Aid is never neutral in its effects: in conflict-affected settings, even well-intentioned programming can inadvertently fuel tension, entrench divisions, or expose people to harm. This advanced programme equips senior practitioners to embed conflict sensitivity and the Do No Harm approach across the programme cycle, so that response reduces rather than amplifies conflict risk.
Designed for an international audience from officer to director level, the programme moves beyond awareness to the systematic practice of conflict-sensitive programming: conflict analysis, understanding dividers and connectors, the interaction of aid with context, and organisational systems that sustain conflict sensitivity. Participants learn to lead programming that is principled, context-aware, and accountable.
Course Objectives
Upon the successful completion of this program, attendees will be able to:
- Critically appraise conflict sensitivity and Do No Harm
- Understand how aid interacts with conflict
- Lead conflict analysis
- Identify dividers and connectors
- Assess the impact of aid on context
- Embed conflict sensitivity across the programme cycle
- Design conflict-sensitive interventions
- Apply Do No Harm to resource transfers
- Manage implicit ethical messages
- Adapt programming to mitigate harm
- Apply conflict sensitivity to partnerships and procurement
- Monitor conflict sensitivity
- Build organisational conflict-sensitive systems
- Strengthen staff capacity in conflict sensitivity
- Link conflict sensitivity to peace outcomes
- Anticipate emerging trends in conflict-sensitive practice
Course Outline
- Module 1: Conflict Sensitivity & Do No Harm
- Module 2: How Aid Interacts with Conflict
- Module 3: Leading Conflict Analysis
- Module 4: Dividers & Connectors
- Module 5: Impact of Aid on Context
- Module 6: Conflict Sensitivity Across the Cycle
- Module 7: Designing Conflict-Sensitive Interventions
- Module 8: Do No Harm & Resource Transfers
- Module 9: Managing Implicit Ethical Messages
- Module 10: Adapting to Mitigate Harm
- Module 11: Conflict Sensitivity in Partnerships & Procurement
- Module 12: Monitoring Conflict Sensitivity
- Module 13: Organisational Conflict-Sensitive Systems
- Module 14: Building Staff Capacity
- Module 15: Emerging Trends: Conflict-Sensitive Practice
Who Should Attend
This advanced programme is designed for international programme directors, technical and MEAL leads, protection and peacebuilding advisers, and senior officers working in conflict-affected settings across UN, INGO, and national NGO operations.
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