CAPACITY-BUILDING AND TRAINING

The cluster will focus on Capacity-building in Central, Eastern and Southern Europe and shared learning for and amongst local and international civil society organisations, think-tanks and academic institutions, relevant governments and bi-lateral/multi-lateral institutions. It aims to share international experience, providing support to and collaborating with networks of local organisations and facilitating access to decision-makers, as well as feeding up perspectives and realities from the ground and synthesising lessons from across different contexts in order to provide the basis for better policy and practice;

The second focus is placed on Training and awareness raising to promote and enhance skills and knowledge amongst target beneficiaries. Drawing together the collective expertise of the partners and the results of the research conducted in the project, the training will include a series of modules covering a range of thematic issues and tailored to specific audiences and contexts.

Additionally, the cluster carries the Networking role of the project in which partners will establish and strengthen networks of organisations working on conflict prevention and peacebuilding in the EU by generating dialogue among organisations, disseminating research findings, participating in conferences, exploring opportunities for collaboration, writing articles in journals, newsletters, policy briefings and the IfP website. The IfP partners collaborating in this work are European Peacebuilding Liason Office (EPLO), La Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior (FRIDE), Partners for Democratic Change International (PDCI) and Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP).
Cluster coordinators: Stephanie Broughton and Daniela Kolarova