Who will benefit from the Peacebuilding Practitioner Institute?

1. •Experienced professionals looking to learn best practices and strategies for evaluating impact in the evolving field of inter-group contact and “people to people” peacebuilding
   

2. •Young leaders who are graduates of Seeking Common Ground or similar leadership/peacebuilding programs seeking additional training
   

3. •Civil Society and Peacebuilding organizations interested in learning best practices and concrete strategies for strengthening their own programs
   

4. •Graduate students and recent graduates of conflict resolution-related fields looking for hands on field experience and training
   

What does the Peacebuilding Practitioner Institute offer?

1. •Trainings and Workshops—the Institute offers a variety of professional training opportunities ranging from day-long workshops to 3-day and 10-day summits. Practitioners will be able to pursue professional development in key areas of peacebuilding, including: theories of change; theories of practice; program design and implementation; program evaluation and monitoring; participant evaluation and assessment; staff training, development and assessment; current research and new theories of how to sustain intergroup relationships.
   

2. •Consultation—at the heart of the Institute is its ability to be ‘on call’ to communities and organizations around the world looking for short-term as well as long-term project support. SCG provides follow-up services for communities and for individual practitioners trained by the Institute.   
   

3. •Capacity Building and Mentoring—SCG’s Alumni in Action are graduates of our programs in their 20’s and 30’s, most of whom have honed their peacebuilding and leadership skills in the Middle East, South Africa or Northern Ireland. Alumni who have been trained in SCG’s best practices are available to mentor and support new practitioners.

SCG believes that communicating our “people-to-people” peacebuilding expertise—in research, staff training, program design, implementation, monitoring, assessment and evaluation—to other practitioners is the most effective way to share the lessons learned and best practices we have developed over 17 years.  As part of this effort, we have been expanding our partnerships with universities to ensure that all of the services we provide are research-based, rooted in proven practices, and have a rigorous evaluation process. SCG’s training and consulting services are the focus of our Peacebuilding Practitioner Institute.

Training & Consultation

How to Participate in the Institute