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Community Guide: Frequently Asked Questions and Answers (New Chat/Instant Messaging) and Groups Feature

Thank you for visiting the Collaborative Peace and Development Networking. In using this site you're agreement to the Terms of Use below. Please also see below for the community guide about how to use the site and the various features. NOTE IF YOU WANT TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THE NETWORK SEE THE INSTRUCTIONS in Point 18 Below. IF YOU WANT TO SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY DIGEST SEE POINT #23 USER AGREEMENT - This site is provided as a public service. It is t… Continue

Added by Craig Zelizer on December 16, 2009 at 2:39pm — 2 Comments

Guide to Responding to Opportunities on the Peace and Collaborative Development Network

Dear Colleagues Greetings. This is short guide to provide some strong recommendations regarding the opportunities posted on the Peace and Collaborative Development Network. As the site has grown in size, there is a need to provide some suggested guidelines of how to best use the network and what is appropriate. 1) Always Examine the Criteria that Sponsors have for Opportunities before Responding - Please note sponsors and organizations have multiple reasons for choosing to limit fellows… Continue

Added by Craig Zelizer on December 15, 2009 at 8:53am — No Comments

Resource Guides to Careers, Academic Programs, Networking, Events, Research, Funding (and more) in Peacebuilding, International Development and Related Fields

Please note that this site is designed to provide networking and sharing of promising practices. Individuals are not allowed to post their individual requests to find jobs as the site would deluged and there are other websites that do provide this service. However, we have developed several short guides to careers, academic programs, funding, research, teaching resources, practice in peacebuilding, international development, human rights and related fields. In additi… Continue

Added by Craig Zelizer on December 14, 2009 at 5:43am — 7 Comments

Guide to Posting Material on the Peace and Collaborative Development Network

Dear Colleagues The Peace and Collaborative Development Network is designed to be a collaborative site to facilitate sharing of professional and academic resources in peacebuilding, international development, human rights, social entreprenuership and related fields. The types of materials that can be posted to the site include fellowship/scholarship opportunities, information about relevant academic programs, training opportunities, news about new publications (policy and/or academic), question… Continue

Added by Craig Zelizer on December 10, 2009 at 8:43pm — No Comments

Guide to MA Program in Peace and Conflict Resolution and Related Fields

Dear Colleagues Many individuals around the world are interested in doing graduate work in Peace and Conflict Resolution at the MA or Ph.D. level. This guide is for MA level programs. For Ph.D. programs see the resource guide There are several excellent existing guides to finding programs listed below (Please note that no guide provides complete up-to-date information on all programs, thus please… Continue

Added by Craig Zelizer on December 9, 2009 at 10:11am — 1 Comment

How Organizations Can Use the Peace and Collaborative Development Network

Dear Colleagues, Membership in the Peace and Collaborative Development Network is free and open to individuals and organizations. In order to learn more about how to use the network in general see the Community Guidelines and also the Guide to Posting Orga… Continue

Added by Craig Zelizer on December 3, 2009 at 6:36pm — 2 Comments

Workshop Materials for How to Write a Successful Fellowship/Scholarship Application

Dear Colleagues I have conducted a number of workshops for students in various contexts about how to write a successful fellowship application. For the workshops I have put together a short-power point presentation that provides some key tips and strategies for developing an effective proposal, and also some key fellowship resources. I am uploading the slides to this site, as perhaps some faculty may want to use the slides to help conduct workshops for their own students and/or students may fi… Continue

Added by Craig Zelizer on December 3, 2009 at 6:01pm — No Comments

Guide to Conducting and Disseminating Research

Dear Colleagues Many individuals and organizations working in peacebuilding and related field are interested in conducting applied research that integrates theory and practice. In this short guide, I would like to provide some brief recommendations of how to conduct effective research, suggestions for how to disseminate the research, etc. This is a work in progress and other members of the network are encouraged to post your own suggestions/resources. Top Suggestions for Developing Effect… Continue

Added by Craig Zelizer on November 28, 2009 at 11:49am — 10 Comments

Guide to CR, Peace Studies, and Related Annual Conferences

Like other events, conferences are an excellent way to connect with colleagues within your areas of interest. They offer a more intense immersion in topics and allow people to see what is at the forefront of their respective fields. Conferences are also a good opportunity for ambitious scholars or practitioners to show their stuff. Listed here is a wide array of annual conferences related to conflict resolution, or peace studies. A short description of the organizers is provided as well as a li… Continue

Added by Sigma Chang on November 22, 2009 at 11:42am — No Comments

Key Policy Institutions and Think Tanks in Peacebuilding

Dear Colleagues Over the past two decades, many new institutions from governments, foundations and nonprofits have emerged that provide in-depth policy analysis of current conflicts and the effectiveness of existing responses. In order to stay up to date on current crises, success stories in preventing, managing and transforming conflicts, and larger policy lessons for the field, reading reports from many of these institutions is indispensable. While it is not possible to provide a complete li… Continue

Added by Craig Zelizer on November 17, 2009 at 10:17am — No Comments

Top 10 Suggestions and Resources for Finding Internships

Dear Colleagues Many students are interested in finding appropriate internships in the field to help develop their skills and experience. There are a number of suggestions that could be helpful in the search for a great internship that are offered below. First please note that this site is designed to provide opportunities for networking and sharing resources. In general individual postings seeking jobs/internships are not encouraged (and may be deleted). The main reason is the s… Continue

Added by Craig Zelizer on November 9, 2009 at 1:46pm — 6 Comments

Guide to Nonviolence in Practice

WHAT IS ROLE OF NONVIOLENCE? One of the key questions around the globe today, is what is the role or the possible impact of non-violence and non-violent action in helping to end violent conflict and build peace? In many of complex and challenging conflicts in the world, where civilians are increasingly the targets and victims of violence, does non-violence have a positive role to play? Within the field of conflict resolution, what is the role of non-violence and is using force to end a… Continue

Added by Craig Zelizer on October 29, 2009 at 5:29am — 31 Comments

Guide to Ph.D. Programs in Conflict Resolution and Related Fields

Many individuals around the world are interested in doing graduate work in Peace and Conflict Resolution at the MA or Ph.D. level. This guide is focused solely on Ph.D. level programs. If you're interested in MA level programs, please consult the MA guide. Several colleagues at Eastern Mennonite University, in their Conflict Transformation Program have put… Continue

Added by Craig Zelizer on October 27, 2009 at 11:43am — 19 Comments

Guide to CR and Peace Related Events in Washington, DC

Finding events specifically related to conflict resolution or peace building can be somewhat laborious. This is because, as we all know, there are relatively few organizations that specifically focus on CR, but at the same time, there are many organizations that have a tangential interest in peace and stability. Gathered on this page are some of the major think tanks, public policy institutes, NGO’s, and universities in Washington, DC and the metropolitan area that frequently host events about… Continue

Added by Sigma Chang on October 16, 2009 at 3:03pm — 6 Comments

Guide to Peace and Tourism

Dear Colleagues There are quite a few people who believe that one of the key aspects to promoting increased peace and understanding in the world is through facilitating positive interaction between individuals and communities from diverse backgrounds. The assumption is by learning about each other's cultures, languages, lives, that people can do discover what they have in common, as well as explore their differences and possibly build long-term friendships that can have a positive impact on the… Continue

Added by Craig Zelizer on October 13, 2009 at 12:40pm — 8 Comments

Guide to Conflict Mainstreaming

As the peacebuilding and conflict resolution fields have grown over the past two decades, one of the trends is the importance of mainstreaming conflict resolution/peacebuilding across various sectors of development programming. While conflict resolution work in and of itself can be extremely valuable and have a significant impact on parties and reducing or preventing conflict, in order to generate long-term sustainable positive change, incorporating conflict resolution skills and processes into… Continue

Added by Craig Zelizer on April 28, 2009 at 10:09am — 1 Comment

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