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Inclusive Societies, Conflict Prevention, Reconciliation, and Sustainable Peace Workshop

Dates1–5 Mar 2027
LocationAddis Ababa, Ethiopia
VenueSwiss Inn Nexus Hotel
Register by10 Jan 2027
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Key facts

Dates
1–5 Mar 2027 (5 days)
Where
Swiss Inn Nexus Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Fee per participant
£3,200 (GBP)
Payment
By invoice and bank transfer
Registration closes
10 Jan 2027
Who it is for
Governmental Officials; Members of NGOs and Development Agencies; Development Project Team Members
Certificate
Certificate of completion
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Programme Overview

Throughout the last few decades, a number of countries have experienced substantial human development. Extreme Poverty has been cut in half on a global scale. The frequency of interstate armed conflicts has been declining while the democratic style of governance has been on the rise. Although the above is true, alongside extraordinary progress in economic growth, novel transnational threats and challenges have been originating, resulting in an increasingly fragile world. Climate Change, Pandemic Diseases, Increased Disparities in Wealth, Urbanization, Empowered Extremism, and Social unrest have fostered other forms of instability. The gap between governments’ institutional capabilities and citizens’ expectations have long been widening, threatening the world’s hard-earned development gains and relative stability. Both the history and recent events suggest that fragility can affect any country or state regardless of their background. Locally confined tensions can become regionalized or even globalized. Thus, the boundaries between conflict and non-conflict countries are getting more and more blurry, calling for a different approach to building sustainable peace and inclusive societies. This 5-days’ workshop is based on a thorough understanding of renewed relationships and changing landscapes as well as the role of mutual respect and dialogue in conflict prevention and long-term peacekeeping. Risalat Strives to equip programme participants with detailed apprehension of Sustainable Peace and its pillars as well as essential skills for establishing lasting relations between civil society, the private sector, and the governments at local, national, and international levels.

Ethiopia is one of those African countries that have recorded impressive economic growth over the last couple of decades. The state is among the fastest movers of human development. Along with economic flourishment, Ethiopia has been placing significant emphasis on reorienting its trajectory and promoting more equitable and inclusive growth with consistent efforts towards ensuring peace and security. The country has been avoiding and preventing several sporadic conflicts in the selected parts of its territory while facing multiple complex and multidimensional triggers. Ethiopia is an island of relative peace in a troubled neighborhood, that often spills crisis and instability into the peripheral parts of the country. The causes of unrest come in the face of regional border conflicts, ethnic clashes, religious, and natural resource conflicts. Although Ethiopia still has a long way to go towards creating fully sustainable peacekeeping practices, the country has a lot to share and teach to those with similar challenges. Institutions both on governmental and non-state levels have accumulated valuable knowledge and practices while progressing towards forming inclusive societies and reconciliation techniques.

Delivered by Risalat Consultants International in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, it combines expert-led sessions, real cases and group work, so that participants can apply what they learn in their own institution.

The Programme Strengthens Institutional Capability In

  • The history and the foundations of Justice and Peacebuilding
  • Changing Landscape – Peace in the Modern World
  • Understanding Conflicts
  • The stages of Conflicts
  • Conflict Analysis, Its key elements, and tools
  • Identifying Conflict Sources, actors, and their interests
  • Conflict Transformation
  • Visioning Peace and Peacebuilding
  • Strategic thinking and direction setting
  • Leading and developing teams
  • Decision making and problem solving
  • Communication and influence

It is designed for governmental Officials, members of NGOs and Development Agencies, development Project Team Members and others who want practical, current skills in leadership, management and communication.

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Leading changeChange sticks when it is embedded in systems and habits, not only announced.

The Growing Importance of Inclusive Societies, Conflict Prevention, Reconciliation, and Sustainable Peace

Institutions change faster than ever: new policies, technologies and expectations from citizens and partners. Leaders and managers who can set direction, build teams and manage change make the difference between plans and results.

Strong leadership is a set of practical skills: deciding, communicating, negotiating, developing people and leading change. These skills can be learnt and improved with practice and feedback.

Organisations increasingly require professionals capable of:

  • Set clear direction and priorities
  • Lead and motivate teams through change
  • Communicate and negotiate effectively
  • Manage performance fairly
  • Make sound decisions under pressure

Strong leadership, management and communication systems help organisations:

  • Turn strategies into results
  • Build motivated, capable teams
  • Manage change with less resistance
  • Improve relations with partners and stakeholders

This Inclusive Societies, Conflict Prevention, Reconciliation, and Sustainable Peace programme brings these elements together in a practical format, so that participants understand not only what good practice looks like but also how to introduce it in their own setting, with the people and resources they have.

Who Should Attend This Inclusive Societies, Conflict Prevention, Reconciliation, and Sustainable Peace Training?

This programme is designed for:

  • Governmental Officials
  • Members of NGOs and Development Agencies
  • Development Project Team Members
  • Sustainability Consultants
  • Public Servants
  • Conflict Management Professionals
  • Anybody interested in sustainable peacebuilding
  • Directors and senior managers
  • Heads of department and unit
  • Middle managers and team leaders
  • Project and programme managers
  • HR and organisational development staff

The programme suits experienced professionals as well as those moving into new responsibilities. Groups that mix institutions and countries are encouraged, because participants learn a great deal from each other’s experience.

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Inclusive Societies, Conflict Prevention, Reconciliation, and Sustainable Peace Training Objectives

Upon successful completion of this Inclusive Societies, Conflict Prevention, Reconciliation, and Sustainable Peace Training, participants will be able to:

  • Demonstrate a detailed understanding of conflict prevention, transformation, and sustainable peacebuilding
  • Perform conflict analysis and apply corresponding tools and techniques
  • Comprehend the complexity of violent conflicts and employ appropriate methods to approach them
  • Appreciate the importance of social inclusion in peacebuilding and understand the barriers to inclusive peace
  • Bridge the gap between the communities and formal processes
  • Understand social cohesion and its relevancy to reconciliation initiatives
  • Explain current approaches to leadership in public and private institutions
  • Set direction and priorities for their team
  • Lead, motivate and develop people
  • Make decisions using structured methods

Each objective is practised during the programme through exercises, cases or group work, so that participants leave able to do it, not only to describe it.

Programme Contents and Structure

Your 5-day journey tap a day to see the sessions
    • The history and the foundations of Justice and Peacebuilding
    • Identifying Conflict Sources, actors, and their interests
    • Peacemaking and Peace Agreements
    • Creating an enabling environment for inclusion
    • Reconciliation and Social Cohesion Initiatives
    • Measuring Peacebuilding: frameworks, indicators, and challenges
    • Meetings with the Representatives of Governments and NGOs who participate in peacekeeping processes and policy setting
Full day-by-day contents

The programme runs over 5 days. Each day combines expert input, practical work and a closing workshop or case study:

  • First Day: Leadership foundations
  • Second Day: Strategy and decisions
  • Third Day: People and teams
  • Fourth Day: Communication and influence
  • Fifth Day: Technical Visits, International Practice & Institutional Action Planning

Full day-by-day contents

First Day | Leadership foundations

  • The history and the foundations of Justice and Peacebuilding
  • Identifying Conflict Sources, actors, and their interests
  • Peacemaking and Peace Agreements
  • Creating an enabling environment for inclusion
  • Reconciliation and Social Cohesion Initiatives
  • Measuring Peacebuilding: frameworks, indicators, and challenges
  • Meetings with the Representatives of Governments and NGOs who participate in peacekeeping processes and policy setting
  • Leadership styles and their effects

Workshop: Leadership foundations: Applying It to Your Institution

Working in small groups, participants apply the day's methods to examples from their own institutions and agree practical next steps.

Second Day | Strategy and decisions

  • Changing Landscape – Peace in the Modern World
  • Conflict Transformation
  • Civil Society and Inclusive Peace
  • Peacebuilding responses
  • Uptake of conflict analysis
  • Peacebuilding action plan
  • Strategic thinking
  • Setting priorities and goals

Workshop: Strategy and decisions: Applying It to Your Institution

Working in small groups, participants apply the day's methods to examples from their own institutions and agree practical next steps.

Third Day | People and teams

  • Understanding Conflicts
  • Visioning Peace and Peacebuilding
  • Barriers and Challenges to Inclusive Peace (Structural, Process, Internal)
  • Conflict Responding Methods
  • Conflict-Sensitive Peacebuilding
  • Overview of Peacebuilding History and Practices in Ethiopia
  • Building and developing teams
  • Motivation and engagement

Case Study: People and teams in Practice

Participants analyse a realistic case, compare the choices made with good practice and draw lessons they can use in their own setting.

Fourth Day | Communication and influence

  • The stages of Conflicts
  • Peace and Dialogue Architectures
  • Effective Inclusion Strategies
  • Social Cohesion and Peacebuilding
  • Integrating Justice and Peacebuilding
  • Introduction to Current Challenges for Sustainable Peacebuilding in Ethiopia
  • Clear communication
  • Influence and persuasion

Workshop: Communication and influence: Applying It to Your Institution

Working in small groups, participants apply the day's methods to examples from their own institutions and agree practical next steps.

Fifth Day | Technical Visits, International Practice & Institutional Action Planning

  • Conflict Analysis, Its key elements, and tools
  • The complexity of Violent Conflicts
  • Bridging Between communities and formal processes
  • Reconciliation and its pillars
  • Peacebuilding programme design and the theories of change
  • Overview of Governmental and Non-state Actors that contribute to Inclusive Societies and Peacebuilding Processes in Ethiopia
  • Planning and leading change
  • Managing resistance

Capstone Exercise: Inclusive Societies, Conflict Prevention, Reconciliation, and Sustainable Peace Action Plan for Your Institution

Participants bring the week together in an action plan for their own institution, with priorities, owners and first steps, and present it for feedback from peers and facilitators.

Inclusive Societies, Conflict Prevention, Reconciliation, and Sustainable Peace Training Methodology

Inclusive Societies, Conflict Prevention, Reconciliation and, Sustainable Peace Workshop in Inclusive Societies, Conflict Prevention, Reconciliation, and Sustainable Peace Workshop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia has a strategic focus on the practical appliance of the material discussed. The presenter will lead an open presentation and suggest ideas for group discussion. The delegates will go through multiple case studies and individual assignments, allowing them to test out their capacity for sustainable peacebuilding, conflict management, and promoting inclusive societies. Video Demonstrations will supplement each session. By the end of the programme, a study tour will be arranged for the participants providing an enhanced understanding of the topics covered. The delegates will get to share the experience of the members of governmental, intergovernmental, and non-state agencies that are actively involved in conflict prevention and peacekeeping processes as well as policy making.

The programme combines:

  • Expert-led sessions on current practice
  • Regional and international case studies
  • Group work and practical exercises
  • Simulations and role plays where relevant
  • Discussion of participants' own challenges
  • Peer learning across institutions and countries
  • Technical visits to institutions and sites
  • Daily reflection and action planning

Before the programme, a short pre-assessment helps the facilitators understand each participant’s role and priorities, so that examples and exercises can be adjusted to the group. Each day ends with a short reflection in which participants note what they will apply at work.

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Technical Visits and Site Programme

The programme includes visits to institutions, projects or sites in and around Addis Ababa where participants see current practice at first hand and meet the professionals responsible. Visits are confirmed with the host organisations before the programme and may change for operational reasons.

  • Briefings by host institutions on their approach and results
  • Guided site visits with time for questions
  • Structured observation notes for each visit
  • Group debrief linking what was seen to participants' own institutions

Expected Outcomes

Upon completion of this Inclusive Societies, Conflict Prevention, Reconciliation, and Sustainable Peace Training, participants will be able to:

  • Set clear direction and priorities
  • Lead and develop teams
  • Make sound decisions
  • Communicate and negotiate effectively
  • Lead change with less resistance
  • Plan their own development as leaders

Participants leave with a personal action plan and practical tools they can use in their institution from the first week back. Institutions that send several participants can use the programme to agree shared methods and templates across teams, which makes improvements easier to sustain.

Plan your team's places

£3,200 per participant · invoice and bank transfer · groups of 5 or more receive a discount

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£3,200at the standard fee

Registration closes in 68 days (10 Jan 2027)

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Institutional Application of Inclusive Societies, Conflict Prevention, Reconciliation, and Sustainable Peace Training

This programme supports organisations in strengthening:

  • Leadership and management
  • Team development
  • Change management
  • Communication
  • Performance management

Participants return with practical tools to improve:

  • Team plans
  • Coaching
  • Change plans
  • Stakeholder communication
  • Performance reviews

The programme is built so that learning moves from the classroom into the institution. Participants work on their own processes and documents where possible, and leave with an action plan that their managers can review and support.

Regional Relevance & Application

Europe

European institutions apply leadership, management and communication within detailed regulatory frameworks and reform agendas. Participants from Europe can compare their practice with colleagues from other regions and test how established methods work under different conditions.

Africa

Across Africa, ministries, agencies and project teams working in leadership, management and communication increasingly operate alongside donor-financed programmes that expect clear systems and evidence. The programme helps participants adapt good practice to the institutions and resources they work with.

Middle East

In the Middle East, national development strategies and diversification plans place growing demands on leadership, management and communication. Participants explore how to build the capability these plans need inside public bodies and companies.

Asia

Institutions across Asia combine rapid growth with ambitious modernisation programmes. Participants from Asia can share their experience of scaling systems quickly and learn from approaches used elsewhere.

Pacific

Small island and Pacific states face particular constraints of size, distance and capacity. The programme highlights practical, proportionate approaches to leadership, management and communication that suit smaller institutions.

Holding the programme in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia brings participants together away from their daily pressures, so they can compare how leadership, management and communication is handled in different settings. The same programme can also be delivered in-house for one institution, in its own country or online, with cases taken from its current work.

Host Country Profile – Ethiopia

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Studying away from their own country gives participants time to focus, a fresh view of their own institution and the chance to build a network with colleagues from other countries.

The programme takes place at Swiss Inn Nexus Hotel.

Inclusive Societies, Conflict Prevention, Reconciliation, and Sustainable Peace Training Deliverables

Participants receive support before, during and after the programme, so that preparation, learning and follow-up form one continuous experience.

Before the Programme

  • Participant Pre-Assessment
  • Inclusive Societies, Conflict Prevention, Reconciliation, and Sustainable Peace Readiness Assessment
  • Inclusive Societies, Conflict Prevention, Reconciliation, and Sustainable Peace Resource Pack
  • Preparatory Reading Materials
  • Complimentary Visa Support & Advisory
  • Airport Pickup & Welcome Assistance
  • Accommodation with Breakfast
  • Welcome Networking Dinner

During the Programme

  • Risalat Training Kit (Bag, Bottle, Mug, T-Shirt, Cap, Passport Cover, Pens, Notebook, Magnet & Keychain)
  • Comprehensive Inclusive Societies, Conflict Prevention, Reconciliation, and Sustainable Peace Training Manual
  • Leadership Self-Assessment
  • Team Development Plan Template
  • Change Plan Template
  • Negotiation Preparation Sheet
  • Practical Workshops & Simulations
  • Group Discussions & Peer Learning
  • Daily Lunch and Refreshments
  • Full Access to Training Venue Facilities
  • Mini Pad / Tablet with Digital Learning Materials
  • Field Visit (where applicable)
  • Entertaining City Tour

After the Programme

  • Certificate of Completion
  • Risalat Programme Participation Recognition Award
  • Post-Training Reference Materials
  • Personal Development Plan Template
  • Coaching Conversation Guide
  • Post-Training Support & Follow-Up Guidance
  • Programme Report

Institutions can also request a tailored in-house version of this programme, delivered at their premises or online. Request a proposal.

Common Challenges in Inclusive Societies, Conflict Prevention, Reconciliation, and Sustainable Peace, And How This Training Helps

How can institutions set clear direction and priorities?

The programme addresses this directly on the first day (Leadership foundations), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

How can institutions lead and motivate teams through change?

The programme addresses this directly on the second day (Strategy and decisions), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

How can institutions communicate and negotiate effectively?

The programme addresses this directly on the third day (People and teams), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

How can institutions manage performance fairly?

The programme addresses this directly on the fourth day (Communication and influence), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

How can institutions make sound decisions under pressure?

The programme addresses this directly on the fifth day (Technical Visits, International Practice & Institutional Action Planning), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

Frequently Asked Questions

When and where does the Inclusive Societies, Conflict Prevention, Reconciliation, and Sustainable Peace programme take place?

It runs from 1 Mar 2027 to 5 Mar 2027, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Swiss Inn Nexus Hotel). The registration deadline is shown at the top of this page.

Who should attend?

The programme is designed for governmental Officials, members of NGOs and Development Agencies, development Project Team Members, sustainability Consultants, and others who want practical skills in leadership, management and communication.

Will I receive a certificate?

Yes. Participants who complete the programme receive a Certificate of Completion from Risalat Consultants International.

Can this programme be delivered for our institution only?

Yes. We can deliver a tailored in-house version at your premises, in another city or online, built around your own cases. Use the proposal request on this page.

Do I need prior experience in leadership, management and communication?

No specialist background is required beyond experience in a related role. A short pre-assessment helps the facilitators adapt the sessions to the group.

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Why Addis Ababa for this programme

Addis Ababa hosts the African Union and UNECA and has Africa's widest flight network.

The Inclusive Societies, Conflict Prevention, Reconciliation, and Sustainable Peace Workshop programme in March 2027 brings together officials and professionals from across the Africa region and beyond. Sessions combine short inputs, case studies and group work on participants' own files, and the city's institutions can be added as a study visit on request.

Getting there: Bole International (ADD).

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What the fee covers

Visa Assistance (complimentary)
Participant Assessment
Airport Pickup
Accommodation
Wi-Fi
Welcome Dinner
Breakfast
Workshop Kit
Programme Materials
Programme Experts
Practical Activities
Lunch
Refreshments
Interactive workshop
Mini Pad or Tab
Risalat T-shirt (complimentary)
Field Visit
Programme Certificate
Entertaining Tour
Programme Report

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