About the training

As today’s world is faced with some of the major challenges in decades from intrastate wars, uprisings, poverty, terrorism, to human rights- and environmental-related, the more peace builders and interventionists know and understand about the situations in which they are working, the less likely they are to make mistakes, and the more likely to succeed in their efforts to find lasting solutions.
According to the Council of Foreign Affairs, there are 33 major conflicts around the world involving interventions at all levels. These challenges require a systemic approach, the involvement of multi-stakeholder efforts and a deep understanding of the contexts and environments in which practitioners operate to implement solutions to the world’s problems.

The training employed a systemic approach, integrating theory and practice to increase participants’ understanding of conflicts and interventions, and enhance their capacities in planning successful interventions.

Outcomes of the training

The 3-day training provide a comprehensive and clearly defined structure of analyzing conflicts and planning interventions, through the lens of comprehensive security. The training provided participants with knowledge and tools to better understand the complexity of conflict situations and prepare for fruitful, evidence-based and sustainable solutions, as well as understand how to critically consume conflict-related information.

Trainer

Billy Batware

Billy is an expert in international security with personal and professional experience and expertise in conflict resolution. He is a certified trainer and works for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Vienna where he is responsible for transnational organized crime projects. After leaving his country Rwanda in 1994 where he experienced conflicts first-hand, Billy studied diplomacy and international security in Vienna, Austria and lived and worked in conflict-affected countries. Billy has been conducting conflict analysis trainings since 2012 and has trained more than 300 people from all over the world. Billy is a guest lecturer of international security and development, a regular speaker at international conferences and the founder of several human security initiatives namely the United for Education and Sustainable Futures, Regional Academy on the United Nations, and International Security and Conflict Analysis Network.