Committed to Peace Academy for Conflict Transformation Training Courses and Seminars for Peace and Conflict Work Contents Dear Readers 3 Editorial It was on the 28th of August in 1963 during a We run a comprehensive, ten-week full-time course in English 4 The Academy for Conflict Transformation demonstration in front of the Lincoln Memorial in twice a year and a ten-month part-time blended learning course 5 Contact us Washington, when Martin Luther King evoked a new in German once a year. In addition, we have developed online 6 A Peace and Conflict Consultant – what’s that? social order without racial discrimination in his legendary seminars that you are able to participate in regardless of your sentence “I have a dream!” More than half a century location. 7 Training courses later, young people worldwide, fearing for the future of 8 Course content our planet, are sending a clear message urging us to see We hope that this brochure contains everything you need 10 Peace and Conflict Work: full-time course reason and change course. Taking this fear and anger to know about our services to be able to make an informed 12 Peace and Conflict Work: part-time course seriously, the German sociologist Harald Welzer states: decision. It also includes the names and contact details of our 14 Application process “Not only have we already used up the future of those, team members, who would be more than happy to help you who will live long after us, but we also needlessly spoilt determine which course is best suited to you and your personal 15 Seminars their imagination for the future … We have, in other situation. 16 Seminars for professional peace and project work words, ruined the productive power of dreaming” (Alles 17 Online Seminars könnte anders sein, 2019, p. 47). In times of apocalyptic Do you still have questions? It would be a pleasure to hear from 18 Orientation days – Peace work as a profession and dystopian visions, we need to regain the productive you! Please do not hesitate to give us a call or get in touch. 19 Tailored in-house training and consultancy and creative power of dreaming and mobilize it for a peace that is humane and environmentally responsible. Warm wishes 20 Alumni of the Academy 22 Our seminar venue In spite of all these unfortunate developments, many paths 23 Imprint still lead to peace. In this brochure, you will find out which approaches you will be able to discover in our manifold courses. Our training will allow you to engage in and prepare for the turbulent world of peace and conflict work in a professional, confident and inquisitive manner. During our courses, you will build on your existing experience and work as part of a group. Our highly competent training facilitators and course tutors will provide support. Beside the acquisition and application of specialist knowledge and Dr. Ljubinka Petrović-Ziemer methods, we place particular emphasis on reflecting and Head of the Academy for Conflict Transformation working on yourself and your behavior. After all, critical self- reflection and discussion of your own role and experiences are an indispensable part of professional peace work. 2 3 The Academy for Conflict Transformation Contact us The Academy for Conflict Transformation within the Our international training facilitators have been working in Dr. Ljubinka Petrović-Ziemer Felicitas Menges Forum Civil Peace Service (forumZFD) is a learning space civil conflict transformation projects themselves for many years. Head of the Academy for Conflict Transformation Educational Consultant Part-time course for professional, international peace and conflict work. We They share the expertise they have gained over the years with train experts in the field of civil conflict transformation. the participants of our courses and seminars. International +49 (0)221 – 91 27 32-71 +49 (0)221 – 91 27 32-81 Our educational work is an expression of our conviction intercultural exchange and participatory learning are particular [email protected] [email protected] that non-violent, constructive ways of dealing with strengths of our courses and seminars. conflicts can be both taught and learned. Graduates of María Requena López Sanaz Kamali-Sarvestani the Academy for Conflict Transformation make important Educational Consultant Full-time course Consultant Cooperation and Development contributions to creating a society that takes a non- Learning goals: in peace and conflict work (on parental leave) violent approach to resolving conflicts. They are deployed +49 (0)221 – 91 27 32-74 +49 (0)221 – 91 27 32-67 around the globe in all areas of peace and conflict work. [email protected] [email protected] C on Our goal is to provide specialists who (want to) work on fi Dr. Jamie Walker Robert Sakofski o d f t e international peace projects and conflict-sensitive development h n Educational Consultant Full-time course Consultant Cooperation and Development co e t , n ke a cooperation with practical tools that allow them to make a e c y p in peace and conflict work d re m p u d t l contribution to building lasting peace. It is very important to us t n e e i +49 (0)221 – 91 27 32-83 +49 (0)221 – 91 27 32-72 i a g c c t o p t a t n in n e h to be able to work with local partners, who can foster peace in e a o t [email protected] [email protected] a o d l fl i l i i c d o t n o c e a c a r s n t their own countries and seek to win other groups over for their e t a o n s n w fl r n f o w o d s e e cause. Specialists engaged in development cooperation work and r o r Judith Kettner Vi Pundt r d k - s e f ’ l n e humanitarian aid are also able to use our services to develop P e u Educational Consultant Part-time course Office Coordinator s n o and reinforce their knowledge and expertise in conflict-sensitive in peace and conflict work f project work. o +49 (0)221 – 91 27 32-84 +49 (0)221 – 91 27 32-68 [email protected] [email protected] ge In our courses and seminars, we create learning spaces where led Ex now a f tensive k nd o theory meets practice, whereby our educational concept focuses s a ng Marie-Sophie Löhlein Marianne Albrecht of c eorie di on personal development, self-determination, responsibility onfl ict th tan s Educational Consultant Part-time course Assistant Office Coordinator ers el diff e ed und od and the ability to act in conflicts. One of our central concerns rentiat n m in peace and conflict work atio is fostering a personal attitude oriented towards peace-related confl ict transform +49 (0)221 – 91 27 32-84 +49 (0)221 – 91 27 32-73 values among all those who participate in our courses and [email protected] [email protected] seminars. Johanna Freund Lena Ingenhaag Educational Consultant Part-time course Student Assistant +49 (0)221 – 91 27 32-67 +49 (0)221 – 91 27 32-72 [email protected] [email protected] 4 5 A Peace and Conflict Consultant – what’s that? Training courses ■ Full-time course in Peace and Conflict Work ■ Part-time course in Peace and Conflict Work Wherever violent conflicts break out, trained personnel The work of CPS experts is as versatile as the conflicts in regions ■ Application process can help to restore the possibility of non-violent where they operate. Human rights, media, psychological coexistence by the use of civil means. The field of work for support and much more can be in the focus of CPS work. qualified peace and conflict consultants is very wide. For Dialogue processes, peace negotiations, legal workup of human example, more than 300 of them work in the Civil Peace rights violations and reconciliation with former enemies – the Service in 42 countries worldwide. project partners of the CPS usually adjust their work to the individual needs of a region, the people and the situation. The Civil Peace Service (CPS) The Civil Peace Service is a programme aimed at preventing No matter what the work of CPS experts will be like – all the violence and promoting peace in crisis zones and conflict means and tools they need can be acquired in our courses and regions. It aims to build a world in which conflicts are resolved seminars. without resorting to violence. Nine German peace and development organizations run the CPS together with local Career Prospects partners. Peace and conflict work is of increasing importance to a great many civil and state organisations. The demand for suitably The Civil Peace Service supports projects aimed at non-violent qualified employees and consultants is high and will, in all conflict resolution in various countries worldwide. It seconds likelihood, continue to grow worldwide in the future. experts to assist local partner organisations. Its objectives are the prevention of violent conflicts, the reduction of violence, and securing long-term peace. Therefore, the CPS experts help to educate their local partners in civil conflict resolution and support them in pleading their own causes. Peace work takes time and patience: The CPS supports changes in society and is built on mid and long term impacts. 6 7 Course content Conceptual framework ■ Key concepts in civil conflict work and conflict transformation In our training courses, you will be introduced to the Certificate ■ Peacebuilding work and the Civil Peace Service in fundamental principles of civil conflict transformation, Upon successful completion of our courses, you will be awarded theory and practice – actors, approaches, principles along with various forms of conflict intervention from a the “Peace and Conflict Consultant” certificate as proof of your ■ Psychosocial approaches in peace and conflict work conflict transformation perspective.