Examples of Capacity-Building and Training Mandates

Workshops on Gender and Mediations

Mandated by: UN Women
Year: 2011, completed
Content: swisspeace conducted regional workshops on gender and mediation for West Africa and Central Asia focusing on gender-analysis, the role of women and gender issues in negotiations.

Workshop on the Questions of Peace in Rwanda

Mandated by: Isoko ry'Amahoro and Caritas Switzerland and Luxembourg
Year: 2011, completed
Content: KOFF carried out a support mandate and conducted a local workshop, looking at peacebuilding, reconciliation and reflecting on peace practice.

Workshop on the ICTY Legacy

Mandated by: Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia - ICTY 
Year: 2011, completed
Content: swisspeace carried out a Workshop on the ICTY Legacy and the Establishment of Information Centres in the Former Yugoslavia .

Peace Mediation Course

Mandated by: Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Division of Political Affairs IV
Year: ongoing since 2005
Content: The yearly Advanced Learning Course on Peace Mediation is designed to train professionals from governmental and multilateral institutions as well as national and international NGOs. Link

Advanced Learning Course on Dealing with the Past

Mandated by: Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Division of Political Affairs IV
Year: ongoing since 2010
Content: A yearly Advanced Learning Course on Dealing with the Past (DwP) is designed to train professionals from governmental and multilateral institutions as well as national and international NGOs. Link

Capacity-Building for Cercapaz in Colombia

Mandated by: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
Year: 2009, completed
Content: swisspeace conducted workshops and provided individual consultations to the Cercapaz program in Colombia. The focus was on concepts and instruments of conflict sensitivity and peacebuilding, lessons learned in the sensitive field of patriarchal violence structures, the outlook for social change and gender equality.

Capacity-Building Workshop in the Central African Republic

Mandated by: UN Mediation Support Unit and Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Division of Political Affairs IV
Year: 2008, completed 
Content: swisspeace organized a capacity-building workshop in dialogue and negotiations skills for the members of the preparatory committee of the Inclusive Dialogue in the Central African Republic.

Capacity Building on Negotiation for Darfur Movement

Mandated by: Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Division of Political Affairs IV
Year: 2008
One-week training event took place in Uganda in 2008 and focussed on the specific knowledge, skills and strategizing capacity needed by parties to engage effectively in a mediation process. 

Training on Mediation in Peace Processes for IGAD Member States

Mandated by: Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Division of Political Affairs IV 
Year: 2010, completed 
The Mediation Support Project (MSP) conducted a five-day course for IGAD mediation experts to increase their knowledge, skills and strategizing capacity regarding the use of negotiation and mediation in peace processes.