Training

We are committed to ensuring that the learning we acquire through our work is used to inform and strengthen peacebuilding policy and practice. We provide training and capacity-building on specific topics for a wide variety of local and international organisations, including NGOs, governments, international development and donor agencies, multi-lateral institutions and businesses. Some of this training is through tailored workshops and seminars but we also produce a range of training materials and resource packs.

We currently provide training on:

• Practical training courses for people interested in, or already working in, the prevention, management and resolution of violent conflict (through Peaceworkers UK)
• Conflict-sensitive development aid and humanitarian assistance
• Conflict-sensitive business practice in the extractive industries
• The role of women in peacebuilding
• Small arms issues

Alert's new programme with Peaceworkers UK

Previously an independent NGO, Peaceworkers UK became part of International Alert in 2006, joining Alert's Peacebuilding Issues programme. It organises practical training courses for people interested in, or already working in, the prevention, management and resolution of violent conflict. It is engaged in research and development of occupational standards and assessment tools for raising the quality of this work and manages the Peaceworkers Register, a recruitment tool for employers working in this field.

More information on upcoming training courses can be found on the Peaceworkers UK website.

Click here to read Alert's statement on joining forces with Peaceworkers UK.

Additional training materials

Inclusive Security, Sustainable Peace: A Toolkit for Advocacy and Action, November 2004
A resource for women peace activists, practitioners and policy makers intended to enable women to engage strategically in peacebuilding and security processes. Includes sections on conflict prevention, resolution and reconstruction; security issues; justice, governance and civil society; and protecting vulnerable groups.

Click here to find out more or download a copy

Conflict-Sensitive Business Practice: Guidance for Extractive Industries, March 2005
A set of tools for companies concerned about improving their impact on host countries to begin thinking more creatively about understanding and minimising conflict risk, and actively contributing to peace.

Click here to find out more or download a copy

Resource Pack on Conflict-Sensitive Approaches to Development, Humanitarian Assistance and Peacebuilding (2004)
This pack provides practical guidelines and tools for development and humanitarian organisations working in conflict in order to help them place conflict-sensitivity at the centre of their situation analysis, programme design and monitoring processes.

Click here to find out more or see the electronic version

Resource Pack on Conflict Transformation (1996, reprinted 2003)
A collection of materials for trainers, trainees, facilitators and others interested in transforming violent conflict, with guidance on running capacity-building workshops.

Click here to order a copy

For further information or to discuss your organisation’s training requirements, contact Cynthia Gaigals

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Last updated: September 2006