Welcome

International Peace Mediation Workshop
Centre for International Studies, DCU
1st June 2010



The Centre for International Studies, DCU is delighted to welcome you to a workshop on international peace mediation. The workshop will be facilitated by two experts in the field of international peace mediation, Dr Antje Herrberg and Dr David Bloomfield, who will talk about their understanding and experience of mediation in armed conflict.

This workshop is part of a research project, entitled ‘Mediating Peace Agreements: The Capacity of the EU as a Multi-track Mediator’, undertaken by researchers in the Centre for International Studies, DCU and is funded by an IRCHSS / Department of Foreign Affairs grant (http://www.irchss.ie/awards/rdi.html).

Since the end of the Cold War, mediation has been increasingly used as a conflict resolution tool by various actors, including States, NGOs, regional organisations and the UN. Mediation has been successful in bringing peace to warring parties in various places, such as Aceh, and is currently being employed in an attempt to end numerous conflicts around the world, including in the Philippines, the Sudan and Myanmar. Given the mixture of actors and the disparity of armed conflict situations in which they operate, it is undeniable that international peace mediation is a complex and multifaceted conflict resolution tool. This workshop will provide a discussion of the background and theory of international peace mediation in the seminars, in addition to an insight into the practice of mediation, in the simulation exercise.

For additional information on the workshop and on the project see http://www.ipmdcu.blogspot.com/ or contact Dr Noelle Higgins, noelle.higgins@dcu.ie

Workshop Timetable


Both HG 17 and HG 18 are on the ground floor of the Nursing School building, DCU


9.30 - 10.00 Registration HG17

10.00 - 11.15 Seminar 1:
Conceptualising IPM HG18

11.15 - 11.30 Tea Break HG17

11.30 - 12.30 Seminar 2:
Experiences from the field HG18

12.30 - 1.30 Lunch HG17

1.30 - 2.30 Simulation Exercise HG18

2.30 - 3.00 Final Discussion HG18




Ceardlann um Idirghabháil Idirnáisiúnta Síochána
An tIonad um Staidéir Idirnáisiúnta, OCBÁC
1 Meitheamh 2010



Cuireann an tIonad um Staidéir Idirnáisiúnta fáilte romhaibh chuig an gceardlann seo ar idirghabháil idirnáisiúnta síochána. Éascóidh beirt saineolaithe sa réimse seo, an Dr Antje Herrberg agus an Dr David Bloomfield, a bheidh ag déanamh cur síos ar an tuiscint agus an taithí atá acu le hidirghabháil i gcomhthéas cogaidh armaithe, an cheardlann.

Is cuid de thionscnamh taighde, ‘Mediating Peace Agreements: The Capacity of the EU as a Multitrack Mediator’, atá ar bun ag taighdeoirí san Ionad um Staidéir Idirnáisiúnta,OCB´áC, maoinithe ag deontas CTDES / An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha, í an cheardlann (http://www.irchss.ie/awards/rdi.html).

Ó chríoch an Chogaidh Fhuair i leith, bhí idirghabháil in úsáid go méadaitheach mar uirlis um réiteach coimhlinte ag gníomhaithe éagsúla, Stáit, ENRaithe, eagraíochtaí réigiúnacha agus na Náisiúin Aontaithe. Roimhe seo, d’eascair síocháin as proiséis idirghabhála in áiteanna difriúla, m.sh. Aceh, agus tá idirghabháil in úsáid i latháir na huaire chun deireadh a chur le cogaí éagsúla thart timpeall an domhain, sna hOileáin Filipíneacha, sa tSúdáin agus i Maenmarach san áireamh.

Mar gheall ar an meascán gníomhaithe agus cogaí ina úsáidtear í, is cinnte gur uirlis chasta, ilghnéitheach um réiteach coimhlinte í idirghabháil. Cuirfidh an cheardlann seo plé ar chúlra agus ar theoiric na hidirghabhála ar fáil sna seiminéir agus tabharfaidh sé léargas ar chleachtadh na hidirghabhála sa seisiún rólghlactha.

Chun tuilleadh eolais a fháil ar an gceardlann agus ar an tionscnamh, féach
http://www.ipmdcu.blogspot.com/ nó téigh i dteangmháil leis an Dr Noelle Higgins, noelle.higgins@dcu.ie