Invitation to Nepal

Peacebuilding Training and Education for

SAARC Emerging Leaders

Conflict Transformation Across Cultures ProgramSIT Graduate Institute, a program of World Learning

Peacebuilding Training and Education for SAARC Emerging Leaders

Arrival: Dec. 7 | Core + Elective Courses: Dec. 8-17| Departure: Dec. 18|Location: Park Village and Spa| Kathmandu|Nepal

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Program Overview

• Program Goal: • To increase the visions, motivation & implementing capacity of

South Asians to establish collaborative cross-border relationships that will contribute to conflict transformation, sustainable peace, and increased development.

• Topics include: • Conflict analysis|Conflict management skills & techniques |• Conflict-sensitive development |Inter-group dialogue| • Transitional justice and reconciliation |Negotiation and mediation

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Paula Green, EdD Professor of conflict transformation at the SIT Graduate Institute; Founder-director of Conflict Transformation Across Cultures (CONTACT) programs: the Summer Peacebuilding Program, USA, the Graduate Certificate, on line and the CONTACT South Asia, that takes place in Kathmandu, Nepal in December.

Kevin Clements, PhD Director of the National Center for Peace and Conflict Studies at Otago University in New Zealand. He was a professor of Peace and Conflict Studies and the Director of the Australian Center for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Queensland

His publications include: From Right to Left in Development Theory; Peace, Culture and Society: Trans National Research Perspectives; Peace and Security in the Asia Pacific Region, and Building International Community.

Tatsushi Arai, PhD Associate Professor of Conflict Transformation at the SIT Graduate Institute, His most recent activities include field research in Pakistan and public speaking and dialogues aimed at transforming the underlying discourse of the war on terror in the West, as well as the growing networks of organized militancy in the Afghan-Pakistan context. Tats also serves as a dialogue facilitator of Strait Talk, a series of semi-annual conflict resolution dialogues aimed at fostering a new generation of peacebuilders from Taiwan, Mainland China, and the United States

Juan Diaz Armando, PhD Lecturer at the University of Kent (Brussels), European School of Public Policy (Erfurt), and the Hertie School of Governance (Berlin)Co-founder of CSSProject for Integrative mediation working in South Eastern Europe.   Has been teaching with CONTACT for the past three years.

Mansi Mehrotra, PhDResearcher-- Research Interest: Ethnic Studies / Security Issues / Conflict Resolution / International Relations; Region - Central Asia and South AsiaMansi has completed her Graduate Certificate in Conflict Transformation at the SIT Graduate Institute.

Logistics

Course Fees: $1, 350 This includes: Tuition||Course Materials |Room |Three Meals |Two tea

breaks daily |Field Trip |Transportation to and from the airportAll other expenses are the responsibility of the participant or

their sponsor. Connect with us: e-mail |website | facebook | E-brochure

ph: 1 8012 258 3433| skype: contactprogram

Application Deadline: October 30, 2011

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Welcome to Kathmandu!

introductions

connect

share

speak

listen

engage

question

understand

forgive

cross divides

collaborate

seek solutions

celebrate

graduate

Jo in South As ian Leaders

and cont r ibute to s t rengthen ing the

d ia logue ac ross borders

See you in Nepal!

Namaste!