Tools and Strategies for Sustaining Peace

This intensive five-day course (40 hours) provides specialized training in tools and strategies for peacekeeping, aimed at individuals interested in governance, and peacebuilding in complex contexts.
The course focuses on the analysis of the political, institutional, and socioeconomic dimensions of peace operations, addressing the political process, strengthening the rule of law, delivery of essential public services, support for core state functions, the role of international observers, economic revitalization, and livelihoods recovery.
In a global context marked by increasingly complex and protracted conflicts, peacekeeping requires a comprehensive approach that goes beyond ceasefires and incorporates coordinated responses before, during, and after conflict.
Throughout the course, participants will explore key activities related to political and institutional security processes, such as elections, inclusive dialogue, reconciliation, conflict management at national and subnational levels, mine action, Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR), and Security Sector Reform (SSR).
The course also examines the role of international and regional organizations such as the United Nations, NATO, OSCE, and the African Union, as well as the main UN peacekeeping policies and strategic frameworks, including Our Common Agenda and Action for Peacekeeping (A4P).

Module Contents
• Security Sector Reform (SSR)
• Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR)
• Governance and institutional strengthening
• Electoral processes in post-conflict contexts
• The role of international and regional organizations such as the UN, NATO, OSCE, and AU
The module also incorporates an analysis of the triple nexus approach (humanitarian–development–peace), recognizing that conflicts do not follow linear processes and require coordinated and sustained responses from all relevant actors in order to generate lasting impacts in affected communities.

OBJECTIVE AND LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Explore the relevance of the political and safety and security processes for sustaining peace
- Understand the role of different international and regional organisations in sustaining peace
- Get familiarised with the UN politics for sustaining peace (Our Common Agenda, Action for Peacekeeping, etc.)

PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS
- Folke Bernadotte Academy
- European Union External Action
- United Nations Peacekeeping

University degree or equivalent professional training.
Fluency in English: B2+
Strong interest in international affairs.

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