in conflict zones, many of the students bring personal stories of lives affected by violence – many have lost a family [...]
Peace Volunteer Program
The violence in South Thailand began in 2004 and has showed little signs of subsiding. In an effort to reverse the trend, The Southern Border Province Administration Centre (SBPAC) and Mahidol University established a peace training program in 2007. The 3 month course would train 125 local officials in South Thailand in peacebuilding techniques. In [...]
ACODIF – Community Action For Integral Development in Fizi
When will justice in DR Congo Work? ACODIF highlight some of the negative aspects of the Kimia II operation in DR Congo, and their work towards resolving them. Land Conflict Solved in Swima A report on a conflict over land in the village of Swima, DR Congo, and the success of a local peacebuilding organisation, [...]
Linc Resource Center
The Local Initiative for Needy Communities Resource Centre (LINC) works on peace, reconciliation and social justice projects in Northern Ireland. They provide education resources and mentoring services for community based social justice and conflict transformation initiatives. LINC focuses on supporting individuals and groups engaged in crisis intervention, conflict transformation and community relations as a means [...]
Mediation NI
Since 1985 Mediation Northern Ireland has been working on projects promoting non-violence, justice and the promotion of respect. Mediation NI works with individuals, communities, and other organisations to build relations & manage conflicts. Seeing mediation as the core of their work, they provide training for individuals in managing aggression & conflict, and promoting negotiation to [...]
Co-operation Ireland
Co-operation Ireland is a highly experienced peacebuilding organisation that has been working in Ireland, as well as across Europe, since 1979. Its mission is to “advance mutual understanding and respect by promoting practical co-operation between the people of Northern Ireland and of the Republic of Ireland.” The organisation works with a number of organisations, networks, [...]
Batticaloa Befrienders
This well-established organisation runs various projects to help Muslim and Tamil communities escape the cycle of violence in Eastern Sri Lanka. By working to provide better lives for young people from both communities, they create hope for a peaceful future. Batticaloa Befrienders has been working for 16 years to enhance peaceful relations between Muslim and [...]
Jeewa Shakthi Foundation
Jeewa Shakthi started as a group effort to find a solution to the extremely high suicide rate in the Thanamalvila area, they concluded that the root causes were not only conflicts on a personal level, but those that existed on a community level across Sri Lanka. As a result they began to work on achieving [...]
Samasevaya
Samasevaya works for peace, democracy, and human rights through development. It helps to strengthen the peace process in the country and aims to further the acceptance of peoples’ right to peace and development, and to strengthen civil society’s contribution to conflict transformation. Through their programmes they have been able to unite people to work for [...]
