NEWS Water, peace and security – Alert’s Secretary-General Dan Smith contributes to the new Foreign Policy Centre pamphlet International dialogue on peacebuilding and state-building – Letter from a peace practitioner Promoting the tools for conflict-sensitive approaches to development in Nepal – Training courses by International Alert The role of the private sector in São Tomé and Príncipe – Preparing to join the ranks of oil-producing countries Broadcasting for peace – An exclusive series of interviews with experts from International Alert

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TRAINING COURSES

Integrating gender consideration into peacebuilding and conflict responses (5-7 Jul 2010) Economic dimensions of peacebuilding specialised course with field placement – Peacebuilding & Development Institute in Sri Lanka (12-21 Jul 2010) Monitoring and evaluation as learning disciplines for peacebuilding – Peacebuilding & Development Institute in Sri Lanka (12-16 Jul 2010) All good development causes conflict: conflict sensitivity and development programming (7-10 Sept 2010) A climate of conflict: conflict sensitive programming and climate change (29 Sept-1 Oct 2010) Crisis and conflict: conflict sensitive practice in the midst of emergency (9-12 Nov 2010)

JOBS

Consultant (Horn of Africa) Senior Programme Officer: Advocacy and Policy Research

PUBLICATIONS

Practice note 1: Market development in conflict-affected contexts Practice note 2: Business environment reforms in conflict-affected contexts Practice note 3: Foreign Direct Investment in conflict-affected contexts