ipt core course for peacebuilders

IPT CORE COURSE FOR PEACEBUILDERS

28 October – 9 November 2018

COURSE PROGRAMME - draft

Sunday

28 October

Monday 29

October

Tuesday 30

October

Wednesday 31

October

Thursday 01

November

Friday 02

November

Saturday 03

Nov.

Sunday 04

November

Monday 05

November

Tuesday 06

November

Wednesday 07

November

Thursday 08

November

Friday 09

Nov.

9:00

-

10:30

Gender and

peace-

building

Gal Harmat

Concepts and

strategies for

peace-

building

Harald

Rettner

Guiding

principles of

behaviour

Harald

Rettner

Conflict

analysis

Harald

Rettner

Logic of and

cooperation

with the

military

AUTINT

DA

Y O

FF

Basic first

aid and

personal

hygiene

Michael

Küchnel

Personal safety

and behaviour

in complex risk

situations

AMIV

Team 1:

Complex

simulation

exercise

AMIV AUTINT

Ian Fenn

Individual

review of

complex

simulation

exercise

Ian Fenn

Monitoring

and

reporting

Gudrun Van

Pottelbergh

Departure

of

participants

11:00

-

12:30

Gender and

peace-

building

- continued

Gal Harmat

Overview of

field

activities

Harald

Rettner

Cultural

awareness

Harald

Rettner

Methods of

third party

intervention

Harald

Rettner

Mine

awareness

(theory and

practice)

AUTINT

Basic first

aid and

personal

hygiene

- continued

Michael

Küchnel

The work of the

civilian police

and

cooperation

AMIV

Team 2:

Road safety

and driving in

hazardous

environments

4x4 drive

training

AMIV AUTINT

Dealing with

trauma

Ian Fenn

Monitoring

and

reporting

- continued

Gudrun Van

Pottelbergh

14:00

-

15:30

Arrival

of

participants

Human rights

and

democratis-

ation

Gal Harmat

Role of

various

actors

Harald

Rettner

Cultural

awareness

- continued

Harald

Rettner

Methods of

third party

intervention

- continued

Harald

Rettner

Engaging

with civil

society

Harald

Rettner

Managing

stress in the

field

Ian Fenn

Radio

communica-

tion, field

orientation and

map reading

(theory)

AMIV

Team 1:

Road safety

and driving in

hazardous

environments

4x4 drive

training

AMIV AUTINT

Project

management

Gudrun Van

Pottelbergh

Evaluation

and wrap-

up

Laszlo

Farkas

16:00

-

17:30

Introduction

Human rights

and

democratis-

ation

- continued

Gal Harmat

Compre-

hensive

approaches

Harald

Rettner

Cross-cultural

communicatio

n and working

with

interpreters

Harald

Rettner

Methods of

third party

intervention

- continued

Harald

Rettner

Engaging

with civil

society

- continued

Harald

Rettner

Managing

stress in the

field

- continued

Ian Fenn

Radio

communica-

tion, field

orientation and

map reading

(practice)

AMIV l

Team 2:

Complex

simulation

exercise

AMIV AUTINT

Ian Fenn

Project

management

- continued

Gudrun Van

Pottelbergh

18:00

-

19:30

Debriefing

Team 1

AMIV AUTINT

Ian Fenn

20:00

-

21:30

Debriefing

Team 2

AMIV AUTINT

Ian Fenn

COURSE OUTLINE - draft

AUTINT team (Army) AMIV team (Police)

MODULE 1 INTR. TO PEACEBUILDING AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT MODULE 2 THE ROLE OF VARIOUS ACTORS IN PEACEBUILDING

MODULE 3 MISSION WORKING ENVIRONMENT MODULE 4 FIELD WORK TECHNIQUES MODULE 5 SAFETY AND SECURITY

MODULE 6 PERSONAL HEALTH AND STRESS MANAGEMENT

MODULE 7 COMPLEX SIMULATION EXERCISE MODULES 1-6

SUNDAY, 28 OCTOBER

TIME SUBJECT LECTURER METHODOLOGY MODULE LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Ca. 15:00

ARRIVAL OF PARTICIPANTS

15:00 –

17:00

in Hotel Burg Schlaining

17:00 -

18:00

Introduction in the Knights’ Hall of Schlaining Castle

Gudrun KRAMER

& László

FARKAS

• Introduction to the venue and programme

• Learn about the ASPR

• Get to know the group

• Learn what to expect

18:15

Welcome Cocktail and Dinner at Hotel Burg Schlaining

MONDAY, 29 OCTOBER

TIME SUBJECT LECTURER METHODOLOGY MODULE LEARNING OUTCOMES

9:00 -

10:30

11:00

- 12:30

13:00 Lunch at Hotel Burg Schlaining

14:00 -

15:30

16:00 -

17:30

TUESDAY, 30 OCTOBER


9:00 -

10:30

Concepts and strategies for peacebuilding

Harald RETTNER

Presentation & discussion

MODULE 1: INTRODUCTION

TO PEACEBUILDING AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT

• Get an overview of theories, principles, approaches, tasks, instruments and actors for peacebuilding

• Understand the importance of civilian crisis prevention and management in the context of international crisis intervention

• Be acquainted with basic strategies and functions of civilian peacekeeping and peacebuilding

• Know about conflict factors

• Know about the various phases of a conflict cycle pre-conflict/ conflict/post conflict

11:00 -

12:30

Overview of field activities

Harald RETTNER

Presentation, exercise & discussion

• Be familiar with the development of peace operations and the

different types of mandates (executive, strengthening/support,

monitoring)

• Get an overview of the different field activities of the main

actors (EU, OSCE, UN), understand their inter-linkages and the

need for coherence

• Understand the principles of local ownership, sustainability and

“Do No Harm”


14:00 -

15:30 Role of various actors

Harald RETTNER

Presentation, group exercise & discussion MODULE 2:

THE ROLE OF VARIOUS ACTORS

IN PEACEBUILDING

• Know about the different field activities of international actors (EU, AU, UN, NGOs and OSCE)

16:00 -

17:30

Comprehensive approaches

Harald RETTNER

Presentation, group exercise & discussion

• Get an overview of the existing concepts of the various actors: NATO Comprehensive Approach, the UN Integrated Approach, the EU Coherent Approach to Crisis Situations

• Be aware of the different organisational ‘culture’ of various actors in the field and the need for co-operation and co-dependence in achieving the mission goals

19:00 Social Evening at the local Restaurant Marth

WEDNESDAY, 31 OCTOBER


9:00 -

10:30

Guiding principles of behaviour

Harald RETTNER

Presentation, group exercise &

discussion MODULE 3:

MISSION WORKING

ENVIRONMENT

• Understand the principles of local ownership, sustainability and “Do No Harm”.

• Understand the implications of a “diplomatic” status for standards of behaviour

• Be able to identify rules to preserve a professional image

11:00 -

12:30 Cultural awareness

Harald RETTNER


discussion

• Be aware of possible causes of conflict or tension between your/your organisation’s activities and the host society;

• Understand the possible sources of tension amongst international and national staff due to different working culture backgrounds (civilian, military, police, NGO, civil servant) and possible strategies for avoidance and/or remedy

THURSDAY, 1 NOVEMBER


9:00 -

10:30 Conflict analysis

Harald RETTNER

Presentation & discussion

MODULE 4: FIELD WORK

TECHNIQUES

• Key Concepts from Conflict and Peace Theory for Conflict Analysis

• Introduction to selected Conflict Analysis Tools

11:00 -

12:30

Methods of third party intervention

Harald RETTNER

Presentation

• Understanding Types of Third Party Intervention

• Understand the different schools of thought in Third Party Intervention

• Reviewing the types and range of actors in Third Party Interventions

• Evaluating Issues in Third-Party Intervention o Culture, Bias, Power, “Ripeness”, Ethics

• Understanding the relation between Complex conflict contexts and Third Party intervention

12:45 Pizza Lunch at Mike’s Café and Pizzeria

14:00 -

15:30

Methods of third party intervention - continued

Harald RETTNER


discussion MODULE 4: FIELD

WORK TECHNIQUES

• Discussing the Qualities and Competencies for Third Party Intervention

16:00 -

17:30

Methods of third party intervention - continued

Harald RETTNER


discussion

18:00 Dinner at Hotel Burg Schlaining

9:00 -

10:30

Basic first aid and personal hygiene

Michael KÜCHNEL-

ROUCHOUZE Presentation

MODULE 6: PERSONAL

HEALTH AND STRESS

MANAGEMENT

• Be aware of the importance of personal hygiene and the most common health risks in field operations

• Know about preventive medicine against the most common infectious diseases

• Be able to assess the need for First Aid assistance and prioritise actions

• Be familiar with basic first aid measures such as blocking external bleeding, applying bandages, evacuating injured people from damaged vehicles, dealing with people in shock;

• Recognise and use alternative tools to provide first aid when pure medical care materials are not available

11:00 -

12:30

Basic first aid and personal hygiene

- continued

Michael KÜCHNEL-

ROUCHOUZE Outdoor exercise


14:00 -

15:30

16:00 -

17:30

FRIDAY, 2 NOVEMBER


SATURDAY, 3 NOVEMBER


DAY OFF

MONDAY, 5 NOVEMBER


9:00 -

10:30

9:00 -

10:30

with the military

11:00 -

12:30

Mine awareness

(theory and practice) Outdoor exercise

MODULE 5: SAFETY AND

SECURITY

• Be familiar with the different types of mines

• Know about the current status of the ban of anti-personal mines

• Be familiar with signs indicating mined areas (both intended and unintended)

•

Lunch at Hotel Burg Schlaining

Managing stress in the field

Ian FENN

Presentation & exercise MODULE 6:

PERSONAL HEALTH AND

STRESS MANAGEMENT

• Be aware of potential sources of stress in a fieldwork environment

• Be able to recognise basic, cumulative stress and traumatic stress

• Understand and be able to recognise the different symptoms potentially indicating stress

• Know techniques to avoid and/ or remedy basic and cumulative stress

• Understand how to deal with deployment stress and post-mission stress

11:00 -

12:30

Managing stress in the field - continued

Presentation & exercise


TUESDAY, 6 NOVEMBER


9:00 -

10:30

Team 1: Complex simulation exercise

Team 2: Road safety

and driving in hazardous

environments / 4x4 drive training

AUTINT Team

AMIV Team

Ian FENN

Outdoor exercises

Outdoor exercises on driving range

MODULE 7 COMPLEX

SIMULATION

Complex Simulation Exercise:

• Bring together all subjects dealt with so far and apply them in an outdoor simulation 4x4 Drive Training:

• Be able to use gear-shift vehicles in left-hand driving situations

• Understand the different transmission types in 4-WD vehicles, knowing their purpose and how to engage them

• Be able to maintain control of the vehicle on difficult surface

• Know preventative measures to maintain vehicles in extreme winter climate (e.g. application of skid chains) Implement basic trouble shooting (change of tires etc.)

11:00 -

12:30


SECUTITY

ca. 12:30 Lunch at Hotel Burg Schlaining

14:00 -

15:30

Team 1: Road safety and driving in

hazardous environments

/ 4x4 drive training

Team 2: Complex simulation exercise

AUTINT Team

AMIV Team

Ian FENN

Outdoor exercises

Outdoor exercises on driving range


SECUTITY

16:00 -

18:30

MODULE 7 COMPLEX

SIMULATION

18:30 -


18:00 -

19:30

Debriefing Complex Simulation

Exercise / Team 1

AUTINT Team

AMIV Team

Ian FENN

Group debriefing MODULE 7 COMPLEX

SIMULATION

• Be aware of critical problems and issues that emerge during the field exercises

• Improve the personal and group ability to behave properly in difficult situations

20:00 -

21:30

Debriefing Complex Simulation

Exercise / Team 2

WEDNESDAY, 7 NOVEMBER


9:00 –

10:30

Individual review of complex simulation

exercise Ian FENN Individual review

MODULE 6: PERSONAL

HEALTH AND STRESS

MANAGEMENT

• Be aware of critical problems and issues that emerge during the field exercises

• Improve the personal and group ability to behave properly in difficult situations

11:00 -

12:30 Dealing with trauma Ian FENN Presentation

• Understand the concept of post-traumatic stress, how it influences us and how to react to it

• Know what psycho-trauma and psycho-traumatic situations are

• Be able to identify psycho-traumatic symptoms and behaviour patterns

• Be able to handle traumatized persons in a correct manner

• Know how trauma evolves and how it influences the society as a whole


14:00 -

15:30

Evaluation and wrap-up

Laszlo FARKAS

Presentation

• Be able to self-assess individual mission readiness

18:00 Closing ceremony in the Knights’ Hall of Schlaining Castle

19:00 Farewell Dinner in Hotel Burg Schlaining

FRIDAY, 9 NOVEMBER

DEPARTURE OF PARTICIPANTS

FACULTY

ASPR Staff:

Gudrun KRAMER is the Director of the ASPR. Besides this, she is also a board member of the Herbert C. Kelman Institute, and the OSCE Academy in Bishkek. She has over 15 years of experience in the field of conflict transformation gained through her work in different conflict zones. From 2005 – 2010 she was the executive director of the “Institute for Integrative Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding” (today Herbert C. Kelman Institute), based in Vienna. In this function, she was involved in international peace mediation efforts and implemented projects on behalf of the Austrian Foreign Ministry on conflict transformation in the South Caucasus, Central Asia, South Asia and Africa. From 2010 – 2017 she had joined the GIZ as Head of Programs related to “Supporting Palestinian Refugees” (SPR). Amongst others, she delivered lectures/trainings at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, Austria; University of Vienna, International Development, Austria; Institute for Peace Education and Research, University of Klagenfurt, Austria; European University Center for Peace Studies, Austria; OSCE Academy, Kyrgyzstan, Université de Paris Sud, Faculté Jean Monnet, Paris; Fernuniversität Hagen; University of Basel. Ms. Kramer has published various articles in her fields of expertise and has been speaker at numerous international conferences. She holds a MA in History.

László W. FARKAS, the Programme Manager of the International Civilian Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Training Programme (IPT) of the ASPR, is graduate of Debrecen University, Hungary, majoring in English Philology and World History, having a higher educational degree also in conference interpreting. He covered post-graduate studies in London, Oxford and Aberdeen, UK, Maryland, US. He was the founder and Assistant Professor of the new English Department in the College of his native town, Szombathely, Hungary, after the fall of Communism in his country. He also has a work experience of three decades in interpreting at political and business conferences at local and international levels, including the Ministry of Defense in Vietnam, the European Parliament in Brussels and the Congress in Washington D.C. Between 1993 and 2008, he was an Associate Professor of Political Studies at the European University Center for Peace Studies (EPU) in Stadtschlaining, Austria, and at the Centro Internacional Bancaja para la Paz y el Desarrollo, Castellon, Spain (since 1995). He also lectured on political studies in Wienacht, Switzerland, and, as a Fulbright visiting professor, in Youngstown, Ohio, USA. Between 1995 and 2000, beside teaching his courses, he worked for the EPU also as a Registrar and Student Co-ordinator. Between 2010 and 2014, he was the Academic Director of the European Peace University (EPU), by that time an accredited private university of political studies in Stadtschlaining, Austria. His fields of professional interest include literary and political utopias, cross-cultural and global relationships, sociology and political studies, British and American literature, and the civilization of the English-speaking nations. He holds a doctoral degree in English Literature (focusing on the literary depiction of 20th century dictatorships) at Kossuth Lajos University in Debrecen, Hungary. He also works as a human rights activist (focusing on cultural and religious minorities) in the Bahá’í International Community, an international NGO. He was the founder or co-founder of a dozen of local and regional NGOs focusing on intercultural and humanitarian activities. He used to edit and moderate series of regional television and radio programs on tolerance and conflict resolution in every-day life. He was also the organizer and host of two series of intercultural clubs for about a decade each.

Elisabeth FANDL holds an MA and a PhD degree majoring in History and Political Studies at the University of Vienna. She has been working as a librarian also as the Head of

the Peace Library in Stadtschlaining since 1986.

External lecturers and resource persons:

Harald RETTNER is a peace practitioner working in the broader field of peace building and conflict transformation for almost 20 years. For HORIZONT3000 he has been engaged

with the peace process in in Bougainville – Papua New Guinea, supporting the reintegration of ex-combatants. As a programme manager for GIZ in Zimbabwe, he was in

charge of the development and implementation of transitional justice and dialogue processes. Land based conflicts and the security of land rights were in the centre of his

work in Uganda - again as a programme manager for GIZ. In between his assignments abroad, he worked as a project manager for a programme supporting refugees in their

integration process and as a youth worker for disadvantaged youth in Austria. Currently he is a senior consultant doing mostly short-term assignments on peace building, land

related conflicts and land rights in e.g. Ukraine, Ethiopia, Uganda, Laos. He holds an MA from the European University Center for Peace Studies (EPU) in Stadtschlaining,

Austria and a Bachelor in Social Work from the Academy for Social Work in St. Pölten, Austria.

Gudrun VAN POTTELBERG is an expert on international security policy, conflict analysis and crisis management. Her focus areas include analysis of international relations and

related policy advice, international coordination and cooperation, evaluation of humanitarian aid, pre-deployment trainings on crisis management and peacebuilding, and

knowledge management/lessons learned. Gudrun supports the work of governmental agencies, UN and other international organizations, academic institutions and civil

society. Her combined expertise in the humanitarian, political and security sectors allows her to bridge the different needs of various stakeholders and enhance mutual

understanding. She has worked for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in its Conflict Prevention Centre and on Border Management, and in the

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) on humanitarian civil-military coordination and (environmental) emergency response. Gudrun

is based in Vienna, Austria and holds a Master in Contemporary History and a European Master in International Humanitarian Action (NOHA)."

Gal HARMAT holds a PhD in Gender Analysis of Peace Education and Dialogue encounters from Nitra University (Slovakia) and a M.A. in Gender and Peacebuilding from the UN-Mandated University for Peace in Costa Rica. She is the head of the Gender and Peace Building Programme, Dept. of Peace and Conflict Studies at the UN University for Peace and professor in conflict transformation, peace education and gender and Co-Director of the Social Justice and Peace Education Teachers Training Program, Kibbutzim Teachers College in Tel Aviv, Israel. She has also been teaching in the World Peace Academy (University of Basel), the European Peace University (Austria), and the Arts and Social Change College in Israel. As a Gender and Peacebuilding Specialist, she has extensive experience in training, conflict analysis, dialogue facilitation, capacity building, peace education, research, gender empowerment and gender mainstreaming since 1998 in various countries in Eastern Europe, Africa, and West and South East Asia. Her consultancies include intergovernmental organizations (e.g. OSCE, UN Women, UNDP, and the Council of Europe), and various international and regional NGOs (e.g. Non-violent Peace Force, Friends of the Earth Middle East; Peres Centre for Peace).

Ian FENN is Ian Fenn MSc is a New Zealander who lives in Vienna Austria. Prior to leaving New Zealand Ian worked with the New Zealand Army as an Industrial Organisational

Psychologist. Although much of this work involved Job analysis, Recruitment support and Research, a significant part of Ian and his colleagues rile was the briefing and

debriefing of Military and Police personnel (and their families) being deployed on United Nations Peace Keeping missions. Ian was also involved in critical (traumatic) incident

debriefings and in 1995 was seconded to UNPROFOR to conduct; pre-return to New Zealand Debriefings, and critical incident debriefings for New Zealand Army Personnel in

Bosnia. Ian moved to Vienna in 2000 to work as the training Officer at the International Atomic Agency. His contract with the IAEA ended in 2007 and since then he has

remained in Vienna with his wife, working as a consultant.

Michael KÜHNEL is a medical doctor with a special training in tropical medicine. For the past 18 years, he has been volunteering for the Austrian Red Cross as paramedic and in the disaster relief department for water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). He worked in various missions in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean.

Austrian Armed Forces International Centre (AUTINT) Since 1960, the Austrian Armed Forces have gained 45 years of experience in crisis response operations, peace support

operations, and peace operations with a participation of more than 70,000 Austrian troops in numerous missions all over the world. Austrian peacekeepers participate in

missions after having undergone the specific training required for them. The Austrian Armed Forces International Centre are the Austrian Partnership for Peace Training

Centre. This includes:

• Conducting crisis response operations training with international participation and specific training assistance,

• conducting major parts of mission-specific crisis response operations training and preparation "pre-deployment training", including key- personnel,

• administrating aptitude testing and deployment as well as acting as rotation centre for crisis response operations,

• implementing crisis response operations specific personnel, national logistics and resupply as well as recreation and welfare.

In 2017, an Agreement of Cooperation was signed between the ASPR and the Austrian Ministry of Defence and Sport to make their traditional cooperation even closer.

AUTINT Experts’ Team:

Markus BACHNER (Maj.), Head, General Training Section Training Division Austrian Armed Forces International Centre (AUTINT)

Michael CSERKITS (Capt.), General Training Section Training Division Austrian Armed Forces International Centre (AUTINT)

Alexander RAIDL (Capt.), General Training Section Training Division Austrian Armed Forces International Centre (AUTINT)

AMIV Experts’ Team:

Friedrich KATSCHNIG is Chief Inspector at the Austrian Ministry of the Interior in Vienna, Unit International Missions and Operations. Friedrich has served in multiple

international missions in Cambodia, Rwanda, Mozambique, Haiti,2x Kosovo and recently Georgia. In the ministry of Interior, he is dealing with the selection, training and

support of Austrian police officers, working abroad for international organisations.

Robert REIFSCHNEIDER works for the Austrian Ministry for the Interior. His experiences in missions include Cambodia and Rwanda. Robert is a certified off-road driving

instructor.

Alfred SCHEIDL is currently working for the Regional Headquarter of Lower Austria, Department for Public Relations and Internal Administration. He is CIVPOL Training

Instructor with the Austrian Police since 1996. He has served as civilian police in UN peace keeping missions in Cambodia, Ruanda, Mozambique, Haiti, East Timor and

Kosovo and in EULEX mission in Kosovo.

Claus SCHMIDL works for the Austrian Ministry for the Interior, Provincial Police Command of Lower Austria, District Mödling.

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