Dear all,
Southeast Asian Conflict Studies Network "Conflict Management"
Regional Training Workshop
26-30 September 2005 Pattaya, Thailand
OBJECTIVES
1. To increase the conflict management capacity of participants
at the basic level
2. To cooperation and collaboration among multi-sector society
working in the field of peace and conflict studies in Southeast Asia.
3. To promote the practice of peaceful conflict management.
OVERVIEW
This training workshop is designed to develop practical ability in
conflict prevention and resolution in a public context. Drawing on the
experience of the participants and trainers the program will explore
strategies for designing conflict prevention and resolution processes and
key skills that are required to make those processes effective. Each part of
this training module contains conceptual information to be presented to the
training participants as well as activities and/or role-play. The training
workshop content proceeds from the general to the specific and is organized
to be as helpful as possible to users. It is grouped thematically and
ordered in a progressive sequence that builds on the knowledge of each
successive lesson.
CONTENTS
The complete training modules consist of five days training combining
both theory and practice (Subject to change according to the availability of
trainers).
Definitions and Concepts
- Peace, Conflict, and Conflict Dynamics
- Personal Conflict Management Style
- The Processes of Conflict Management
- Levels of Conflict.
Conflict Management Approaches and Techniques
- Avoidance and Prevention
- Management and Transformation
- Settlement and Resolution
- Levels of Conflict.
Third Party Intervention
- Negotiation
- Mediation
- Arbitration
- Facilitation
Field Trips
- Visit to conflict location
- Interviews with stakeholders
- Description by practitioners
TARGET GROUP
Government agencies, non-government organisation, private companies,
research and educational institutions, as well as regional based
international funded project offices are among the possible target group for
this training program.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
- This workshop is design for 30 participants on first come
first serve basis. Both Southeast Asian and international participants are
welcome.
- This training workshop will be conducted in English.
- Submit the attached application form as soon as possible, but
not later than 31 AUGUST 2005
- Each participants are responsible for their own financial
expenses.
- The workshop organiser reserved the final decision making
authority in processing the participant's application.
TRAINING PACKAGE FEE
USD$800/participant
- Each registered participant is entitled to five days
conflict management training.
- All participants will receive a specially designed
workshop kit, workshop material, and stationery.
- 7-day 6-night accommodation (inclusive of daily ABF) and
conference package (daily lunch, 2 tea breaks per day) are included in this
package.
- The workshop will be held in one of the beach view hotel
in Pattaya, Thailand.
- Transfer from Bangkok airport to Pattaya
This package DOES NOT include:
- Travel expenses (international and domestic travel cost,
visa, airport taxes, insurance and etc.).
- Individual per diems.
- Logistic expenses (shopping, private dinner, extension
of stay, mini bar, laundry, phone call and fax, room services and etc.).
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CONTACT US
Thank you for your interest in this project. Individuals or
organizations interested in future collaboration in the training programs
should contact: Workshop Coordinator: Ms. Ang Ming-Chee Institute for
Dispute Resolution, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002 Thailand
Tel.:+66 4320 2425,+66 4320 2222-41 Ext. 1389
Fax:+66 4320 2788
E-mail: mingchee@kku.ac.th or idr@kku.ac.th
Website: http://idr.kku.ac.th and http://www.seacsn.net
ABOUT THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN CONFLICT STUDIES NETWORK (SEACSN)
The SEACSN is a network of individuals and institutions involved in
peace and conflict resolution research and practice. The uniqueness of
SEACSN is that the idea for the network originated from within the region,
and involves mainly regional actors working with each other to find peaceful
solutions to the problems of Southeast Asia. More information regarding the
Network is available at http://www.seacsn.net.
ABOUT THE TRAINERS
Kamarulzaman Askandar, Ph.D./Associate Professor is the Coordinator of
Research and Education for Peace Unit and a lecturer at the Department of
Political Science, School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
More commonly known as "Zam" he specialises in Conflict Management, and
Southeast Asian politics and security, Theories of conflict management;
Strategies of conflict prevention; Southeast Asian methods of conflict
management; and Malaysian politics.
Soth Plai Ngarm, M.A. is the Executive Coordinator for the Alliance
for Conflict Transformation. He is an active committee member in a number of
national NGO's involved in building peace in Cambodia. Significantly, he was
a founding member of the Working Group for Weapons Reduction and the
Alliance for Conflict Transformation. Ngarm has been involved in consulting
for international organizations (ADB) and national organizations in conflict
management. He has a long established record of conducting training programs
and workshops on weapons reduction and conflict resolution. .
Suwit Laohasiriwong, Ph.D./Associate Professor is the Director of
Institute for Dispute Resolution, Khon Kaen University, also serves as a
senior lecturer at the Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Khon
Kaen University, Thailand. Suwit has been actively involved in negotiation
and dispute resolution implementation since 1994. He has been focusing his
work on mediation and dispute resolution for the past 10 years, both in
training and facilitation activities, particularly in facilitating various
CIDA supported training workshop on Conflict Management and Resolution
project.
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