The program will:

Ø      Provide a concise overview and Policy and Practice Framework of Systemic Peacebuilding designed for policy makers and practitioners;

Ø      Provide a forum for exchange of best practices and dealing with current conflicts and crisis amongst a highly experienced group of practitioners and policy makers;

Ø      Explore best practices and lessons learned in applied peacebuilding and conflict transformation together with senior staff and practitioners from around the world;

Ø      Deal with current global conflicts and crisis facing your organization and policy makers internationally;

Ø       Improve the effectiveness and quality of your programs and policies;

Ø      Present an integrated approach to peacebuilding and conflict transformation with tools used by the Department of Peace Operations in its Systemic Peacebuilding methodology;

Ø      Develop effective conflict and peacebuilding strategic planning, mapping and integrated approaches skills;

Ø       Develop tools to assist your organization/institution/agency for short, medium, and long term engagement in peacebuilding and conflict transformation programmes.

Transformative Mediation is a two-day program designed for senior policy makers, mediators and practitioners from governments, EU and UN agencies and international organizations, and international and national organizations facilitating mediation and peacemaking processes.

The program will:

Ø      Provide a confidential high-level forum for discussing real challenges and issues facing mediators and those involved in complex negotiations and peace processes, including both formal, official processes and back channel negotiations

Ø      Present an Integrated Framework and Applied Methodology for Transformative Mediation in current complex and protracted conflicts developing more effective and practical applied mediation skills

Ø      Address the links, gaps and opportunities in multi-track peacemaking, peacebuilding and mediation

Ø      Deal with concrete experiences of applying mediation in practice addressing current conflicts/crises

Ø       Tackle shortcomings in national and international interventions in conflicts

Ø     Propose methods for improving practice and addressing conceptual and practical gaps in current mediation and peacemaking practice