Network Training
Religion, Mediation, and Inclusive Peacebuilding
This multi-track training program strengthens the capacity of mediators and peace practitioners to engage effectively in conflict contexts where religion, tradition, and diverse worldviews play a significant role. Grounded in experiential and interactive learning, the program advances participants’ understanding of how religious and traditional dynamics shape conflict and peace processes, while equipping them with practical tools for conflict analysis, mediation, and transformation.
Religion and Mediation Course (General Track)
Designed for mediators, peace practitioners, policymakers, and others working in conflict-affected contexts, this course builds foundational and advanced competencies for engaging religion, tradition, and worldview diversity in mediation processes. Participants explore analytical tools to assess the role of religious and traditional actors in conflict, deepen their understanding of religion-sensitive mediation approaches, and strengthen their ability to transform conflicts with strong identity-based dimensions through interactive exercises, case studies, and peer learning.
UN Specialized Religion and Mediation Course
This tailored course supports United Nations mediators and practitioners from UNDPA and DPKO by strengthening institutional capacity to integrate religion and mediation within UN peace efforts. The training focuses on operationally relevant tools, policy-aligned frameworks, and real-world case studies drawn from UN contexts. Through simulations, expert guest speakers, and peer-to-peer exchange, participants enhance their ability to analyze and engage religious and traditional dynamics in complex political and peace processes.
Women Faith-Based Mediators Course
Responding to the gaps and needs identified in the 2023 study on Women Faith-Based Mediators (WFBMs), this course centers on strengthening the leadership, visibility, and effectiveness of women and young women mediators working in faith-based contexts. In addition to mediation skills, the training emphasizes women’s leadership development, strategic communication, mentorship, and psychosocial support, addressing structural and cultural barriers that limit women’s meaningful participation in peace mediation processes.
Youth, Religion, and Mediation Course
Targeting young peacebuilders aged 18–35, this course equips youth who are working with faith-based institutions or drawing on faith-inspired values to prevent and mitigate violence. Participants gain tools to analyze conflicts with religious dimensions, develop inclusive and youth-responsive mediation approaches, and strengthen practical mediation skills that can be applied within their communities. The course also creates space for youth leadership, peer learning, and intergenerational engagement in peace processes.
E-Advocacy Training
Advocacy is the process of building support for a specific issue or cause and influencing others to take action in order to achieve the desired change. Advocacy can take place on many levels, including locally, nationally, regionally, and internationally. E-Advocacy is instrumentalizing the advocacy process online, or in other words, online organizing.
Preventing and Addressing Violent Extremism through Community Resilience Training Modules
As part of the European Union funded PAVE project, five online and offline training modules were developed for practitioners and local communities to strengthen their ability to promote and support inclusive local multi-stakeholder partnerships in preventing and addressing violent extremism, with group activity exercises, tools and opportunities for self-reflection. The training modules increase understanding and capacity for creating multi-stakeholder partnerships between civil society, religious actors and government officials to increase community resilience against violent extremism.
AHA! Training Modules
The European Union funded Awareness with Human Action Project (AHA!) has developed four training modules to strengthen understanding of intersectional inclusion in peacebuilding advocacy work. The presentations will provide new learning skills to approach conflict resolution and encourage deciphering conflict through a holistic lens.