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Intervening as a third party

An overview of different approaches and the examples of negotiation and mediation

Mon. 9. November 2009, 9.00 until Wed. 11. November 2009, 18.00

The intervention by third parties is one of the most common responses to settling conflicts. An expert in conflict transformation who travels to other countries to be involved in local peace projects is already a third-party intervention – only through his presence. But third-party intervention has a lot of faces and during the first day of the training the participants will get an overview of these specific interventions. Questions on legitimacy, roles and acceptance play an important role here.

The training will furthermore use Diana Francis‘ model of conflict transformation and will look at when third-party intervention is called for and what is happening in reality. Methods like the Harvard Concept and mediation will be explained and trained in role-play based on a real situation. Other important issues covered will be questions on impartiality, establishing trust, intercultural issues and shaping long-term change processes.

Contents

  • Role perception and impartiality
  • Various third-party intervention approaches with a focus on negotiation and mediation
  • Confidence building, shaping change processes
  • Examples of practical implementation and their scope and limits
  • Practising how to deal with conflict parties
  • Cultural adaptation and differences, examples of local techniques

Learning Goals

  1. You are aware of the issue of the legitimacy and acceptance of a third-party intervention.
  2. You are familiar with various methods of third-party intervention and their application.
  3. You are capable of flexible, situation- and context-oriented behaviour, also in other cultural contexts.

Trainer

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Location

Language Requirements

A very good command of English is indispensable to be able to follow the course adequately and for good learning results. You have to be able to express yourself fluently and to understand detailed texts on complex subjects.

Target Group

Experts with at least one year project work abroad

Training fee (incl. lunch and dinner)

Standard price:

€ 405.00 

Additional costs for accomodation in the training center (per night incl. breakfast):

 

€ 50.00

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

We offer an early bird price if you register up to six weeks in advance. If you register less than two weeks beforehand we cannot arrange accomodation for you.

The Academy can not provide any scholarships itself, nor waive the training fee nor arrange funding by other organisations. Applicants who can not cover the training fee in full will not be considered!

When transfering the training fee from a non-german account, please have in mind that it might take up to three weeks until we receive the money and that there might be transfer charges to be paid by your side. 

 

Cancellations shall be in writing only and be received 10 work days before the start of the course or event at the latest. Otherwise the AfC will charge the participant as follows:

  • 10 to 3 work days before the course/event: 50% of all costs
  • less than 3 work days/non-attendance without written cancellation: 100 % of all costs 

 

If you should need a visa for Germany, please make sure to register at least six weeks before the start of the training. Since the visa application process takes quite a while, we cannot accept registrations later than this deadline.

 

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