Arrangement

The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), under the auspices of the Training for Peace in Africa programme (TfP), and UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), co-organizes a workshop:

Understanding and Integrating Local Perceptions in the Work of Multi-Dimensional UN Peacekeeping Operations
The purpose of the workshop is to improve understanding of how UN peacekeeping can enhance its capacity to capture, analyse and integrate local perceptions. The objectives of the workshop include:

• Exchange and discussion of experiences between academics and practitioners from I/NGOs, think tanks, the World Bank, UN peacekeeping operations, the wider UN system, and others on integrating local perceptions into peacekeeping and  peacebuilding efforts, including protection of civilians
• Discussion and identification of good and/or innovative practices and lessons learned including: challenges and pitfalls in capturing and integrating local perceptions in conflict affected contexts and UN operations;  and adapting traditional methodologies to fragile and conflict affected contexts
• Review existing practice among peacekeeping operations and other actors and  explore which techniques and approaches can be undertaken internally by UN peacekeepers and which would be better outsourced to external partners
• Generating input for operational guidance for field based personnel in UN peacekeeping operations on capturing and integrating local perceptions.

The workshop takes place in Kampala, Uganda, from 26 to 28 February 2013

See complete program for the workshop here.

Contacts at NUPI are Niels Nagelhus Schia, Ingvild Magnæs Gjelsvik and John Karlsrud.