October 6th at SIPA: Applied Peace Building Symposium

Hear first-hand accounts of international peace building initiatives.  Graduate-students returning from the field will discuss their findings and emerging issues facing today’s practitioners.  This is the capstone event of “Applied Peacebuilding: Core Competencies for Fieldwork”, a unique course taught by Zachary Metz (Columbia and Consensus) and Devanand Ramiah (UNDP BCPR).  In the course, students design and implement projects with field-based partner organizations, including UN agencies, international and national NGOs, think tanks and governments. Student presentations will spotlight innovative initiatives undertaken over the summer in: Israel, Thailand, Timor Leste, Maldives, Myanmar, Cambodia, Tunisia, Senegal, Uganda and Indonesia.