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Civil Peace Service (CPS) – a Concept of Non-violent Crisis Intervention
Political framework, fields of action and project practice
Thu. 21. October 2010, 9.00 until Fri. 22. October 2010, 17.30
The so-called „Civil Peace Service“ (CPS) developed in Germany as a form of civil conflict transformation and development cooperation. State financing was secured at the end of the 1990s for this grassroots-focused method of civil and non-violent intervention in conflicts. The concept of the CPS includes the endeavour to professionalise peace work: Hence the qualification of peace and conflict consultants. Meanwhile the Civil Peace Service can look back over 10 years of continual development.
The training reviews the development and history of the CPS as well as its practical implementation. Alongside the experiences gathered and improvements made, issues such as state-nonstate cooperation and civil-military cooperation will be dealt with. The German approach to the CPS will also be put into its global context.
Contents
- Development, status and prospects
- The CPS concept (idea, standards, approach), its role in and differentiation from development co-operation
- (European) context of the Civil Peace Service (e.g. EN.CPS)
- CPS methods and tools, practical implementation
- CPS fields of action with practical examples
- The challenges and problems that the CPS faces (civil-military cooperation, state-non-state cooperation, gender work, inter alia)
Learning Goals
- You have a general insight into and are familiar with the ongoing discourse on the CPS.
- You can delimit the CPS from other approaches, such as development co-operation.
- You have prepared key aspects of implementing the CPS approach in practice.
Trainer
Your contact person for organisational issues
Your contact person for content issues
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
- Students that have fundamental knowledge in peace and conflict studies and that are interested in gaining a deeper understanding of processes surrounding successsful conflict transformation
- People that already have been to a crisis region and want to widen their expertise
- Experts from ZFD
- Experts in development politics that want to gain detailled knowledge on conflict transformation and related aspects
Training fee (incl. lunch and dinner)
Standard price:
€ 270.00
Additional costs for accomodation in the training center (per night incl. breakfast):
€ 55,00
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The Training for Peace is part of the 9-Week Qualification Course which is attended by 8 people aiming to be certified as "Peace and Conflict Consultant".
We offer an early bird price if you register up to six weeks in advance.
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.