Activities
The ICP offers mediation services on the one hand, and organizes peace mediation trainings and workshops on the other hand. Hence it is active both in mediation and in the promotion of peacebuilding through education, in Switzerland and abroad. The ICP holds a Konfliktbüro (conflict office) in Bern. The office proposes mediation services to enterprises, institutions and administrations as well as to individuals. The advanced training Die Kunst der Konfliktbearbeitung (The Art of Conflict Transformation) is recognized by the Swiss Federation for Mediation Associations (SDM-FSM) and organized in partnership with the University of Basel. Every summer since 2008, the ICP organizes the International Summer Academy and Forum on Peace Mediation and National Dialogue, which is a mediation and peacebuilding training taking place in Caux (Montreux, Switzerland). This one-week course allows participants to attend classes about peace mediation and to take advantage of the skills and knowledge of international experts in the field. Participants also acquire practical skills through peace mediation simulations. Each year, the focus of the course changes slightly: new topics are introduced and other perspectives presented. Participants in the Summer Academy can also decide to attend the International Peace-builders' Forum, which takes place in Caux, usually just before the beginning of the Summer Academy. The Institute for Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding is jointly involved with the Universities of Basel, Belgrade, Sarajevo and Zagreb in the creation of a regional Master in Peace Studies in South-East EuropeReferences
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