The so-called „Civil Peace Service“ (CPS) developed in Germany as a form of civil conflict transformation and development cooperation. State financing was secured at the end of the 1990s for this grassroots-focused method of civil and non-violent intervention in conflicts. The concept of the CPS includes the endeavour to professionalise peace work: Hence the qualification of peace and conflict consultants. Meanwhile the Civil Peace Service can look back over 10 years of continual development.
The training looks at the development and history of the CPS as well as its practical implementation. Alongside the experiences gathered and improvements made, issues such as state-nonstate cooperation and civil-military cooperation will be dealt with. The German approach to the CPS will also be put into its global context.

Contents: - Development, status and prospects
- The CPS concept (idea, standards, approach), its role in and differentiation from development co-operation
- (European) context of the Civil Peace Service (e.g. EN.CPS)
- CPS methods and tools, practical implementation
- CPS fields of action with practical examples
- The challenges and problems that the CPS faces (civil-military cooperation, state-non-state cooperation, gender work, inter alia)

Learning Goals: 1.) You have a general insight into and are familiar with the ongoing discourse on the CPS.
2.) You can delimit the CPS from other approaches, such as development co-operation.
3.) You have prepared key aspects of implementing the CPS approach in practice.

Language: A very good command of English is indispensable to be able to follow the course adequately and for good learning results. You have to be able to express yourself fluently and to understand detailed texts on complex subjects.
Target Groups: Experts with at least one year project work abroad
The Academy offers an early bird price if you register up to six weeks in advance. If you register less than two weeks beforehand we cannot arrange accomodation for you.